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“Maddie won’t come.” she tells me.
“She probably will if I invite her and we pay for her ticket out here?” He grins.
* * *
Maddie arrived exactly a week later.
Trying to persuade her to not spend Thanksgiving with her parents and some of her other family members was easier than I was expecting. I didn’t have to make much of an argument.
Kaley knows she’s coming, but she’s not sure when. She has been cleaning the apartment from floor to ceiling over the past few days and when she’s not cleaning, she’s trying to figure out what she will talk to her sister about.
“I’m sorry that I outed you and Kaley to my parents. I see my mistake about that now.” she says sitting in the passenger side.
“Things happen,” I say with my eyes on the road.
“No, I mean it. I was selfish and looking out for my own agenda.”
“Honestly, this is something that is between you and Kaley, and you should be talking to her about this and not me.”
“Okay, then just let me practice on you.”
She talks the entire ride home, and I listen. I say nothing until we park the car.
“We’re going to go upstairs. Kaley is incredibly nervous. I get that you’re sorry, but she has a lot that needs to be said too.”
“Okay.” She gets out of the car and looks up at the building.
“What if she hates me?” Maddie asks.
“Then you guys work on repairing your relationship.”
Kaley
The door opens and my little sister walks in with Dean following her. Maddie stops in her tracks in the middle of the walk-way and looks around.
Dean grabs her bag from her and walks down the hallway and takes it into the bedroom that’s been vacant since she was last here.
“Hi Mads, how are you?” I ask.
Maddie looks at me and her chin trembles. Tears threaten to spill, and I rush to my sister and engulf her in my arms.
“I’m so sorry, I am so sorry.” she shakes in my arms.
“Shhh. Mads, it’s okay.”
I take her over to the dining room table and we sit down next to one another.
“I messed up, and I know that I shouldn’t have said anything to mom and dad. But I was so mad. I was so mad that you were here and allowed to do whatever the hell you wanted. I’ve been under their microscope with your name in every move that I make. It’s not fair.”
“Man, I wasn’t expecting that we would do this right away.” I say, taking a deep breath.
Dean walks into the kitchen and a moment later, places two glasses of water on the table. I smile at him as Maddie thanks him, before he disappears into the bedroom that we’re sharing.
“Maddie, I’m sorry that mom and dad are the way that they are. What they don’t see is that you are your own person. You have your own mind, your own voice, and your own future. Mom and dad cannot tell you how your future will go. Only you can make that determination.”
“But they want me to go to seminary school. They want me to be a child of God. If I don’t, then they will cut me off, just like they did to you. I’m so sorry they cut you off.” She places her head in her hands.
“What do you want to do with your life? I mean, I know that you’re only sixteen, but do you have any plans?” I ask.
