The Offer by Lily Zante

Author:Lily Zante [Zante, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Put the Genre Here
Publisher: Lily Zante
Published: 2016-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“Rushing out again, Ruby Red?” Her father looked up from his newspaper as she rushed into the kitchen to pour herself a glass of orange juice. “Sit yourself down,” he said, putting away his paper and getting up from the table.

“But Dad, I need to get Jacob up and—”

“Mom and I are here and we’ll take care of Jacob.”

“But I was going to get him ready—” She glanced at the hallway and saw her mother disappear into Jacob’s bedroom, which she was sharing with her son while her parents were visiting.

“Your mom will see to him.” She didn’t want to completely relinquish her responsibility to her son, nor did she want her parents to do everything. This was supposed to be a break for them as well but they seemed to be adamant.

Yesterday, on his first day back to school after the spring term break, she’d gone into work a little later in order to show her parents the route to school and where to drop Jacob off. He wouldn’t need to go to the Breakfast club and they would also pick him up at the end of the school day. Rosalee would have a few weeks free from childcare.

“You don’t need to worry about him. Your mom’s got it under control. Now, what’ll you have? Fried eggs on toast?”

Fried eggs on toast this early?

“No thanks, Dad.” He gave her a look that told her he wasn’t going to let her go until she’d eaten something. “I’ll have cereal.” “Coffee, dear?” Her mom scurried into the kitchen, fully dressed.

“I’ll get it, Mom.” Savannah got up but her mom had already poured her a cup, and when she sat down at the kitchen table with her, Savannah felt as if they were sitting her down to discuss something.

Her father cleared his throat. “How’s your—” Hrrph. He coughed again. “Your friend? Mr. Stone, is it?”

Since that day at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, her parents hadn’t said a word about Tobias.

“He’s fine. Why?” She hadn’t been wrong in her assumption.

“We’d like to meet him,” her father said.

“Why?”

“We thought he was someone who worked alongside you, dear.” Her mother looked worried.

“He is,” Savannah replied, looking at them both and trying to figure out what they were getting at.

“Jacob says he owns the company,” said her father, sitting down with his fried eggs and toast.

“And what if he does, Dad?” Her father stopped cutting into his toast and stared at her, speechless.

“How old is he?” She could tell from her mother’s voice that she assumed Tobias was some kind of aging Hugh Hefner. The idea made her laugh. It fell into place, this early morning interrogation. She looked at them both, pleased to be able to put their minds at rest. “He’s a year older than me. He’s twenty-nine.”

“He inherited the company, did he?”

Flustered, she raised her hands. “Why does it matter? And no. He made his fortune himself. He’s a smart businessman.”

“Jacob says he drives a very flashy car.”

“It’s not that flashy.” She stood up, having drunk her coffee quickly.

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