Her Million Miles; The Drive Series: Book 1

Chapter 19 The Visitors

They leave the mishap at the garden in the past and Debra grows lonesome in the house while Jackson and the girls are gone through the day. She tries to stay busy but when everything is done all she has left to keep her company is the boob-tube. Debra walks over to call someone she has not spoken to since that night. She looks down to the little scrap of paper with Cassie's name. Debra thought to herself, "What could it have hurt to reach out to an old friend." Debra thinks again, "Maybe this time it will be better and it would be good to see someone, anyone, for that matter since Judy and Bo are always busy these days." Debra calls Cassie and invites her over on Friday for a visit. "Can I bring my daughter over to," Cassie asks. Debra shocked but excited to meet her daughter as well, says, "Sure!"

Debra figures their visit will be short so 'there would no need to tell Jackson of it.' She hopes that they are gone before he returns from work.

Friday morning comes as Jackson says before leaving for work, "I have to go to a business meeting after work today, so I will be back later than usual, Debra." She nods to him and blows him a kiss." He catches the kiss and away he goes out the door. Later in the day, the girls arrive from school. They change and start on their homework.

RING! RING!

Debra opens the door and to add to her shock; Cassie holding a bottle with a bow on it. "Here is a gift for you and Jackson from me as new and old friends start anew."

Debra takes the bottle and sees a head pop out from behind Cassie. Cassie sees this and moves so slightly to the left to show Debra her daughter. "Excuse me," Debra yells upstairs to the girls to come down and meet two people. As she leads Cassie and her daughter into the living room; Sabrina appears and sees her friend, Sybil. Both simultaneously say, "Killer, it is YOU!" They give each other hugs and smile at both Cassie and Debra. Debra confused at what just happened and says, "You both know each other, how?" Again, simultaneously say, "School," they laugh at each other. Cassie interrupts them and says, "Sybil, is this the girl, you cannot shut up about!" Cassie looks at Sabrina and says, "Well, then carry on!"

The day turns into an early evening as the girls are chatting at the table. Cassie is trying to understand Shelby's dialogue when the door opens and Jackson walks into the living room. Debra heard Jackson say, "What the!" Debra calmly walks to Jackson and greets him at the door and politely escorts him into the hallway. Before Debra could say a word, Jackson sternly tells her, "he is going to the bar to meet up with Bo and they better be gone before he comes back!" Debra surprised at Jackson's reaction yet again. Debra was trying to keep a cool head about her comes back in and smiles.

She says, "How about pizza!"

Everyone says, "YES!"

Debra orders the food, comes back and asks, Sabrina and the girls 'to go upstairs and play' for a bit. They comply. Sabrina leads them to her room where she puts on her radio and they start to sing the song, as they begin to jump on the bed.

Cassie and Debra start talking about old times. Debra leaves for a moment and comes back to find Cassie diving into the white Bordeaux.

Cassie quickly downs the liquid and pours herself another glass as she poured Debra, her first one. The doorbell goes off as the girls sound like a herd of animals running as fast as they can to get the pizza. Shelby is entirely on a different level of hyper. With all the excitement Shelby tries to start a food fight with her mother. Debra looking at her and is not liking what she sees puts Shelby to bed for her antics. As Debra comes back down from putting Shelby to bed, she takes the girls into the kitchen. Debra is busy talking to Sybil for a bit to get to know her a little more. Sabrina excuses herself from the kitchen table to use the bathroom. She heads through the living room once again only to see Cassie flopping down on their couch and pointing toward Sabrina.