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Randee	Jun 30 2008, 08:08 PM
Root Admin Posts: 10,992 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 9, 2006	Chapter Seven: Caleb sat in his kitchen nursing a bottle beer.” its five o'clock somewhere." he mused to himself as he took another long drink from the bottle. He had no idea what he was going to do. What did Shannon want? Did she want him to embrace fatherhood as if it was a second skin? No, she would expect me to embrace it that easily. Caleb was brought back from imagination when heard a pound on the door and then the yelling started. "Caleb Anthony Vincent open this door now. I know you are in there, I can see you. That's it I am using my key!" Kameron yelled through the door at her brother. Caleb rose from his chair and answered the door before his could cause anymore of a ruckus. "Jeezus Kam do have to fucking yell like that, I think the frickin' village heard you." Kameron just stared at her brother. Is he drinking? She wondered. "Caleb, it is 10 o'clock in the morning. Please tell me you are not already drinking?" "As the song goes, 'It's five o'clock somewhere', darlin." Kameron was astonished; she had to admit that all her life she had never once seen her brother drink before dusk. Even when they went boating, he was always the last one to start drinking. "Is everything all right, Caleb?" "Just peachy effin' keen." He said as he took another beer out of his fridge. "Then why in god's name are you drinking at 10 o'clock in the morning, on a week day no less?" Caleb snorted as he looked at his kid sister. "Haven't you heard the news yet? Imadaddy." He slurred the words together, Kameron was unsure if she heard him correctly. "You're a what?" "You heard me, I'm a daddy." he said as he polished off the other half of his beer. Kameron stood there shaking her head. "W--Wow!. I guess congratulations are in order for you and Lori. "I did not know that you two were that serious." Caleb let out a hearty laugh as he looked at his sister. "No, Lori and I. Never gonna happen." Kameron was confused now. Was her brother that drunk that he was hallucinating being a father? "You're drunk Caleb." "Why yes I am sweet lady." "C'mon, let's get you into the shower and some coffee in you and then we can talk." Kameron said as she ushered her brother toward the bathroom. Kameron went back into the kitchen after getting her brother to agree to take a long shower. She found his coffee in a cabinet over the stove and made a fresh, strong pot. She had no idea what she was in store or when her brother sobered up. She figured he was in a drunken stupor and was regretting not being married and having kids. Several minutes later, Caleb emerged from the shower. He was now dressed in a pair of cut offs and a white polo style shirt. He saw Kameron sitting at his kitchen table with two cups of coffee. He pulled out the chair and sat across from her. "So, you feelin' any better there big brother?" "Yeah." "I have to admit, I don't ever think I have seen you like this before. Not even after mom died." Kameron said looking directly at her brother. Caleb had to admit that she was right; he had never been like this. "I'm sorry, sis." "It's okay, now you want to tell me who the hell or better yet, what the hell put you in a drunken stupor like this?" Caleb told her and she was in just as much shock as he was when he found out. “That doesn't sound like Shay; I know she must have a really good reason for keeping this from you fro so long. "Have you talked to her since she told you?" Caleb lowered and shook his head in response. Kameron made a tsking sound with her mouth and said, "No, of course you haven't. You have been to self absorbed in your little pity party." Caleb had to admit that his sister was right, he had been to absorbed in his own little pity party to even ask Shannon why she did what she did.


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