He knew the minute his mother showed up, his quiet life with his niece was going to be ruined, but he wasn't expecting to see the woman he gave up in order to give Mary as normal of a life as he could give her.
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Once inside, Ryn set Mary back down. Frank was just about to introduce her to Bonnie and Roberta when Mary pulled on Ryn's hand. "Come on, Aunt Ryn I want you to meet Fred!" The young girl exclaimed, pulling Ryn forward into the living room. Ryn smiled and waved at the women trying to act like they weren't spying out the window earlier. They returned the smile and the wave before turning their attention to Frank.
Frank adjusted Ryn's duffle bag strap on his shoulder. "She'll be staying with us for a few days," was all he offered with a slight shrug of his shoulders before leaving the two to go to his room. While he was sure Mary would insist on Ryn sleeping with her, he was hoping she would wind up in his room, hence the reason he was putting her bag in his room.
"She better be staying longer than that!" Roberta called out to him as quietly as she could but still loud enough that he could hear. Bonnie laughed at the older woman's antics. Of course she wasn't sure how to feel about it and about Ryn's appearance since she and Frank were in a weird flirtation.
Oh he heard and shook his head before coming back out. She was always meddling in someway. Roberta motioned towards the living room when Frank returned from his room. He looked over, curious to what she wanted him to see. It was Ryn and Mary sitting in the middle of the floor. Ryn was holding Fred and petting him while listening to all that Mary had to offer. Mary looked happy, something he hadn't really seen on her since this whole thing started.
"Now why wouldn't you tell her where you were going? That child doesn't run out of the house like that for just anybody." Roberta said as Frank turned to look through the fridge to see if there was anything he could throw together for dinner.
At her words he turned back to her with a stern look. "Roberta," He warned. That was a conversation he was most certainly not having with his landlord in front of Bonnie without the person who he really needed to have that conversation with.
Roberta raised her hands in surrender, for now at least. She was definitely not going to let this go. "Okay, okay. You can at least tell us who she is."
Frank began pulling out the ingredients to make hoagie sandwiches. He didn't really feel like cooking tonight with the knowledge that his mother tried to turn his best friend against him. "She's a family friend and Mary's godmother."
"Then why are we even in this mess? Ryn's Mary's guardian." Roberta asked.
Frank shook his head. "She was never named Mary's guardian. They're two completely different things. Trust me I already looked at that option."
Both women sighed, well there went that idea.
"Frank!" Mary called out before coming into the kitchen, Ryn was right behind her. "Aunt Ryn's really staying with us?"
Frank chuckled and nodded. "Yes, Aunt Ryn is really staying with us."
Mary began jumping all around repeatedly saying "Yay!"
