Mr. All Wrong by R.C. Stephens

Author:R.C. Stephens [Stephens, R.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Evie

The next morning, I was getting Carter ready for the ball game with Colton. I texted Veronica last night that Carter wouldn’t make it for the movie. She was disappointed, but her mood seemed to brighten a bit when I offered to meet her for coffee this afternoon.

At around noon, Colton arrived to pick up Carter. My son’s eyes bugged out of his head when he saw the black town car waiting for him at our doorstep.

“You’re like famous aren’t you, Colton?” my son asked.

Colton shrugged. “I guess that’s one way of looking at it.”

Carter waved him off. “Don’t worry; I won’t hold it against you.”

I felt a little embarrassed by my son’s words, but Colton thought he was hysterical as he broke into a full out laugh. I also couldn’t keep my eyes off him in the blue jeans that hugged his behind or the plain T-shirt that showed off his very muscular arms. I was kicking myself for not going. I was missing out on an afternoon of Colton Mathis eye candy.

“You have fun,” I said, hoping they could hear me as they entered the Town Car. They both turned to wave at me. Colton said he was taking Carter for lunch before the game. He said it was a perfect place for a foodie. I guess I’d hear all about it when my son came home later on.

With the house all to myself, I took some time to tidy up and change the bed sheets. By one o’clock I was ready to leave the house to meet Veronica. I had a lot of questions for her and this time I promised myself I wouldn’t hold back. Growing up I had lots of questions for Grandpa Jack about my father who I barely knew and about my mother too. My father was an engineering student when he met my mother. They dated for a while, and she got pregnant. My father was all about doing the right thing, so he married her. I came along, and things were tense between them. She wasn’t sure she wanted to be a mom, and my dad convinced her not to have an abortion. My dad got sick and died, and my mom was left with a kid she never really wanted. I think my deafness just made her role all the more difficult. I sometimes wondered if Grandpa Jack wasn’t a little biased against my mother because he didn’t think highly of her.

Those are answers I’ll never have. Maybe that’s why I’m digging for information for Jake. He should know the truth about his parents and his past. I received a message from Jake last night expressing his displeasure with me allowing Carter to go to the ball game with Colton. He’s worried about Carter getting too attached to Colton when things aren’t serious between us. When I told him things were serious, that we were in a committed relationship, he backed off, although I still sensed his displeasure.

I step out of the Uber along the curb at one of the posh coffee places in The Loop.

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