I think the suspenders were to keep his pants up ... the belt was for looks. Daddy always said, "Never trust the man who wears both belt and suspender... ... he has left nothing to chance."He had watched us bicycle up to Palmer Johnson. He saw us rattle the office door and peer through the glass. He saw Grace point to the sign that gave the hours of operation and he for sure saw me look to the sky and make gestures.He had watched Grace and me with our noses up against the chain link fence .... Kelly visibly shivers and gulps."Mmm...I have something else in mind, Ms. Harper."I hit her with a long stare of my bedroom eyes. Kelly lets me tease her for a few seconds longer before pushing my foot away and glaring at me."I'm working Emily."I sigh dramatically before flopping back on the couch. A mischievous idea pops into my head and I hold back a smile."That's too bad."I tease and see my words catch Kelly's attention. I move my hands to drift over my breasts and stomach. Her breath. ." Allison responded half-heartedly with a lack of conviction that was painfully obvious.Kaija rolled her eyes in disbelief. "That must've been one hell of a scary dream," she speculated. "What happened anyway?"Allison shrugged to buy some time before she answered. "It was about school." She eased into her explanation tentatively as if waiting to see if Kaija was going to buy it. When she heard no objections, she continued. "I was flunking this one class that would keep me from graduating, and. It alienated him from his peers and his family. They mostly thought of him as white trash, a goody two shoes, or fat and lazy. He wasn't fat and he was stronger than most full-grown men. At the age of thirteen, he could carry an anvil over a hundred yards without stopping. He would wrestle with his brothers and pick two of them off the floor at the same time. His brothers got smart and would choke him to make him let go of them. That didn't always work though. A little thing called groin.
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