Chapter 782

• I bugged out an hour early, much to the chagrin of the new guys. I went and got a family membership to a boxing gym I had passed for the last four years but never stepped foot in. I guess there was a Thursday night women's self-defense class taught there but I wasn't all that interested in that, I just wanted to lose the twenty extra pounds I had put on since we got married.
• I went home and got the noodles boiling for spaghetti. I whipped up a basic meat sauce and had the table ready to go when everyone walked in. Mary generally picks up the kids on the way home unless they head out with a friend. They know they are supposed to call.
• The three of them walked in and saw dinner ready to go. The kids let out a "cool dinner's ready early" but Mary had a sweet smile on her face. We ate and I got the usual "okay" for every question I asked about school from the kids. I made them clean up the table and put the dishes in the dishwasher to the usual complaints of child labor abuse. They then bolted to their rooms to do homework. I grabbed a bottle of wine and poured two glasses then led my wife to the living room. We snuggled up together and sipped our wine in silence for a bit.