Page 43 of Someone to Remember
“You’ve given me something to think about.”
“I don’t mean to add to the load you’re already carrying for Taylor, and nothing about this has to be decided any time soon.”
“I know, but you make good points, and you didn’t even mention that our house is ground zero for the Wild Widows.”
“That, too.”
“They’ve become family.”
“And they always will be, no matter what.”
I’m so tired, I can barely keep my eyes open, but as I drop into exhausted sleep, I can’t deny that Gage has raised a very valid concern.
Adrian
I wakeup at three in the morning to an empty bed. After I use the bathroom, I go looking for Wynter, checking first in Willow’s room, expecting to find her doing a middle-of-the-night feeding. But she’s not there, so I go downstairs, following a light on in the kitchen.
Wynter is on her knees, scrubbing the inside of the refrigerator, which has been completely emptied of its contents.
“Sweetheart, what’re you doing?”
“Cleaning this disgusting mess of a fridge. If the Board of Health inspected us, they’d shut us down. Those tacos youbrought home a week ago are still in there. Gross. Why am I the only one who ever cleans out the fridge?”
“I’ll tell Xavier he needs to do a better job of that from now on.”
“I’m not joking! It’s gross.”
“Does it need to be addressed at three o’clock in the morning?”
“I was awake, so I figured, why not get it done?”
“Can I help?”
“No, you’re the problem.”
I’d laugh, but she’s not in a joking mood. “I apologize for my habit of abandoning leftovers and promise to do better in the future.”
She looks up at me, glaring. “Are you patronizing me?”
“Would I do that?”
I lower myself to the floor, so she doesn’t have to look up at me.
“Yes, I believe you would.”
“Let me help you finish this so you can come back to bed.”
“I can’t sleep, so there’s no point to being in bed.”
“There’s other stuff that can be done there.”
“I’m not in the mood for that.”
“Since when? You’re always in the mood for that.”
“Right now, I’m not.” She doubles down on the scrubbing. “We need to be better about cleaning this thing before one of us dies from food poisoning.”
“It’s not that bad.”
