Dad's Obsession

Chapter 3: Mom

Amelia and I exit through the front door and see my mom. "Hey Mom what are you doing here I thought you were in Florida, also what are those boxes for," I ask going to her car while Amelia stands on the front porch "Hi Miss.Smith" Amelia waves with a smile at my mom "Hey also sweetie I've not been married since you and willow were 16 so I don't go by Miss.Smith anymore, also you and Amelia have been friends since you guys were five you don't have to be so formal with me," Mom says with a chuckle and she continues to try and grab the rest of the boxes from the passenger seat "Yeah I know but I don't know your last name now, and I still want to be polite even if we have known each other since I was five," Amelia says now coming down the steps and toward the car. "Well, my last name before I married James was Cooper so you can call me Miss. Cooper if you would like but you don't have to" Mom says starting to struggle with the boxes I go and grab one to try and ease her struggle but when I grab one of the boxes it feels very heavy even if it wasn't as big as the one on our porch earlier and it's not as heavy as that one either but it still has some length to it and some pounds.

"Would you like for me to grab a box too?" Amelia asks already reaching for one of the boxes Mom is holding in her arms "Yes that would be much appreciated" Amelia grabs the box on the top of the stack Mom's holding and immediately I can tell she feels the weight of it and is starting to think what it could be by the weight and the size of the box. "What is in these boxes they are heavy," I ask starting to inspect the box I'm holding "They aren't mine they are your father's but they have been coming to my house and he has been picking them up like that apparently but the only reason I know is my neighbor called me and said that I've been getting packages and that some guy has been coming by and taking them," Mom says reaching for the final box.

I looked at Amelia but she was already looking at me with wide eyes and raised eyebrows as if she were in shock and just as confused as I was I turned to my Mom "Wait so all these boxes are for Dad like he ordered them off online and had them sent it to your house while you were away in Florida" "Humh yeah but I thought your father hated ordering off online so, in the beginning, I thought that I ordered something but it came late and someone stole it" she gets out of the car and looks to me "But when I looked I saw that I hadn't ordered anything since last month" "Yeah he does hate ordering stuff off online he always says it's just a scam or a ploy to get you to give away money" "Why does he need so many packages they will be like his sixth package today in like just a span of what 3 hours" "Has it been 3 hours since we got home?"

I was puzzled because I didn't think we had been home that long already "Yeah well I mean not exactly 3 hours but close we did spend close to an hour over the first package that your father got today" Amelia said while looking back at the front porch back to me. "Wait what do you mean sixth package today as your father already got a package today," Mom asks confused about the whole thing "Yes he has and it confused us quite a bit because like I said before he hates online ordering, and now we are even more confused because he has ordered more than we original thought and because he was trying to hide it at your house" "Yeah and the package was a big one at that and very heavy too we had to get Alexander to bring it inside the house, I thought it was willow's birthday gift maybe from him but I don't know anymore because of all these other packages," Amelia says looking at the package she has in her hands and the packages in mine and my mom's hands with a questioning face. "Well I am just as confused as you guys are now about these packages," Mom says, also now looking at the packages in her hands in confusion. "Why don't we just go inside the house and warm up a bit maybe there is a perfect explanation for why your Mr.Smith is buying so many things online," Amelia says trying to get the mood up a bit because if she doesn't my mom will question him till no mercy even if they aren't married anymore she still doesn't want any woman near her children she says but Alexander is fixing to move out of the house and I'm about to go to college with Amelia.

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