Part 26
*Lola turned on the hot water, then stepped into the shower letting the water warm her to the bone. She shivered again.(
Once she was back out, she looked in her closet to see the dress, and instantly fell in love. It was knee length, light cream with a flower print. When she slid into it, it drapped around her small baby bump perfectly. She looked in the mirror.
Kyle would have loved this dress, she thought to herself.
Part 27
Exactly one hour later, Mark rang the doorbell and Tommy reached the door first.
“Hey Tom!,” Mark said as Tom swung the door open. “How have you been?”
“Oh, great I guess,” he shrugged. “Are you hear to pick Lola up?”
“I sure am,” he smiled. “Is she around?”
“Yup, she’s in the kitchen.” Tom held the door open for Mark to step inside.
“Thanks buddy,” he said, and walked in to find Lola with a mouthful of chips.
“I’m trying to feed you,” he laughed.
Lola smiled. “I keep getting these burst of hunger, don’t worry, I will still eat plenty.”
“So,” Gloria said from the kitchen table. “Where are you guys headed?”
“I thought we’d go to Luigi’s that is if Italian sounds alright?” he glanced at Lola.
She shrugged. “I’m good with anything.”
“Now listen, Lola,” Gloria started. “Dad and I are headed out in a bit for that get together with his friends.” she rolled her eyes. “Tom will be home alone for the evening, which isn’t a big deal, but I was thinking maybe you could bring him back a dessert or something. I’m ordering pizza…but I know he loves the chocolate cake from there.”
“Absolutely,” Lola said.
“Or he could just tag along.” Mark added casually.
Lola shot him a look. Her anticipation to see his envelope had grown exponentially in the past hour alone, and her self-control was almost at its limit.
Mark ignored her, and smiled at Gloria.
“Sure, if he wants to,” she said and looked from Lola to Mark and back again. “I’ll just go ask.”
“What about the letter,” Lola hissed.
“It’s fine, I have it,” he smiled. “And I will show it to you, but your mom thinks I‘m trying to take you on date. She keeps looking at me like she did when I was sixteen. It’s freaking me out. If Tom comes then she’ll know that it’s not, and she won’t question why we’re together so much.” Lola looked at him a little confused. “Well, I think it might take more than one day to figure out what’s going on.”
She hadn’t considered this before, not really. She looked at Mark again and speculated on what her mom had told her earlier. She couldn’t tell, but she decided it didn’t matter. She couldn’t solve this on her own, and she was tired of feeling alone.
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