Pop-Up Truck and Peril by Harper Lin

Author:Harper Lin [Lin, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harper Lin Books

Chapter Eleven

The lamp on Adam’s nightstand was on, in addition to his three computer screens. He sat in his chair in front of them, quickly tapping away as if he were trying to stop the computer at NORAD from launching nuclear missiles at Russia.

“Adam.” Amelia took a seat on his bed behind him. “What’s the matter?”

He didn’t answer.

“I spoke with your dad today.” She watched as his hands stopped typing. He put them in his lap, and his shoulders slumped. He reached into his pocket, took out his cell phone and handed it to his mother.

She looked at it and saw there was one saved message.

Really, John! You left it on his voicemail! Reluctantly she hit the button to hear the message and nearly screamed with frustration when she heard John’s voice, which said, “I just need you to be an adult about this, Adam. Jennifer wants you to handle the guestbook. That is a huge honor in her family. So, you can still wear the tuxedo and—”

Amelia pulled the phone away from her ear. “Adam, your dad is…”

“I know what you’re going to say, Mom.” He sniffed.

“No, I don’t think you do.” She swallowed hard. “Your dad is making some very bad decisions right now. I’m going to leave this to you to handle. Whatever you decide you want to do is one hundred percent fine with me. You’re almost old enough to join the service and die for your country. You can certainly decide how you’d like to handle this wedding and your relationship with your father. Whatever you decide, I’ll support you… as long as it doesn’t require that I consult a lawyer.”

“Mom?” Adam turned and looked at his mother.

Normally, she saw the handsome face of her ex-husband when she looked at her son. But this time she saw the little boy she fell in love with the first time she felt him kick in her belly. He was hurt and vulnerable, and there was nothing she could do to help. At least she didn’t think so. “Yes, honey?”

“I’ll go to the wedding and do this. But can you pick me up after the ceremony? I don’t want to go to the reception.”

“Well, I think that’s a very mature response. Absolutely. And if you change your mind, that’s okay, too. Whatever you want.”

Adam nodded and turned back to his screen, wiping his eyes and focusing on the screens in front of him. Amelia pushed herself off the bed, kissed Adam on the head, and walked over to the stairs.

“Mom?”

“Yes?”

“Dad made a bad decision when he left us.”

Amelia wanted to run to her son and scoop him up in her arms, squeeze him tightly and smother him with kisses. Instead, she choked her tears back and smiled. “I couldn’t agree more.”

As she opened the door to the basement and stepped into the family room, Amelia found Meg sitting on the edge of the couch with a worried expression on her face.

“Did you hear any of that?” Amelia asked, smoothing her daughter’s hair back from her ears.

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