Boy Toy
“Either the heat was letting up, or I was getting used to it. Though dawn was already an hour past, it was Sunday, so the house was still quiet when we left through the front door and took off at a trot down Prairie Street.
Neil laughed, his voice blending with the chatter of birds and with the sound of our shoes on the pavement. He turned to me and said, “Even Barb was still in bed.”
“How could you tell?”
“She hadn’t made coffee—at least I couldn’t smell it. Deductive reasoning, pal.”
“Actually..., I believe that’s inductive.”
“Oh.” He was normally a stickler for such distinctions, but it seemed he couldn’t care less about this one. I interpreted his nonchalance as a sign that he’d slept well, that he’d put aside, at least for now, the vexing developments of last week.
“Barb should sleep all day,” I said. “She really knocked herself out last night—I don’t know when she finished cleaning up.”
“I told her we’d all pitch in if she’d leave it till morning.MoreLess
Neil laughed, his voice blending with the chatter of birds and with the sound of our shoes on the pavement. He turned to me and said, “Even Barb was still in bed.”
“How could you tell?”
“She hadn’t made coffee—at least I couldn’t smell it. Deductive reasoning, pal.”
“Actually..., I believe that’s inductive.”
“Oh.” He was normally a stickler for such distinctions, but it seemed he couldn’t care less about this one. I interpreted his nonchalance as a sign that he’d slept well, that he’d put aside, at least for now, the vexing developments of last week.
“Barb should sleep all day,” I said. “She really knocked herself out last night—I don’t know when she finished cleaning up.”
“I told her we’d all pitch in if she’d leave it till morning.MoreLess
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