“Oh I’m definitely giving him a hard time, but I’m still doing it. I put too much time and effort into your father. I refuse to have a heart attack and leave him behind for some other woman to benefit from all my hard work.”
“That’s a twisted ass logic, but if it gets you to do right, I’m glad it’s working.”
“It better be working. If I don’t get fine from all this torture, I’m changing doctors and divorcing your father.” I heard beeping before she muttered, “Oh thank god,” then there was shuffling in the background. She huffed heavily before I had her voice again. “How are my babies?”
“Babies? It’s just Rylee, Ma. What you mean?”
“Somee is just as much my baby as Rylee. She’s such a sweet girl, and the way she takes care of Rylee, I can’t help but love her too.”
Trust me, I get it.
“So she’s your baby and not me?”
“For the purposes of this conversation, yes. Now stop playing and tell me how it’s going. Are they adjusting? Have you figured out school yet? Oh, or did Somee decide to do homeschool? That might be a good idea so there aren’t too many changes happening at once with Rylee. Somee’s more than capable. She’s incredibly smart, you know, and such a great teacher. The students love her.”
She paused to take a breath but I just grinned and didn’t respond until she spoke again.
“Sweetheart, are you there?”
“I’m here. Just waiting on you to slow the hell down.”
“I can see now you want me to fly out there to pop you in the mouth. You’re never too grown.”
I chuckled. “Chill, I’m just playing.”
“Mmhmm, you better be. Now how are my babies?”
“They’re good. At the moment they’re having a dance party that I wasn’t invited to because it’s a girl thing. I’m sure that dance party has a lot to do with the music class that Rylee’s taking.”
“She’s taking music. Oh, that’s so wonderful.”
“It’s a class at school but yeah it is. Somee thought it was best for Rylee to get settled here without being attached to her, so she didn’t want to homeschool.”
“Makes sense. But she’s happy with the school?”
“Yeah, so far. Today was her first day, so we’ll see how she feels next week.” I smirked.
“And what about Somee? You’re keeping her busy?”
I’m damn sure trying to…
“We hung out today. I took her to Redmond’s.”
My mother groaned. “Why would you bring that up? Now I really want to come out.”
“So you want to come for the food and not me?”
“For Redmond’s, yes.”
“That’s messed up.”
“Don’t be a baby. It would still be about you.”
I mumbled, “Yeah, I bet.”
“I love you just as much as their lemonade.”
“You’re comparing me to lemonade, that doesn’t feel like love.”