"Did you really ... do it ... with her?" I don't think she'd be happy if I answered that," I said."What was it like?" he asked, looking back at the co...mputer screen."Unbelievable," I sighed.He looked over at me and then walked away."Remember how we used to sit around and dream of what it would be like?" It was nothing like that," I said."How could it be nothing like it?" he asked."It was better." What do you mean?" he asked."I can't explain it." I saw him frown. "I'm not trying to dodge the. They weren't much more than the size of halved oranges at the time this story occurred -- an event that was to change everything between Kelli and me.It was a lazy June day, and she and I had spent the morning on our bicycles, racing through the trails in the Woods. We made it back to her house and scrounged some lunch – baloney sandwiches and chips we munched on in front of the TV. "I'm hot!" she complained. "Wanna swim?" I haven’t mentioned that the previous year Kelli's dad had put in a very. ’ Jim dialed and said, ‘Him mom. I’ve delivered the pie and the lady has invited me in for a drink and has suggested you and Silvana come over. You ought to meet her… she’s young and pretty and knows what she’s about. I’d say very sophisticated.’ ‘I’m in here because she invited me mom. Please don’t bitch. Just come over and meet your new neighbor.’ Jim slid his phone shut and sighed. ‘She’s mad that I came into your house when we don’t know you and you’re young.’ ‘Never fear Jim. I’ll take. You might as well say he had something like one chance in a thousand of beating me. That's similar to the chance of you or Mom having a fender bender in any one day, which is hardly something you agonize over. Someone firing a gun could easily be more serious than a fender bender, but 99 times out of a 100 it would've ended exactly the same as it did yesterday, with Don going down and no one else being touched. -- "Mom won't be happy to hear this, but I'm actually GLAD that the Eatons attacked.
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