A Saucy Sunday (The Zelda Diaries Book 4) by Olivia Gaines

Author:Olivia Gaines [Gaines, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: African American
Publisher: Davonshire House Publishing
Published: 2017-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 – Time, Clock Watching, Travel

Time moved at its own pace as Zelda waited for the three weeks to pass. It helped a great deal having Pip in the house, even making the dinner conversation livelier. To ensure Zelda wasn’t left out of the discussion, Pip picked her up a hard copy of the book they were reading, encouraging her new bestie to join in the after-dinner melee.

An odd sensation settled into Zelda’s bones as she watched her brother with Pip. This was the first time she’d ever seen him focus on a woman other than herself, spurring an understanding that it was time to let go of this life in order to move on to her new one. Michael also needed to move forward and let go of her. Seeing him with Pip also made it clear that he used her as an excuse to not get involved in serious commitments. He couldn’t hide from Pip.

Pip knows how many children she wants. How many do I want with Scott? How many times am I comfortable to be all belly swollen growing a small human? Shit! What if I can’t have any? I can’t just assume that since I’m a woman, I will get pregnant right away.

Michael noticed immediately that Zelda had retreated back into her head. Tapping Pip on the hand, he silently asked her to excuse them. Since Pip had been in the house, he and Zelda hadn’t had an opportunity to be alone.

“Hey, Sis, are you okay? You seem to have drifted off somewhere,” he said.

“I did. In my head, I was imagining how I was going to explain to people in the grocery store, you and Pip’s funny looking little redheaded children with their mismatched socks and ventriloquist dolls,” she said to him with a sardonic twist of her lips.

“Who’s going to notice my adorable little gingers sitting next to those hairy little bucked toothed beavers you call your babies?”

Michael’s face froze. Zelda’s smile grew wide as she pointed at him, breaking into uproarious laughter. He was hooked on Pip.

“What the hell did I just say?” Michael said.

“Big brother, you said your cute little gingers,” she winked at him.

“Two and a half weeks! She has been here two and a half weeks and I am talking crazy. You are sitting around watching the clock and I am overeating and talking about kids,” he said shaking his head.

“Good,” she told him, patting his arm. “It’s past time for you to think of your future.”

“What about your future, Zelda? You haven’t mentioned the boxes. Did you get rid of them?” he asked.

“No, they are in the garage,” she said.

“Zelda, if there is really something you want to know, all you have to do is ask,” he said calmly. He didn’t feel calm. His insides were churning at the ugly truth she had a right to know. But he would only tell if she asked directly; he wasn’t going to offer any excess information. Truth was, he didn’t want to relive any of the memories himself, let alone recount them to his sister.

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