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Yes, cute and sweet and I was just going to pretend he wasn’t frowning.
“You ate another sandwich at lunch and had pancakes for dinner. That’s not healthy enough. I didn’t plan for you to just have carbs and sugar for dinner.” He had to focus on the road, so that gave me a few seconds to think.
I needed to learn to think faster.
“Dally likes that diner because they ignore that he’s annoying and they have good food.” It was cheap too. “We don’t go there very often, though.”
Mostly because our schedules didn’t line up well on pancake night.
It wasn’t my fault they were half off on Tuesdays.
“Oh, and don’t forget you gave me a cut-up apple and some carrots.” I wasn’t going to mention the cookie he gave me. “So I had veggies and good stuff today.”
I wasn’t sure where he’d found the little bag of chips he’d put in for me, but they’d been so much fun.
And a named brand kind too.
“Well, I’m glad you were able to spend time with Dally.” Daddy was trying to find the good side, but he didn’t like it. “We’ll find some healthier options for your nights out, though.”
Ugh.
“At the very least, I can surprise you with takeout and pick out something fun. Dally would like surprise dinners.” Grinning as I groaned, Daddy sat straighter. “We can make a game of it and you’ll like it too.”
I was starting to see a lot more vegetables in my future.
But it brought up something we’d talked about at dinner and I was big for the time being, so it was probably the right time to mention it. “I don’t mind that you’re rich, Daddy. You know that, right? I mean, it’s weird and your family is nuts. Oh, your great-aunt Ella said hi and she said you were named after her. Shoot. Getting distracted. Um, where was I?”
“I’m rich and my family is nuts.”
Yes, he was so helpful.
“Thank you.” Okay, back on track. “I don’t mind that you’re rich and have a stressful job. At some point I’m going to have job stress too.”
I was just at the point where I had money stress and those seemed to be mutually exclusive.
“Thank you for not minding the money. I can’t really help it.” He shrugged as we turned the corner to his street. “I’m the only one who can manage it without making stupid decisions, and well, you’ve talked to a lot of them so far and I’m sure you see why they aren’t to be trusted with financial decisions.”
He was rude but he was right.
We just weren’t going to tell anyone about the rude part.
“No, I think you handling it was the best decision and you can’t help being smart and functional.” I leaned into Daddy’s hand as he reached out to stroke my head. “Being poor isn’t helpful to anyone.”
Daddy pressed his lips together and was obviously trying not to laugh.
I sighed and shrugged. “It’s okay to giggle.”
Letting out a slow breath, Daddy managed not to laugh. “First of all, you’re very smart and functional too. We just need to help you figure out some new goals and how you’ll get there. You’re very good with stupid people and stressful people. You also seem to be very good at dealing with customers in general, so I think you’ve got a lot of job options you haven’t thought about.”
Before I could thank him, he squeezed my shoulder and kept going. “Secondly, while I promise not to take over your life in overly annoying ways, we’re going to come to some kind of agreement about the bus. You are on the bus for a ridiculous amount of time some days. It’d have taken you at least forty-five minutes to get home instead of ten minutes by car.”
He’d clearly found the bus app.
“Um, I don’t have a driver’s license, so it’s my only option? I take cabs and stuff like that sometimes but it’s a waste of money to do that all the time when the bus works.” I just had to plan better than car people.
Daddy gave a very rich-person kind of groan and rolled his shoulders as he muttered to himself. “He’s not going to let me get him a driver and those stupid driverless cars still require a driver.”
Well, at least he realized that part on his own?
