Chapter 9
*Three Months Later*
"What?" Mercina said into the phone, "Of course I want to be at your wedding! When is it? Mm Hmm… Yeah, okay. Okay! Bye!" Mercina hung up the phone as Matt walked into the room.
"What was that all about?" he asked.
"My friend Amanda is getting married next month!"
"That's great!" he replied, "but Mercina I'm going to be touring Europe all next month with the company." Mercina looked at him sadly.
"Matt that means that I won't see you for a very long time! And that also means that I have to Saskatoon with the girls by myself!"
"Yeah, you're right, but it's my job" Matt held out his hands and Mercina took them, "but think of what we can do when I get back!" Mercina smiled at the thought. Matt wrapped his arms around Mercina's waist and just held her.
*The Next Month in Saskatoon*
"Amanda, I am so happy for you!" Mercina told the bride.
"Oh! Mercina I have a surprise! Cassie is going to be here too!" Amanda said.
"Cassie? Cassie is going to be here?"
"Actually I'm already here!" Mercina whirled around to see a somewhat familiar, grinning blonde standing behind her.
"You dyed your hair?" Mercina squealed.
"That's not all I did when while you were gone!" Cassie opened her mouth and raised her shirt to reveal a pierced tongue and navel.
"Oh… my… gosh!" Mercina gasped, "You always said that you were going to get your tongue pierced but not your belly button."
"Yeah I know," she replied, "now don't I at least get a hug?"
"Of course!" Mercina said as she hugged her other old best friend.
Amanda's dad poked his head into the room, "Are you ready yet?"
"Yep!"
"Let's go then! Mercina, you go out first, then you three," he said as he pointed to three women Mercina didn't recognize, "Cassie you go out just before Amanda and I"
"Okay, dad I think we all knew that!"
"Let's go then!"
The wedding was beautiful. After two more days in Saskatoon, Mercina finally returned home to North Carolina.
*A Week Later in the Kitchen*
"Thank you," Mercina said into the phone, "Yes. Thank you. Uh huh. No, it's not a problem. Good bye." Mercina hung up the phone and picked up Rose who was sitting on the floor beside her feet, and danced around the room with her. Suddenly the phone rang, causing Mercina to almost drop Rose.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Matt!" the voice said.
"Matt? How's Europe?"
"It's great, I'm just calling to see how you and the girls are."
"We're fine, well Brandi has been asking for you."
"That's great! Well guess what, I'm coming home in three days."
"Really?" Mercina said into the phone, "Why?"
"I'll tell you when I get home, but right now I have to go. So, I love you and the girls and I'll see you in a couple days."
"Okay, we love you too. Bye!" Mercina said just before she hung up the phone.
*The Day That Matt Got Home*
"Mercina you want to know why I came home early?"
"Yes."
"Well, Mark is mad at me for accidentally dropping a cup of coffee and he stepped in it, so Vince wanted me to get out of there to let Mark cool down. I think that he has been a little mad lately because Sara and him have been having trouble at home."
"I see."
*The Next Night in Bed*
For the second time in her life, Mercina sat in bed wondering when she should tell Matt good news.
TBC…
*Three Months Later*
"What?" Mercina said into the phone, "Of course I want to be at your wedding! When is it? Mm Hmm… Yeah, okay. Okay! Bye!" Mercina hung up the phone as Matt walked into the room.
"What was that all about?" he asked.
"My friend Amanda is getting married next month!"
"That's great!" he replied, "but Mercina I'm going to be touring Europe all next month with the company." Mercina looked at him sadly.
"Matt that means that I won't see you for a very long time! And that also means that I have to Saskatoon with the girls by myself!"
"Yeah, you're right, but it's my job" Matt held out his hands and Mercina took them, "but think of what we can do when I get back!" Mercina smiled at the thought. Matt wrapped his arms around Mercina's waist and just held her.
*The Next Month in Saskatoon*
"Amanda, I am so happy for you!" Mercina told the bride.
"Oh! Mercina I have a surprise! Cassie is going to be here too!" Amanda said.
"Cassie? Cassie is going to be here?"
"Actually I'm already here!" Mercina whirled around to see a somewhat familiar, grinning blonde standing behind her.
"You dyed your hair?" Mercina squealed.
"That's not all I did when while you were gone!" Cassie opened her mouth and raised her shirt to reveal a pierced tongue and navel.
"Oh… my… gosh!" Mercina gasped, "You always said that you were going to get your tongue pierced but not your belly button."
"Yeah I know," she replied, "now don't I at least get a hug?"
"Of course!" Mercina said as she hugged her other old best friend.
Amanda's dad poked his head into the room, "Are you ready yet?"
"Yep!"
"Let's go then! Mercina, you go out first, then you three," he said as he pointed to three women Mercina didn't recognize, "Cassie you go out just before Amanda and I"
"Okay, dad I think we all knew that!"
"Let's go then!"
The wedding was beautiful. After two more days in Saskatoon, Mercina finally returned home to North Carolina.
*A Week Later in the Kitchen*
"Thank you," Mercina said into the phone, "Yes. Thank you. Uh huh. No, it's not a problem. Good bye." Mercina hung up the phone and picked up Rose who was sitting on the floor beside her feet, and danced around the room with her. Suddenly the phone rang, causing Mercina to almost drop Rose.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Matt!" the voice said.
"Matt? How's Europe?"
"It's great, I'm just calling to see how you and the girls are."
"We're fine, well Brandi has been asking for you."
"That's great! Well guess what, I'm coming home in three days."
"Really?" Mercina said into the phone, "Why?"
"I'll tell you when I get home, but right now I have to go. So, I love you and the girls and I'll see you in a couple days."
"Okay, we love you too. Bye!" Mercina said just before she hung up the phone.
*The Day That Matt Got Home*
"Mercina you want to know why I came home early?"
"Yes."
"Well, Mark is mad at me for accidentally dropping a cup of coffee and he stepped in it, so Vince wanted me to get out of there to let Mark cool down. I think that he has been a little mad lately because Sara and him have been having trouble at home."
"I see."
*The Next Night in Bed*
For the second time in her life, Mercina sat in bed wondering when she should tell Matt good news.
TBC…