From a Doctor's Point of View in North Carolina
"Dad!"
"Huh? What? What did I do? Wha- Which kid are you and what do you want?"
"Dad? Its Kayla. Get off your lazy ass, one of your clients just went into labor a month early and her baby is breached. Her name is Donna McGreggors."
"Oh, damn." I say, standing and grabbing my keys, not bothering to do my hair.
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"Where's my baby?" Donna says. "Where the hell is my mother fucking baby!"
"I- it- it was a still birth." I stutter. "I'm so sorry."
"Fuck you! You stupid fucking dick!"
"I didn't do it. Why are you yelling at me?"
"Because you killed my fucking baby, that's why."
"Don't blame me. I didn't kill him."
"Him? It was a boy."
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"How did it go, Dad?" Kayla and Destiny say as I walk into the house.
"Like fucking shit."
"Hey!" My wife, Lindsey, says. "Destiny is only ten. She doesn't need to hear that type of language."
"She's heard it before. The girls share a room, and Kaylas fourteen."
"She better not have."
"Hey, Mom?" Kayla asks.
"Yeah?"
"Can I go on a date with my boyfriend?"
"Sure. Be home at midnight."
"Okay."
"Hey, Kay?" I ask.
"What, Dad?"
"Don't go to a hotel. Don't have sex. Don't need to use condoms. Don't get pregnant. Don't even think about any of it."
"Whatever you say, Mr. 29 year-old."
"Hey, I'm not the one facing teen pregnancy, Am I?"
"I'm not gonna have sex, Dad. Guys are too much of assholes."
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah. Love ya. Bye." She runs out of the house and I realize that her underwear are longer than her dress.
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"Lindsey?"
"Yeah?" My wife answers.
"The band broke up nine years ago tomorrow. I'm gonna call the guys, see if we can have a reunion."
"Mm'Kay. Just make sure you have enough food for everyone."
"Well, we've got a bunch of money from the band. We won't run out any time soon. Plus, being a... Female... Doctor helps a little, too."
"I'm a surgical doctor, Mike. I get more money than you do. But the girls' school starts in a week. Kayla's going into tenth grade, and Destiny's going into fifth."
"I know. That's what my next paycheck goes to."
"Okay, remember that."
