Mother Knows Best by Boris Bacic

Author:Boris Bacic [Bacic, Boris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

“You must be out of your mind!” Beth says.

“Beth, just listen to me. I’m not suggesting we stay there for long. Just until we get back on our feet,” Adam says.

Beth is fuming. Her face is red, and Adam knows that can’t be good. He’s not just playing with fire. He’s stoking it with gasoline.

“I’m not moving in with your mom, no way in hell,” she says.

“Beth, come on. We really have no choice here. We can’t find an apartment, and I’m still jobless. We’re lucky enough that you can work remotely so that we can move in with her.”

“Do you not remember the way things went the last time we all lived together?”

“I know, but things will be different this time.”

“Yeah. She’ll be able to bully me more, and I won’t be able to do anything about it.”

Adam remembers all the fights, all the tension between him and Beth, all the problems that triangulated between the three of them.

The way your mom hit Beth over the head with a frying pan.

He had completely forgotten about it, and now that he remembers, he gets angry again, but only for a moment. His mom’s willingness to help far overshadows everything bad.

“It’s going to be different this time,” he repeats. “It’s a big house. We’ll have our own room. If you don’t feel like communicating with anyone, you can isolate yourself to a few rooms and spend an entire day without ever running into another person.”

“Have you even talked to her about it? What makes you think she’d want me in the house?”

“I already asked her. She said we can stay as long as we want. She plans on leaving the house to us after she dies anyway, so we don’t need to behave like we’re guests there.”

“We are guests there, Adam, and I don’t want you to think we will be anything else because, the moment you start to get comfortable, we’ll never get out of there. Just remember what happened last time.”

“I know, and I’m sorry, but I’ll protect you this time.”

“I’m not talking about that, Adam. I’m talking about you not wanting your mom to leave. You knew she was okay, but you didn’t urge her to leave.”

Adam presses his lips together. A part of him knew Beth knew he had been postponing his mom’s departure, but she never said anything until now.

“This is going to help us. Once we’re back on our feet, we’re out of there, and we can go back to living our normal lives. Just you, me, and our baby.”

Beth puts her hands on her temples as if she’s suffering from a huge headache. She turns away from Adam and chants, “No, this can’t be happening. This is a dream. A freaking nightmare. It has to be.”

Adam approaches her. He lays one finger on her shoulder. When she doesn’t break away from him or tell him to leave her alone, he puts his entire hand there.

“Beth, I know you don’t like this. I don’t like it either,” he says.

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