His kid wanted to play but he begged off, saying someting about his aching back, and he caught his wife blushing and he said, Dad loves you.
Tagged: Family (813)
Twister 323
They fondled each other and took photos. The room was rank and he spilled something on the carpet. My mother’s going to kill you, she said.
Twister 77
It wasn’t the dress that had him falling in love. And it wasn’t the way she laughed. It was the bits of wedding cake that covered her shoes.
Twister 172
They bought her a pony and thought that would be enough. What’s it going to eat? she asked. There’s pizza in the fridge, dad said. And sushi
Twister 247
It’s a zoo in here, Jill tells her son. I feel like an elephant, he says. My trunk hurts. Jill gets a drink, trying to decode the euphemism.
Twister 47
They hated the cold but work took them to northern Alaska. It could be a lot worse, he said. No but it will be, she said. She was sure of it
Twister 426
When he grows up he wants to race NASCAR. His father says he’ll never buy him a car. I’m not you, he says. So you’re happy? his father says.
Twister 508
The bucolic lawn. Gin tonics on the patio. A koi pond. Ethnic bbq. Polo shirts and floral print dresses. The men dreaming of wife swapping.
Twister 576
The kid says yay I don’t have to do anything today. The dad says why not? The kid says my teacher said so. She said it’s the idles of March.
Twister 658
He’d drunk enough to feel unbalanced and sing songs in fake languages. So he peed on his wife’s flowers and said, I kind of meant to do that
