After all that meat and cheese Neal was craving something sweet. Not that he was hungry or anything. His gut was stretched tight as a drum but Neal was in the middle of a big pity party and why not reward himself with some pie. He cut a small piece. It was apple dripping with juice and crusted with a sugar glaze. The small piece went down easy so he took another- this time bigger. He stopped. Man, he was stuffed. It was the best he had felt today.
Life went on for Neal. He stopped noticing his belly and he stopped worrying about what he ate.
"You got fat."
Neal had stopped by the old house to pick up his sons from a weekend at mom's. Usually Linda didn't answer when she was expecting him but today here she was.
Neal was caught off guard. Yes he had upgraded his pant size last week but he didn't think he looked much different.
"Looks like a twenty pound turkey stuffed in your gut. You got some sweetie cooking for you these days? God know you never liked my cooking."
Neal blushed and tried sucking in this belly. "I think its too much fast food now that I don't have you keeping me healthy."
Neal tried not to antagonize Linda. She was a lousy cook. It was easy to stay skinny when she fixed your meals.
"You't looking good. Still doing that aerobics class?"
Linda was a looker and she took good care of herself too. Her new boyfriend was 10 years younger and a fitness freak. She still looked good for 45 but Neal could see that Linda was feeling pressured to look young for her boy toy.
"Yeah, LeShawn, says it is firming up my ass."
"Your ass always was a masterpiece. LaShawn should get his head out of his."
Linda smiled.
"I'll get the boys." She looked Neal square in the belly. "You might try it. I'm sure it would help you with your front porch."
Driving home with the boys squabbling in the back, Neal looked down at the gut sitting in his lap. "Front porch." he muttered. "That's it. I'm gonna diet."
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