Dangerous Daddy by Sarah J. Brooks

Author:Sarah J. Brooks [Brooks, Sarah J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah J. Brooks
Published: 2017-11-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Michael

“I’ve invited Abby to dinner on Saturday night. I thought you might invite Walter?”

She seems a little insecure about having made plans without checking with me first, and I want her to feel like this is her home, and she has that right. “Good! I’ll give Walter a call, and we’ll hope his calendar is clear. Can I ask what brought this on?”

“I went over to my parents’ house and told them I’d moved in with you. Well, not exactly you, but with someone. I don’t want her launching into mother detective mode and showing up uninvited.”

“She would do that, eh?”

“Oh, yeah, you don’t know her. First of all, nothing of interest goes on around here without her knowing about it. Nothing. People even ask her permission in advance, and her word is final. It’s sort of scary, even if she is my mother.”

“Okay, I’ll have to take your word for that.”

She nods and continues. “Oh, and then I went over to tell Abby, who naturally has met you but is having reservations on my behalf.”

“Why’s that?”

“She’s protective—that stuff with Antonio. No one trusts my judgment.”

“Do you trust your judgment?”

“Absolutely.”

“Good, I’m glad.”

“Anyway, Abby was being a little gray about the whole thing, and that’s when I remembered about you mentioning Walter. I thought it might divert her attention, and it did. It will also let her see that we’re fine, and that I’m happy here.”

“Well, then, by all means, let’s do it. Abby’s seal of approval evidently holds some importance for you.”

“It would for you, too if you had my mother. You don’t know how obstinate she can be once she’s made up her mind.”

“No, I can only imagine …” I say letting the sentence trail off and wondering if she’ll catch my inference that she might have inherited a little of that from her mother. She misses it.

“And Mort won’t have to cook if he doesn’t want to. I could handle it all.”

“I’d like you to be the hostess and not the cook if that’s okay. That’s why Mort is here, and he’s a little territorial over his kitchen.”

“Really?”

“Ask him yourself, here he is,” I say as Mort enters the living room where we’re talking. “Tell her, Mort. You’re territorial over your kitchen, aren’t you?”

“Not to be rude, Miss, but it’s more efficient if I keep a mental picture of food supplies and where everything is, so in that sense, yes, I suppose you could say I am.”

I can tell Mort has been off center since Mac moved in. I’m guessing he’d rather have had Olivia stay on. As it is now, he can’t even refer to her because we’re supposed to be in mourning. I only hope it’s not my own demise that lies ahead. I hadn’t counted on Mac telling her parents quite this soon. It doesn’t really matter—they were bound to find out, eventually, but I’d hoped for a little more time to clear my conscience and let Mac know the truth about me, and about Olivia, before we entertained parental gatherings.

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