Smiling, I headed straight to the grocery aisles, wondering what they would like.Ha! Pizza!I was sure it would be a hit. I didn’t buy a frozen one but rather picked up all the ingredients so we could make one together. Afterward, I ran over to the women’s clothing section and quickly grabbed some panties that were on sale as well as a cute cotton dress.
I met the two of them at the cash register. It took a while for us to pay—Saturday was a very popular shopping day for Target. When we finally reached the car, Jeremy yawned.
“Buddy, if you want, you can wait inside the car while we load everything,” Griffin suggested.
“Okay,” he said and immediately got in the car.
We emptied the carts fairly quickly, and then I took them back to the store while Griffin arranged things in the trunk. By the time I returned, he was already in the car.
On the way home, Jeremy talked our ears off about all the things he bought.
The second we arrived at the house, Jeremy exclaimed, “Yes! I get to decorate the room.”
Once he got out of the car, we unloaded the trunk. We needed two trips to carry everything inside the house. I put the groceries in the fridge. Everything else belonged in Jeremy’s room.
“Do you have a quick-wash cycle so we can clean these before we put them on the bed?” I asked Griffin, pointing at the sheets.
“Yes. I’ll take care of it,” he replied, taking them from the bag.
After he left, Jeremy and I started opening the other packages.
“This will be even cooler than the room I have at Mom Shona’s house,” Jeremy said.
“Where is that?” I asked, a bit confused.
“In Dublin.”
“Right,” I said.
“Mom Shona is my real mom, but since she doesn’t live here with us, now Riley is my actual mom. Actually, I never told Mom Shona that I think Riley is my actual mom. But I think she might know that anyway.”
“You can never have enough moms. It’s cool that you have two.”
He nodded. “You’re right. It is cool. I don’t even know many people who have two moms. Some kids at my school say that their dad has another woman, but that one isn’t their mom. They say bad words about her.”
Oh my God. Kids at school discuss this stuff?
While Jeremy walked around with his huge Batman figurine to find the best place to put it, I was fearing that the room might look a bit like a bat cave—pun intended. The sheets were dark mauve and black. But Jeremy was happy, and that was all that mattered.
My phone vibrated while I helped him put a poster on the wall. My stomach somersaulted when I saw I had a message from our realtor.
A couple will make an offer for the house today. I’ll keep you posted. Hopefully, I’ll have more details next week.
Yes, yes, yes.I was keeping my fingers and toes crossed. This had to work out.
It had to.
When Griffin joined us a few minutes later, I debated telling him about the news but ultimately decided not to. I’d fill him in once I had more info.
“The sheets need one hour. What are we doing now?” he asked.
I looked at the clock. “We could make dinner before starting movie night.”
Jeremy jumped up and down. “Let’s start the movie night. We don’t need dinner. We have popcorn.”
Griffin looked at him with a stern expression. “Your dad sent me the list. He said that dinner is mandatory.”
Jeremy’s face fell. “But I never have dinner when I’m with Uncles Knox and Finn. I eat so many sweets that I’m not even hungry.”
