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“I don’t hate you,” he says. I snort. “I want to bang you and have your babies,” he says.
I step closer. My good wool socks are almost touching her bare toes. How the heck can she bear to stand on the floor? It’s got to be freezing. I drop her hand and lift her gently in the air, setting her back down so her feet are on top of mine. She blinks up, confused.
I step toward him, puff my chest. He holds his own, staring off after Glenna. I whistle. “Eyes over here, buddy.”
“Are you threatening me?” “Yeah. I didn’t think I was bein’ subtle.”
Dina’s waiting for a reply. “Well?” she says. I’m at a loss. So I say, “To be honest, he has a really big dick.”
I’m laying my white cloth napkin across my lap when I see her husband dig into his pockets and then pop bright-orange earbuds into her ears. He does it all casual, and except for her shoulders lowering, she doesn’t react.
He smiles wider, and he leans down, getting right in Toby’s face, but he doesn’t lower his voice. He projects it so I can’t miss a word all the way behind the counter. “If I walk in here again, and you’re chewing her ear off, and she looks like she did when I came in earlier? I’m gonna throw your hipster ass through that front window like it’s a bar scene from a western on channel fifty-four.” I— Before I can think of a word to say, Cash straightens and waves at me. “Purely metaphorically, babe! Wait for Jesse. I’ll call you when I have service.” Then he glances down at Toby and says, “But
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Why don’t I know anything anymore? I’m pretty sure I used to know it all.
And just because you regret the way you made it through something doesn’t mean you can’t also be proud as hell that you did get through.
“Life doesn’t hand you ‘should be’s.’ Never has, never will.”
“Oink, oink, motherfucker,”
I’m gonna marry this girl. We’re gonna live in our cabin up on the mountain and have babies and dogs coming out of our ears.
