she had been working her “A” game since the third grade

she had been working her “A Plan” since the third grade

“What’s that noise?”

“What noise?” She said looking up from her book.

I turned down the radio. “That clanging.”

She tilted her head.

“Now can you hear it?” I asked.

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My wife is a lawyer. Jackie is one of those people who always knew what she wanted to be: a criminal defense attorney. She started her “A Plan” in the third grade.

My “A Plan” was to be a professional athlete. But the evidence piled up over the years until even I had to admit it was not happening. My revised “A Plan:” marry the lawyer.

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