Gross Misconduct (Kodiaks Hockey Book 2) by Anna Albo

Author:Anna Albo [Albo, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

I was packing a small suitcase while I called my parents. Mom answered the phone and immediately told Dad I was on the line. Within seconds, he joined the call. I took a deep breath and decided to rip the Band-Aid off as soon as possible. I hated lying to them and getting their hopes up, but if I needed to convince everyone about my suspiciously timed engagement, I needed my family on board.

“Is everything all right?” Mom asked. “You don’t normally call on a Friday night.”

“I’m fine. I wanted to connect.”

Apparently, that was an invitation for Mom to tell me about Dad’s latest troubles with gout. She detailed that it got so bad, Dad could barely walk before he went to see the doctor to get medication for it. Then she got into the small snowstorm they’d had and how glad she was that they’d planted the garlic. Finally, I got a detailed summary of what my brother was up to and how Gwen still hadn’t changed her mind about kids. When she was finally finished, I knew it was time to get down to business.

“I told you both that I’ve been dating someone. Well, Jill and I have been getting pretty serious. She’s like no one I’ve ever met before. I wanted to tell you both before news gets out.”

Mom gasped because she already knew where this was going. She couldn’t wait to marry off her boys and have grandchildren. Little did she know …

“I asked Jill to marry me, and she said yes.”

Mom shrieked so loud I had to hold the phone away from my ear. Once she was done, the first thing she said was that she wanted to meet Jill. I knew that was coming.

“You can come for Christmas,” she said. “Even if it’s just a few days. We want to meet the woman who is joining our family.”

My heart ached a bit at hearing that because Jill was never going to join the family, and eventually I’d have to let Mom down. “I’ll ask her. She may want to go back home to Minnesota where she is from.” Fat chance of that, but I figured there was a fatter chance she’d want to meet my family.

“You insist on it. If she doesn’t want to come out here, we can come there for Christmas.”

And that would be worse. “Let me talk to her. I’ll get back to you. We also got a dog. I’ll send you some pictures. Her name is Chloe.”

Since it was nearing dinnertime back home, Mom got off the call, leaving me with Dad. As always, Dad saw through my shit. He’d been doing that since the day I was born.

“Are you getting engaged to distract people from this Lex nonsense? Do not rush into marriage with someone you barely know to get people off your back.”

“It’s not that,” I said.

“Then you better make your mother happy and come for a visit.”

“I’ll do my best.”

I got him off the topic of Jill and on to hockey.

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