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taking on his father’s work. To him it’s a job…the job he was meant to do. I don’t know that he’s ever even let himself explore what he would really like to do. Your bravery at going after what you wanted at such a young age is foreign to him and it frightens him. But please don’t look at it like he’s ashamed of you.”
    “It’s hard not to when he practically calls me a whore.”
    “Oh baby…I’m sorry for that too. I know he didn’t mean it. Like I said, he just has trouble expressing what he really means.”
    “Don’t you ever get tired of making excuses for him, Mama?”
    “I might, if I felt like it was making excuses. I know him better than anyone else Jackie and I know that he loves you something fierce. I pray all the time that one day before it’s too late he’ll figure out how to express that to you. But until he does, I suppose I’ll have to keep being his spokesperson.”
    I giggled. It was pointless to argue with her. She’ll always find a way to defend him. She is such a born diplomat that she can defend us both at the same time. “Okay then, hand me that beignet.”
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    Daddy and I managed dinner together with the family two nights in a row without any fuss at all. I was kind of proud of us. Maybe if I stayed home long enough we could actually have a real relationship again. My phone was still blowing up…but I’d decided to ignore it all, for now. I didn’t care who wanted what from me…this was my time and I wasn’t going to let them impose on me and bring all of that anxiety back into my life. There were things about L.A. that I missed…but right now at home playing a game of tag with my little sister and he best friend in the front yard of my family home, I couldn’t really remember what they were.
    “Jackie! Your phone’s ringin’ again!” Paige brought it to me every time. Each time I silenced it she would raise her little eyebrow at me, but she never pried. I took it from her this time and looked at the face. It was Becky, an old friend of mine from school.
    “Hi Becky! Wow, I haven’t heard from you in a really long time.”
    “Hey girl! That’s probably for two reasons: one, I’ve been busy taking care of my man and chasing a toddler around and two, you forgot to call and tell me you were in town. I ran into your Mama and Amelia at the grocery store and she told me you were here.”
    “Oh Becky, I’m sorry! I was going to call you, I promise. I’ve just been adjusting to life back here. You know how that goes.” Becky spent a lot of time at our house when we were growing up and she and I have kept in touch since I moved by phone. She got married a year after we graduated from high school and I was her maid of honor. Her baby was almost two now. “How is the rug rat?”
    “He’s perfect and ornery all at the same time,” she said. I could hear the love in her voice when she talked about little Greg.
    “How about the big man?”
    “The same,” she laughed. She and Greg have been together since high school. I’ve always been envious of their relationship.
    “You should come out and see me or we should do lunch.”
    “Actually, I was calling because mommy needs a night off. Greg says he’ll take baby duty tonight if I can talk you into going to Zippo’s with me.”
    Zippo’s is a country music bar and dance club in our little town. It’s where everyone goes for a night out unless they’re up for the hour drive to NOLA. “That actually might be just what the doctor ordered,” I told her. We made plans for her to pick me up at eight and I hung up looking forward both to seeing her and the night out.
    After dinner I got dressed in my jeans and my new cowboy boots. I wore a cream colored cowgirl cut blouse and left my long brown hair down, just curling the ends a little bit. When I walked out of my room Paige was coming down the hall.
    “Wow Jackie! You look so pretty. I wish I was as pretty as you.”
    I stopped and looked at her. Paige has