I Narrowed My Eyes
yours just happens to be immediately visible- we watched professional bowling
- the bakers are in revolt
- I’ve never been shushed by anyone other than my family
- played German dodgeball
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I narrowed my eyes. “Everyone has ulterior motives, yours just happens to be immediately visible.” In truth I was sure only that there was an ulterior motive. The nature of it was anyone’s guess.
The sisters sighed in unison and stepped away from me. “He’s no fun,” they said to each other.
“If it’s fun you want, track down my dad. You seemed to have a good time with him.”
“With Jack?” asked Esmerelda. “We watched professional bowling, that’s all.”
“That wasn’t all,” I said. “I was there. I saw.”
“Don’t forget,” said Cleopatra, “we also talked about the dreadful state of the pastries. Esmerelda, you said, ‘It’s like the bakers are in revolt!’ and Jack said, ‘Actually the bakers are revolting.’ Remember how we laughed? That must be what he’s talking about.”
“I’m talking about how you were all naked and climbing all over each–”
“Shh!” both sisters hissed.
I’ve never been shushed by anyone other than my family. It startled me. If you’d ever been shushed by my family you’d know that it felt like you played German dodgeball for an hour. The precision and fury of their shushes was brutal and relentless, and often left bruises. But the shushes of these sisters were so different, so gentle. It was like a lover’s caress.
Which made it the perfect distraction. Why would they so vehemently deny their dalliance with my father when there was no one around to overhear?
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