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The shower definitely turned out exactly like I was expecting it to, and when we finally tumbled into bed, I was thoroughly exhausted.
In a good way.
When I next opened my eyes, it was to find a set of blue eyes staring straight into mine.
“Is it time to run, Daddy?” my little girl asked.
I glanced past her face to the clock on the nightstand.
It was a little after six in the morning.
I’d gotten less than three hours of sleep.
“I don’t know, is it?” I asked.
Diana, now four, liked to run with me.
And by running, she actually liked to play on her tablet while I pushed her.
“It’s time.” She bounced from foot to foot. “Let’s go.”
I groaned and sat up in the bed.
My daughter, knowing the protocol, patiently waited for me to get my prosthetics into place before stepping back.
“You gotta go get your running shoes on if you’re coming,” I ordered.
She dashed out of the room to do just that, and I looked toward my wife who was smiling sleepily at me. “Love you. I’m sorry you didn’t get to run your marathon today.”
My marathon had been canceled thanks to the Corona asshole. But we’d be making it up in the fall.
“It’s okay,” I said. “It’s only gonna be a short run today. Probably just an hour.”
Her eyes smiled as she sat up and offered me her lips for a kiss.
“See you soon, gorgeous.”
She fell back onto the bed. “I’ll join you for the last thirty minutes.”
And she did. Along with Viddy on her bicycle, and Trance on his Onewheel.
“You’re going to die on that,” I told Trance.
Trance shrugged. “We all gotta die of something, loser.”
Book:I’d Rather Not
CHAPTER 21
I’ll see your hot mess and raise you a walking disaster.
-Dante to Finley
DANTE
“Are you ever going to get married?” I asked my brother. “Find a good woman who’ll keep you in line?”
Finley looked at me from the passenger side seat of the tow truck and shrugged. “When I’m ready.”
