SUMMER CAN LAST FOREVER

SURPRISING FUN DAY

BELLY
Its the next day, january 2nd at 11am is when i wake up, conrads on his phone beside me. Whenever something major happens, he never leaves my side."Good morning isabel," he pecks my lips.

"Morning conrad" i kiss his cheek. He holds me for a little longer, before we go out to the living room. Everyone else is already awake.

"Moms with the cops, adams in jail they want to question all of us about last night, and just adam in general. He may be checked into a mental hospital, or an AA group home" steven fills us in.

"Id be more than happy to tell them all the stories about my dad being a jackass" conrad replies.

"Me too" jere agrees.

"I never deleted those texts he sent me, on the off chance this day came. Im sure my moms already telling them what a rotten person hes been, in the 20 years shes known him" i chime in.

"Carl, can you reheat some of the breakfast from earlier for belly and conrad please?" shayla asks. Its still so wild to me that she has a chef around, to make food whenever she wants.

"Carls in his 60s, been with my family for 15 years. His wife died of breast cancer, and his kids are all grown up. He gets time off whenever he wants it, and my parents and i treat him like family" shayla explains. I guess that isnt quite so bad i mean if hes been with them for so long, he must be getting treated good.

"Do you have any other workers in the house?" jere asks. Taylor shoots him a look.

"Just a maid company, that drops by once a week to clean the house" shayla replies.

"You house is ginormous!" taylor muses.

"It is, but its mainly just carl and i, unless my parents are hosting a party" she shrugs. My mom comes back.

"Good, everyones awake" she sighs.

"Adam is pleading insanity, and wants a jury" she says.

"Well, thats interesting" i respond on behalf of allnof us summer kids.

"It was either that, or 12 months in jail. The vp is going to run his company for awhile" mom replies.

"Have you been to the beach house?" conrad asks. Mom goes somber.

"Yes apart from the pictures, the china, he also ransacked sussannahs room. He ripped some of her paintings, the portraits susannah painted of connie and jeremiah, during that last summer" moms on the verge of tears. I know what he did hurt her.

"Dads always been a dick, but i never thought hed go this far, even when drunk" jeremiah slumps down.

"I strangly agree, adams always been an ass, but last night it was out of character, the gun and everything, maybe he is sick. That dosnt exscuse any of his actions, which i am still very pissed about. It could just be the reason" mom replies.

"He used to hurt my mom sometimes you know, im not surprised he did this," conrad tells everyone.
"Im going to go process things alone" he says, looking at me.

"Okay i understand, ill let you know when we head over to the house, so we can clean and start on a rebuilding plan. Also until summer nobody is going to the beach house, i think we need a home security system installed and the locks changed" my mom suggests.

"Probably good ideas" conrad says, dissappearing upstaires.

"My parents will be arriving soon, i guess what happened in cousins, made its way to the news. They want me home, theyll be here in ten" taylor states.

"What no, i mean i get it but ill miss you" jeremiah tells her.

"Dont be a whiny baby, youll be fine, but ill miss you too" she kisses his cheek.