Stay With Me
“Missy said.
Dad wore his usual look with her. Kind of like the one he’d get when Mom would drag him around the mall at Christmastime. Like exhaustion wasn’t a strong enough word.
“Do you ever think about talking like a lady?” he asked. “Just for one day?”
Missy scoffed and waved a hand at him. “How boring would that be?”
“I’ll never know,” he said, rubbing at his eyes.
“Oh, don’t be such a snob, Theo,” she said with a wink that he probably didn’t see, and if he did he pretended not to. “It’s no...t the Middle Ages anymore.”
“Don’t knock the Middle Ages,” he said. “Sometimes I think half the stuff we end up with comes from then.”
“Stuff we end up with,” I said, raising my hand like I was in school. “Key phrase. Stuff we sell. Don’t go throwing all this under the bus, Dad. If you’re tired of it, okay—”
“Retire!” Missy piped in, earning her a glare. “Buy a van, buy a travel trailer.”
“Buy a Winnebago!” I finished. “Travel if you want.MoreLess
Dad wore his usual look with her. Kind of like the one he’d get when Mom would drag him around the mall at Christmastime. Like exhaustion wasn’t a strong enough word.
“Do you ever think about talking like a lady?” he asked. “Just for one day?”
Missy scoffed and waved a hand at him. “How boring would that be?”
“I’ll never know,” he said, rubbing at his eyes.
“Oh, don’t be such a snob, Theo,” she said with a wink that he probably didn’t see, and if he did he pretended not to. “It’s no...t the Middle Ages anymore.”
“Don’t knock the Middle Ages,” he said. “Sometimes I think half the stuff we end up with comes from then.”
“Stuff we end up with,” I said, raising my hand like I was in school. “Key phrase. Stuff we sell. Don’t go throwing all this under the bus, Dad. If you’re tired of it, okay—”
“Retire!” Missy piped in, earning her a glare. “Buy a van, buy a travel trailer.”
“Buy a Winnebago!” I finished. “Travel if you want.MoreLess
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