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“I knew you would, sweetheart. Now, where are the bowls? Someone turn on The History Channel. There’s a Tombstone marathon, and they are showing every single version of my favorite movie.”
“Whoa, boy,” Eileen groaned and shared a knowing glance with her. “Reese, how about we pick out a romantic comedy or something that Elana wants to watch since this is her place.”
“Well, somebody is losing a cherry on their ice cream boob bowl,” he said in a lofty voice, removing a cherry – and eating it.
“And someone can sleep on the couch,” Eileen retorted sweetly in a saccharine-like voice.
“And now the cherries have suddenly multiplied. It’s a miracle!”
Elana laughed easily and hugged Eileen again – before walking toward Reese and hugging him, too. It was so nice to have company, to have family at her side, and she didn’t feel as lost or alone as before.
“Thank you both – because I really needed this.”
“We’ve got you.”
“You’re family, and this is what we do.”
“I appreciate it.”
“Besides, it allows me to splurge on a sundae…”
“Tell me about it – I already ate four chocolate armadillo droppings.”
“You ate… what?”
“Run that by me again?!”
Eileen and Reese looked utterly shocked, glancing at each other quickly – as Elana moved to show them the torn box that she’d put out of sight in the cabinet.
“Your brother gifted this to me – and they're honestly quite good.”
“First off – I’m sorry that Max gave you chocolate that looks like poop,” Reese grinned. “Secondly – pass one over, because I love pecan clusters and we’ll just make a party of this. Boob ice cream and poop patties.”
“Can we please call it something else because that sounds utterly revolting,” Eileen grimaced openly – and then all three began laughing as she plucked one of the chocolates out of the box, too.
The next morning, Elana was on her fourth cup of coffee during a Zoom meeting that was enough to put anyone to sleep. They were arguing about cows eating grass over a fence line – seriously. Mr. Baird was allowing his cattle to roam his property, but the farmer on the other side was having a conniption and suing him to have a second fence installed on the Baird land – a foot in – so there was a gap between their land.
Honestly, she thought it was ridiculous and really grateful she was representing Mr. Baird in this matter because the judge was going to look at the plaintiff, roll his eyes, and settle the matter immediately. This was spite and greed – pure and simple.
“I appreciate your time,” she said crisply to the other attorney, taking notes, and ended the call. “… Moron,” she muttered.
Getting up from her seat to stretch her legs, she leaned over and clicked on her email,only to fall back into her chair in shock. She had two emails from Max!
Clicking reply to the first one – she typed quickly, hoping to catch him at the computer.
Max – are you online? I just got out of a meeting. I’m here!
Turning up the volume on her computer, she hoped to hear the notification that another email came through as she read. Her eyes scrolled the screen that was suddenly getting blurry as she heard his words in her mind, and then laughed.
Bidet?
Instead of beignet?
Gosh, Max made her laugh! It was so funny to hear his descriptions, imagining his words and the sarcastic inflection in his voice… and his hopes that he’d made her happy had her melting into a puddle.
Her new husband, her very unexpected one, was truly a sweetheart, and she’d hit the lottery with that man. He always called her his ‘kitten’ and wanted to plan their honeymoon together. The idea of running away to be alone sounded so good in her mind, heart, and soul right now.
Sighing happily – and clicking ‘Send Receive’ to see if he had emailed back, she moved her cursor to click on the other email. … And burst out laughing wildly, replying immediately.
