Page 120 of Little Bits of Daddy (Montana Daddies)

Right. Sunny rubbed the top of her nose, feeling a headache coming on. There were a lot of things she could be doing right now that were far more productive than this phone call.

“What happened to the RV?” she asked.

“Some Government officials towed it. Can you believe that? And impounded it.”

“Government officials, huh?”

“Yes, and to get them to release it, you will not believe the hoops they want us to go through. There are forms!”

She was definitely getting a headache. Moving to the sofa, she sat.

With a whine, Hatter hopped up onto her lap. Considering how huge he was now, he was too heavy to be a lap dog, but she appreciated the comfort he was trying to offer.

“There are always forms,” she told her mother.

“I can’t put my name on official documents. Who knows what they’ll do with that information?”

“Probably send it to ‘the man’,” she said dryly.

“Exactly!”

Please, someone save me.

“You’ll have to fill in the forms to get the RV back, Serenity.”

Her mother huffed. “They’ll want details about our lives.”

“I’m sure they will. Is there something I can help with?”

“Well, along with the forms, they’re wanting money. Apparently, there’s a towing fee, impoundment fee, and the sheriff’s office even wants money from us. And that’s before we fix the RV. Who knows what’s wrong with it?”

Sunny closed her eyes. “You want money?”

That’s why her mom was calling. Not to say they’d love to come to the wedding, or that they were sorry they couldn’t make it. Not to have a chat and ask about her life.

Nope. She wanted money.

“I don’t want to ask for money. It’s not our fault. We didn’t ask for it to be towed.”

“How long did you leave it for?” Sunny asked.

“I don’t know. A few weeks, I guess.”

Just perfect.

“How much?” she asked tiredly.

“Five thousand dollars should cover it.”

Sunny would have fallen off the sofa if Hatter wasn’t pinning her down.

“Five thousand dollars? It can’t possibly cost that much to get it back!”

“Well, and we need money to fix it,” her mother said airily. “Mechanical issues aren’t something that Phoenix excels in.”

“Where is Dad?”

“Sunshine,” her mother sighed.

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