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Ali Novak
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June 17 - June 17, 2025
Love takes more than a couple days and a secret shotgun marriage to develop into something worth dying for.
The Walter Boys: Will is twenty-one. He’s in his final semester at the local community college and is engaged to his high-school sweetheart. Cole is seventeen. He’s a senior in high school and a talented auto mechanic.
Zack and Benny are five and are in kindergarten. They’re twins and little monsters with potty mouths.
“See!” Katherine said when her son was gone. “That’s exactly how you should act in the presence of a beautiful girl—embarrassed!”
During our boy gossip, she stayed quiet and stuck to reading. Riley tried to pull her into the conversation with occasional questions, but Kim had a knack for dismissing them immediately. She would offer a few quick words and wave her hand for effect before returning to her comics. It was a talent I had yet to master,
“How’d you do it?” she asked. “What?” “Get him out of the computer lab for lunch. I’ve been trying for ages.” “I just asked nicely.” “That’s a neat trick,” Kim grumbled. “You’ll have to show it to me someday.”