A Little Rain Must Fall (Summer Lake Silver Book 3) by SJ McCoy

Author:SJ McCoy [McCoy, SJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xenion, Inc
Published: 2020-04-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Mom, Mom, can Ethan come over?”

April frowned. “When?”

“Now.”

“Not tonight.”

“Aww, but we have math homework that we want to do together.”

Eddie pursed his lips. “Because neither of you can manage to figure it out by yourselves? Come on, dude. More like, you want to play video games?”

Marcus shrugged. “Maybe, after we get done with our homework.” He shot Ted a sly grin.

“But Grandad’s here because you asked him to stay. Ethan can wait until next week. You see him all the time.”

Marcus gave Ted a conspiratorial grin. “I bet Grandad wouldn’t mind going to see his new girlfriend instead, would you?”

Ted chuckled. “I’m staying out of it. I’m here if you want me; I’ll get out of the way if you don’t.”

“You’re not in the way!” Eddie said adamantly.

Ted felt bad. He’d only been joking.

“No, you could never be in the way, Grandad,” said Marcus. “I love you being here, but are you really going to tell me that you don’t want to see your new girlfriend again?” He grinned. “Remember, when I was little, you promised me you’d never lie to me.”

Ted had to laugh. “I would never lie to you. But you’re not putting me on the spot like that. I told you once. I’m staying out of it. I’m not going to be your bargaining chip against your parents.”

Marcus blew out an exaggerated sigh. “Fair enough.” He turned back to April. “So?”

April looked at Eddie and then at Ted.

“Well,” said Eddie, “if you don’t want to make the most of the time you could have with your grandad …”

Marcus made a face. “I do. It’s just …”

Ted took pity on the kid. He didn’t like seeing the struggle on his face. “It’s okay. I get it. I’m here all week. I know you want to see me, but you don’t need the rest of your life to stop because of me.” He smiled at April and Eddie. “I don’t mind if you don’t.”

Eddie shook his head. “He and Ethan have been waiting for this new game to come out for months. But …”

“It’s fine. I’m here all week. None of us thought that me staying meant that we had to be in each other’s pockets the whole time, did we?”

“That’s right,” agreed Marcus.

“If Ethan comes, I want to see your homework finished, both of you, before there’s any video games,” said April.

Marcus grinned. “Sure. It won’t take us long.” He came and wrapped his arm around Ted. “Thanks, Grandad.”

Eddie looked at Ted. “You know we don’t want you out of the way, right?”

Ted laughed. “Of course, I do. I want to see you guys just as much as I want to see Marcus.”

“Almost as much,” said Marcus. “You want to see them, but you want to see me just a little bit more.”

Ted chuckled. “I told you. I’m not going to be the source of any tension around here.”

“Well, what do you think?” asked Eddie. “Do you want to come down to the dock and fish with

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