Chapter 17: Mike's Gone Part 1
Lorraine decides that she should tell Vinny that she's pregnant. Vinny takes Lorraine to a romantic dinner.
"I have something to tell you." Lorraine smiled.
"What is it?" Vinny smiled.
Before Lorraine could answer him Vinny's cell phone rings.
"Hello? Hey, how's centerfield at Yankee stadium? Sure, I'll take a look at the glove you want to endorse. How's two weeks from today sound? Not good. I can't make it tomorrow night. I'm on vacation with my wife in Wisconsin. Can't this wait until two weeks? Okay, I'll be there tomorrow night. Bye." Vinny said on his cell phone.
"Who was that?" Lorraine asked him.
"That was Kevin Rhodes, the centerfielder for the New York Yankees." Vinny explained.
"What did he want?" Lorraine then asked.
"He wanted me to take a look at a prototype of his glove that he wants to sell." Vinny then told her.
"Where do you have to be tomorrow night?" Lorraine then asked.
"Manhattan." Vinny sighed.
"But, Charlie and Ann's wedding is the day after tomorrow." Lorraine told him.
"I have to be in Manhatten by tomorrow night, I can't make it back in time for the wedding." Vinny replied.
"If you have to be in Manhattan by tomorrow night, then go." Lorraine said in a sad tone.
"If, you don't want me to go, I'll call Kevin back and tell him I can't make it." Vinny said.
"Don't worry about it." Lorraine said with a fake smile.
"What was it that you wanted to tell me?" Vinny asked.
"It was nothing." Lorraine told him.
"You sure?" Vinny then asked.
Lorraine nods her head. They eat dinner. Lorraine doesn't tell Vinny that she's pregnant. Vinny drives Lorraine back to the Baker cabin and heads to The Boulders to pack.
In the Baker cabin
"I'm glad Vinny has to be in Manhattan by tomorrow night." Sarah said.
"Why?" Mike asked her.
"That means he isn't going to stay here and stay with us in Evanston." Sarah explained.
"He's not coming to Evanston with us?" Mike then asked.
"He might." Jake replied.
"No way, he's staying in New York." Sarah smirked.
"How do you know?" Jake then asked her.
"He's not driving all the way back to New York, then all the way to Evanston." Sarah told them.
"Yes, he would." Mike said.
"Mike, why do you like htta guy so much?" Sarah scowled at him.
"Why do you hate him?" Mike then asked her.
"That's none of your business." Sarah snapped at him.
"Sarah, you don't need to give an attitude." Kim told her.
"I wasn't giving an attitude." Sarah replied.
Jake gets up and goes to bed.
"Jake, is even getting tired of your attitude." Mike told Sarah.
"Shut up." Sarah told him.
"Leave Mike alone." Mark told her.
"He wants to open his mouth and say something to me and I can't say anything back?" Sarah asked.
Mike gets up and heads to the North room.
"He's such a crybaby. He's going to go cry to Mom now." Sarah said.
Mike is in the North room. He puts on a hooded sweatshirt packs his clothe and climbs out the window.
"I'm not a crybaby. I'll show them." Mike said to himself as he left the cabin.
Mike is at The Boulders and is dead tired. Vinny leaves the Z's doors opened. Mike opesn the door and hides in the back-seat. He puts Vinny's stuff on top of himself so, Vinny wouldn't see him.