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I let them get reacclimated while I call Dylan inside. Then, I suggest he go up to his room and continue drawing. He’s a smart kid and intuitively knows when it’s best to comply without a fight.
“What brings you here?” Coral asks.
“A delayed flight.”
“Right. Heaven forbid you came here on your own accord.”
“I honestly already took enough about this from Dean, Coral. I don’t need it from you, too. And what business is it of yours? And, for the record, what are YOU doing here?”
“Well, I’m sorry, Anna, but I just braved an actual flood to be with my children.”
Anna turns around and gives her the dirtiest look.
I get in between them and ask for everyone to calm down a little bit. I dislike Anna just as much, if not more, than Coral does, but them screaming at each other isn’t going to do anyone good.
Then, from her corner of the kitchen, Coral takes out her cell and attempts to call Seamus. With no connection, she announces that she’s going to go over to Mae’s to try to call on their landline.
“Be careful!”
So, it’s just Anna and me again.
“Speaking of that Mae,” Anna says.
“She’s the neighbor.”
“And that’s it?” Anna insinuates with her typical mannerisms.
“Why do you care?” I ask.
“I’m just making conversation. We’re obviously going to be stuck here for a while.”
“There may be something developing between us, yes.”
She laughs, shakes her head, and crosses her arms. “Wow.”
“What?”
“You’ve just changed so much,” Anna scoffs.
You have no idea.
“When I knew you, you never would’ve let a little farm girl turn your head.”
“Mae is not just some ‘farm girl.’ She has a law degree.”
“Well, she’s certainly getting a good use out of that out here in the boondocks, isn’t she?”
My fists clench, but I breathe and release them. “Not quite yet, but she’s talking about opening her own firm.”
Anna scoffs. “And just what would she practice around here? Barnyard animal law?” She walks over to a cookie jar on the counter and takes a treat out. “So, what brings you out here in the first place? I didn’t think you’d be caught dead living in the country.”
I gave her the briefest overview of the company’s condominiums plan, since it is truly none of her business.
“If you’re not building here, Dean, then where?”
“I don’t know yet.”
Anna laughs. “That’s just like you.”
