ODDS OF LOVE : SEASON ELEVEN

Episode 115

" So you're still going to the PTA thingy tomorrow at the restaurant, Genius? ," DuBuis asked during the very tense and extremely quiet family dinner in their dining room.

The kids were especially gloomy as they all pushed the spaghetti with homemade marinara that Spencer had prepared all around on their plates.

Theodore and Sol were more into tapping on their phones than actually conversing with the family.

Luci had her nose tucked in a book on self defense techniques that she had checked out from the public library.

DuBuis nor Spencer didn't have the heart to tell them to put away the book and phones at the table. After the hostage event in this very house which resulted in three shootings and everyone was on edge. To the point DuBuis was tempted to suggest that they all do a family counseling session with Reverend Lynn.

Spencer was almost listlessly feeding Miracle in her high chair as he replied," Maybe. Maybe not. What's the point? "

DuBuis said ," Point is you need to get out of the house and unwind a little bit. Not saying the PTA is Mardi Gras but. Go. I can watch Sunny Delight over there and me and the kids can GrubHub a pizza for dinner. "

Spencer hesitated before speaking again. " Richard..... Winston..... Faith..... How can I even think about going out to eat and possibly annoy people when......"

DuBuis interjected ," Richard is out of the coma and as a doctor I say his memory loss will clear up with time and patience from everyone. The human mind is a strange thing. If I did it all over again maybe I would specialize in psychology. Anyway your brother is in good hands at the hospital and with Nigel. Winston.... is ...... the same. He's doing better physically they tell me at the hospital. Might be discharged soon. I actually held my nose and emailed Joe about having him do speech therapy or whatever else he needs at the Moss Center but he's determined to have him home with a speech therapist coming in every day but the weekend. Are they really engaged? Poor Winston. Can't believe I'm saying that. As for Faith I'm hoping this whole sh.... thing blows over with not guilty or something that won't ruin her life. This mess has me thrown. Why is this cop lying on her? Bigotry? Sexism? Just being an a..... jerk ? "

Spencer sighed. He suddenly looked older than forty one. " Maybe I will go. Least I'll get a good meal I don't have to cook. And that nobody eats. Besides Flower Dennis emailed me that they have a special guest coming tomorrow. And I don't think that it's me. "

DuBuis leaned back in his chair. " So give me a makeup of this PTA. Whose what now? "

" Well ," Spencer spoke in his old academic teacher voice," there's Flower whose vice president. She has a daughter in sixth grade with Luci and Sol. I would be treasurer since I am very handy with numbers. The secretary is Elizabeth Samson. I believe her son Kyle is in eighth grade with Theodore. "

At the mention of Kyle's name Theodore's eyes rolled behind his glasses and his lips thinned in a single line.

" And ," Spencer continued on in lecture mode," there are apparently a handful of parents that show up for the meetings. Which everyone should considering how important parental involvement is in their child's education process. That's what I....."

" Read in one of my parenting books," DuBuis , Luci , Sol and Theodore all said at the same time.

Spencer blushed bright red but kept speaking," And, the president is Cassandra Mayfield....."

Luci grumbled ," Zora's mother. "

" Yes. There was a co president. Sidnei Chou's mother but after she..... passed away at home her mother decided to step down. So there's another vacancy really. Maybe you should join, sweetheart? Or if Richard was.... better maybe Nigel ? "

DuBuis laughed. " Not me. I think it's a conflict of interest for staff to be in the Barrington PTA. "