“Oh, hell, Hayley. It’s a blow job, not a bunch of fresh flesh at a zombie party.”
Her face fell. “See. I told you.”
“Let me get my own situation sorted and then Hayley, I will teach you. We can use a dildo or a banana. Whatever. I will show you how to do a BJ right.”
“Thank you.”
I looked at Tiff.
“And I’ll tell you all about the birds and the bees. See if you’re doing that right.” Tiff added.
I sat back and sighed. “Haley, I shouldn’t laugh but at least I’m not the only fuck up.”
She high-fived me. “Hey, sister. You fuck up, I fuck up and that’s what got us into this beautiful mess.”
There was a loud bang on the front door. Haley went to answer it.
She walked back through to the living room, followed by my mother. Looked like someone had told her where I lived.
“Can we talk?” She asked.
“Yeah.” I sighed. “Let’s go through to my room.”
**
I could hear the movie playing through the walls so I knew the girls had given me some privacy and couldn’t hear our conversation.
I sat at the top of my bed near the pillows and my mom sat at the edge of the bed.
“Mom…”
She put a hand up. “If you’re about to apologize for what I walked in on, don’t you dare.”
I closed my mouth, now lacking any words.
“Kayla, honey. I’ve been a crap mom. I put my hands up. I realize that by focusing on providing you with the material things in life that I felt you needed, I took my eye right off what you actually needed most. My love.”
“It was like you couldn’t wait for me to turn eighteen so you could leave.” I pouted.
She sighed.
“I explained this to Daniel already. I left because I had already woken up and smelled the roses. I got myself a job. Selling boats. Then I met Philip. Kayla, I love him. Really love him. He’s not a meal ticket. I could care less if he was the poorest man on earth.”
I raised an eyebrow at her before moving my gaze to the giant diamond on her finger.
“
Yeah well it’s just an added bonus, he’s not. Anyway, we came to talk to you and Parker. I wanted to try to build some bridges with you.”
“Instead you saw me naked on a table.” I looked down at the duvet cover.
My mom moved further up the bed and tilted my chin up, looking directly into my eyes. “I was shocked at seeing my little girl naked, that’s all. I don’t care who you are with as long as they treat you right. One, two, a whole harem, my girl. As long as you’re happy, I’m happy. Now I know you probably don’t give a damn whether I’m happy or not but I just wanted to tell you before I headed back to LA. I love you darling and there’s always a bedroom for you in LA. I even had it decorated for you.”
I seriously dreaded to think what my room was like with her taste in decorating. No doubt there were more blue frills, but she had made the effort and that’s what counted. “Maybe I could come over for a visit sometime?”
“I would love that.” My mom teared up. “I really would.”
I started to cry, big fat tears rolled down my face as I realized I might be able to salvage some kind of a relationship with my mother.