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“You didn’t let that stop you today. You even left Tanner speechless. He’s never speechless.”
“Cut him some slack. He’s going through a lot right now.”
“We’re all going through a lot right now. That doesn’t give him the right to treat people badly.”
“I know. But everybody goes through things differently. Right now, he’s angry.”
“So you’re saying I should ignore his asshole comments?”
“You ignore most of mine, don’t you?”
His eyes softened.
“We take things out on the ones closest to us. It’s easy because we know they will always be there, and forgive us. He’s angry, so let him be angry.”
When he pulled into his driveway, Khloe came running outside before the car was in park. She ferociously waved with one hand, while holding her car seat in the other. I couldn’t help but chuckle.
Chase clipped her in behind me, and we were on our way.
“Where are we going?” she asked excitedly.
“Let’s do the diner,” Chase suggested. “You can have breakfast for dinner, if you’d like.”
Her squeal sounded through the car. “Yay! Pancakes!”
“My favorite,” I cheered along with her.
“Merry, do you like puppies?”
“Yes, I love puppies. Do you?”
“Yup. Mommy said I can get a puppy one day.”
“What kind of puppy would you want?”
“The kind that gets really big when he grows up.” She held her hands out on either side of her to show me just how big she wants her puppy to be.
“Ooh, I love big dogs.”
“Why don’t you get one, too?” she inquired.
“I’m not ready to take care of a pet, yet. I can just about take care of a pet rock right now.”
“A pet rock?!” The car filled with her high-pitched giggle again. “That’s silly, Merry.”
“What will you name your puppy when you get him?”
“I don’t know. I can’t think of any names I like.” She sounded disappointed.
“That’s okay. You have to meet him first, to see his personality. Then the perfect name will come to you.”
“Then you can come over and play with him. We can take him on walks, and feed him, and teach him tricks.”
“And pick up his poop all over the yard,” Chase chimed in.
She scrunched up her nose. “Ew! I don’t want to touch his poop!”
“That can be Chase’s job. He can be the pooper scooper upper.”
