“Aunty Blake!” Seb yells from the back while Jane winces at him and frowns.
“Stop being so loud.”
“You stop being so loud.”
“I’m not being loud,you’rebeing loud.”
I answer the phone before I can break up the bickering argument.
“Elizabeth Wilson! Hello, my dear.” Blake’s voice is bright and playful
A grin spreads across my face, and then I end up laughing. No one in the Football Frat family calls me Elizabeth. I’m Satch—a nickname Wily gave me in college—and to all the kids, I’m Aunt Libby.
As soon as Blake’s singsong voice comes down the line, Seb ignores his sister and grabs the back of my seat, leaning forward and shouting, “Hi, Aunty Blake.”
“Is that my favorite Sebastian?”
“Yes, yes, yes!” He bobs up and down, pulling on my seat.
“I can’t wait to see you soon.”
“If we can get to the airport on time,” I mumble, unable to hide my irritation at this freaking traffic!
“Oh no.” Blake reverts her attention to me. “Where are you?”
“Stuck in traffic.”
“Fucking traffic!” Sebastian yells, and everyone gasps, expect for Blake, who’s cracking up.
“Sebastian,” Dom and I say in equally admonishing tones.
“What?” He frowns at us, then pokes his tongue out at Jane, who’s gaping at him.
“That’s a bad word,” she whispers.
“But Daddy says it all the time when we get stuck in the car like this.”
I let out a short groan while Dom fails to hide his snickering laughter.
Blake’s still howling and struggling to speak. “That’s so funny.”
“Yeah, it’s hilarious,” I deadpan, then quickly change the subject. I’ll deal with that F-bomb later. “Are you running on schedule?”
“Yep, Grady’s finishing early today so he can pick up Nichelle on his way home. Once they get here, we’ll jump in the car and start the drive. It’ll be a long one, so we’ll stop for a break in the middle. You might end up beating us there.”
“If we can get to the airport,” Dom grumbles.
“We’ll make it.” I give him a reassuring smile that he doesn’t believe.
“I’m so excited to see you guys again. It’s been way too long.”
“We saw you at Christmas, Aunty Blake,” Jane pipes up from the back.
“And that was like a month and a half ago. See what I mean? Way too long.”
Jane grins.
“I need me some hugs and kisses from my beautiful nieces and nephews.”
