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Chapter 59
The Next Day
Brian's View
I walked out in the back yard and over to the barbecue.
I put on some hamburgers and some hot dogs and let them start to cook.
"Hey handsome," Tiffany said coming over to me and
kissing me on the cheek. She had chips in her hands.
"Hey beautiful...whatcha doin?" I asked.
"Setting the table up...all the kids are going to
have to eat on the ground," she slightly laughed going over to the picnic
table and setting down the chips.
"Oh well they can handle it," I smiled. "By the way,
where are the kids? It's too quiet around here."
"I have no clue," she said. Just then Michelle came
running around the corner with Christian chasing her with a water gun in
hand.
"HAHA! DIE EVIL DEMON!" Christian yelled squirting
water in Michelle's face.
"Stop it Christian!" Michelle yelled trying to cover
her face. I chuckled and Tiffany smacked my arm.
"What? They're just playing," I laughed. She looked
at me sternly and said, "She's your daughter who's getting tortured by her
brother. Help her."
I got up and walked over to Christian and picked him
up.
"Dad! What are you doing!?" Christian yelled. Michelle
smiled and walked over to Tiffany. I ran toward the pool and threw Christian
in.
"HEY! Why did you do that!?" Christian sputtered swimming
over to the side.
"For picking on your sister," I laughed.
"That's not fair!" he whined pulling himself out.
"Life isn't fair buddy," I smiled. He sighed heavily
and marched over to the door.
"Don't track water in the house," I yelled after him.
He ignored me and walked in the house. I chuckled and walked over to Tiffany
and Michelle. I sat down next to Michelle and picked up a bad of chips and
opened it.
"Thanks daddy, that was pretty funny," Michelle laughed.
I just smiled.
"I said help your daughter I didn't say throw your
son in the pool," Tiffany said. "Poor guy."
"Poor guy? Mom! All he does is pick on me! He's such
a mama's boy."
"He's not a mama's boy," I said shaking my head.
"Oh come on dad! Mom is always protecting him and
all he does is go to her for help."
"OK maybe he is," I smiled. Michelle just giggled
as Tiffany hit my arm.
"Leave him alone!" Tiffany laughed. Michelle and I
just smiled at each other.
"I invited Vince over," Michelle said popping a chip
in her mouth. I stopped eating chips and looked at her and then at Tiffany
confused.
"Who's Vince?" I asked.
"Oh great," Michelle mumbled.
"It's nobody sweetie," Tiffany said.
"No tell me...who's this Vince?"
"My boyfriend," Michelle said.
"Another one! Damn girl!" I said. Tiffany just giggled
and Michelle rolled her eyes.
"What does this guy look like? How old is he? Has
he tried anything with you? Does he go to your school? Is he into drugs?
Does he take showers? Does he talk dirty? Is he smart?" I asked.
"Dad!" Michelle whined.
"Brian honey calm down. He's a nice boy," Tiffany
said.
"So you've met him? He was over here?" I asked looking
at both of them.
"Yes, he came over last week when you were at the
Mall shopping with AJ to get Colleen an anniversary present."
"So he's a nice boy?" I asked.
"Yes he is, he's very nice and he's intelligent. He's
a real cutie too," Tiffany smiled.
"Is this like your 10th boyfriend? You must have gone
through the whole school by now," I said looking at Michelle. She just rolled
her eyes at me.
"Just don't embarrass me OK dad?" she said.
"How can I embarrass you?"
She just laughed.
"When is he coming over?"
"In like a few minutes. Be nice to him Brian," Tiffany
said getting up and heading back to the house.
"Yeah please daddy...I really like Vince and I don't
want you to do anything to make him think that you're weird."
I sighed and nodded my head, "OK Angel."
"Thanks daddy," she smiled and then got up and went
in the house. She is growing up too quickly. It scares me and I hate it when
she has a boyfriend. It makes me real nervous. I just hope she has the brain's
to not do anything stupid.
I got up and went back over to the barbecue and turned
the hamburgers around. I can't wait to meet this Vince guy. I'm gonna have
a little chat with him...just him and me. I smiled to myself and then went
back inside to get more food ready for the party.
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