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Picking Abel up, I use the bottom of my jacket to wipe the drool off his mouth and carry him outside.
Setting him down in the seat, I work on figuring out the harness situation.
This stroller is a thousand times nicer than the little umbrella stroller I’m used to and it’s never been used. I have to pull the little straps through the holes in the padding and adjust them, all while Abel happily grabs at me.
Completely focused on getting the harness secure, I’m carefully adjusting the straps that go over Abel’s shoulders when I hear a woman say, “See, I told you the blue goes perfectly with her hair and complexion.”
I pop my head up and peer around.
Two women I don’t recognize stand on the sidewalk at the end of the driveway, watching me.
Each woman has a stroller but that’s where their similarities end.
The woman on the right is shorter than the woman on the left, with red hair and a pleasant expression on her face. When she notices me looking in her direction, she lifts her hand, smiles, and waves at me.
The woman on the left is taller, thinner, and blonde. With the way she’s carrying herself and the way she’s dressed, I immediately get the impression she’s high class and most likely high maintenance.
She doesn’t wave at me, she just tips her head in curiosity. Her lips pursing a little as she watches me fiddle with the straps.
“Hi!” the red-haired woman calls out when I drop my head back down, set on ignoring them.
Buckling the last buckle of the harness, I let out a sigh before I plaster a fake smile on my face.
Lifting my head, I throw a smile at the women, hoping the whole interaction ends here. “Hi.”
I’m really not in the mood for company. I just want to do some walking alone so I can clear my head.
“I’m Beth,” the red-haired woman says before she tips her head towards the blonde woman. “And this is Meredith.”
Fuck. I guess we’re doing this.
Unlocking the brake on the back wheels, I grab the handle with both hands and push the stroller down the driveway, stopping behind the SUV.
“I’m Eden,” I say and squint at the two women.
The morning sun is so bright it’s blinding me a bit.
Beth giggles. “We know. You’re with Jude, right?”
I tense and slowly nod my head.
Beth giggles again as I take a small step back. “Don’t worry, it’s not like that. I’m married to Johnathan and Meredith is married to Simon.”
Johnathan came to my house the day Jude killed Kyle, and he was also at the meeting.
Some of that day is a total blur to me now, especially the parts that happened after Jude choked the shit out of me. But I remember Johnathan being big, gruff, and dressed like a biker. He was the only one not wearing a suit.
He also seemed older, like a lot older than Beth.
Simon is unforgettable. I can still vividly see his harsh expression and his cold eyes narrowing at me behind his serial killer glasses.
I squint between the two women and resist the urge to gape at them. I would have never put the two of them with those men. Not in a million years.
Meredith snaps her perfectly manicured fingers in the air. “I knew we forgot something. Sunglasses!”
Opening her brown Louis Vuitton purse, a purse even a poor woman like me recognizes because it’s so ugly, she digs around for a few seconds before pulling out a pair of black sunglasses.
Meredith thrusts the sunglasses out at me. “Here. These should look good on you.”
