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“Okay. And I’m not paying a cent, Anna,” I whisper to her, as she attempts to call Raul. She’d already gotten so much money out of me that way. I think I even once paid for her and her boyfriend to take Dylan and his kids to Disney World.
She pulls away from my grasp. “I know.”
Her cell service must also be down because she pouts seconds later.
“Can’t get through?”
“No.”
“Mae has a landline. You can try to use that.”
“But I don’t know his number by heart.”
“You can’t just pull it up in your contacts?”
“Oh, yeah. I guess I can do that. But let me try it again. Hi, baby,” she mumbles in a disgusting baby voice, after successfully reaching him. “I need another ticket for my son. I know, it will be less romantic with him around. But I want to spend time with him. Thank you, baby. I love you.” After that, she makes a series of kissing sounds.
Barf. How I ever thought I was compatible with this woman is beyond me.
“Okay, he’s going to take care of it.”
***
Coral has since come back, and our new unconventional family is sitting down at the table to eat dinner when all of the lights in the house go out.
“Oh yikes!” Coral exclaims.
“It’s okay. The power was just knocked out. I’m sure it will come back on again,” I comfort.
We wait for several minutes but remain surrounded by darkness.
However, I look out the window and see the lights turn back on at Mae’s. They must have a generator.
“I guess we’re going to have to take this meal to go,” I suggest.
Chapter twenty-four
Mae – Grandpa’s Secret Revealed
“Oh, thank goodness.” I hear the generator kick in and see our house illuminated again.
But then there are several knocks on the door.
When I open it, I see four sets of eyeballs glaring back at me from the cold.
“I’m so sorry. We were just in the middle of dinner when the power went out. Then, we saw yours turn back on…” Dean explains.
“Of course. Come on in. The fireplace is going. Why don’t you warm yourself up over there?”
I watch particularly closely as Anna, his ex, passes me.
“I’m so sorry,” he says again, rolling his eyes for only Mae to see.
“It’s fine. I’m happy to help.”
“I know. But it’s weird that she’s here. And that she’s under your roof,” he whispers.
“Don’t worry. It’s okay. Come on, you need to dry off, too.” I lightly push him by the small of the back.
