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Josslin: I’m worried about you.
Josslin: I just saw the weather report. Please tell me you’re getting out of there.
Josslin: Are you at least safe?
Josslin: Are you just going to ignore me forever?
She must have sent these last night and I’m just now getting them.
I consider not responding, but ignoring her obviously doesn’t get the point across.
Seven: The last eighteen years suggest that I might.
A text back comes in quickly.
Josslin: Finally. A response after the last two weeks of texting you.
Seven: You only get responses that have to do with Cammy.You know this.
Josslin: Your niece isn’t the only family you have. The rest of us would like to talk to you, too. Your mom says you haven’t returned her calls in over six years.
Of all people in my family, Josslin should know exactly why that is. She’s half of the duo who drove that wedge into the middle of it, causing the fallout. And six years is exaggerating. I call my mom once a year—not more, not less.
Seven: Cammy is the only one who hasn’t stabbed me in the back. She’s the only one I like. Deal with it.
I shouldn’t even bother to engage with Josslin. We’ve had this same conversation over and over again.
Now that Cammy is going into her sophomore year of college at Washington University and she’s lived in Seattle for the last year, our relationship has gotten stronger and I don’t have to go through Josslin to have a relationship with my niece.
Half the reason Cammy picked WU was to get away from her mom and I don’t blame her for it. Cammy still wanted family close wherever she decided to go to school, so when she told me she was thinking about attending WU her freshman year instead of the colleges near home, she asked if I would be okay with it. I told her that I would support her decision and help her move into her dorm.
She got a full-ride volleyball scholarship anyway, so it wasn’t like she needed my permission to attend.
Josslin: I don’t think Cammy should come out to Mexico next week with this storm.
Seven: It will be over by then, and she’s an adult. She can make that decision on her own. I’d never let her come out here if it wasn't safe.
Josslin: Maybe I should come out too. I’m worried about her.
Seven: Don’t even think about it.
As of last year, Josslin’s been making every excuse she can to come out to Seattle. There’s not much I can do about her showing up to see her daughter, but I draw the line when it comes to her showing up here.
She won’t be allowed to enter this house and since Cammy stays with me when she comes down for vacation, Josslin shouldn’t waste her time.
Josslin: You can’t cut me out forever.
Seven: Are you sure about that? At my age, I've only got another thirty-five to forty years before I leave this earth. I think I’m up for the challenge.
Josslin: We need to talk, and it would be better if we did it in person.
Seven: Then, was your plan to invite yourself on your daughter's vacation so you could spend time with her? Or was your real plan to ambush me?
Josslin: I’m not trying to ambush you. And why can't I want to spend time with my daughter and get to talk to you in person?
I back out of the text conversation.
Josslin is a world-class manipulator, but lucky for me, she opened my eyes to that years ago.
