Punchline | Krystle Whitney

I have always been told that I have a way with words. In silent games I am often the first to loose, having a hard time keeping my mouth shut. In life I have always dreamed about being a great writer. So, you can guess that it is no surprise that even at the young age of two, my mother often found me repeating words I heard from all around me.
One evening, while my father was away in one of his university classes, my mother heard me exclaim in quite a loud voice, “Oh damnit!!”.
Her eyes widened in shock!
“Krystle!!” she said. “We don’t say that!!”
Having no idea why I had upset her, I looked up with the most innocent, big eyes and said; “Only daddy can?!”