Fun Fact

By David Gearing

Carol Nealan is a loving and supportive mother. To a point.

When her son reads a bumper sticker that reads "Fun Fact: I don't care", she decides to teach her son Bryan the power of irony: caring enough to tell stranger that they don't care.

But when a quick trip to the grocery store turns into an impromptu date, Carol tries to suppress how much she really cares.

And then she meets the boyfriend's father.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Gearing
• Release date: Feb 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393936282

David Gearing

David Gearing is a recent transplant from the harsh Arizona deserts to the green forests of the Pacific Northwest. He plots, he games, he pretends to be his own living room rockstar when no one is looking. His other books range from various genres from thrillers to gothic horror and beyond. You can find him at his webpage DavidGearingBooks.com or at his publisher's website AkusaiPublishing.com

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Fun Fact

David Gearing

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FUN FACT

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FUN FACT

My pre-teen son says, Fun fact: I don't care. But he only says this because he's reading it.

Well, and it's fun to say.

This is written on the back of someone's cherry red F-five million or something as I'm on the way to the local grocery store. Some conglomerate-owned grocery store that only seems to exist in this part of the country and nowhere else.

You know, like a Piggly Wiggly or a QFC.

My son sits right next to me in our white two-seater sports car that my husband just had to have, despite the fact that it's falling apart.

Falling apart might be a bit of a wishful thinking, though. There are parts of the door that rattle because it's started to pull away from the metal. The plastic-covered padded pieces that are supposed to be for comfort actually hurt when you lay your bare elbow on them.

I know this because my son has red marks along the back of his arm that makes his teachers wonder if we're secretly abusing our boy.

Yes, well, answer me this, I tell Bryan. If they don't care, then why are they proclaiming it to the world? Clearly they care enough to tell you they don't care.

At twelve-years old, Bryan has gotten into