“Funny! Because I’m embarrassed to be seen with a man who treats the mother of his child like expired luggage.”
And apparently the universe thought one public embarrassment was not enough, because the cars were already pulling up.
Brandon turned around and went pale again when his father, his grandfather, two uncles, and three older cousins got out, with his grandfather already shaking his head before he had even made it up the driveway.
The universe thought one public humiliation was not enough, because the cars were already pulling up.
Linda had set up a semicircle of chairs on the lawn that looked like an outdoor theater.
Brandon whispered, “What is this?”
His father answered, “An intervention. Sit down.”
He sat down. Of course he sat down. Men ignore their wives for weeks and then immediately surrender in front of a strict parent and three witnesses who remember their childhood haircut.
Linda stood in front of the group. “Brandon would now like to explain why he denied food to the woman who feeds his child.”
Brandon tried. “That’s not how it was…”
Grandpa snorted. “Then say how it was.”
Brandon opened his mouth. But he said nothing.
“Brandon would now like to explain why he denied food to the woman who feeds his child.”
One uncle leaned back. “After my wife had twins, I brought her cake in bed for six months.”