Double Cross by James David Jordan

Author:James David Jordan [Jordan, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Suspense
ISBN: 9780805447545
Google: kQQqa_fOH1kC
Amazon: B004HKIP4W
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2009-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

EIGHTEEN

WHEN I GOT BACK to the house, Kacey was in front of the television in blue sweatpants and a yellow Tri-Delta sweatshirt. Her feet, in running shoes and white ankle socks, were propped on an ottoman. She wore her hair in a haphazard ponytail. “Well, how did it go?”

I tossed my purse on the couch. “What are you doing here?”

She picked up the clicker and turned off the TV. “When I pulled out my stuff to study for my econ final, I realized I’d left my notes here. So I had to drive over and get them. I’ve only been here a few minutes.”

I kicked off my shoes and plopped down on the couch. “It was disappointing.”

“Are we talking about Rob Morrow or about your mother?”

“Both.”

“Strike two.”

“I don’t want to talk about Rob.”

She waved a hand in the air. “That is grossly unfair. Everybody in my sorority is waiting to hear about that date.”

I shot her a look. She got the point. “So, what went wrong with your mom?”

I sighed. “Let’s see, where do I start? First, I didn’t know we were going to church, and here I am in blue jeans.”

“So what? Lots of people wear blue jeans to church.”

“Not to that church. I looked like an idiot, as usual. Then, all that my mother wanted to talk about was herself—and, you know, after twenty years, I was kind of hoping she’d have some interest in hearing about me.”

Kacey slid her feet off the ottoman and leaned toward me with her elbows on her knees. “I’m sorry. Wasn’t she interested at all?”

“Not really. It was obvious she hadn’t given me a lot of thought.”

“I’m sure that’s not true. She was probably nervous. Besides, didn’t you say she had some psychological problems?”

I laughed. “I’ll say. You’re not going to believe this. We’re sitting in church, and the choir is singing—you know, a choir song. Nobody else is supposed to sing. Well, my mother starts singing along with them—out loud. Other than the choir, she’s the only one in the whole building who’s singing.”

“You mean she was singing to herself?”

“No! She was so loud that people all over the place could hear her. And then, you should have seen how she cut her food at brunch. She approached it like a heart surgeon and then arranged her food in patterns on her plate.”

“Sounds as if she has issues. Maybe you’re expecting more than she’s capable of giving. Maybe she’s just not . . . right enough to be what you want her to be.”

“I’m not as good a person as you are, Kace. I’m not willing to cut her that much slack. It seems to me like she’s right enough to show at least a token bit of interest in her own daughter, but she’s just too self-centered to do it. It’s not like she’s completely out of her mind or anything.”

Kacey looked at me sympathetically.

“By the way, their house is a mansion. Must be ten thousand square feet.”

“Does she work?”

“No, but her husband—number three, by the way—is a chemical-engineering professor.

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