Duncan seemed much more relaxed. “Yes, I’ll do that. I’ll text Griffin everything.”
“Great!” I exclaimed.
We bid them both goodbye before they left.
“Are you done with that list, buddy?” Griffin asked loudly the second we closed the door.
“No, I keep getting ideas,” he said, running toward us. He’d scribbled in bold letters on the white sheet of paper. I only had time to read the first one, which saidBatman bedsheets, before Griffin took it away, looking at it.
“No more Spider-Man?” he asked.
“No, I already have two Spider-Man rooms. Now I want to have a Batman room too.”
“Do you actually know where we’ll find all this stuff?”
“Target,” he and I said at the same time.
Griffin frowned. “Let’s see where I can find the nearest one. I haven’t been in years.”
I jolted my head back. “What? How is that even possible? You don’t shop at Target?”
“No. I usually just go to a grocery store when I need food, and I order everything else online.”
Jeremy grinned. “Don’t worry. Dad didn’t know about it either, but Riley took me once. She says shehookedme on it.”
I laughed. “Let’s hook your Uncle Griffin on it too.”
We learned that the nearest Target was twenty minutes away. During the drive, I asked Jeremy to recite his list a few times until I’d memorized the items. I also wanted to buy a change of clothes and some panties, since a certain handsome man ripped mine to shreds.
Once inside, I suggested we divide and conquer, but the boys wanted us to stick together.
“I can see the appeal. They have literally everything,” Griffin said after we’d knocked off most of Jeremy’s list in under two hours.
He looked at the list while pushing a full cart. I was pushing the second one that was only half full. Jeremy was helping me too. He stood right by my side the whole time, and I loved it.
“Buddy, if you’ve got everything you need, we can head over to the cash register,” Griffin said.
“How about some Batman-themed shower gels and shampoo?” I asked. I didn’t actually know if there were any, but I was keeping my fingers crossed.
“Yes, yes, yes,” he exclaimed, and we headed to the aisle with personal hygiene.
“You’re good at this,” Griffin murmured as we arrived in the section with shower gels for kids. Of course there were Batman-themed ones too.
I smiled softly. “I just let him inspire me. There are so many cool options. Imagine being a kid today.”
“You’d be a great mom, Phoebe.”
That touched me in ways he couldn’t possibly know.
“Thanks,” I murmured as Jeremy grabbed a Mickey Mouse shampoo as well.
I wondered how come he liked BatmanandMickey Mouse, but maybe I’d find out when we picked our movie for tonight. We were now very well prepared for that. We didn’t just buy popcorn but an air-popper to make it. What was this life?
Before going to the cash register, Jeremy decided he wanted to buy a Batman figurine too. They all looked identical to me, but the boys went back and forth about it for a solid twelve minutes before I gave up.
“You know what? I’m going to buy something for dinner. I’ll meet you at the cash register, okay?” I said.
Griffin nodded. Jeremy wasn’t even paying attention.
