Blue Moon: Mundy's Landing Book Two by Wendy Corsi Staub

Author:Wendy Corsi Staub [Staub, Wendy Corsi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-07-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“You have to admit, that was fun.”

Seated in the passenger seat of Kim’s SUV as they head east over the bridge across the Hudson, Annabelle smiles wearily. “That was fun.”

For the first hour, anyway.

Never a fan of trying on clothes just for kicks, she’d quickly had her fill of the Macy’s dressing room. In fact, she’d have bought the simple sleeveless black chiffon cocktail dress right off the rack if Kim hadn’t insisted that she go put it on, along with an armload of others. Then she insisted that Annabelle step out and show her each one, as Oliver and Catherine sat in a pair of chairs—he playing a video game, she texting her friends.

She wound up buying the black dress, and Kim bought it in bright pink, promising she wouldn’t wear it whenever Annabelle wore hers.

“As long as you don’t wear it tomorrow night, you’re safe,” Annabelle said dryly.

At which point Kim tactfully tried to talk her into dressing up more often, and Catherine said, “Maybe you should try to dress down more often, Mom.”

After that, they headed for the food court and video game store, with Catherine and Kim bickering incessantly, yet visiting every dressing room along the way and back again.

Now, at last, they’re on their way back to Mundy’s Landing. The pavement is still shiny, but the rain has stopped.

Annabelle’s lone shopping bag is in the back of the SUV, accompanied by Kim’s, and several that belong to Catherine. Oliver is dozing in the backseat, and Catherine is texting, texting, texting her friends. Annabelle wonders what they possibly have to say to each other.

She pulls her own phone out of her pocket to see whether she might have missed a text from Trib. No.

“Is he home yet?” Kim asks, glancing over.

“Nope. He said late, and I know he means late.”

“Ross is working late, too. Which is nothing new.”

“You must get sick of that,” Annabelle says, putting her phone away. Ross works at a law firm an hour away, in Albany.

“No big deal. You can get used to anything. Listen, why don’t you come over and have a glass of wine?”

“Wine sounds great. But you come to my house. I promised Oliver he can play his new video game when we get home.”

“He can use Connor’s Xbox.”

“No, come to my house.”

Annabelle doesn’t elaborate. She’s learned that once you start offering excuses, people respond with alternatives you don’t want to consider.

Oliver would be uneasy about being in Connor’s room without him. Period.

“Okay,” Kim says with a shrug, “but Catherine will have to come, too.”

“What will I have to do?” Suddenly, her daughter is all ears in the backseat.

“We’re going over to Annabelle’s house for a little while. You can play Xbox with Oliver.”

“What?”

Ignoring her, Kim tells Annabelle, “It’ll be nice for her to spend time with Oliver since Connor’s gone.”

“It’s not like I even miss him! I’m psyched that he’s gone, and—”

“This is the least you can do,” Kim cuts her off, “after I bought you all that stuff.

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