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| tuesday august 19 1:59 PM |
i walk down the isle in search for the gravy packets my mom had asked me to pick up for dinner. you'd think with how long i've lived here, i'd know where everything in this grocery store is. it makes me wish i had paid attention every time my mom asked me to come grocery shopping with her, maybe i'd know where it all was at.
i turn down another isle and my eyes light up when i finally see what i've been looking for. the past fifteen minutes has been filled with nothing but me struggling to find the gravy packets or me coming across something i think seems good to try out one day. "cindy?" i hear a woman question her self as my name came out of her mouth.
her voice alone made me smile. it's one i will never forget. theres nothing more reassuring and sweeter than her sweet tone. i turn around and a wide smile meets her lips when she realizes she was right. "My goodness. Look at you!" katherine cheers, taking her hands off of her shopping cart and quickly making her way over to me. "you've grown so much. i can't believe it." she smiles again. she opens her arms and i meet her half way with wide arms as well to embrace her in a hug. "My goodness. you've gotten so much more beautiful as well." she speaks up again before i have enough time to reply."thank you!" i tell her, pulling away to break the hug so we can continue our little catch up.
"i was not expecting to see you here." she laughs like she was thankful she did. she looks like she hasn't aged a day over the three years. she still looks young and gorgeous. i envy her sometimes for it. "i'm getting gravy for dinner later" i explain why i'm here. "i ran into your mom about a month or two ago. she never told me you were coming down?" she asks, hoping she didn't miss anything. "i told her i was coming down or whatever about two or three weeks ago." i explain and she nods. "oh, it's definitely been longer than that." she laughs at her self.
"how long are you down for?" she asks me, furrowing her eyebrows as if she was in deep thought. "about another week." i sigh, i'm ready to see adelia and neels again. i miss them a lot. maybe next time one of them or maybe even both can come back with me and help me move in. i know neels would. adelia is helping care for her parents... she most likely wouldn't be able to make it. "be sure and stop by! we miss you around the house." she laughs. "i definitely will." i smile, looking at her basket and seeing it filled with baking items. "what are you baking today?" i ask curiously, wondering what else she's gotten into or learned how to bake over the past three years. being that it's her favorite hobby, i'm sure she's learned so much more than what she knew when i was always around.
"cocoa brownies with brown butter and walnuts" she smiles, sounding excited about getting to make it. "if you're free, i'd love for you to come by and help me." she offers. "it'd be fun." she adds with a warm smile. i stop and think for a second. mom only needs the gravy by six and it's about two right now. i'm free for the rest of the day... catching up with david and katherine would be nice. i haven't seen them ever since jack and i broke things off. i just don't want her to think she's obligated to invite me over because i asked her what she was making. "i won't be interrupting anything at home?" i ask, hoping i wouldn't be if i went. i don't want to intrude on any of her and david's plans if they have any.
"honey of course not, we miss you around the house. it'd be nice having you around... even if it's for a few minutes we'd just be glad you're there." she tells me making me smile at her. she's always so nice. "well then, i'd love to.." i reply. "yay! okay this is perfect actually because i'm making two batches. you can make one and i can too while we catch up!" she rambles, already planning our baking ideas. i smile at how excited she is, it warms my heart. she's so cute.
"sounds perfect to me."
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"so how is spain? i'd love to hear all about it." she smiles as we walk into her kitchen with all of the bags in our hands. "it's so beautiful. toledo, where i was staying is so lively and upbeat. it's going to be hard to leave." i laugh, setting the bags in my hands on the island's counter top. "leave?" she asks, furrowing her eyebrows as she looks at me in confusion. "oh." i laugh at myself, nobody has told her and i didn't bring it up. no wonder she's confused. "i'm moving back down here! i'm signing with a local modeling agency so i'll be around my family and friends more." i fill her in making her eyes widen.
"back down to omaha?!" she gasps excitedly. "yes ma'am." i nod. "well, i hope i'll be seeing more of you when you are officially moved in." she smiles warmly. know she means it and isn't just saying it from her smile. the more i look at her smile the more i think of jacks and how much his resembles hers. he definitely got his mother's smile. i can't help but admire it, it gives off a warm and welcoming feeling like jacks used to... well still does despite the fact he hasn't been smiling much at me this past week. i don't blame him though. he's not obligated to smile at me or anything, his actions are completely up to him and i don't mind. i respect it.
"you definitely will! i promise." i plan out, starting to become more excited about the move. "it's no surprise to me that you got into modeling. jack was always talking about how much of a good one you'd be." she laughs to herself as if she was reminiscing the times that he did. i believe it, he always told me i could be something along those lines. i just was never confident enough. i do have him to thank for a majority of my confidence. i remember while we were dating how much my confidence went up, you could see it. i smiled more, walked more proudly and stood up straighter. so i definitely do have him to thank.
"he's told me a few times too." i tell her, pulling the stuff out of the grocery bags and placing them back on the counter. "speaking of jack... i hope i'm not crossing any boundaries with this question." she laughs, looking over to make eye contact with me. most likely to show she really meant that she didn't want to cross any lines or anything of that matter. "no go ahead, i don't mind." i tell her, being completely honest. i don't mind answering any questions or concerns she has about jack or even jack and i. i truly respect her and she's his mother, she deserves to know what ever she wants. i'll be completely open with her, unless it was something jack doesn't want her to know... i wouldn't be able to break his trust if he ever asked me to keep something... good or bad terms. it's just not me.
"how are you two?" she questions then shakes her head quickly like that wasn't right. "no. i mean, are the two of you on good terms?" she asks me with a small laugh at her rewording. "well, i don't necessarily know." i start with a small laugh. "he will barely talk to me and he sort of comes off defensive, in a way, when he talks to me... but i completely understand why." i explain causing her to nod. "he does come off like that every now and then, he'll get over it soon." she rolls her eyes with a laugh. "he's one of the sweetest most subborn of boys you'll meet." she tells me as she raises her eyebrows at me. "i've gotten a share of both sides. it's usually- my bad, it was usually the sweet. he wasn't ever really stubborn until now." i laugh. "i just want to say, i'm glad you gave him the experience of dating someone who was worth it. half of the girls he brings around or i hear about him being with don't seem very... very well mannered?" she tells me hesitantly making me furrow my eyebrows. "they seem to only be with him because he's famous now... they weren't dating him for him like you did."
here's the chapter w katherine like y'all have been asking about her so here u goooo🥺
