mysteries & secrets | mileven

thirty-seven

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN;
• TOGETHER FOREVER •

"here for maddie, not you." el quickly reminds kai as she walks through the door. "ooh, champagne!" she grabs a glass from a maid.

"so where's my princess?" she asks as everyone walks through the door.

"getting ready." kai replies. "can we talk later?"

"maybe." she takes off her jacket and hands it to someone who offered to take it.

"el-"

"it's your daughters day, don't ruin it." she cuts him off with a look before walking to the kitchen.

"hi fiona." she quickly waves as she opened the cabinets.

"hi sweetheart, what are you looking for?" fiona asks nicely.

"vodka? tequila? beer? i need something strong." el mumbles.

"there's vodka in the cabinets along with shot glasses next to it." fiona informs her as she nods.

she just took the bottle, leaving the shot glasses next to it and then shuts the cabinets. "you should drink some booze too." she says before walking away.

"baby! you look so damn cute in that dress! come here and give me a kiss!" el kneels down to the floor happily once she sees maddie.

"el!" maddie runs over to her and hugs her.

"i missed you so much, princess! you're officially 2!" el hugs her tightly and kisses the top of her head.

"i am 2!" maddie smiles.

"that's right. do you want cake first or do you want presents?"

"cake!"

"good choice, mads. come on now, let's go eat cake!" el picks her up with one hand since she still had a bottle of alcohol in her other.

"where's mike?" maddie asks.

"mike needed to take holly to her classes so he'll be running a bit late. don't worry, you'll still see him and we can play later. maybe you can play with dustin, lucas, will or max in the mean time." el suggests, pointing to the party.

maddie just hides her face into her chest, "aww mads, they're nice. unlike your dada of course. they like ice cream as well."

"ice cream!" maddie's frown disappears making el laugh, "i think you and max share the same favourite flavour. you guys both love cookie dough."

"maddie likes cookie dough!?" max exclaims, "not much people do!"

"cookie dough!" maddie smiles widely as max walks over to her, "you're now my favourite!" max takes her out of el's arms, "let's talk ice cream." they both walk off.

el smiles to herself, opening the bottle of alcohol as she turns to the rest of the party, "did mike say where he's at?"

"i think he's on his way. he texted the mad emoji with the fast emoji 5 minutes ago." will shrugs.

"then he should be here soon." el takes a sip out of the vodka before wincing, "oh that's strong."