Something About Lorelei(54)
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“Really?” she said in excitement. “You’ll really come?”
“Sure. Since your mom can’t be there, I will be. But do me a favor, let’s not mention this to her because she’ll feel really bad that she can’t be there and we don’t want her worrying about it.”
“Deal.” She smiled. “Will you study the words with me after we visit my mom?”
“I think I can do that. But after we visit your mom, we’re going to have Mr. Tony take us to the store. We need to get some food for the house.”
“Okay.”
We arrived at the hospital and Hope ran to Lorelei’s bedside and gave her a hug.
“I’ve missed you so much, baby.” She kissed her head. “Thank you for leaving Luna here to keep me company.”
“You’re welcome. How are you feeling?”
“A little bit better. How was school today?”
“It was great. Mr. Sutton forgot to pack me a lunch, but he sent one over to the school and it had a cookie in it.”
Lorelei glanced up at me and a small smile crossed her lips.
“He burnt the eggs this morning, so we had to hurry and get breakfast from a diner down the street. We were late for school.” She giggled.
“I see. Well, at least you made it there.”
Reaching into my pocket, I pulled out Lorelei’s phone and handed it to her.
“Thanks, Jack.”
“You’re welcome. Any more news from the doctor?”
“He said I’ll still be in here for a couple of more days.” She coughed as she rested her hand on her chest.
“It’s better that way, Lorelei. You need to get a hundred percent better. You don’t want a relapse.”
“That’s what the doctor said. How’s everything going at the office?”
“The office is fine. I don’t want you worrying about that. I brought you something else.”
“You did?”
“Hold on a second and I’ll go grab it.” I walked out of the room and met Tony in the hall where he handed me Lorelei’s sketchbook.
Her face lit up as I walked back into the room and handed it to her.
“I thought you would like to have this in case you get bored.”
“Thank you, Jack. I can’t believe you brought this.”
After visiting Lorelei for a while, Hope and I headed to the store. I knew nothing about grocery stores because I never shopped. Madeline always took care of that for me. I grabbed a basket and Hope and I walked around as she threw some snacks into it.
“What do you want for dinner?” I asked.
“Hot dogs and macaroni and cheese.”
“A hot dog I can make. As for macaroni and cheese, I don’t know how to do that.”
She picked up the blue box of Kraft macaroni and cheese and handed it to me.
“The directions are on the side. All you have to do is follow them.”
I raised my brow as I looked down at her. “Is this stuff any good?”
“Yes. It’s one of my favorites.” She smiled. “You never had that before?”
“No. I haven’t. But if you say it’s good, I’ll take your word for it.” I winked.
When we arrived back at the penthouse, I grilled a couple of hot dogs and made the macaroni and cheese according to the box while Hope sat at the island and looked over her spelling bee words. I set our plates down and took a seat next to her while we ate and I helped her with her words.
Suddenly, I heard the elevator doors open, and when I turned around, my mother walked into the kitchen with a shocked expression on her face.#p#分页标题#e#
“What is going on here? And who’s that?” she asked.
“Mother this is Hope, Lorelei’s daughter. Hope, this is my mother.”
She walked over to the island and stared down at our plates.
“Are you eating hot dogs and macaroni and cheese?” she asked with a look of disgust on her face.
“Yes, we are.” I took a spoonful of macaroni and shoved it in my mouth with a smile on my face.
“Oh for God’s sake, Jack. May I ask why this child is here in your home? Where’s Lorelei?”
“My name is Hope and my mom is in the hospital with pneumonia.”
“Oh. Sorry to hear that.”
“Mr. Sutton is looking after me while she’s getting better.”
“He is?” My mother looked at me.
“I am.”
She slowly shook her head in disbelief and then asked to speak with me in my office. Following behind her, I shut the door.
“What’s going on?”
“Bradley didn’t steal the money from the company. I had him put the money in an offshore account for Joshua.”