The Other Mothers (Chop, Chop Series Book 5) by Cronk L.N

Author:Cronk, L.N. [Cronk, L.N.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Rivulet Publishing
Published: 2011-06-05T04:00:00+00:00

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THE FIRST THING Danica wanted me to do was to force myself to get out of the house and go do something fun – whether I felt like having fun or not. I had to admit that I had felt better on Saturday when we’d all spent the day on the lake than I had at any other point since Amber had left. So that evening, after Mike and Danica had gone, I called Tanner. Then I went into my office where Dorito was sitting in front of the computer, playing a game.

He turned to look at me when I came in.

“Hi.”

“Hi.”

I sat down on the couch.

“I just talked to Tanner,” I said.

“About what?”

“About fishing. He says he can take us next Saturday – we can get up early in the morning and go all day. Just the three of us.”

“No,” he said, shaking his head. “I don’t wanna go.”

“What?”

“I don’t want to,” he said again, returning to his game.

“Why not?”

“I dunno,” he shrugged, clicking away at his keyboard.

“Dorito,” I said, sternly. He turned reluctantly to look at me. “Why don’t you want to go?”

“I don’t know,” he said again. “I just don’t want to.”

I looked at him for a minute. He stared back at me resolutely.

“Okay,” I finally said. “If you change your mind, let me know.”

He nodded and went back to his game and I walked out into the hall. I stopped at the top of the stairs, wondering about what had just happened. Never before in his life had Dorito turned down a chance to go fishing – ever. I stood there for a moment, thinking, and after I’d thought for a minute I turned around and went back into the office.

“Hi,” I said again.

“Hi.”

“Got a minute?”

He gave me something between a nod and a shrug and turned to face me. I sat down on the couch again and patted the spot next to me. “Come sit here,” I said.

He got up and came over, sitting down next to me.

I put my arm around him and gave him a squeeze.

“I love you,” I said.

“I love you, too.”

“Dorito?”

He looked up at me, expectantly. I looked back into his black eyes.

“You miss Amber,” I said, gently. “Don’t you?”

He nodded slightly.

“I do, too,” I said, nodding. “I haven’t felt like doing much of anything since she left.”

He didn’t answer me.

“But,” I went on, “we’ve got each other and we still have our lives to live. We have to keep going.”

He still didn’t say anything.

“I know it’s hard,” I said.

He just looked at me.

“But we have to go on. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

He nodded.

“So, will you go fishing with me?”

He shook his head slowly.

“Why not, Dorito?”

Tears welled up in his eyes and he looked down into his lap and shook his head some more.

“Dorito,” I said, wrapping my arm around him again. I tipped his chin up toward me so that he was looking at me again. “Dorito, we need to do this. We need to get out of here and go fishing together.

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