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“Oh, you’re a handsome fella. I think I’ve seen you from time to time lately. You’re not from around here, are you?” She bats her eyes.
“No ma’am.” He shakes his head. “Luke Mattias. Pleasure to meet you.” He holds his hand out for her. She takes his and steps into him as if I’m not there. She kisses him on the cheek, pats his chest, then gives him a full look over as he drops his hand to his side.
I laugh behind my hand just as my mother comes barreling out of her cottage, still not wearing pants. The three of us turn to her, and I fight the embarrassment that I feel.
“I guess it’s time to meet the parent,” I say under my breath. Luke grabs my hand and squeezes.
“What are you doing here?” She looks at him as if she knows him. “I told you to never come around here again, you sonofabitch!”
“I think everyone is going inside to their respective homes,” I say, turning back to my neighbor. “Again, I’m sorry. I’ll try to talk to her, and hopefully, she retains the information.”
“Honey, you do you, and him.” She wiggles her eyebrows and turns with Gerald, her dog, on her heels to go back to her yard.
“Hello,” Luke says slowly to my mom.
“I’ll take care of her, if you want to go inside-”
“No, I’ll help,” he offers.
“I know you want to, but really I got this,” I say to him with more confidence in my voice than I am feeling at this moment.
He backs away and silently walks back to the house. I’m embarrassed, to say the least, but right now, I need to get my mom back into her place to sleep it off. When I return to the main house, Luke is in the kitchen filling a glass of water with our food from the bar sitting on the table.
“I can’t do this anymore,” I say as soon as he turns around.
