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“Is someone going to tell me what’s going on?” Reese asked, throwing her a questioning look as he set his toolbelt down on the small table by the door.
“I need money to pay off my bookie or he’s going to break my legs,” Mikey said with a sad shake of her head.
“I can see why that would be a problem,” Reese said, chuckling as her mother reached over and discreetly pulled the mixing spoon away before Mikey could put it to good use.
“Which is why I think it would be a good idea for Mikey to spend the day with you,” her mom said as she moved to place the mixing spoon on the kitchen island, only to decide against it when she saw the way that Mikey was watching the move.
“I wish I could, sweetheart, but I don’t want to risk anything happening to Mikey’s hand, not with tryouts this week,” Reese said with a heartfelt sigh that had Mikey nodding.
“That does make sense,” Mikey murmured in agreement as she focused her attention back to whatever it was that they were making and resigned herself to the day ahead.
“Please don’t do this to me,” her mother whispered hoarsely as her panicked gaze shot back to Mikey. Knowing that her mother was just overwhelmed with pure joy at the thought of spending the day together, Mikey took in the ingredients laid out before her and couldn’t help but feel like something was missing.
“What are we making?” Mikey asked, throwing her mother a questioning look.
There was a heavy pause before her mother answered, “Ten dozen chocolate fudge cupcakes.”
Nodding, Mikey made her way to the pantry as she said, “We’re going to need coconut, peanut butter, and marshmallows to spice it up a bit.”
“Oh, god…”
“Shouldn’t you be tormenting Sebastian?” Reese asked, making her bite back a sigh.
“He’s busy,” Mikey said as she reluctantly grabbed everything that she was going to need to take her mother’s recipe to the next level.
“Did you text him?”
“No.”
“Then, how do you know that he’s busy?” came the curious question as Mikey grabbed the canister of brown sugar, deciding that it couldn’t hurt.
“Because he’s always busy.”
* * *
He really neededto learn to move faster, Sebastian thought as he reached over and yanked the spoon out of his sister’s hand before she could follow through with the threat to shove it down Mathew’s-
“Just let me hurt him a little!” Jessica begged as she gave up her hold on the spoon and reached for a pancake and-
“Come on!”
-released a growl of frustration when their father was forced to step in and pull Jessica back before she could finish smothering Mathew with a pancake. That was followed by Braxton grabbing his plate and switching places with Jessica while Mathew pulled the pancake off his face and took a bite with a heartfelt sigh.
“You really need to stop pissing her off,” Sebastian said as he helped himself to another sausage.
“I don’t like to limit myself,” Mathew said, shrugging it off as he grabbed the bottle of pancake syrup.
“Try,” their father said dryly as he placed Jessica on the chair that Braxton abandoned.
“Well, that was fun,” their mother murmured before clearing her throat and going for a warm smile. “So, what’s everyone’s plans for the weekend?”
“Fratricide,” Jessica bit out as she leveled a glare on Mathew that had their brother smiling.
“That does sound like fun,” their mother murmured absently before focusing on Jonathan. “How about you, sweetheart?”
“Besides bringing everyone joy by my mere presence?” Jonathan asked.
“Yes, besides that,” their mother said, gesturing for him to continue as though that was a given.
