Mae's Cafe by Elsa Kurt

Author:Elsa Kurt [Kurt, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-06-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

GOSSIP TRAIN

“Jesus, Katie. What are those kids even doing? It sounds like a soccer stadium over there. Just bring them to the park and set ’em loose.” Elise was pushing Gianna in her stroller down Cardinal Lane—her phone trapped between her shoulder and ear—toward Katie’s beautifully renovated Victorian. The one she’d coveted all throughout junior high and high school, but whose husband was too much of a wimp to get into a bidding war against Katie and her husband, Billy. Instead, Elise had to settle for the less amazing, smaller Victorian four houses down. Well, it was smaller. Elise had rectified that in record time, along with the lackluster exterior paint, mediocre landscaping, and sub-par backyard. Under her ever-cracking whip, 49 Cardinal Lane was the crown jewel of the street. Or at least a worthy rival of 57 Cardinal Lane.

On the other end of the line, an agitated Katie talked in equal parts to Elise and at her brood. “I know, I’m trying, Jesus. They’re off the wall. I can’t wait until—Ian, get down from there. Liam, do not throw that in the house. Get your shoes on, now—what was I saying?”

Elise sighed. “Well, I was telling you that Miles just drove past me and turned on to Heron’s Way and I was wondering if he was showing the Stillman house. Then World War Three broke out over at your place.”

“Oh, right. Could you see the people he’s showing it to?”

“Just a glimpse. Hispanic couple, early thirties. Nice car. Kid—a girl, I think—in the back.”

“You got all that from a glimpse, huh? That’s imposs—I swear to God, Ian. You’re gonna break—” A loud crash finished the sentence. After a bit more yelling interspersed with a child crying, Katie breathed into the phone, “Let me let you go. These fucking kids, so help me God.”

The call ended before Elise could respond. She shrugged and set the phone in the stroller’s left-side cup holder. From the right-side cup holder, she lifted her coffee and stopped walking. Centerwood Park was the destination, but now the dilemma of whether she should turn down Heron’s Way—to see if Miles really was showing the Stillman house and keep Brianna, Charlotte, and Brittany waiting at the park—or stick to her plan.

“What do you think, Gia baby? A quick detour won’t hurt anyone, right?” Gianna grinned a drooly grin up at her and ate another Cheerio from the tray. “All right, that settles it. Let’s go be nosy, baby.”

Elise snatched up her phone again and sent a group text to the girls.

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