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“Follow me.” She said as she walked purposefully towards the kitchen.
“Now, watch.” Baylee said as she picked up the cooler that was sitting at the bottom of the porch steps and started walking.
She’d gotten maybe ten feet from the steps when Sebastian looked up, saw what she was carrying, and yelled. “Baylee! I said I’d get it in a minute! Put it down.”
Baylee ignored him and got about five more steps before Sebastian let out an audible growl, tossed the boat electronic thing he was showing Kettle, Loki, and Trance onto the boat seat, and stalked towards Baylee.
You know those red flags you wave at bulls to get their attention? That’s what it was like. The cooler being the red flag.
He grabbed the offending cooler out of her hands before she’d even made it fifteen feet from the porch steps, and glared at her before going back the way he came.
When she made it back, she smiled at me. “Does that answer your question?”
“No,” I laughed. “I think I need a few more examples. I’m worried I might have an alpha-hole on my hands.”
Kettle hadn’t let me move one single thing this afternoon. Not even a freakin’ bag of clothes. He’d treated me like I was fragile. As if I couldn’t handle even the small things.
“Here,” Baylee said, shoving a baby bag and a car seat that had her infant daughter, Blaise, already strapped into it at me before pushing me towards the door.
Blaise, according to Baylee, was the one and only thing that could terrify Sebastian.
“Take this down there to the water. Watch what Kettle and Sebastian do. You’ll see what I mean.” Baylee’s eyes were filled with mirth.
Cautiously, I started walking down towards the water, walking carefully down the path that was lined on both sides with rocks. Blaise was incredibly tiny in her car seat, and feelings, ones that only came out when babies were in the vicinity, started swelling in my chest. Making mewantthings.
I’d made it all the way to the dock. Which was further than I’d expected to get. I was in the process of stepping onto the uneven dock when Blaise was out of my arms, followed by the diaper bag.
I looked up into glaring eyes. One pair belonging to the doting father, and the other to Kettle.
Both looked annoyed that I’d even contemplated getting onto the dock.
“Is there anything else y’all need brought down here?” Sebastian asked in exasperation.
I shrugged and turned around without answering.
I found Baylee in the kitchen pouring milk into a bottle.
“How far onto the dock did you get?” Baylee asked without even turning around.
“Not even. I didn’t even have a foot onto the dock before she was out of my arms.” I told the other woman.
Baylee giggled. “Does that answer your question?”
“Other than they don’t want you or me carrying things when they could do it, you mean? I think you still have to show me some more examples.”
“Well, I’m sure there’ll be more by the time the night’s over. Your sister’s still on the phone in the den. How much longer do you think she’ll be?” Baylee asked as she leaned her hips against the counter.
“Done,” Viddy declared as she walked into the room, her large white cane in her hand leading the way.
“Are you ready, Viddy?” I asked her.
“Yeah,” Viddy sighed. “He’s driving me nuts.”
Viddy was currently in a relationship with a man doctor. He saw the students at the same school Viddy worked at. He’s also an asshole.
I hadn’t liked him from the moment I’d met him four months ago.
Mostly because he didn’t treat Viddy well, and always liked to add emphasis to the fact that Viddy couldn’t see.
