Chapter 31
“Hello mother” he answered. Well that’s something that I’ve never heard him say before..
“Yes I’m fine thank you for asking. How are you and dad?” He asked and walked out onto his balcony. I couldn’t hear his conversation anymore
My mind went back to thinking about Vince. How could I be so stupid. Just because he was nice to me didn’t mean he was a nice guy right 71 Like how did I let my guard down so quickly. I sat there cursing myself and thought about how Taylor and family didn’t know this side of Vince.
Just then there was knocking on our apartment door across the hall. I looked at the time and it was 10am. I wasn’t expecting anyone. Blake walked hack in and obviously heard the knocking too.
“You expecting someone ?” He asked. I shook my head and he walked towards his door and opened it.
“Can I help you?” He asked.
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“Ahh you must be Blake Cooper. I’m Brendan Callum, Taylor’s father and this is my wife” I heard the familiar voice reply. What was Mr Callum doing here? He never came to visit like this.
“Pleasure to meet you Mr and Mrs Callum. I don’t think Taylor is home but Rosy is here, she can open the door for you.” Blake shook Mr Callum’s hand and stepped back to motion that I was at his place.
I got up and walked over to the door. I looked out the door and there they stood.
“Hi, Mr and Mrs Callum. What a pleasant surprise. Taylor didn’t say you were coming.” I said and walked out into the hallway.
“Hello Rosy. Yeah well we needed to see you both so we thought we’d stop by. I did call Taylor and she said she will be home soon”
This definitely wasn’t like them.
“What has Vince told you?” I asked. I didn’t intent to say it out loud but it came out.
“I would rather wait for Taylor to be here so us to have this conversation Rosalie. Could you let us in please?” Mrs Callum said.
She used my full name. Whatever Vince had said, I was in trouble.
“I’ll come with you” Blake who was standing right behind me said quietly. I turned my head a little and nodded.
I walked to the door and opened it, motioning for them to go in. Blake and I walked in and he closed the door behind him:
“Can I get you anything to drink guys?” I asked and they both declined
my offer.
My palms were sweaty and I felt like throwing up. These two were like my own parents. They were my family and here they were acting like total strangers. I had just seen them a week ago and it wasn’t this awkward.
Blake sat on a bar stool in the kitchen and fiddled on his phone and I paced around in the kitchen tidying up and keeping myself busy. It felt like a very long 10 minutes but the main door finally opened and Rocky and Taylor walked in..
“Mum, dad is everything okay? You never come to visit like this” Taylor said as soon as she walked in. Rocky walked over and sat next to Blake. Those two had become very close since Friday. They had some sort of bromance going on and it was cute. Rocky finally had a guy to bond with.
“Taylor maybe we should have this conversation privately” Mr Callum said.
“No. They all stay, say what you want to infront of them”
“Okay then. Chris has gotten a job here in Mariners Bay. We would like him to live here with you” Mr Callum said and looked at Mrs Callum who
nodded.
“Well dad, I have 2 bedrooms and they are both occupied. Where is Chris going to sleep?” Taylor asked and a dreadful thought hit me. Oh lord I knew what they wanted.
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Chapter 31
Chris is your brother hunny and I think him having a place to stay is important.” Mrs Callum said and looked at Mr Callum. –
“We think that maybe it’s time for Rosy to move on and find a place of her own. As Rocky and you get serious, you will need your own space and you know Chris, he will probably only last out here for like 3-6 months. So once he moves out Rocky and you can take up this place and Roty moving out now will just lessen her stress for later”
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Jackie Ann
They know Vince’s past and I bet his wake is wide and deep!
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