““I was worried,” she said. I wanted to say that was fair; I’d been worrying about her lately.
“Losing always takes longer than winning,” I said.
“Want me to fix you something?”
I shook my head. “Thanks. What would Josie say about that?”
“You know I don’t care. For all her women’s rights flag waving, she’s now going with Abel Gordon just to make Brian jealous.”
“What’s she want to do that for?”
“Says she’s taken a backseat to football long enough.”
“But Abel’s a footb—”
“I know, Daddy. I didn’t say she made sense.”
I asked her how her school crusade was going.
“I’ll know when I see what kinda crowd shows up Wednesday night. You’ll be there, right?”
“I was just waiting for an invite.”
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