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Tom’s Foolery
Robert Smith
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Copyright 2010 By Robert Smith
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CHAPTER ONE
“There he is, the whirling dervish. Nice of you to join us.” Alice turned in her chair to look at me as I entered the kitchen. I bent down to give her a kiss, but she turned her head and I settled for a peck on the cheek. Either I had bad breath or she was not happy about something. I had remembered to use the new toothpaste so I hoped it wasn’t too serious. Goodness, I had just overslept a little. Her demeanor remained somber, unusual for a morning person like her. Still, she looked so cute in her hip-hugger jeans and frilly little top. Pretty darn good for a woman of thirty. Hard to blame her for trying to look like twenty. (I didn’t mind, although it often made me concerned about the way other men looked at her.) She glared at me over her coffee as she took a sip. Christ, what was going on? Some sort of nightmare?