Sunday, May 19, 2019

The Silver Linings Playbook Chapter 44

BooyahWhen Danny finishes reading Tiff everys latest letter, he sighs, scratches his Afro, and looks out my bedroom window for a desire time. I want his reaction because he is the only person I know who doesnt already receive a strong opinion about Tiffany. Everyone else is obviously biased even Cliff.So, I finally give voice from my bed. Im sitting with my back against the head mesa and my cast propped up on a few pillows. What do you think I should do?Danny sits down, opens up the Parcheesi box, and takes out the hand-painted wooden board and pieces my mother gave me for my birthday. I feel like creation red today, he says. What color you want?After I pick blue, we set up the board on the little table my mother put in the room for us when I early came home with a broken leg. We play Parcheesi like we ever do when Danny visits, and it becomes obvious that he isnt exhalation to weigh in with an opinion regarding Tiffany, probably because he knows that only I can make this fi nis but maybe because he just wants to play the game. He loves Parcheesi more than any man I have ever met, and when he lands on one of my spots and sends one of my pieces back to the start circle, Danny always points at my face and yells, Booyah which makes me laugh because he is so goddamn serious about Parcheesi.Even though I dont really enjoy playing Parcheesi as much as Danny does and he wont answer any of my questions about Tiffany its nice to have him back in my life again.We play Parcheesi for so many hours years pass, and my record against Danny grows to 32 wins and 203 losses. Danny is a supreme Parcheesi player, and the best dice roller I have ever met. When he says, soda pop needs a doublet, he almost always rolls two sixes. Whatever Papa needs, Danny rolls.

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