Page 133 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“That’s me,” she said. “I want to bring value here.”

“You bring me a lot of value,” Coy said, opening the door. “Some of it is teaching me a lesson.”

“I don’t want to be bitchy,” she said. “That’s not me. I hate feeling like I did last night.”

“You weren’t,” he said. “I had it coming to me. You should have said something before now. Mom, did you bring me soup?”

“I did. I figured you were feeling ill or down.”

“Just my butt is sore,” he said. “From getting it kicked last night.”

Angel and Helena laughed.

Coy reached for the container of cookies and pulled the lid off. “You don’t have to eat them,” she said. “I know they are bad. Your mother dunked hers in the tea.”

“I didn’t want to break my tooth,” Helena said. “Though one of you would have fixed it.”

Coy looked at his mother after that reply, then back to Angel. She was smirking and he put the cookie back. “I don’t want to make you mad again. That was scary.”

She rolled her eyes. “Just remember that, Coy. Don’t piss off a pregnant woman.”

“Trust me, I won’t. Though we made up and that might have been worth it too.”

She felt her face flush over that comment, but Helena had her head down drinking her tea.

“I think you were conceived after one of mine and your father’s fights,” Helena said.

This time Coy blushed. “Mom!”

“You asked for it,” Helena said. “I did bring you soup over and some bread. I wanted to talk to Angel anyway about her baby shower. I thought we could do a Jack and Jill one if you’re okay with that?”

“I’d love it,” she said. She’d worried that it’d be full of Coy’s family and her mother. She didn’t have any close friends though she did talk to Sam and Amanda via text or visit them, but not much more.

Amanda was due in a few weeks and she and Coy had Liam last weekend. That was...entertaining, and let her know she’d have to prepare for the toddler stage.

“This would give more people the opportunity to meet you in the family.”

“Since there was no big wedding,” she finished for Helena.

“I’m not saying all the men will come, but some will if they can. It just leaves it open.”

“I love the idea,” she said. “I really do. My mother asked me when I wanted to have a shower. I said I didn’t care.”

“Your mother and I have been talking. She liked the idea too and asked me to bring it up.”

She smiled. She could see her mother knowing that Angel wouldn’t tell Helena no. “It’s a great idea. Would you be upset if I said I’m not fussy, just like the wedding? If you and my mother want to do the planning and surprise me, I’m fine with that.”

Helena was rubbing her hands together. “That is what I was hoping for. Barb and I havesomany ideas. I can’t wait.”

Coy’s mother finished her tea, then said she was on her way to bring soup to Amanda and visit too.

“Thanks for that,” Coy said.

“For what?”

“For letting my mother do this for you for the baby.”

“You’re welcome,” she said, going into his arms. “Thanks for asking for soup, knowing that she’d come over and realize we might have had a few issues.”

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