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“Of course he is,” Carolyn said. “He’s probably known all along he was next. He’s not stupid and we’ve been stopping in to see him more than normal.”
She let out a sigh. “You could have warned me about that.”
“Why?” Carolyn said. “Trent is a good sport. Just because he knows we might be trying doesn’t mean he knows who it could be.”
“As you said, he’s smart. He knows. I might have laid it on too thick.”
There was some silence on the other end. “Tell me what happened exactly.”
She told Carolyn the whole visit. Even the part about Trent asking her if anyone had asked her to find him a woman.
“You did good,” Carolyn said.
“Really?”
“Yes. He’s onto you and you guys get along well. He knows you won’t lie and you didn’t. Did he seem angry?”
“No,” she said. “He was laughing.”
“Even better. Keep an eye out for changes in his behavior.”
“Why?” she asked.
“You said it almost seemed like flirting that Trent was doing, right?”
“I think so. I could be looking more into it than it is though.”
“Go with your gut. And now just be on the lookout for changes more than anything. That will give you an idea if something is going on without you having to do much more.”
“Okay,” she said. “I feel bad doing this, but the other part finds it exciting. I do like Roni and I think she’d be perfect for Trent.”
“Then we are all in agreement. We just need to make sure they see it too.”
23
Making It Work
“Eli all settled at Jeff’s?” Trent asked her the next day at six. “Is he going to call you tonight?”
She’d hugged Eli and kissed him when she dropped him off at the before-school program this morning, then Jeff would get him after work. She wouldn’t see her son again until Sunday at dinnertime. She hated it during the school year because it was four nights at the other’s house, not four days, so it was almost as if she went five days not seeing him because he’d be in school all day today.
But like everything else in life, it was fair because Jeff got the same too.
“He’ll call me before bed,” she said. “He normally does that the first night. Jeff picks him up at five during the week. Right at the last minute before they close.”
“Does he get out of work at five?” he asked.
“Yes,” she said. “So on those days, he has to get out a little earlier to get there. I’m not saying anything negative about it.” Even if she thought it. “I get him when I get out at four on my days.”
“It seems as if you guys are making it work,” he said.
“We are,” she said. “I should be used to it by now, but it still makes it hard to say bye to him in the morning.”
“And you put a smile on your face and don’t let him know,” he said, pulling her into his arms for a hug.
“I do,” she said. “It wouldn’t do any good for Eli to know I’m upset. He needs to go to his father’s and have fun. He shouldn’t be worried about me home sad when there isn’t anything that will change the situation.”
“I’ve seen it enough in my career,” he said. “The kids suffer, but the parents do too. Not many parents put as much effort into making sure their children are stable.”
