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Neck deep in lawyer piss

     Dillon climbed in his truck. He looked desperately at his phone, willing Evie to call him. When that didn’t work, he did the big boy thing and called her. 

     Her voice was sweet, light, and melted half of his stress away. “Hi lawman.”

     “Care if I stop by?”

     “Not at all. Want me to feed you?”

     “Not yet. I’m too,” he thought. What was the right word? He finally just said it, “stressed out of my mind.”

     “Get your grits here lawman.”

     “On my way.”

     She opened the door to being scooped up in a hug. “I’m sorry you had a stressful day.” He kissed her, “come here.” She sat with her back against the wall, pulling her knees up.  Then guided him to lean against her calfs. With gentle fingers, she massaged his scalp and temples. 

     “That,” he moaned. “Feels so good.” She didn’t say anything. Just kept massaging. “I have been that the courthouse all day neck deep in lawyer piss.”

     She stop massaging his head, doing her best not to bust out laughing. Full of curiosity, as to why she stopped, he leaned up. It was apparent that she was loosing her battle not to laugh. He grinned, “you think that’s funny.”

     “You talked about dad havin’ colorful phrases. That is on par with something that would flow from his lips.”

     “He did use the phrase ‘donkey piss’ a lot.” They both started laughing. Dillon’s stomach growled, “what was you gonna feed me?”

     “How hungry are you?”

     “I’ve been too big of a stress ball to eat anything today.”

     “Let’s raid the pantry together.”

     “Let’s,” he said playfully.

     As they climbed out of the floor, he first to help her up, she started speaking. “Do you think we should do a pre-nup?” All of the air was sucked out of the room. At the same time he felt like she had kicked him in the gut. What the?! A pre-nup was for rich folks. 

     That’s what he blurted out. “Aren’t those for rich folks?”

     “You do hear about them more with people that have lots of assets and money. I think it’s just smart.” He didn’t say a word. “Tell me what you’re thinking.” She encouraged.

     “It feels like you don’t trust me. When you said the words, it felt like a kick to the gut.”

     “I apologize for it hittin’ that way. Marriage isn’t something to be entered into lightly. We want to stay married the rest of our lives. Statistically, we know that’s not likely to happen. It is important for both of us to be protected.” The look on his face was one of utter disappointment. She held his face in her hands, “pray about it.”

     “Sure.”

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