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“I can’t believe I thought this time could be different.”
I grab his arm. “It isn’t your fault. You know that. She said she wanted time with him, and you wanted to give both of them that time to be mother and son.”
“I did. She was guilting me about all of this stuff and—”
“It’s fine. Dylan will calm down. And at least he knows that you will always be here for him, right?”
“Of course.”
I take a big plate of pancakes from Coral and hand it to Dean.
“Eat up. We can go talk to him together after.”
“Mae, you’d do that?”
“Sure, if you think it will help.”
Chapter twenty-five
Dean - Things Coming Together
Mae tells me that she saw Dylan headed toward the barn, so we go to try talk with him.
“Why don’t you let me go in first, Mae?”
“Yeah, good idea.”
I let her have the umbrella to herself, and I go in.
“Dyl?”
“Leave me alone.”
“I know it sucks, bud. Believe me, I do.”
“I’m so stupid. I actually let myself get excited to go to Mexico with her.”
“That isn’t stupid. Almost anyone with travel plans looks forward to them,” I say.
“Yeah, but I should’ve known better.”
“To be honest, some of this could be my fault.”
“How so?”
“Your mother and I got into an argument last night.”
“Don’t let her make you take any of the blame, Dad. This is all on her. She probably would’ve snuck away without me even if you didn’t get into some kind of fight.”
He’s probably right.
I then make eye contact with Mae and wave her in.
“Hey, Dylan.”
“I’m sorry for storming out of your kitchen like that, Mae.”
“Oh, no. You don’t have to be sorry. I would’ve reacted like that, too.”
