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Chapter Twenty-Six
“Everyone, we need to talk,”Buzz said an hour after leaving Jonas outside the house. Now she was walking into the living room with a bottle of water, two bottles of wine, and a case of wine coolers. She hoped it would be enough.
“In a minute,” Lucy stated, her eyes not leaving the TV.
Setting down the alcohol, she handed the water to Maby, who gave her a dirty look. She hated being targeted as different. It had only come out a few months before that she had an issue with alcohol and was trying to stay away from it, not an easy task when you were a Lovely.
“Now, TV off,” Harper barked at Lucy as she came in carrying as many glasses as she could.
“God, Harper, can you be a little nice? I was in the middle of that episode!” Lucy barked back at her sister. For a moment, Buzz thought they would start fighting over the TV. The tension between them was high and getting higher all the time.
“You’ve seen it before.” Maby said from beside her. Her feet were on her twin, and her head was on her husband’s shoulder. “We’ve all seen it before.”
“It doesn’t matter. I wanted to see it again.” Lucy pushed her sister’s feet off of her lap.
“Can I leave yet? Louisa and I need to get on the road,” Frankie said. She was sitting on the arm of the couch, as close to the door as possible.
“I should pack.” Louisa started to get up.
“Not yet. We’re having a family meeting,” Harper stated.
Agatha looked over at Harper. “Should I call Sera?”
“No, we can have a meeting without her.”
“I don’t think we can,” Cliff stated as he played with his wife’s hair.
“I’m not even calling Kaine for this. I’ll give him a summary later.” Harper grabbed the wine and started filling the glasses.
“Summary. Is that what you call it?” Agatha snarked.
“Shut up, Ag. I’ve always and will always call it sex. You know that.” She handed her a full glass.
“Harper, really! There are kids here.” Agatha took the glass and frowned at her sister.
“No, there aren’t. Lou is like nineteen. If she doesn’t know about sex yet, she should be informed.” Harper handed the girl a glass of wine after just saying she was only nineteen.
“What are we meeting about?” Maby asked, handing her bottle of water to her husband to open, as if she was worthless.
“Louisa and Frankie,” Buzz started.
“I don’t need to be the subject of a meeting.” Frankie got to her feet, declining a glass of wine.
Harper pushed her back onto the couch, as she would have with any of her sisters—no special treatment for the new ones. “First off, I have never had to do this before, not once. So, if I get it wrong, you’ll have to tell me, though I’m usually far from wrong about anything. That’s the first thing you’ll learn about me.”
“What are you talking about, Harper?” Maby demanded,
“Shut up, Maby. You’re interrupting my speech,” she hissed at her sister before turning back to the two newcomers. Clearing her throat, she went on, “As the oldest Lovely sister, I want to extend an invitation that you will always have a home here. No matter what happens in life, you belong here.”
“Hold up, Harper. This is my place, not yours anymore. Need I remind you that you’re supposed to be moved out since you are married and all. And I don’t really know either one of them.” Agatha sat up, suddenly caring about what was happening around her.
“I don’t know any of you,” Frankie agreed with Agatha and got to her feet again.
Harper pushed her down again. “You will in time.” Harper then rapid-fire named everyone in the room as if the girl would pick up on any of the names.
“I’m not going to remember any of that,” Frankie pointed out.
“I said in time, you will remember us all. Just give it time,” Harper assured her, even patting her on the arm.
