Foreign Love

XXVI - Loose Ends, Pt. 1

Chapter 26: Loose Ends, Part 1

"Good morning, girls!" My mother said as we went downstairs the next morning. "And Tom." She later added, making them laugh.

They lined up to kiss her on the cheek as kids do in kindergarten when they say goodbye to their teacher. First Mabel, then Elena and lastly Mylène.

"How was your party last night?" She asked us as we claimed our seats on the table.

"Pretty good," I said, grabbing a knife to cut a slice of bread for me. "Does anybody else want it?"

"Me!" Elena said immediately.

I cut it and handed it to her. "Anyone else?"

But they weren't paying attention enough to hear me, because they were talking to Mom about something that happened while I was out.

So I talked to Dad, who was also there.

"Hey, Dad, you're working today, right?"

"Unfortunately." He sighed. "Some client of mine's brother died yesterday and now all the heritage paperwork that we've been working on has to change. Sometimes I wonder why I became a lawyer and not a Math teacher or something."

"Because you're a terrible teacher."

"That's not true!" I laughed.

"Who tried to teach me second-degree equations?"

"Why, it was me, of course," he proudly said.

"Uhum." I nodded, smirking. "And who actually taught me second-degree equations?"

His grin faded. "Your mom."

I nodded. "Exactly." I chuckled. "Anyway, I was wondering if, on your way out, you could maybe give me a ride to Andrew's."

He raised an eyebrow. "Andrew's?"

"I have some things I'd like to discuss with him. I don't intend on leaving any unfinished business behind and that includes Andrew."

"No problem. I'll only work in the afternoon today, but I'll give you a ride."

"I'll look for the exact address later, then."

"What for? Did you forget I've taken care of the heritage case for that house?"

"Right, you did. I'd completely forgotten about that."

"That house was a thorn in my side for so long that it's hard to forget its address," he said, sipping on his coffee. "I don't think I'll be able to pick you up, though. I don't know what time I'm going to leave the office today."

"It's okay, I'm going to Nikolai's afterwards" I sipped on my juice. "Two birds with one stone, am I right?" I smiled and turned my head back at the loud conversation they were having.

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"Thanks, Dad, see you later!" I said, closing the car door.

I looked at the house across the street: a two-story house that looked somewhat like that one from The Simpsons, except it was white. His bedroom's window was open and so was one on the bottom floor.

That's a good sign. He's home.

I crossed the street and the small front yard of the house, stood in front of the door, took a deep breath and rang the bell.

some twenty seconds later, a woman answered. The blue eyes didn't lie: it was his mother... what was her name again? Samantha? Sabrina? Sharon?...