it?”
She looked at her watch, “It’s eleven forty. So lunch, yes or no?”
“I’m sorry, thank you but Eric made me promise to be home by eleven forty five to go visit…someone. I gotta go. But thanks again.”
I ran down the stairs and then turned around and went back up them and looked that beautiful girl straight in the eyes. Papa’s got his cajones back.
“Sorry Remi, it was nice talking to you. Bye.”
She giggled and I smiled all the way home knowing that I had made her giggle. Mission accomplished.
I made it back right on time. Eric was sitting on the turned down tailgate of his truck swinging his legs. He jumped down when he saw me and we got into our seats simultaneously.
He was chuckling as he pulled out of the driveway and took a right onto the street.
“You look pretty pleased with yourself. What gives?”
“I decided to take a walk down the street and found Remi’s house by accident.”
“Ahhhh…well I hope you acted better than you did yesterday. You were stiffer than a buck four days after the kill.”
“I did actually.”
He laughed as he turned into a pl ace with a sign that read “Cedar Acres Retirement Home.”
I looked around and saw elderly people fishing in a small pond and some older ladies walking around in a group holding little dumbbells. Call me crazy, but I think we’re going to visit somebody old.
We parked and went in through several hallways before we got to a door that Eric knocked at.
We waited for a few long moments and then an elderly woman answered the door and she kissed Eric on the cheek and then started crying when she looked at me. She practically dragged us into the room and sat us down in the living room. Eric sat next to her and put his arm around her shoulders and looked at me. I didn’t know what was going on, but was ready to find out
“Cooper this is my mother Edith, your grandmother.”
She was really crying now and I just sat there in shock. Mom had never mentioned another grandmother and my mom’s mother was dead. Eric reached over and handed her a tissue as he hugged her.
“I don’t know what to say. I didn’t know I had a grandmother.”
“Well,” she said, “now that you know , get over here and hug me.”
I got up and hugged her and she kissed me on the cheek.
“Sorry we didn’t come earlier but I needed some sleep and Cooper here was charming the local Southern girls.”
“Oh, and what’s her name?”
I did not want to be having this conversation.
“Her name is Remi. She’s new around here too.”
Edith, or Grandma or whatever was smiling ear to ear and I was humiliated. Talking to your new grandma about girls was not my idea of a good time .
“Remi, huh?” She said. “Pretty name for a pretty girl.”
“How do you know she’s pretty?”
“Honey, with a name like that, she has to be pretty.”
Remi
How had so many opinions and resolves changed in my brain? What the hell did he do to me?
One conversation and I was
She looked at her watch, “It’s eleven forty. So lunch, yes or no?”
“I’m sorry, thank you but Eric made me promise to be home by eleven forty five to go visit…someone. I gotta go. But thanks again.”
I ran down the stairs and then turned around and went back up them and looked that beautiful girl straight in the eyes. Papa’s got his cajones back.
“Sorry Remi, it was nice talking to you. Bye.”
She giggled and I smiled all the way home knowing that I had made her giggle. Mission accomplished.
I made it back right on time. Eric was sitting on the turned down tailgate of his truck swinging his legs. He jumped down when he saw me and we got into our seats simultaneously.
He was chuckling as he pulled out of the driveway and took a right onto the street.
“You look pretty pleased with yourself. What gives?”
“I decided to take a walk down the street and found Remi’s house by accident.”
“Ahhhh…well I hope you acted better than you did yesterday. You were stiffer than a buck four days after the kill.”
“I did actually.”
He laughed as he turned into a pl ace with a sign that read “Cedar Acres Retirement Home.”
I looked around and saw elderly people fishing in a small pond and some older ladies walking around in a group holding little dumbbells. Call me crazy, but I think we’re going to visit somebody old.
We parked and went in through several hallways before we got to a door that Eric knocked at.
We waited for a few long moments and then an elderly woman answered the door and she kissed Eric on the cheek and then started crying when she looked at me. She practically dragged us into the room and sat us down in the living room. Eric sat next to her and put his arm around her shoulders and looked at me. I didn’t know what was going on, but was ready to find out
“Cooper this is my mother Edith, your grandmother.”
She was really crying now and I just sat there in shock. Mom had never mentioned another grandmother and my mom’s mother was dead. Eric reached over and handed her a tissue as he hugged her.
“I don’t know what to say. I didn’t know I had a grandmother.”
“Well,” she said, “now that you know , get over here and hug me.”
I got up and hugged her and she kissed me on the cheek.
“Sorry we didn’t come earlier but I needed some sleep and Cooper here was charming the local Southern girls.”
“Oh, and what’s her name?”
I did not want to be having this conversation.
“Her name is Remi. She’s new around here too.”
Edith, or Grandma or whatever was smiling ear to ear and I was humiliated. Talking to your new grandma about girls was not my idea of a good time .
“Remi, huh?” She said. “Pretty name for a pretty girl.”
“How do you know she’s pretty?”
“Honey, with a name like that, she has to be pretty.”
Remi
How had so many opinions and resolves changed in my brain? What the hell did he do to me?
One conversation and I was
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