“And you found out tonight?”
I nodded. “She didn’t tell me.”
“That’s why Halo’s been in Newton,” she mumbled.
“I don’t know how you figured that out, but yeah.”
She nodded and turned so she was facing forward again. “Let’s go. This calls for a sundae. Maybe even a banana split.”
“Mom, I need you to take this seriously.”
She looked back at me. “Make no mistake. I’m taking this very seriously, Landry.”
“Okay, but we can’t talk about it while we’re in there.”
“You don’t say.”
“When did they add a drive-thru?” I asked while we waited for our order.
“I think you were fourteen or fifteen.”
“Seriously?”
She laughed. “I can’t tell you how many times I wondered how you got a job with the CIA.”
“Very funny.”
“So how did you leave things with her?”
“Pretty much the same as always. I said the wrong thing, and she’s no longer speaking to me.”
“Oh dear. What did you say?”
“I told her I’d be with her when she told her parents and she’d be with me when I told you and Dad.”
“That’s it?”
“Not exactly.”
“What else?”
“I said we’d tell you both we were getting married.”
“Hang on. You’re getting married?” she gasped.
“Why is that a surprise? She’s pregnant.”
“Landry, do your best to try to remember your exact words.”
“Those were my exact words.”
“No. Tell me how you asked her to marry you.”
When I turned my head and looked out the window instead of at her, my mother swatted my arm.
“You didn’t, did you?”
“She’s pregnant.”