Karl tackled his brother onto the ottoman. Dr. Pepper splashed all over the window. Parker squirmed away, racing outside, where he fell, needing stitches.
Lillian, nipping her Amaretto clandestinely in the hospital, said
the Dr. Pepper had stained the glass in the image of the Virgin Mary.
When they got home, she called a nun.
Karl thought his mom had lost …
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