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Mike is in his element: Surrounded by happy family.
It doesn't matter that he's elbow-deep in dishwater with a stack of plates and flatware nearly taller than he is to his left, his family is here and safe and happy, and that's all that really matters.
It doesn't matter that he's elbow-deep in dishwater with a stack of plates and flatware nearly taller than he is to his left, his family is here and safe and happy, and that's all that really matters.
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Sallie knows that Mike 'gets' it, for as much as Sallie herself understands wherever the hell this line of thinking has been coming from. But, somehow, Mike became one of the few people that 'gets' the inside of Sallie's head. It's not fair to hope that he can magically translate anything, but that didn't stop part of her brain from hoping he'd be able to do so.
"'Tis what 'tis, I suppose?"