“You treat that kid badly, that’s all. I’m not jealous, I’m just curious, you know. But you treat him badly and it gets to me to know that he just lets you be a bitch to him.”
“Maybe I do treat him badly, but as long as he’s happy with it, it’s nobody else’s business. I don’t pretend to be outraged by the way you treat your wife; nor do I get enraged with her because she allows you to get away for a couple of days with another woman, and meanwhile she pretends not to notice what’s going on right under her nose. It’s not my business to decide what should make other people happy; and when they do get what they go looking for, then they’re the only ones to be blamed if they don’t like the outcome.”
“You are something else…”
“Thanks.”
“I’m not sure that’s a good thing this time.”
For more sample fragments from Parallel Lives, see: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/396169
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https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/parallel-lives-7
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