Welcome! The word prompt this week is "purple". I continue with Trunk and Carla's story from "Overtime" -- last book in the First & Ten Series.
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“You know what they said, Ma?” Carla
repeated the story her siblings told. Then she laughed. “What? What does he owe?” There was a
moment of silence as Carla listened to her mother. “How much? Figures.”
She took off her purple apron and hung it on the hook on the wall, glanced up at Trunk and threw him
a smile.
“Thanks, Ma. I knew you’d understand.
Have a great time in Florida. Did you get my letter? Yeah. As Pop would say,
don’t spend it all in one place.”
Carla hung up the phone. She leaned
back and rested her feet on another stool.
“So? Don’t keep me hangin’ here.”
“Ma’s fine. In fact, she’s going on
vacation, driving to Florida with my dad. They’ll be gone for two weeks. With
most of the kids out of the house, they saved a little money.”
“On vacation? Doesn’t sound like
she’s dying.”
Carla took his hand. “She’s fine. I
sent her fifty bucks. She’s keeping that to get a mani-pedi or her hair done. I
send her a little money from time to time. Whenever I can spare it.”
“You never told me that.”
She shrugged. “It never came up.”
“So what’s your brother’s problem?”
“He lost some money gambling and his
wife’s gonna kill him. Gina wants new clothes. Thought they’d take a ride over
here and shake me down.”
Trunk laughed as he shook his head.
“Relatives.”
“Yeah. Ma knows about our wedding. She was sad for a
bit, but said she understood.”
“You had a rough time growing up?”
“It wasn’t exactly a piece of cake.
Ma’s always felt bad so much landed on me. So she cuts me a lot more slack than
she does the others.”
“Can I give you some money to send to her?”
“It’s not necessary.”
“Maybe we could bring them
here for Christmas or something?”
“They’d like that.” She grinned.
“Once I told Ma what kind of man I was marrying, she got that I didn’t want to
wait. Some other girl might take you away.”
Trunk lifted his wife into his lap.
“No other woman in the world could take me away. You’re the best, baby.”
“Goes double for you, big guy.”
Thanks for coming
His treatment of her is so sweet, and I always love a man to call his special person baby.
ReplyDeleteHis treatment of her is so sweet, and I always love a man to call his special person baby.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this sweet scene between the two of them. You can see they share true love between Trunk and his wife.
ReplyDeleteI love these two so much!
ReplyDeleteAww...what a sweet, wonderful scene! I love this so much. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSweet! I love the way she calls him big guy. Particularly liked this line: “He lost some money gambling and his wife’s gonna kill him. Gina wants new clothes. Thought they’d take a ride over here and shake me down.”
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