He sleeps in - his eyes don't open until eight AM and when he does wake, his body keeps him still. His legs still hurt and he's sure there's still gravel embedded in part of his calves and knees. There is light peeking around the edges of the designer blackout curtains and he can hear kids playing outside ( Read more... )

It's close to three AM when he finally climbs into his truck. He's exhausted, dirty, and knows he smells like at least three different levels of hell. His face is swollen - he hasn't looked in a mirror yet but the way the federale's fist connected with his face he knows he's got a monster of a bruise ( Read more... )

Into the lion's den for more than just first contact today. We'll see if I emerge in one piece.

He leaves the office right at 4:30. After his twenty hour Wednesday he can get away with an eight hour Thursday and this is an appointment that he actually can't miss. As much as he'd like to. Anyone with half an eye can tell that James is his son and Daniel is not. But he is willing to play along in the legal games that come about in custody ( Read more... )

Somehow, he's hungover in the morning. A night sanding down corners of the bed and then checking the internet only to find Jenny drunk and kidnapping dogs ... even Heather's starting to worry about her sister's sanity again. There's a part of him that misses this playful side of Jenny, the side that stayed up and drank any man under the table, and ( Read more... )

When he looks back to the beginning of the op, he will remember how Heather woke him up on that Monday morning with a long, slow kiss that led to long, slow lovemaking. He'll remember bringing her coffee in bed and how she tempted him back between the sheets and how they talked as he touched her; discussing this new year and their new life together ( Read more... )

I get the chance to relax. Teaching James about football with the Chargers game. 2012 is not starting so badly.

After the day he's had, woodworking is a requirement. He takes advantage of Heather needing to work as well and makes his way into the garage where James' bed is starting to take shape. He wants to carve some shapes into the wood - animals and air planes and even Snoopy flying his doghouse. Every kid needs to know the story of Snoopy's red baron ( Read more... )

( What was on page four? )

( #1 - Shannon and Kelly: Last Kiss )