Remember Me Always by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2019-05-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“Mom! Please! I promise to be good.”

Arcadia shot a nasty look in the direction of Gunner, who sat at her island in the middle of her kitchen. He’d all but said it would be fine. He had no right to make that kind of decision without discussing it with her.

In private.

Not in front of a room full of children jumping up and down, begging her to let David spend the night at Ace’s house.

A man she’d just met. It didn’t matter that his wife, Lexi, was about the nicest woman Arcadia had ever met. It didn’t matter that Arcadia wanted to get to know Lexi. That she could see them being fast friends.

And their kids? Wow.

Brodie and Harper were also about the kindest people ever. Their twins, while a handful, were as sweet as sugar.

But that didn’t change how she felt undermined by Gunner who had zero experience being a father. To his credit, he asked everyone to give them a minute to discuss the situation. Now it was time to have David leave the room.

“Let me talk to your father. Why don’t you go outside and play with Alex?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

She kissed the top of her son’s head and watched as he scuffed his feet across the wood floor, his head hung low. “Don’t ever do that again.”

“Excuse me?” Gunner held his beer halfway between the counter and his lips. “Do what?”

“You told him he could go without talking with me first and this after you bulldoze me into entertaining your friends. I don’t like being manipulated like that.”

“I’ll apologize for not consulting you before inviting my friends over, but you’re being delusional because all I told our son was that before any decisions were made about a sleepover, he needed to discuss it with you, but if you need one more reason to continue to hate me, be my guest.” He tilted the glass bottle. “For the record, I was all for him spending the night at my boss’s house. I thought it might give you and me a chance to talk alone. But now, I don’t want to be in the same room with you. So tell him whatever you want, and I will one hundred percent back you up.” He pushed his chair back from the counter. “I’ll be outside with my friends. Shall I send David in?”

“Yes, thank you.” She snagged her wine glass and took a big gulp of courage. She had two choices. Say yes and be the hero. Say no and be the mean mom.

Oh, who the hell was she kidding.

Neither of those things were true. Besides, her only reason for saying no would be to piss off Gunner. What good did that do her son?

“Hey, Mom. Dad says you have a decision for me.”

She patted the stool at the island. “How do you feel about having met your father after all these years?”

“Truth?” David responded with the family standard question. She’d raised him to be honest, but she also understood that

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