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Mongrel Chapter Two
Jul. 9th, 2013 08:58 pmLink: Chapter One http://missmaryr.livejournal.com/12831.html; Chapter Three http://missmaryr.livejournal.com/13637.html
Sometimes I thought about the encounter after the wedding, but nothing ever happened and eventually I relaxed. Summer slid into fall, the months going by placidly. Without Pops, my life became more predictable. I kept up with the store my father founded, a combination of bookstore and coffee shop. I volunteered with Meals on Wheels, the women’s shelter and a few other programs. I walked out to the lake. The days got shorter, and the weather colder. On a cold and rainy fall evening, I stared into the first fire of the season and sipped hot chocolate.
I lit the fire in the hope that it would cheer me up a little. Mellie called that day complaining about all the trouble it was finding a house and how I was lucky I was to have one. She and David were doing fine, and I hung up jealous.
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Sometimes I thought about the encounter after the wedding, but nothing ever happened and eventually I relaxed. Summer slid into fall, the months going by placidly. Without Pops, my life became more predictable. I kept up with the store my father founded, a combination of bookstore and coffee shop. I volunteered with Meals on Wheels, the women’s shelter and a few other programs. I walked out to the lake. The days got shorter, and the weather colder. On a cold and rainy fall evening, I stared into the first fire of the season and sipped hot chocolate.
I lit the fire in the hope that it would cheer me up a little. Mellie called that day complaining about all the trouble it was finding a house and how I was lucky I was to have one. She and David were doing fine, and I hung up jealous.
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