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mouth?" He pushed his chair into the table. "You're<br />

upsetting Mom."<br />

Lance flung his long, tan arms over his head. "Oh<br />

man, oh man!<br />

Upsetting her! You two are just going to sit around<br />

and let this guy get away with it. Aren't you? Just sit<br />

there sucking on your cheeks while some… hippie,<br />

some pervert, runs off with Mom! Jesus God, no way I<br />

can believe this is happening!"<br />

"Do not yell at me, Lance." Winslow's voice had<br />

that stillness that Beanie dreaded. "It isn't your business<br />

to do anything. I know your mother appreciates that<br />

you feel strongly. But whatever choice she makes is<br />

hers to make. Whatever decisions she and I come to<br />

are between us. It simply is not your business."<br />

"Well, fuck it. Just fuck it, that's all. She's out of her<br />

head. Why the shit did you make us come over here<br />

and go through this crap then?"<br />

Her face watery with tears, Beanie looked up at the<br />

three men who loomed over her around the dinner<br />

table. She began to gather their silverware.<br />

"Oh, Beanie, just leave it," her husband said. "For

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