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We just got home from the Bahamas where Knox and Jasmine had a small wedding. It was beautiful and very low key. Just our little family, Knox and Jasmine, Rex and Summer, Jeremy and little Ava, Cade and Rhea and I. No one else needed to be there.
Rhea thought for sure that Knox screwed everything up. Rex and Knox were at each other’s throats and everyone assumed it was because of Jasmine. Summer and Rex even broke up over whatever was going on with them.
So one night after a killer steak dinner that Rhea made, Rex calls me. “Hey, man.”
Rex is breathing heavy, “I can’t reason with her, Tan. Why is she doing this?” Maybe Jasmine wasn’t the only problem.
I step out onto the deck, “Doin’ what?”
Rex growls, “Never mind, I don’t need another war to battle.”
“You need to get the hell out of there for a few days.” Rhea steps out onto the deck and climbs into my lap. “You can come crash at our apartment for a few nights. I’m taking Rhea out of town this weekend.”
Rhea lifts her head from my chest and cocks her head. “Huh?”
I place a finger over her lips.
“Nah, I need to stay here and keep talking sense into her.”
“Alright, well, if you change your mind you know where the key is.”
Rex and I say goodbye and I hang up. Before I can even explain Rhea is questioning me. “Where are we goin’?”
“Away.”
“Babe.”
“Honey Bee,” I smirk.
“Stop that.” She squirms in my lap. “Tell me where we are going. I hate surprises.” She whines.
“I’m not telling you but make sure you have a bag packed and are ready to go. We leave tomorrow afternoon.”
Rhea rests her head back on my shoulder, “You’re not goin’ to tell me?”
“Nope.”
“Good talk.” She says sarcastically.
“We’re not talking.”
I can picture her rolling her eyes, “No shit.”
Friday right after dinner we are on our way back to North Carolina, to my mama’s house exactly. She has no idea what’s coming and that’s exactly how I want it.
“Are we there yet?” She says chomping on her gum like a cow.
“Are you done chewing like that?”
Her head snaps in my direction, “Nope.”
“Then there is your answer.”
Rhea rolls the window down and spits her gum out. “There, gum is gone. Now are we almost there?”
“About a half hour away.”