Page 115 of A Doctor for Daisy

“Because it was rude and uncalled for,” he said.

“I don’t think it’s uncalled for when I’m looking out for my children’s best interests like a parent is supposed to do.”

“Not like this,” he said. “Never like this.”

Theo hung up the phone and drove home seething.

Daisy was coming tonight and he had to get in a better frame of mind.

Should he tell her what his mother did? He didn’t want any secrets, but he didn’t want her pissed at his mother either.

Then he wondered why he cared because he was fuming too.

But he knew in his mind Daisy was the one for him and if she found out what his mother did, would this cause more problems in the future?

Yeah, it would. So he had to address it now. And he could if he had Daisy with him.

He pulled into his garage, parked, and got out. When he was stepping out of the shower twenty minutes later, he smelled food cooking.

Guess she must have gotten there right after him and started dinner.

He dressed and walked out, saw her in purple leggings and a black cotton shirt with the sleeves pushed up. Her hair was pulled away from her face with a colorful clip in it. Floral. Had to be something from work.

“Hey,” he said. “Did you rush in the door and start dinner right away?”

“I’m hungry,” she said. “I couldn’t wait. Just sauce and meatballs. I had it from the big pot I made over the weekend. Heather brought some to Luke’s too. We are eating the same dinner tonight.”

“Yum,” he said.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“What?” He moved closer to her and gave her a hug from behind, a kiss on the neck.

“I asked what is wrong. I can see it on your face. Did something bad happen at work?”

He let out a sigh. There was no putting this off. No hiding it either. It wouldn’t sit well with him if he even tried to hide it.

“No. Work was fine. I talked to my mother on the way home.”

“Oh,” she said, grinning. “That usually puts you in a bad mood.”

“Yeah. This time it was worse though.”

“Do you want to share?”

“I have to. It wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t. It concerns you.”

“What’s going on?” she asked.

“First, I’m pissed. I want you to know that. I don’t like what she did. I told her that and I hung up on her. I’m going to deal with it. But I can’t hide this from you and I’m not going to.”

“I’m confused,” she said.

“My mother hired someone to look into you.”

Daisy put the spoon down she was stirring the sauce with. “Because I’m not good enough for you, right? That I’m a gold digger. That is what all those questions were for. She wanted to find out more about me. I’ve told you everything. I’m not hiding a thing.”

He hated the tears in her eyes that he saw now that he’d moved back. “I told her that. She had nothing to say to me that I didn’t know. It just pissed me off that she did what she had. She had no right and I told her that.”

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