I walked back over not really knowing what to say. Sure we were living in the same house, but one of us was usually out or busy or just never really around each other especially in each others rooms. I sat back down opposite of him.
"So have you spoken to Marie?"
"No and personally I wish people would stop mentioning her."
"Sorry, I didn't mean…"
"It's ok. Caleb is going to sign the papers."
"I see…"
"I see? That's all you have to say to that?"
"Well it's his prerogative, if he wants her to have his share then so be it, you can't keep track of every move he makes Carol."
"I know, but come on once he signs those papers she'll kick him out like yesterday's trash and we both know it. Don't deny it Reid."
"Your pancakes. Would you like more coffee?"
"No we're ok thank you."
I watched her walk away. I turned back to see Reid stuffing a large amount of pancake into his mouth, I frowned disgusted.
"Ok so the ladies a bitch, she is still both of yours mother, no one will ever be able to replace that."
"Whatever. Is there anything you have to do today or are you going back to your house?"
"No there is some stuff I have to take care of then I will be home sitting at the table waiting for my dinner to be served!"
He smiled as he spoke actually thinking that I would cook him dinner. I probably would too that's how well he knows me. I smiled back and got up to leave.
"Carol?"
I turned back to face him
"Don't stress so much you'll get early wrinkles."
I smiled and walked away he always did have a witty comment for every serious moment we had.
I walked out into the heat, did I tell you that I hated the heat. The heat today felt sticky and sweaty. The humidity was blazing. My phone began to ring, who could it be?
"Carol speaking?"
"Carol this is your mother come to the house this instant!"
"Why should I?"
"We must speak now! Get your butt over here!"
I hung up my phone and began to walk to the house when I had ran out of the house three days ago I had left Lucy there, she was still sitting in the drive way all by her lonesome, sitting in this blazing heat. It wasn't a long walk from the bakery / café to the house, if anything it was about a fifteen minute walk.
There she was my favourite red truck. She stood for all that I believed in and got me to any place I wanted to go. Even if she had a lack of an a/c. I walked up the house and rang the door bell. This wasn't considered my house anymore; I couldn't barge in when ever I wanted. I rang the door bell again. Maybe my mother had fired Rosita; maybe my mother found out the maid spoke English. That would be funny, to bad I missed it. I decided to ring the door bell once more if no one answered I would have to open the door myself. No one answered the door, what was going on in this house?
"Hello, any one home?"
No one responded. I walked in further searching some of the rooms from the main hallway.
"Oh Reid, darling you know you want to."
"Mrs. Wilson, please stop. I can't do that, it's not right."
"No one will know sweet heart; it can be our little secret."
Silence that was all I heard afterwards. My mother was giving Reid the chance to sleep with her and he wasn't taking it. I knew he wasn't what everyone else thought he was. I opened the doors to my father study.
"Nice…try…"
"Oh Reid!"
Reid's head flew up to face me after having kissed my mother. My mother continued on smiling at me, clearly realising that she had hurt me.
"How could you?"
"Carol it's not what it looks like I swear!"
"Enough just go back to what you were doing. I'm sorry for interrupting."
"Carol..."
I quickly turned around and speed walked out of the house wiping the tears that had begun to roll down my cheeks.
"Take your truck this time will you darling?"
That bitch, she had finally got to a place that hurt me. Reid actually kissed her and who knew what else was going on in that house that night. I ran back to Reid's house and locked all of the doors. He never carried around a key so there was no way for him to get in. I ran up to my room throwing my cell and keys onto the bed. I picked up the picture of Reid and I off the desk in the room. How could he sleep with my mother? How could he fall for her seductive ways? What an idiot! I threw the picture across the room watching it smash onto the wall across from me. Glass shattered everywhere. I began to pick it up, I had to keep the room clean, but I cut myself with a sharp piece.
"Ouch!"
I stuck my finger right into my mouth sucking on the blood. The glass went right through my skin and left a nice size slice across my index finger. I disinfected my finger and wrapped a nice size band aid around it, soon losing feeling in that one finger. I decided that I was going to take a nice hot bubble bath in the whirl pool. I needed to clear my head and I was in no mood to go swimming outside. The small indoor pool would have to do. I looked through the cabinets in the washroom; orange, strawberry, ginger, vanilla! I took the vanilla bottle of bubble liquid and poured it into the hot tub of running water. I began to remove my clothes; they had stuck to my body do to the horrendous humidity that was outside. I hate the heat! I stepped into the water; it was just that perfect temperature not to hot and not to cold. I sat in the water, the bubbles hovering over my body concealing any inappropriate areas.
"CAROL!"
Oh shit he was home. He was banging on the windows and doors all around the house. Serves him right for thinking I'd let him back into the house after he basically flaunted my mother in front of me. I kept my body in the tub relaxing and staying calm.
"CAROL!"
How did he get into the house I locked everything. His steps were making it awkwardly close to my room. Closer and closer until there was a knock on the bathroom door.
"CAROL! Did you not think I knew where I kept my spare key?"
"Personally I didn't think you were that smart."
"Why thank you, now open this door or I will come in."
"But I'm naked surely you have some respect for women's privacy."
"At the moment no, I'm coming in!"
And he did he unlocked the door with god knows what and walked into the bathroom and sat on the toilet.
"You can either put on some clothes and be nice or be stubborn like usual and stay in the tub."
I didn't bother to say a word or move for that matter, he should have already known my answer.
"Fine!"
He turned towards me and stopped looking at my body as I was lying in the whirl pool. He swallowed the lump that was in his mouth and cleared his throat.
"Nothing happened, you have to believe me!"
"Why should I?"
"You know I would never do anything with that woman I gave you my word remember?"
"So you go back on a lot of things, why would this be any different?"
"Jesus Carol! Don't you get it? I don't want your mother end of story!"
"That's not the end of the story Reid you kissed her! You full on were kissing her and she was groping you right in front of me!"
"She was groping me! She was groping me you said it yourself!. She kissed me Carol not the other way around."
"Why should I believe anything you say?"
"Have I lied to you yet?"
"You've been playing hot and cold with me for days. One minute you're sweet and nice and the next minute you're blowing me off for some bimbo. I can't keep going like this Reid. What do you want from me?"
"You already know what I want Carol. You're beautiful and special and I don't want to lose you the same reason I don't want your mother!"
I hesitated not knowing what else to say. He had called me beautiful no one had ever done that before except for my father. I stepped out of the tub and walked towards him. He turned his head and snapped his eyes shut.
"What are you doing?"
I turned his head towards mine and kissed him with every feeling that was whirling inside of me. I looked him passionately in the eyes with all the seriousness I could muster.
"I want you…"
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