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Submitted to Contest #315
“Rosie, sweetie, can you just let Mommy help you, please? I’m already running behind.” With my laptop precariously balanced on one knee, I reach for the phone buzz, buzz, buzzing away on the countertop and manage to answer on the last ring. Before the call is through, I have responded to three different emails and have also sent a quick message off to my boss, apologizing in advance for my tardiness. All the while, Rosie sits cross-legged on the floor, her left shoe on her right foot, shoe strings clumsily held between chubby little fingers ...
“This is an exceptionally stupid idea.” “All I got out of that were the words ‘exceptional’ and ‘idea’. So thank you, I guess, for the compliment.” “Your hearing is exceptionally awful.” “Again, with the compliments! Thank you, Iris. Makin' me blush over here.” Eva's giggle floats down from her place above me, warming me all the way through despite the cooling temperature outside. I roll my eyes up to the heavens and fight to keep the smile from forming on my face. The sky is midnight dark with a smattering of twinkling stars. I've never be...
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