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We both laughed until we could pretend our tears were from the hilarity.

"Really, if you hadn't wrecked, it wouldn't have been dramatic and romantic and lovely."

Mainly he didn't say no. Not once.

I couldn't breathe. If I breathed, I would cry. All right. I would talk to__ without breathing then. I would breathe later.

"I love you, Mama," I blurted out in the nick of time. "You know I love you, too, Sister." Her voice was uncluttered, dry and clear as the prairie sky. She didn't hesitate. Not even for a second.

"He's about a smart ass."

Everything burned as I stood alone.

I knew we could not trust Grandma Ruby.
And Daddy run off to who knows where, Mama always said. I didn’t believe for a second he was at Grandma’s house. He was avoiding work and obligation.

It was a summer of treachery.

But in a more devastating, dramatic kind of terrifying way.
We didn't figure on having to figure it all out over and over.