Page 22 of Unraveling Connections

“Okay, new plan,” Trick starts, “everyone, shower and change and then we will head over to Mom’s.”

The showering takes a little bit longer than we thought it would for the simple fact that we have only got two showers in the house. Still, everyone manages to shower reasonably quickly, and we have got the place back to looking exactly like it was when we found it. We make sure that the place is secured andthe key hidden in the lock box so that someone else can use it if they need to. We then all pile into the truck and the car and then head to Rob and Jenny's.

“Mom’s here,” Cash says as he spots her car in the driveway.

“That is probably a good thing. Can you imagine how mad she would be if we stopped in to see Jenny and didn’t see her again?” Luc points out.

Cash winces, “I don’t think I ever would’ve heard the end of it.”

“You would’ve been making it up to her for a long time,” I add, with a smirk, as I hop out of the car, I love hanging out with the mom’s and I know it’s only a quick visit, but I would still rather them than not.

“Mom?” Trick yells as he lets himself in.

“Trick!” she calls back, coming around the corner. Her smile is huge as she hugs him tightly.

“Hey, kids, I didn’t realize you’d be back,” Rob says as he starts hugging everyone.

“Cash,” Kat says happily.

Once we have all been embraced and feel like kids again, we are ushered into the front room to sit down.

“I will put the coffee on, and I think I might have some cake. There should be enough for everyone,” Jenny offers as soon as we are all seated.

“We can’t stay long mom, we just thought we’d pop back in before we left town,” Trick warns her.

“I figured that would be the case; you’ve got time for coffee and cake, though,” Jenny says firmly, making me smile.

“I’ll come and help,” Rob says as he claps Trick on the shoulder and adds, “It’s good to see you.”

“You too, Dad.” Trick replies.

“How come you’re here, mom?” Cash asks somewhat bluntly.

Kat smiles, “I just needed a bit of advice, your father’s side of the family have tried to get in contact, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it.”

Before I can ask any questions Cash explains, “We don’t speak to my father’s side of the family, and haven’t ever really spoken to any of them apart from my grandparents,” he looks at his mom, “actually now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t really know why?”

Kat smiles, “It is up to your dad to tell you there is some bad blood between him and them. He doesn’t like to talk about it, but I will bring it up and see if he is ready to fill you in, especially since they have tried to get in touch, but no promises.”

Cash shrugs, “Fair enough. Don’t push it; he can tell me if he wants to, but I'm not going to be put out if he doesn't. I was just curious.”

“I know.” Kat replies, “In my opinion, you should know about both sides of your family, but even I don’t know everything about your father’s side.”

“Wait, seriously?” I ask, “I thought you guys knew everything about each other?”

Kat nods, “Well, Marc was very young when he and his parents moved over to this country, before he met us, we all met at Blackbreak. I am not convinced that he knows the full story about what happened because even his parents will not talk about it much. I know that he has a brother who is quite a bit older than him, his parents had him very young.”

“Yeah, we’ve got a couple of old photos, haven’t we?” Cash asks, “And I remember Nona showing me some photographs of people that I have no idea who they are. I had completely forgotten about that.”

“It’s an interesting part of our history, but if your father wants to keep it hidden, then you’re going to have to respect that,” Kat says, a slight mom tone coming into her voice.

Cash smiles, “I know. Don’t worry, I don’t plan on pushing him for answers.” He then adds, “Let me know if something happens with them getting in contact though.”

“Of course,” Kat replies. She then smiles and changes the subject, “So, how long have we got you for?”

“Just long enough to have a coffee and some cake,” Peter replies with an apologetic smile.

Kat smiles, “I will take any time I can get with you kids. How is the planning going for your engagement party?”

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