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Enjoy! I might not continue this…Chapter One
It was everything I remembered it being. Smoggy, hot, full of 90 MPH traffic on Route 1. I missed it so much. Maybe a little detail. My name is Michele Stephanie Plumeri Miles. I used to live in Trenton once upon a time but things happened and I eloped and moved to Chicago. My husband is deaf and is one of my very best friends. I was completely taken by surprise when he proposed five years ago. It was one of those times where our vacations from work matched and we decided to visit the coast. Trenton just happened to be one of our stops.
Don't get me wrong I was glad to be back on familiar ground but I was afraid to face all of the people I left behind. I sat down on the edge of the hotel bed a sighed. It had been a long drive and the mixed feelings about being back had me exhausted. I felt the bed sink next to me and screeched when he tickled my sides. He started to laugh as I laid on my back calming my heart rate back to normal.
He signed a familiar saying and it was my turn to laugh. You need to be more aware of your surroundings.
He got up and brought me my cell phone. Call one of your friends or family and ask if we can mooch dinner. He signed.
I laughed again. "Are you sure? My family hasn't seen me in years and my friends even longer. It would be a scarring experience." He gave me a look that said 'who cares?'
I smiled, gathered all of my courage and called my parents. My father answered, which never happened. "Plum residence."
I swallowed and said. "Hi, daddy. It's Steph."
More info. My husband, Marcus, thinks I go by Michele. My birth name is Stephanie Michele Plum. So to him I introduced myself by my middle name. There was shocked silence on the other end of the line. "Hello?" I asked.
"Hey, baby. How are you? We haven't heard from you in a while." No really?
"That's why I'm calling. I was wondering if you and Mom would mind having Marcus and me over for dinner? We just happen to be in town."
I barley got the words out when I got my answer. "Steph is that you honey? Of course we would love to have you over! When can you be in?" My mother came over the line.
"We will be there in twenty." And I hung up.
I sighed and lay back again. A familiar face moved into my view of the ceiling. He smiled. "Oh ha ha. You may get free food but you remember what happened last time you had dinner with my family." His smile disappeared at the memory and it was placed on my face.
I love Trenton.