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April 19, 2007

4.19.07

The sins of the father...

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The Company We Keep

“One quick drink,” he says to himself, pulling into the bar’s lot, “nothing wrong with a cocktail after a hard day.”

But, J.P. comes in and buys a round, and then the Brawnson brothers show up, and now he has one in the hole. And the evening quickly turns to night.

“Shit!” he looks at his watch.

“Shit!” he hurries home.

“Shit!”

He slips quietly into his little girl’s room. She’s sleeping, in her pajamas with feet, holding her bear tightly. He kisses her forehead.

He stops at his bedroom door, thinks better of it, and heads for the couch.

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