Kim woke up and heard someone banging on her door. She looked at her clock it was eight thirty at night. She wasn't surprised she slept that late. She had been up late last night. And she woke up earlier to got to work. She was exhausted when she got home from work. She climbed out of bed and opened it. She saw her mom with Joey. Her mom looked worried and pissed.
"Where were you last night?" I called you over seventeen times. Do you know how worried I was about you?" Catherine asked. She was happy to see that Kim was all right, but mad that she wasn't home or answering her phone.
"I'm sorry. I unplugged my phone last night," Kim said. She opened the door more so her mother and Joey could come in. Her mom didn't sit down and Joey ran to his room.
"Joey was sick last night. He wanted to talk to you. And when he heard you weren't answering we were both worried about you. Kim you can't just unplug your phone. What if Joey were hurt and in the hospital?" Catherine asked. Kim sighed. She didn't feel like being lectured by her mother, even though she knew that she was right.
"I said I was sorry. I just didn't feel like talking to anyone last night so I unplugged it. I didn't think you would call," Kim said. She looked over to see Joey standing in the door way listening to her and her mother fight.
"Are you keeping Joey tonight, or do you have plans?" Catherine asked. She felt bad for Joey. He missed his mother, but she was always busy with Bosco.
"Yeah, I'm keeping Joey tonight. I miss spending time with him," Kim said. Joey wasn't in the doorway anymore.
"Call me if you need me to take him," Catherine said. She left without saying good-bye. She noticed how sad Joey looked. He wanted to see his mom more than he had been this past week. Kim didn't even say hi to him. It was like she didn't care about him anymore.
"Hey Joey. I missed you," Kim said walking into his bedroom. Joey didn't look at her and when she moved closer to him he backed away.
"Joey what's wrong?" Kim asked. Joey never acted like this.
"You don't love me anymore," Joey said.
"Joey that's not true. I love you more than anything in my life. Why do you think I hate you?" Kim asked.
"Because you never spend time with me and you're always going out. My friend said that means you don't want me anymore," Joey answered. Kim pulled Joey into her arms and hugged him tightly.
"Joey, I do love you. I'm sorry that I haven't been spending time with you," Kim said. She has been spending a lot of time with Bosco. Maybe she should've spent more time with Joey. She didn't mean to make him feel this way.
"I know," Joey said. He was happy to be with his mom again.
"It's time for you to go to bed. You have school tomorrow," Kim said. She tucked Joey into bed and read him a story. She used to do that all the time when he was younger. She sat in a chair by his bed until she was sure he was asleep. She pulled the blankets over him more and went into the living room. She heard her phone ring.
"Hello," Kim said into the phone.
"Hey, it's Bosco. Can I come over?" Bosco asked. He hadn't seen Kim all day. He missed her. She seemed pretty upset with him last night. He hoped she wasn't upset with him anymore.
"Sorry Bosco. Joey's here tonight and he's asleep," Kim replied. She could here Bosco sigh.
"I'll be quiet. I promise," Bosco said.
"Sorry Bosco, but you can't come over. I haven't spent much time with Joey lately. I don't want him to wake up and us be in the middle of talking," Kim said.
"Can I come over tomorrow then?" Bosco asked.
"Maybe," Kim said.
"I love you," Bosco said.
"I love you to," Kim said and hung up the phone. She didn't know if she was going to let Bosco over tomorrow. Maybe after Joey was asleep. Right now she had to focus on Joey.
TBC...