"Okay...so we will meet you there in about...fifteen minutes. Bye!"
Sarah flipped her cell phone shut.
"That was our mom, Davy. We are going to meet her at the Digital Bean in about fifteen minutes."
"Why?" Gordo asked.
"She is our mom, the lady who gave birth to us."
"Is...he going to be there?" Nick asked hesitantly, knowing that Mike was a very sore subject with the family.
"No, just mom."
"Good,"Gordo replied.
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"David! Sarah! I'm so happy to see you guys!"
Mrs. Gordon quickly wrapped the two up into a hug.
"Hello, mom," Sarah said, nudging Gordo with her elbow.
Gordo managed a smile, and replied, "It's really nice to finally see you again. How are things?"
The four sat down at a nearby table.
"Things are pretty good. I just quit my job, and-"
Sarah's smile quickly disappeared.
"You loved your job. Why did you quit?"
"Oh, I needed more time around the house you know to do housework, and Mike said that-"
"No, not what Mike said, what do you want?"
Mrs. Gordon frowned.
"What do you mean?"
Sarah sighed.
"Did you quit your job just because Mike wanted you to?"
"Of course not. Why would you think that?"
Sarah nervously twiddled her thumbs.
"I don't know. I was just wondering...if he did."
An awkward silence came over the group, as the subject of Mike was brought up.
The four stared at each other for a second.
"I'm going to go to the car...to get something," Sarah announced. "Nick...can you come with me?"
The pair got up and left to go outside.
Gordo looked at his surroundings.
"You know what? I just realized that I haven't ordered anything. I'm going to go order something to drink."
Gordo got up and walked to the drink counter. When he was waiting in line, he noticed a familiar dark-haired girl getting straws.
"Miranda!" he quietly whispered.
The young girl did not look up.
"Miranda!"
She still did not answer.
Finally, Gordo left the line, and walked over to Miranda. He grabbed her arm, and dragged her to a place where they would not be seen talking to each other.
"Hey, what do you think you are doing?" Miranda protested, until she looked up. "Gordo?!"
"SHHH! Is Lizzie here?"
"Do you want me to get her?"
"NO! Is she here?"
"Yes."
"Has she seen me?"
"No."
"Good."
Miranda looked perplexed.
"Why don't you want Lizzie to see you?"
"I wanted to surprise her. Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Sure, I guess. But don't take too long, or she will start to look for me."
"Is Lizzie going to the prom?"
"Yes."
"Does she have a date?"
"No."
"Please, make sure that she goes at all costs."
"I will. See you tomorrow night."
"Make sure that she doesn't see me."
"I will not."
Gordo watched as Miranda departed back to her and Lizzie's table, and as Miranda explained something to Lizzie. Gordo could not tell what they were talking about, but he could tell it had something to do with shoes.
Lizzie smiled really big, and confirmed that the sale really was seventy-five percent off. Miranda said yes, and told her that it was the last day.
They hurried out the door, and it was safe again for Gordo to go back to his table.
"Where is your order?" his mom asked.
"I decided that I wasn't really that hungry."
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The Gordon family and Nick continued to sit and talk about trivial items, until Gordo was fed up.
"When are you going to leave Mike?"
His mom looked very shocked.
"Excuse me?"
"When are you going to leave that jerk?"
Sarah nervously looked at her mom, and back at Gordo.
"He didn't mean it in that way, mom," she said, and gave gordo a look, telling him to shut up.
"No, Gordo, what did you mean?" Mrs. Gordon asked, about to burst into tears.
"Nothing."
"No, Gordo, you meant something by that, and it hurts my feelings that you hate Mike."
Sarah, not wanting a fight, stepped in.
"Let's all just drop it."
"I can't drop it."
Mrs. Gordon grabbed her purse, and walked out of the Digital Bean.
"What was that, David?" Sarah angrily asked.
"I was-"
"You blew it for us. Now we are just going to have to sit around and wait for when Mike will cause trouble for us.
"I am sorry?"
Sarah sighed.
"It's okay, Davy. I'm fed up too, by the way he treats her, and makes her quit her job that she loved so much.
"What can we do?"
"Really, we can't do anything without proof...that he is..."
"Abusing her?"
"I don't really know."
"Do you think he is?"
"Nothing would surprise me," Nick replied.
"Nothing would surprise me anymore. Can you believe that he made her quit her job?"
Gordo could tell from the tone in Sarah's voice that the job issue was a sore subject.
"What are we going to do now?" Gordo asked.
"Thanks to you, Genius boy, we now have to lay low until prom. We made it here, and I want to make that you repair the one part of your life, that hopefully, Mike cannot touch."
"Why is this so important to you anyways?"
Sarah smiled at her little brother.
"So mcuh crud has happened to you in the past couple of years, and I found happiness. I just want you to have the same with Lizzie."
Sarah flipped her cell phone shut.
"That was our mom, Davy. We are going to meet her at the Digital Bean in about fifteen minutes."
"Why?" Gordo asked.
"She is our mom, the lady who gave birth to us."
"Is...he going to be there?" Nick asked hesitantly, knowing that Mike was a very sore subject with the family.
"No, just mom."
"Good,"Gordo replied.
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"David! Sarah! I'm so happy to see you guys!"
Mrs. Gordon quickly wrapped the two up into a hug.
"Hello, mom," Sarah said, nudging Gordo with her elbow.
Gordo managed a smile, and replied, "It's really nice to finally see you again. How are things?"
The four sat down at a nearby table.
"Things are pretty good. I just quit my job, and-"
Sarah's smile quickly disappeared.
"You loved your job. Why did you quit?"
"Oh, I needed more time around the house you know to do housework, and Mike said that-"
"No, not what Mike said, what do you want?"
Mrs. Gordon frowned.
"What do you mean?"
Sarah sighed.
"Did you quit your job just because Mike wanted you to?"
"Of course not. Why would you think that?"
Sarah nervously twiddled her thumbs.
"I don't know. I was just wondering...if he did."
An awkward silence came over the group, as the subject of Mike was brought up.
The four stared at each other for a second.
"I'm going to go to the car...to get something," Sarah announced. "Nick...can you come with me?"
The pair got up and left to go outside.
Gordo looked at his surroundings.
"You know what? I just realized that I haven't ordered anything. I'm going to go order something to drink."
Gordo got up and walked to the drink counter. When he was waiting in line, he noticed a familiar dark-haired girl getting straws.
"Miranda!" he quietly whispered.
The young girl did not look up.
"Miranda!"
She still did not answer.
Finally, Gordo left the line, and walked over to Miranda. He grabbed her arm, and dragged her to a place where they would not be seen talking to each other.
"Hey, what do you think you are doing?" Miranda protested, until she looked up. "Gordo?!"
"SHHH! Is Lizzie here?"
"Do you want me to get her?"
"NO! Is she here?"
"Yes."
"Has she seen me?"
"No."
"Good."
Miranda looked perplexed.
"Why don't you want Lizzie to see you?"
"I wanted to surprise her. Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Sure, I guess. But don't take too long, or she will start to look for me."
"Is Lizzie going to the prom?"
"Yes."
"Does she have a date?"
"No."
"Please, make sure that she goes at all costs."
"I will. See you tomorrow night."
"Make sure that she doesn't see me."
"I will not."
Gordo watched as Miranda departed back to her and Lizzie's table, and as Miranda explained something to Lizzie. Gordo could not tell what they were talking about, but he could tell it had something to do with shoes.
Lizzie smiled really big, and confirmed that the sale really was seventy-five percent off. Miranda said yes, and told her that it was the last day.
They hurried out the door, and it was safe again for Gordo to go back to his table.
"Where is your order?" his mom asked.
"I decided that I wasn't really that hungry."
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The Gordon family and Nick continued to sit and talk about trivial items, until Gordo was fed up.
"When are you going to leave Mike?"
His mom looked very shocked.
"Excuse me?"
"When are you going to leave that jerk?"
Sarah nervously looked at her mom, and back at Gordo.
"He didn't mean it in that way, mom," she said, and gave gordo a look, telling him to shut up.
"No, Gordo, what did you mean?" Mrs. Gordon asked, about to burst into tears.
"Nothing."
"No, Gordo, you meant something by that, and it hurts my feelings that you hate Mike."
Sarah, not wanting a fight, stepped in.
"Let's all just drop it."
"I can't drop it."
Mrs. Gordon grabbed her purse, and walked out of the Digital Bean.
"What was that, David?" Sarah angrily asked.
"I was-"
"You blew it for us. Now we are just going to have to sit around and wait for when Mike will cause trouble for us.
"I am sorry?"
Sarah sighed.
"It's okay, Davy. I'm fed up too, by the way he treats her, and makes her quit her job that she loved so much.
"What can we do?"
"Really, we can't do anything without proof...that he is..."
"Abusing her?"
"I don't really know."
"Do you think he is?"
"Nothing would surprise me," Nick replied.
"Nothing would surprise me anymore. Can you believe that he made her quit her job?"
Gordo could tell from the tone in Sarah's voice that the job issue was a sore subject.
"What are we going to do now?" Gordo asked.
"Thanks to you, Genius boy, we now have to lay low until prom. We made it here, and I want to make that you repair the one part of your life, that hopefully, Mike cannot touch."
"Why is this so important to you anyways?"
Sarah smiled at her little brother.
"So mcuh crud has happened to you in the past couple of years, and I found happiness. I just want you to have the same with Lizzie."