"Clean breaks," Gary said on the phone, "Clean breaks, baby. On my tailbone and leg and knee."
"What's the expense?" I asked.
"I overheard the doctors say two grand but I could be wrong."
"Man," I said into the phone. "That's quite a bit. I'll go to the bank to grab some. See you later, Darling."
"Yeah, you too,"
"Bye."
"G'bye."
"See, Mom. I told you. Our family has bad luck without the egg and good luck with it," Victoria said.
"Hey! You know you're grounded and I want you to be kind to Gary for the next few weeks," I said.
"But Mommmm..." she whined like a 6-year-old.
"I want everyone to be nice to everyone. That's the rule in this household. If you want to do otherwise, you may leave." I immediately regretted what I said immediately. "Actually, don't leave but you follow my rules or else."
"Oaw ewse," Rosey repeated.
"I promise," I said, ready for my kids to repeat.
"I promise," they said synchronized.
"...that I will be nice to everyone, and do my chores," I smiled.
"...that I will be nice to everyone, and mm mmm mm mmm m," they said.
"I'm kidding," I said. "But I hope you help out some."
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To Steal An Egg
FantasiaOkay, so I found this story that I wrote when I was ten and it's actually okay so we're just gonna put it here and hope some people read it. So yeah, don't mind spelling/grammar errors 'cause there will be some... Mary is a full-time mother with...
