Baby, I'm Back (A Southern Roads Short Story)
““How’s it going, Seaman?”
Barry looked up from the lunch counter in the diner to see Porter Armstrong standing there.
Barry smiled and extended his hand. “Fine. The accommodations make me feel right at home, although I have to say, the showers are nicer than what I’m accustomed to.”
Porter grinned. “I remember…sometimes we got one a week. And the rest of the time—”
“—a giant baby wipe,” Barry finished, and the men laughed in a moment of camaraderie. Then he sobered. “Listen, Porter…I don’t mean... to sound ungrateful, but I hadn’t planned on spending this much time in Sweetness.”
Porter looked rueful. “I guess we were hoping you’d decide to stick around.”
Barry blinked. “In Sweetness? No, sir, I’m going back to the field.”
Porter raised an eyebrow. “Surely that isn’t possible.”
“I’m relying less on my cane,” Barry insisted. “I’ll be back up to speed soon.”
“Thanks to your physical therapy with Lora Jansen?”
Barry smirked.MoreLess
Barry looked up from the lunch counter in the diner to see Porter Armstrong standing there.
Barry smiled and extended his hand. “Fine. The accommodations make me feel right at home, although I have to say, the showers are nicer than what I’m accustomed to.”
Porter grinned. “I remember…sometimes we got one a week. And the rest of the time—”
“—a giant baby wipe,” Barry finished, and the men laughed in a moment of camaraderie. Then he sobered. “Listen, Porter…I don’t mean... to sound ungrateful, but I hadn’t planned on spending this much time in Sweetness.”
Porter looked rueful. “I guess we were hoping you’d decide to stick around.”
Barry blinked. “In Sweetness? No, sir, I’m going back to the field.”
Porter raised an eyebrow. “Surely that isn’t possible.”
“I’m relying less on my cane,” Barry insisted. “I’ll be back up to speed soon.”
“Thanks to your physical therapy with Lora Jansen?”
Barry smirked.MoreLess
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