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“Yep, I have Heath on Rome duty in case this takes all day,”
“Sounds good, I’ll start packing up some things while we wait for our moms to get here.” I’m still astonished my mother called me after the scene father created. Apparently, all is not well in the marital bliss world they created and she’s trying to mend the fences between her and I.
Sure, it’s nice, but it also has me apprehensive. It takes a lot for a person to want to change and keep on that same path.
I get to packing while Mason loads up some of the furniture I want to take, not to mention my plethora of books, he grumbles as he packs those, “Geez woman, how many books do you need?”
“Hush your mouth Mason Allen Carter,” I hear Tina say to him as I come out of my room.
I laugh at him while she gives him the riot act. I’ve loved books ever since I was a child.
My mother comes in shortly after and we all pack and load up Mason’s truck, and all of our vehicles, not realizing I had so much stuff in a tiny one-bedroom condo.
Taking one last look around before we leave. I’m leaving the place mostly furnished and only taking what I want or need.
“All that’s left is to clean the place,” my mom comes up beside me and interrupting my thoughts.
“Yeah, I don’t have to for another week though. That’s when Quinn will be moving in,” I reply.
“That’s good, I’ll come help you clean too,” she offers. I’m taken aback, but if she’s trying to mend the divide, the least I can attempt to do is meet her in the middle.
“I’d like that, thank you.”
“Thank you, Momma Tina and Mason too. Without your help I wouldn’t have been able to pull this off,” I say to our group before we all load up into our cars and head home.
29
Rome
Today was fucking exhausting, I walk in the door and hear Summer, “Mason was right, I have too many damn books. I should donate some of these to the nursing home.”
Going further into the house, I see stacks on top of stacks of boxes. My eyes almost bulge out of my eyes. This was the last thing I was expecting.
“Oh, you’re home. Surprise?” Summer questions with a bright smile on her face, one that’s matching my own.
“I’m never going to top these surprises, you know?” It’s all I can say, emotion clogging my throat.
“Good, I’ll keep you on your toes that way,” she walks toward me, her hands instantly going around my neck. I dip my head down to hers and slide my nose along hers, before I take her mouth in a searing kiss.
Trying to show just how thankful I am, that she’s here now and forever. We pull apart, “Keep being you, baby. I love you just the way you are.”
“And, I love you.”
I unbutton the sleeves of my shirt and cuff them to my forearms before saying, “Want a glass of wine? I’m grabbing a beer and then I’ll help you unpack.”
“Huh? What?” she mumbles, as I catch her staring at what I’m doing.
“Wine?” I ask again with a chuckle.
“Yes, I’d love that. Rome?”
“Yeah, baby?”
“Thank you,” she responds.
“I’m just getting you a glass of wine, Summer,” I reply.
“Nope, you’re giving me so much more,” she leans up and kisses the underside of my jaw. A place I notice she loves to kiss when it’s just the two of us.
“Right back at you,” I respond, then grab our drinks so we can get all of her things unpacked. It might make me sound like a sap, but I love seeing her things meshed with mine, it’s going to make this house actually feel like a home.
30
Summer
It took us most of the week to unpack and place everything where we both agreed it should go. We even had our first, well almost argument. I was beyond irritated and it was coming up on that time of the month where mother nature decides to rear her ugly head.
I wanted a chair to go one way and all Rome said was, “Baby, you can’t see the television from there. You know as well as I do, you’ll end up moving it again when I’m at work.”
It took me two seconds to drop down into a pile of tears, overly emotional but wanting to nitpick too. Rome being Rome, just came and sat down beside me, holding me while I bawled my eyes out over nothing.
Today is a new day and thank goodness my hormones are finally back to normal, especially since I’m meeting Momma Tina and my mom at my old place to scrub it top to bottom.
I met Quinn at my last photo shoot. She was quiet and solemn, looking like she could use a friend.
