But you don’t have to care about every dumb thing he says, because I can guarantee you, tomorrow he’s going to say something dumber.” Becky’s eyes widened at the irreverence of that. “It’s not just Cal,” Ida said. “It’s all of them. They think they’ve got all the brains, but if they did, they wouldn’t walk around sounding like idiots half the time. When you give Cal a hug, squeeze extra tight. That’s what I do with your father. He says I only know how to give bear hugs, and I want to say, ‘That’s because I’m trying to squeeze the stupid out of you, honey!’ ” She waved that away. “It doesn’t
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