Tabitha told Gareth after dinner. “What? And now I’m to listen to the two of you laugh at me all day and all night, too?” Gareth flew to the other side of his bedroom and looked out the balcony door. He always did that when he felt trapped. “We don’...
Dad looked in to see what all the fuss was about and suddenly remembered that he needed to go in a little early to set up for the Labor Day sale. Being Labor Day, it was slow at the Bantam Chef. People were home making their own burgers and hot dogs in the back yard. Most ...
We were sitting in the Bantam Chef, a Fifty’s style restaurant, chatting over burgers. “What year did you turn twenty-four?” he asked after taking a sip of his soda. I smiled, thinking about the ridiculousness of my answer. “I turned twenty-four on ...