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Across the Aisle

Posted on April 16, 2021 by GESS

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For a person you loved deeply, would you be willing to…

I think sarcastically, He must like how hard I work. I say impassively, “It don’t matter so long as he pays me.”

She was a messy crier. Her cheeks were wet with tears and her lips with snot. On top of that, she made a sort of hiccuping noise between sobs.

“She doesn’t want to be here too,” I whined to Momma.

“My mother fell off the balcony. It was a terrible accident.”

“I heard you helped her fall.”

“People say all sorts of things.”

“Don’t Ma’am me; I’m younger than you are.”

“This ain’t my first time at the rodeo, Billy. I know what you want…”