This was when The Willows was fresh, dark. I was four. Our Sunday family ritual. Me and my burger and fries.
My parents' voices went low; their whispers ran high. Back and forth with intensity. Finally mom turned to him.
"Are you Edward G. Robinson?"
"Why, yes, ma'am, I am."
"Oh my God!"
"And who might you be?"
"I'm Chris. This is my husband. Our daughter. Our son."
He reached over and plucked me from my chair. "And a fine looking boy he is, ma'am," he said, tousling my hair and bouncing me on his knee.
Me and Eddie G.
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