Shane’s POVI finish the burgers first, making sure the cheese melts just right over the patties, then I drop the fries into the deep fryer. They don’t take long. Once they float, I shake them off, hit them with seasoning salt, not regular salt, seasoning salt, because that makes all the difference.I pull out the ketchup and the mayo and mix them together in a small bowl for Sophie. She’s been hooked on that combo ever since I took them to a co-worker's backyard party in Skokie.“Daddy, I wanna try it,” she had said.Now she won’t eat fries any other way.I grab drinks from the fridge, but my mind isn’t in the kitchen anymore. It’s back on the call I had earlier with Maya.Flashback“Hey baby.”“Hey lovebug. Are you coming tonight?”I exhale. “I can’t.”She paused. “Why?”“My daughters,” I say. “When I came home last night I found my daughter in my bed, to which never happens, even if they are scared, and she asked me if I still loved them, and then asked me why I don’t stay home, an
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