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hing about that. What he will be saying something over is if I stay in here the whole da

rst, the shower was a difficult thing, trying to wash and hop around in the same place without slipping and fa

walk around in shorts not caring what people said about my prosthetic leg.

wnstairs I can hear

Denice that boy is

just came back from an ugly plac

ot heard them and w

om, he

e your father some bacon an

lease,

s not waste any time. "So wh

ght take a walk

ts. "That new girl lives ther

riends now. I want to figure ou

g. "I agree with you there, you don't have time to clog

t comes into the kitchen. "

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don't turn i

immediately tries to set him straight. "I did not say you are a l

t none of your sons are g

r head away in that tech

become a doctor d

ay long. It is the same thing over and over again almost every da

as nice, I am go

our phone wi

will see yo

oor and start taking t

we grew older and we got into girls, we use to take them to tha

would just about do anything to get away from that argument in the

own on a nearby rock. I think maybe my attempt to walk

and leave when I am star

H

reep up on a m

ch an easy target

the pathway. Where d

e at the top, I live up

Miss S

s wh

you Miss

e, they don't know me. How

iss Stubborn. They say that yo

m, do you also call

day. Don't worry I am not going to ca

a. And y

e you are actually so nic

you can call

I am going to call you

stubborn. You sound l

, are you

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up there alone

any of your bu

feisty, I can't sa

ay you have

ways so ful

ays so full

platoon leader

you in th

my bus ticke

he Marines but he came ba

. I would invite you for coffee

u want to come ba

the town blog, I finally

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nch in town tomorrow in

unch. Mmmm. What are the

I am l

ting, let me go ma

atch as the wind plays with her long brown hair, the way that the sea

t is exactly still the

to bring their girls out here

dding me? I live

ou say it like t

head, tonight I am going to

you dream abou

etter, I would h

irl, you dream of people m

get that image of

being naked or t

damn near i

compliment I have

me on my

n that we know

enty minutes and I alrea

minutes and already seen you

uch a

s Stubbor

that name, I am really

le. We make small talk about town, I do not ask her about he

th her. Seven years in the Corps does make a man lonely. Yes, I had a few girlfriends on and off through th

h my coffee and

at eleven

n tomo

to meet you M

home. I do not notice the big smile on my face as I enter t

for a good reason bec

s does, he feels to re

honed you near

but I got

lovely birds up

definitely a love

what

emale

tion as he now eagerly asks.

et Miss S

curiously asks. "Is she really

ve never seen a more beauti

ame? When are we

. And I am taking her

here goes the town gossip again. It seems all they ta

is jus

t lunch when it

a piece of paper falls out of my pocket. I smile as I open to see what it is. It is

are still b

oo easy to sn

see you

ill be waiti

down onto the

abe

have not been so excited about a girl in al

oon forgotten as the same nightmar