You could have stayed with my mom today," I said as Daniel navigated the potholes and ruts. "You've got to be hurting."
"Nope. Don't feel a thing."
"Tough guy," I said. "No, well-medicated guy. You really think I'd let you go to school without me? I'd show up tomorrow and hear that I got pinned running from a cougar, only to be saved by you rushing in and staring him down."
"Um, yeah, that's pretty much how I remember it."
"Exactly why I'm going. To get version out first."
I laughed. "Not a chance. But I will include the part about you throwing me to safety. The girls will love that.
"Nope. Don't feel a thing."
"Tough guy," I said. "No, well-medicated guy. You really think I'd let you go to school without me? I'd show up tomorrow and hear that I got pinned running from a cougar, only to be saved by you rushing in and staring him down."
"Um, yeah, that's pretty much how I remember it."
"Exactly why I'm going. To get version out first."
I laughed. "Not a chance. But I will include the part about you throwing me to safety. The girls will love that.
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