I Asked the Waiter to Split the Check

a paper napkin and smoothed it flat on the table. “Your father’s going to make tonight expensive for me.”

I knew what she meant. Not money. The other cost.

“Then come stay with us,” I said.

She looked up fast.

“My place is small,” I said. “And the shower does that screaming thing if you turn it too far left. But you can stay.”

The girls both started talking continue reading …