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rested his hands on his hips. "I got fired. Remember?" He met her gaze.
    "You get fired at least twice a year. Why is today any different? Put on your uniform and go to work." Why was he suddenly so resistant to his job? Where was this coming from? From what she'd read, it was too soon for Buck to be having a midlife crisis, but damn it if it didn't look like that might be what was happening.
    Buck shook his head and stood firm before her. "I'm not going back there."
    She watched him search her face, trying to read her. Good luck, she couldn't even get a good gauge on how she felt. She slapped the pen and paper on the counter and planted her hands on her hips, ready for a faceoff.
    "What do you mean you're not going back there? Where you going? What are you doing? You've worked for your father since you were fifteen. You've never work anywhere else- ever - but today is the day you've decided to change that." She tossed up her hands in amazement.
    Buck briefly scrubbed his hands over his face. "Yeah, that's the plan." He scuffed his foot against the cement floor and met her gaze.
    "You're just walking away?"
    His mouth opened, then closed before opening again, the words apparently unwilling to come out. Andee almost took comfort in that. Almost.
    She looked away to gather her racing thoughts, but panic had disabled her coping skills and left her in a heightened state where she was working from her gut. "So what? You're going to go work for Publix now? I thought you swore you'd never be like the masses here and work for a grocery store. I don't understand, Bucky. Help me understand why everything is changing." She fought to keep the hysteria from her voice but failed.
    In anticipation of what she was about to inevitably hear, she gripped the counter with one hand and waited. What would he say? What would it change? Would the eventual outcome be something drastic like divorce or just change the structure of their marriage? The possibilities were endless. Truth was, she might be able to handle almost any of the scenarios with the exception of someone else.
    "Your dad always says to follow your heart--" The ringing of Buck's phone interrupted him. After pulling it out, he looked at the screen and pressed ignore. He switched the tone to vibrate.
    "Oh my God." Andee moaned and covered her eyes with the palms of her hands, "Do not quote my father. He's a person who is never content with what he has." She dropped her hands and watched him ignore the call, "Was that your dad?"
    "Just listen. Your dad did what he wanted and he was happier for it."
    She sliced her hands through the air to emphasize her point. "And my mother was stressed out because of it. Trying to figure out how to feed us when he was between jobs. Trying to keep up the appearances he expected. My dad is a selfish asshole who moved his family every six months to a wreck of a house. He made us live in a construction zone nearly every day of our lives all so that he could make more money. Money that he does nothing with. Just hoards it. "
    "Oh, come on. It was never that bad. I've heard the stories. I was even there for part of it, and you never went without." Buck crossed his arms over his chest.
    "I bet my momma would tell a different tale." Her voice hit a new high.
    The low hum of vibration filled the pause between their words.
    Buck's volume met hers. "We should ask her because she seems pretty happy to me." Following a sigh, he reached into his pocket and silenced his phone a second time.
    "Why are we even talking about my parents? What does this have to do with anything?"
    "It has everything to do with what I'm talking about." He moved away, turning his back to her, and she watched his shoulders rise and fall as he took in a deep breath.
    She closed her eyes and quietly said, "I get that my parents are much nicer than your dad, but you didn't grow up with my dad. His life wasn't as rosie as he always made it look. I know working for your dad is much like facing a