Maximus
RED HAD TO go out and get some groceries, and she refused to let me go with her, because she said I was quote unquote, childish when it came to food.
So I got stuck with the kids because I like Poptarts. My sweet tooth is my one bad habit, but it's ruining my life.
“Ah! Get down!” Josh looks at me with his evil smile, getting a piggy back from Penny.
That spells disaster.
“Penny!”
“Just one more minute, Dad!”
I open and close my mouth a few times, speechless.
She never called me Dad, and though I had a hunch it was more for manipulative purposes, it still touched my heart.
It was near nap time anyway, hardly enough time for any necks to be broken. Right?
Before that cannot happen, Red comes home.
"What's wrong?" I ask as soon as she comes in the door.
Her curls deflate
