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Leilani’s taco had frozen halfway to her mouth.
What the hell do you say to something like that?
“Literally let one rip in front of everryyyonee.” Missy laughed.
“That’s horrible,” Leilani replied, although a part of her wanted to giggle.
“Well, it could’ve been worse. There was no smell, apparently.”
Line crossed.
“You know what? I just remembered I forgot to book a meeting for Blake. I better get it done before I get fired.” She jokingly laughed and packed up her lunch.
“Oh, Lani, find out how his marriage is going. I am not joking when I say I would do anything that man wanted.” Missy winked.
M’kay.
Nope.
Absolutely not.
She knew at that point Missy wasn’t in the running for new best friend status.
Especially when there was no way she was asking Blake about that. For obvious reasons, but also his wife, Bella, was lovely. They’d had a few small chats when she visited, and Leilani wondered how she could make friends with a nice woman like that.
It was an odd question to ask, but how did you make friends? It’s not like dating where there are apps...or maybe there were...or you could just ask someone out.
Or could you?
Either way, right now, her focus was on her mom.
Leilani had moved home after they had found out about her mom’s cirrhosis diagnosis. They hadn’t known what was wrong with her for a long time. At first, they’d joked she was getting unfit when she was experiencing shortness of breath when they’d gone for a walk together, then Leilani noticed her cognitive skills were strange.
It was subtle, but she was a little confused about things and seemed not just out of breath, but quite drowsy. In the end, she went to her doctor, and they did some tests. That was when they learned her liver was not working optimally.
More tests and failed treatments told them what they didn’t want to know.
Her liver wasn’t going to heal.
And she wouldn’t stop drinking.
Now her mom was having trouble moving around and doing the simple things in life.
So now she was taking care of her the best she could while also working. Being a carer was hard work. More than she had realized. One day, she had joined a social media group and began reading through pages and pages of people, sharing how tired they were.
No wonder she wasn’t being active in her social life.
She was tired.
Plus, there was this thing where you were grieving before the person had actually died.
Leilani was scared.
Who would she have to lean on when her mom finally passed on? Not that she could do a lot anymore. But she could hug her mom. She could share her...
Well, she didn’t even do that anymore.
But she was her mom.
