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The only person who should call never bothers.
I go with Molly to visit her brother and Nana almost every day. Ever since Jason had his seizure and I did my best to help, we formed a solid little bond. Even Nana seems to like me, probably because I bring her cigarettes and do chores. Today, I’m fixing a door that doesn’t close without shoving it by adjusting the hinges.
“You look really hot with your sleeves rolled up,” Molly says, waggling her eyebrows at me.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” I say, hammering the hinge pin down into place. “I look hot all the time.”
“You two disgust me,” Jason calls from the living room where he’s working on a term paper.
“You all disgust me,” Nana shouts from her spot in the kitchen.
Molly laughs and gives me a kiss. “Does it work better?”
“You tell me.”
She swings the door and it clicks shut with no problem. Then she swings it open and puts the back of her hand across her forehead.
“Saul Rossi, I think I’m going to swoon.”
“Really? Simple home maintenance gets you hot?”
“Hot and bothered. You fixed something. You made it seem so easy.”
“It was easy.”
“Don’t tell me that.” She throws herself into my arms. “You’re a big strong man. So competent. So handsome.”
“Did my pure sexual charisma rob you of the ability to speak in complete sentences?”
“Me Molly, me want to kiss big manly man.”
I laugh and kiss her. My wife can be so strange sometimes, and I absolutely love her for it. She’s been slowly bringing out a side of me that I thought disappeared when I was little. I’m lighter, more prone to joking and laughing than I used to be, all because Molly’s such a damn goofball.
“Alright, let me go help your brother with his homework,” I say, slapping her ass. “Nana needs the dishes done.”
“Yeah, okay, you can head into the kitchen then. I’ll handle homework.” Molly strides into the living room with me on her heels.
“Bullshit. I’m the smart one.”
“You’re the smart one? Saul, please, be realistic. We both know I’m smarter.”
“I run a profitable sports gambling business.”
“You have people running the numbers for you.”
“Don’t piss me off,” I growl at her which only gets a sassy-ass smile from her in return.
“Or else what? Your brain’s gonna melt from thinking too hard?”
Jason smacks his palm on the table, glaring at us. “Will you both shut up? I’m trying to work.” He stares back at the computer, shaking his head. “And you’re both idiots. I’m the smart one.”
Molly starts arguing her case while her brother ignores her. I take the opportunity to slip into the kitchen. Nana’s smoking away and watching a little TV I got for her. A couple of cowboys are sneaking up on a barn, both armed with shotguns. Nana winks at me as I get the water started, and I lose myself for a few minutes in the menial task. I could hire someone to do all this—but I kind of like taking care of it myself. Makes me feel useful.
“You know, they get along better now than they used to before you came along.”
I look back over my shoulder. Nana’s not looking at me, almost as if she hadn’t said anything.
I dry my hands on a towel. “Oh, yeah?”
