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Continuing with “The Hippie Whisperer“, things are coming to a head with Carl and Ben. A little bit longer for context, and since it’s Labor Day weekend! Enjoy. 🙂

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“From your interactions with Chester, I can tell, even after such a short time, how much you live for him, do everything for him. When was the last time you did something for yourself?” Ben asked.

“I don’t understand.”

“Don’t you? Isn’t the real reason why you haven’t, say, changed your hair, or your Hawaiian shirts because you’re afraid to admit that things have changed? That your son doesn’t need you anymore, that you have to face a whole new world and fill the void, and you don’t know how to do that?” Ben hit too close to home this time.

“Okay, this is the last time I’ll take this kind of stuff from you. This is my goddamn house. How dare you come in here and claim to know me. Who the fuck do you think you are?”

“I’m the guy who’s trying to tell you it’s time to move on. Tonight, your son was trying to tell you the same thing. He feels it, too. Have you thought that you may be making him feel guilty because he knows he’s all you have?”

I got up and stalked to the front door, flinging it wide open.

“Get out.”

Ben got up and walked toward me, his confident stride only stopping when he was up close and personal, mere inches away from my face. Despite my ire, I found his eyes beautiful and mesmerizing. How could he be so calm while I was seething?

“Just think about what I’ve said, okay? Come see me when you’re ready to talk. I’m working on the wall near that
independent bookstore over on Wisteria Avenue, The Reader’s Den. I like you, Carl. I just want you to like you, too.”

He leaned in to kiss my cheek, then left.

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