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Baby Daddy
Such a perfect day: high sixties, rose fragrance on gentle breeze, birds chirping. The world is happy – except for Harald. The shadow of his predicament creates an impenetrable barrier to any joy.
Loretta will pick him up soon. The flirtation with the home health aid gave him flutters in his belly and a lift in his Depends. Pure and carefree Loretta blushed easily with his double entendres. When he held her hand she didn’t pull away.
Loretta’s springy step as she approaches raises the bile in his throat.
“Honey, I’ve decided on a name if it’s a boy: Harald, Jr.!”
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the host of Friday Fictioneers.
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“a lift in his Depends”, now there’s an image I didn’t need. Sounds like they are in a predicament indeed!
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LOL, Jen. You can say that again.
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Oh dear. Methinks Loretta is not quite the up and up home health aid she should be. Makes me think of the movie “I Care A Lot” – they only care about the money they can finagle out of rich, unsuspecting older folk!
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Dale, thanks for sharing your perspective on the situation. Many eyes give a seasoned perspective on any situation. I saw that movie and it made my stomach turn :(
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What was your intent? Curious minds want to know. (I love when someone sees something way outside of what I intended…)
They were something else, weren’t the? Ms Pike is particularly good at playing such…
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I don’t see a “bad guy” in the story. He has the advantage of age and she has the vulnerability of youth. What started out as innocence turned into something else.
Ms. Pike needed to be thrown into a pit of vipers.
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At first, that was my reaction but then of course I had to twist it into something else :)
Yes! Those dead eyes of hers…
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Dale we each see what we see…
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Yes. We do.
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Hip! Hip! Potty mouth!
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LOL Glyn!
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A match made in, well. perhaps not heaven
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lol, exactly so.
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What a cute smiley hippo. 😊
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:)
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Oh! This seems a tricky situation 😅
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Yep :)
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😎
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That Depends comment had me LOL! Wicked sense of humor, Lisa!
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I’m glad it did, and I cackled as I wrote it :)
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Gotta ask, what are Depends? The story took quite a turn. I could picture it in my head. Great take, Lisa.
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Joy, Depends are adult incontinence diapers. Thanks much and glad you enjoyed the story :)
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Oh, ok. Hahahaha :D
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:)
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Very clever, Lisa. I like this a lot.
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Robbie, thanks much and happy you enjoyed it :)
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I really did
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question to ask, could the baby even his? :)
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Plaridel, hadn’t thought about that, but you’re right. I know elderly men can father babies biologically, but did this elderly man father her baby? Paternity test definitely needed to rule in or out.
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As much as home health aid costs, it’s only right that he gets a little extra attention. Though, it seems he got more than he bargained for.
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Great comment, Nobbin.
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My first thought is that he should know better than mess around with Loretta. However, is she just teasing him or is he wealthy. You have given an emotional situation that keeps me guessing.
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James, I’m glad the story has you putting your guessing cap on.
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Unfairly, I am suspicious of young women who chase old and infirm men in wheelchairs.
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I understand, James. Unfairly also, I’ve seen my fair share of “dirty old men” who foist themselves on young servers of one kind or another and am suspicious of them. I hope it was mostly innocent in how it began…
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Clever take on the prompt. A lift in his Depends indeed.
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:) Thanks, Di!
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Naming the babe Harald sounds like her latest way of getting into his good books. Intriguing!
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At least she’s thinking it will :) Yes, it’s the epitomy of “it’s complicated” isn’t it.
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Hmm, a complicated and messy situation for Harald with a tinge of sadness. A complex story in so few words. Well done, Lisa.
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Brenda, thanks for your thoughtful comment, as always. I see it as sad also. The kid is the one who loses :(
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I was practically on the floor at the “lift in his Depends”. Truly. Well done. :)
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:) Pleased you enjoyed my story, Sandra.
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Omg
Well you painted quite an image there. Oh dear, I don’t think Harold was expecting that!
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Laurie, I’m sure you’re right, lol
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The Depends comment was hilarious. Baby Daddy? I suspect not!
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Wow, that’s a rather complicated situation!
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For sure! He should have kept his Depends on lol
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This had me laugh and cringe at the same time, the situation is so wrong on so many levels. Well done! I hope, he’s at least rich…
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Remember that movie, Harold and Maude? May-December relationships have at least a few more complications than others, especially when Mr. December is considering reneging (too late, Baby Daddy! nah nah!)
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I love that movie.
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Oh my….
My imagination says “Ewww..no. Please stop!” lol
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Dawn, truth is stranger than fiction, or is it vice versa? ;)
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Oh my – ‘a lift in his Depends’! Poor Harald. What a story!
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:)
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Dear Lisa,
I love “a lift in his depends.” You set his age as being up there without telling us. Put me in mind of Holling and Shelly in Northern Exposure (which I streamed after you fan fiction a while back ;) )
Fun story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, I love that comparison. It worked for them. Thanks much.
Shalom,
Lisa
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