Bennett in the Dog House
This is post 19 of Section III. To begin at the beginning, go here. Section II begins here. Section III begins here.
“Daddy, I think you owe us an apology.”
He slapped the book down on the little table and took off his glasses. “Ah hell, sweetheart. You know I’m sorry. Your mother said we ought to—spend some time with Lizzy, and I was only trying to—”
“Don’t swear in front of my daughter, and don’t you dare try to pin this on Mom.”
“I’m not,” he interrupted. “It’s just that she and I both happened to notice that Lizzy was spending an awful lot of time on that computer—”
“Oh, so now I’m a bad mother because I don’t hit my child over the head and drag her kicking and screaming all over town? Do you know that Lizzy has a lump on her head the size of a—well I can feel it, anyway. And even if I am a bad mom, it’s your fault, you—emotional avoidant!”
“You’re mean. You made Mommy cry,” Lizzy said, and then followed Chloe up to her room.
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“Daddy, I think you owe us an apology.”
He slapped the book down on the little table and took off his glasses. “Ah hell, sweetheart. You know I’m sorry. Your mother said we ought to—spend some time with Lizzy, and I was only trying to—”
“Don’t swear in front of my daughter, and don’t you dare try to pin this on Mom.”
“I’m not,” he interrupted. “It’s just that she and I both happened to notice that Lizzy was spending an awful lot of time on that computer—”
“Oh, so now I’m a bad mother because I don’t hit my child over the head and drag her kicking and screaming all over town? Do you know that Lizzy has a lump on her head the size of a—well I can feel it, anyway. And even if I am a bad mom, it’s your fault, you—emotional avoidant!”
“You’re mean. You made Mommy cry,” Lizzy said, and then followed Chloe up to her room.
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posted by Hobbes at 5:41 AM
8 Comments:
Confession & admission of guilt, this is my first visit. I have a lot of catching up to do, so I'm on my way to the beginning...
No guilt. I hope you enjoy it. If not, they're still having Thanksgiving dinner over at The Pansi Files.
I am enjoying it actually (still working my way through). One can never have enough pumpkin pie, so I'll pause & go check out The Pansi Files.
I work my way through every couple of days and confess to copying and pasting a couple together to read them on the word processor, but damn I live in the city and this school thing has a hold on me.
The eating never stops over there does it?
Sar & Alice: Thanks, and Christmas is coming.
Now I don't know who is wrong in the story. I'll just have to wait and see. And at Pansi maybe they will get done in time to wash the dishes for Christmas dinner. But that is interesting in your story how you so aptly shift point of view.
I'm in favor of bopping daughter and grand-daughter on the head. I think I might lack the sensitivity to be a parent. I'm a big bopper.
"Emotional avoidant" is an interesting turn of phrase that stabs low, as I assume it's meant to.
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