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The front door opened and two women and a man walked in. It wasn’t difficult to see they were related to Eddie. One of the women was tall and so was the man. The other woman was tiny, like Blanca. They were all glamorously good-looking, just like Eddie.
They all looked at me.
Eddie glared at them, then dropped his head and ran his hand through his hair and muttered words in Spanish and English, none of them nice.
I looked at the newcomers.
“Hey,” I said to them.
There were general greetings and small waves and lots and lots of white teeth against dark skin.
“These are my kids, Carlos, Rosa and Elena,” Blanca said. Elena was the short one.
“I’m Jet,” I repeated, still smiling and beginning to think this whole thing was hilarious.
“Are we having a reunion?” Eddie asked.
Carlos laughed. Rosa and Elena looked at each other and grinned. Blanca gave Eddie a death glare and spat something at him in Spanish. Then she turned back to me, all smiles again.
Yep, Eddie’s mom was just like mine.
“I forgot the dessert so I brought you Napoleons from Pasquini’s,” Blanca told me.
She did not forget dessert. She deliberately delayed delivery of dessert so she could check out Eddie’s date.
I wondered if it was me, or if this happened to Eddie all the time. I couldn’t imagine Eddie would put up with this all the time so it had to be me.
I didn’t know what to make of that so I pushed it aside.
I came forward and took the box from her. “That sounds lovely. Dinner was delicious, by the way. Thank you.”
“De nada,” she said, graciously inclining her head.
Everyone stood around, smiling at each other. That was, everyone but Eddie.
Finally, I broke the silence. “Did you get enough for everyone? Should I serve these?” I asked Blanca.
“No,” Eddie finally snapped and I couldn’t help myself, I turned my smile to him.
He glared at me.
His family watched us.
Eddie looked at his mother and said something in Spanish. It didn’t take an interpreter to translate she was being ousted.
“All right, all right. We’re going,” she told her son and turned to me. “Eddie told me abouttu madre. How is she?”
I was still smiling, too amused to be annoyed she knew about Mom.
“She’s fine,” I assured her.
“She need company tonight? Maybe we could swing around…” Blanca offered.
I couldn’t help myself, I started laughing.
Eddie didn’t think it was funny and started talking, more Spanish, this rapid-fire, beyond annoyed and vaguely threatening.
“Ay Dios mio,mi niño, you’re wound up tonight,” Blanca said to Eddie, and Carlos burst out laughing. Blanca turned back to me. “He’s a little bit hot-blooded, just like his Papa.”
