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Why did everyone always seem surprised by this news? “Jacob.”
“Jacob Miller?” Uncle Tyler asked.
I nodded.
The two of them looked at each other again. Why did they keep doing that?
“That’s...that’s wonderful,” Aunt Hails said.
But her tone was all off. It didn’t sound like she thought it was wonderful at all. She sounded like my mom had when she’d heard the news.
“Does Axel know?” Uncle Tyler asked.
“Yup.”
He glanced at his wife again.
Seriously...why did they keep doing that?
Uncle Tyler’s phone started buzzing. “It’s James. We should get going. We don’t want to be late.” He patted my shoulder. And I swear he gave me a sympathetic look for some reason.
Aunt Hails grabbed her purse. “We’ll be back pretty late.”
“It’s fine,” I said. “I have nothing to do tonight.”
The two of them started whispering about something on their way out.
Axel’s parents were just as strange as mine.
I walked down the hall and into the living room. “Hey, Parker.” She was sitting on the floor with a box full of crayons.
She looked up at me “Hi, Scarlett. Ax isn’t home. He’s on another date.”
“Another date with like...the same person? Or just like another date this week?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know.”
“Well, either way, I’m not here to hang out with Axel. I’m here to hang out with you. I brought you some dolls.”
“I’m too old for dolls.”
I stared at her. “Parker, you’re nine.”
“Exactly.”
Kids these days.I put the box down on the couch anyway. I guess I’d played with dolls for way longer than I was supposed to. Maybe that’s why I still believed in fairytales and knights in shining armor.
“Do you know who Axel went on a date with?” I asked.
“Maybe.” She kept drawing.
“Maybe? Did he tell you?”
“Yes. He tells me everything.” She didn’t add any more details.
Everything? Really?“Well, what did he say?”
“I’m not supposed to say.”
