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“I am good. I missed you. And I missed you, too, Auntie Sadie.” She walked over to Sadie and gave her a hug.
“I missed you, too, Eloise.”
“So where’s Dad?” I looked around. “Where is everyone?”
“Everyone’s out on the ranch doing work.” Mom laughed, “We’re just making cookies.”
I shook my head. “You guys are always making cookies,”
“And you seem to enjoy them, Wyatt,” Mom pointed out, and I laughed.
“Well, I am a cookie monster.”
“Yes, you are,” Sadie agreed with a smile.
“Well, you know, I do like the cookie,” I winked at her. “I could eat the cookie all night long.”
“Wyatt!” Sadie glared at me.
“What? Don’t you like cookies? Or do you prefer hotdogs?”
“Wyatt!” Sadie glared at me.
“What? I think you like hotdogs more than you—”
“Enough,” my mom said, giving me a look. “Wyatt, you’re making Sadie uncomfortable, and I’m not even going to ask what the two of you are talking about. But if the look on Sadie’s face and the color in her cheeks is any indication, then I think I know. You forget I have been your mother for twenty-five years, and I have six other sons. This is not the first time I’ve heard about cookies and hotdogs,” she laughed.
“Oh, my gosh,” Sadie buried her face in her hands, “I’m going to absolutely die right now.”
“Can I have a hotdog, please?” Eloise said, and we all started laughing.
“Sure,” my mom said and turned towards the fridge. “I’ll make some hotdogs. Are you guys hungry or did you eat before you go got here?”
“I’m not hungry, thank you.” I looked at Sadie, “You?”
“No, I’m fine, thanks. I guess I’ll go home and …”
“Don’t leave,” I insisted. “Do you have to get home?”
“Well, I guess not yet. My mom knows I’m with you.”
“Then stay. Let’s just enjoy the evening together, and I want you to be here when I tell all the family about Prince Waterman.”
“Okay,” she nodded, “That will be exciting.”
“Yeah, I think so.”
A little while later, the family was gathered in the living room, looking at me with some apprehension in their expressions.
I cleared my throat. “Well, thank you, everyone, for gathering. I want to let you know that I had a successful trip to North Carolina with Sadie, and I was able to purchase a yearling.”
“A yearling?” Beau raised an eyebrow. “Not three, or four, or five?”
“I was able to purchase a, as in singular, one yearling,” I admitted.
“Whoa! So are you saying that we have change?” Austin said with a laugh.
“No,” I shook my head. “In fact, not only do we not have change, but Sadie …”
