Caleb's Blessing(59)

“It means do what I say or else.” She actually sniffed and looked out her window.

“Caleb you need to drive this truck and go where you’re going, the faster you do that, the sooner we’ll be there to see about your mom.”

Well shit, it didn’t take her long. I never saw this stubbornness before; it looked good on her, let’s hope I was flexible enough to let her keep it though. I’m one of those do as I say types.

She looked good and pissed as I flew through the streets and I had to wonder if she knew what was going on, though I didn’t see how.

By the time we pulled up to my parents’ home seven minutes later, it looked like we were too late.

I jumped out the truck in time to hear mom lighting into Cecily, not a regular occurrence to be sure, unless someone fucked with one of her kids.

They were standing outside and dad had his arm around mom’s middle, while Cecily was holding the side of her face with tears rolling down her cheeks.

Dad rolled his eyes at me when he saw us coming as he tried to hold onto his little warrior.

“Mama what the hell is going on?” The words were barely out of my mouth, before Amanda moved past me and knocked Cecily on her ass.

“What the fuck? Dad, take these two in the house.” I pushed her towards my dad who was struggling to hold onto mom.

“You fucked with my son and my grandkid, let me go Avery let me at this little bed hopping who...” Dad covered her mouth before she could go any farther.

I’ve never heard my mother swear before that I can recall. She’s said things like shit and damn before, but never anything like this. I had the fleeting though that maybe I should call and warn Drake to protect his idiot wife, when mom gets like this no one is safe, except her kids of course.

“I’m not leaving.”

“Shit! Amanda, baby I’m proud as fuck that you found your voice, but not now okay, let me take care of this. Just go on in the house and I’ll be right there.”

She seemed like she wanted to argue but one stern look was all it took to get her ass moving. Too much!

I turned to the idiot that was still trying to pick herself up off the ground. If I didn’t hate her so much I would feel sorry for her, but fuck that.

“I really don’t care what happens to you, but I’ll give you a piece of advice. The first kid to hit me in kindergarten still crosses the street when he sees my mama, and his parents aren’t any better.

If I were you I would go home and pack whatever I need and light the fuck out because she’s not going to stop. I was planning to destroy your social life in these parts and leave it at that, lesson learned. That one will eat you alive. Now get the hell outta here before she comes back.”

She limped her way to her car and I wondered what the hell mom had done to her before we got here.

Mom was still going strong by the time I made it inside and dad was still vainly trying to calm her down.

“And you, why didn’t you tell me what was going on? I had to find out like this?”

“Who told you and what were you told?”

“Diane came running to me with her stupid self. She’s lucky she did it over the phone or Drake would be looking for a new wife.”

“Okay mama bear calm down before you make yourself ill.”

“The next time you tell me to calm down Avery Dunbar somebody’s gonna get hurt. Is that little bitch gone? What are you doing here anyway Caleb?” She gave dad the stink eye and I stayed out of the line of fire.

I had to cover my mouth to hide the grin because she’d probably brain my ass, but she was too cute.

Her five foot four frame was all but trembling with righteous indignation, and her designer wear and well coiffed hair just didn’t go with the Annie Oakley attitude.

“She’s gone now.”

“Good, now Amanda you come with me we have lots to talk about.” And just like that the two of them left the room with their heads together giggling about babies. Fucking women are a trip no man would ever understand.

“Son do you know what any of this is about?”

“Yeah, uh, Amanda’s pregnant. To make a long story short Diane saw us coming out of docs’.

We tried heading her off because I wasn’t ready to share the news yet, but she wasn’t fooled apparently and she got pissed or something equally stupid and told Cecily, who then hunted down Amanda’s ex who went to prison for trying to kill her.

Don’t you start now too.” His face had gone that shade of red that usually meant an explosion.

“Dad what’re you doing?” He hadn’t said a word, just walked over to the antiquated phone and picked it up.

“Drake when’s your break? You need to get out here as soon as.”