Page 101 of Things Left Unsaid

Tee: I’d broken up with Percy Manvers, hadn’t I?

Parker: I didn’t know people called their kids Percy still lol

Zee: Harry Potter can be blamed for a lot of bad names

Parker: Who’d name a kid after Percy Weasley though?

Tee: Someone who’s a seer. He lived up to the name

Parker: You know since this whole marriage thing happened, you two are a lot more interesting than you used to be

Tee: So kind of you to say!

Zee: Yay?

Parker: Honestly, you’re full of surprises

Zee: You know things are bad, Tee, when we’re entertaining the woman who splits her time between the house of an MC Prez and his First Lady and her Old Man’s.

Tee: Don’t blame me!

Tee: You’re the one who started it o.O

Colton

A FEW DAYS LATER

All My Life - Foo Fighters

“Where’s your head at, son?”

I peer at Mum over my teacup, then, staring into the muddy liquid, I hide a grimace.

There’s an unspoken rule among my brothers and me—we never tell her how godawful her Earl Grey is.

And since she moved in, I’m drinking gallons of the stuff.

“Just work. The usual.”

“I know you too well for that.”

My lips kick up at the side. “What am I thinking about then?”

“That wife of yours. The one who spends most of her time in her bedroom.”

I frown at her. “Where else would she be?”

“I never imagined she’d be locked up in there for days on end.”

“Why is it a problem?”

Her eyes narrow. “It isn’t for you?”

“I want her to be comfortable, and if her room makes her comfortable, then I see no issue.”

“She spends a lot of time with Callan.” Mum clears her throat. “I heard them yesterday. They were playing a video game.”

“They do that a lot. I never imagined they’d get along but I’m grateful. You know Callan doesn’t like many people.”

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