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able to take it any longer, I left without saying another
word.   That was my fucking parents!  
         The next morning Matt called and asked if I wanted to get
breakfast.   Carly went Black Friday
shopping so he was by himself.   Agreeing,
I met him at my favorite restaurant for pancakes.   Betty always treated me like one of the
family because I ate here so often.
         “How’d it go last night man?”   Matt asked curiously.   With my
head bowed looking at my menu, I only lifted my eyes showing him what he wanted
to know.   Whistling he said, “That bad
huh?”
         “They informed me that I needed to take a wife or they will cut me out
of the will.”
         “That’s okay, you don’t need their money.”   He sipped his coffee.
         “Right.”   I said, laughing
humorlessly.   “They also informed me that
they would break me financially if I decided to ignore their wishes.”
         “What the fuck?”   He shouted,
gaining many stares.   “What is wrong with
them?”
         “They want me to have an heir, that’s all they’ve ever cared about, you
know passing on the legacy.”  
         Betty chose that moment to set our pancakes in front of us.   “You boys eat up now.”   She said with a smile.   Smiling back at her, we dug in.   They were the best I have ever ate, and I had
ate pancakes all over the world.
         “What are you going to do?”   Matt
asked, concerned.
         “I don’t know.   Mother has invited
someone to Christmas dinner that would be perfect for me.   You know, the right social
standing, young and fertile.”   Matt
snorted a laugh and tried to cover it up with a cough.
         “You’re shitten me?”
         “I wish I was.”
      
        
     

Chapter 3

 
    Back
in Virginia

 
         Still needing to get so much stuff done, I couldn’t believe Christmas
was just two weeks away.   I needed to go
shopping.   Austin came walking through
while I was having a cup of morning coffee.   “Good morning honey.   Sleep well?”   I asked as I took another sip while sitting
at the breakfast bar.
          “Morning mom.   Yeah I did.”   He walked over and poured himself a cup of coffee.
         “I was thinking I might run to town today.   Want to go?”
         “Where?”   Most people didn’t have
this problem.   When they went shopping,
they had one place to go.   But here, it
depended on which direction you went as to which town you shopped in.
          “I’m going to the mall.   I need to get more Christmas shopping
finished.”
         “Yeah, I want to go.   What time
are you leaving?”  
         I had to calculate the time in my head.   It was now 9 am and it took twenty-five minutes for my medicine, ten
minutes to eat and forty-five more to shower and actually get ready.   “Let’s say no later than 10:30.”
         He smiled, “I can be ready to go to the moon in 5 minutes.”   That’s what his dad always said to me when I
told him I wanted to leave at a certain time.   I was usually the hold up.  
         I grabbed a bowl for my cereal.    After eating, I worked on my morning regimen.   By 10:20 I stood by the front door with my
coat on when Austin came walking through.   “Ready?”   I asked.   He nodded and took the keys from me.   “I can drive you know.”   He just smiled.
         “I know you can, but I like driving you around.”   We went outside and climbed in to my 2013
Subaru Outback.   I loved my car.   It had everything I could possibly want,
heated leather seats, a sunroof, and a great stereo system.   That was plenty enough for me.   Austin didn’t know it yet, but I was going to
use some of the life insurance money to buy him a jeep.   He needed his own vehicle before heading off
to college.   His grades were great, so
I’m hoping he gets a scholarship.
         “Are you still seeing Kaitlyn?”   I
asked