screen all over his dashing little face. He'd be quite the stud when he grew up. She was careful to

red, working the lotion in and inspecting

remember the fo

you can't see me. Wear a helmet always. Don't go faster than y

ck and playfully noogied him before nudging hi

before turning to her sist

ehicle. She, and the rest of the Swenson girls, for that matter, had a peculiarity for naming inanimate things. There wer

im. I want one,

nned. "H

her? I mean, yeah, I

yourself your own stud to change your oil, provide the c

"I mean, you could technically vie

multiple

d with a wink

efore plopping down on the red and black plaid

lopped down on her bo

that went with it. Going over to James, she watched as he swung his little six-year-old leg over the four-wheeler seat of a canary yellow baby 60cc motorcycle named Hercules. Her parents h

tely," Rita stated while watching

es in hopes of not being read

lder brother, would it?" Rita teased, her bright

ng to leave the h

e, i

. This time she was topless, and you could tell that they were getting close to reaching the good stu

re sharing secrets in grade school. "Seriously? Topless? Wooow," she drew out

ose to be fair, I wasn't a hundred percent sure I'd

ly that innocent," R

oof, it wouldn't shock me if he's that

t into a high ponytail as she monitored James. His identical yellow helmet gave

n...guess what

e Amiriam was to going out of her mind at hea

?" Amiriam asked

s boy is

ow for her eyes to pop.

t a blast from

r trait started to emerge as memories of her older sister in high school forced their wa

m at the hardware store when we were

worn out their welcome at the neighborhood shelter. She was

bonkers with jealousy whenever she probed their relationship too deep

riam asked. Her voice was teasing, but she was only half-joking. That asshole had really messed Saylor u

le, Rita said softly, "I thought about it.

. This story was just getting r

ea

Say

don't think so. I have

Amiriam's heart was pounding like she'd been caught red-handed with her hand in the cookie jar until she saw R

es in the past and could atttest to t

ta. Once his butt made contact with the ground, he wrapped his legs around her and pul

i

e man we saw in the har

the kid who looks uncannily like a college football player who was desti

t's

s his na

AKA The Big O, as we liked to refer t

"So it is really him? The infamous Ossian Pete who was being wooed by a number of NFL tea

's th

r dated him.... Was

her teeth then s

passing fancy," Rit

duplicate sets of a house key and some tomato plants. T

ey'd had that Mr. Ossian Pete would disappear be

it," Amir

" Rita