I am head over heels in love with this woman. Is it too soon to be feeling this way?
When we walked into the coffee and tea shop, Janice pointed toward the private room. “They’re all in there, having a good ol’ time.” She indicated a trayful of empty wine bottles.
After doing a quick count, I looked at Sydney. “Six bottles of wine?”
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
Dad walked up to the counter to order himself a coffee. “You kids want anything?”
“No thanks, Dad.”
“No thank you, Dex.”
I slipped my hand into Sydney’s, and we walked toward the private room. As we got closer, we could hear laughter.
“They must be having fun!” Sydney chuckled.
Before we reached the doorway, I heard my mother.
“Mike thought he took the panties without me noticing.”
Sydney and I froze in our tracks.
More laughter.
I looked down at Sydney. Her smile turned into a look of pure horror.
“I let him think he got one past me—didn’t want to hurt his little detective feelings.”
A roar of laughter filled the room.
“Oh. My. Gosh,” Sydney whispered.
“Little detective feelings?” I huffed.
The next thing I knew, Sydney hit me in the stomach.
“Oomph!” I gasped.
“Still got it, do ya? She knew the panties were gone!”
I shrugged.
“Paula, I’m so glad you’re moving back to Boston. You need to make more trips up here,” one of the women said.
Now it was my turn to be shocked. “Wait. What?”
“Your mom is moving back to Boston?”