Shine Not Burn
“said a woman’s voice. “What’s wrong with you, son, you know better than that!”
“Aw, she’s fine. She’s just being dramatic. What’s that thing in her hand?”
“Look at her dry lips, fool. She’s dehydrated and she’s hurt her ankle or her leg. Look at the bottom of her foot there. Tsk-tsk, that one without the shoe is bleeding.” The woman sounded very concerned and caring, unlike the male voice.
“Mack should be the one out here hauling her around. She came out here for him, not me.”
“We’ll he...ar all about that later, but right now I want her out of the sun and in the living room, pronto. And if you sass me again, you’re going to be on branding duty alone for the next three weeks.”
“For shit’s sake, Ma, you don’t have to get ugly about it! I didn’t say I wasn’t going to do it, I just said it should be Mack taking care of his problems, not me. I’m tired of taking care of his problems.”
The sound of a face getting slapped made me smile in my half-conscious state.MoreLess
“Aw, she’s fine. She’s just being dramatic. What’s that thing in her hand?”
“Look at her dry lips, fool. She’s dehydrated and she’s hurt her ankle or her leg. Look at the bottom of her foot there. Tsk-tsk, that one without the shoe is bleeding.” The woman sounded very concerned and caring, unlike the male voice.
“Mack should be the one out here hauling her around. She came out here for him, not me.”
“We’ll he...ar all about that later, but right now I want her out of the sun and in the living room, pronto. And if you sass me again, you’re going to be on branding duty alone for the next three weeks.”
“For shit’s sake, Ma, you don’t have to get ugly about it! I didn’t say I wasn’t going to do it, I just said it should be Mack taking care of his problems, not me. I’m tired of taking care of his problems.”
The sound of a face getting slapped made me smile in my half-conscious state.MoreLess
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