Lee
I think one of them does or they used to. Why?
Stella
Because I am. Twice a week.
Lee
You’re kidding me. You want to take care of MORE kids?
Stella
At least if I’m there sometimes, they may think twice before they decide to make Bennie their next victim.
Stella
And I may have gotten a little aggressive.
Lee
Aggressive? You?
Stella
Bennie thinks I scared her teacher and made her flinch.
Lee
I would have loved to see that.
Stella
They were assholes and said some pretty awful things.
Lee
So you said. What did they say?
Stella
That she doesn’t really know Nate. You’re not a real doctor, and she has a stupid boy’s name because she has no mother.
Lee
Wow, they said all that? They really are assholes.
Stella
The no-mother comment set me off, I think. It’s why your daughter is lying here in a food coma next to me.
Lee
They aren’t the first to say I’m not a real doctor, and I’m not, in a literal sense. Some people don’t understand the impact of what I do or how the guys look for me first if they’re hurt or get a random pain. I’ll explain that to Bennie when I’m home and how she should shrug it off like I do.
Lee
I hate the no-mother comment too, but I expect that to happen as she gets older.
