It’s lovely. Have you landed? The rental car line is a beast, so you might be there a while. I was thinking of picking something up for dinner and doing all the grocery shopping in the morning. What sounds good?
There was a lengthy pause. The kind that made my stomach tighten with the same maternal intuition I got anytime they were up to something.
Sky
okay before you get mad, we have the MOST BRILLIANT PLAN.
Addie
It’s practical.
Sky
SO BRILLIANT
Addie
If someone would stop chiming in, I could explain it properly.
Sky
fine
but I came up with it
Addie
We BOTH came up with it.
Mom, we found a solution to the whole Christmas situation.
I sank onto the couch, still in my damp coat. The leather creaked under me, my fingers shaking as I typed.
Me
What solution? I thought we agreed that if I came to Colorado, you’d spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with me, then you’d drive to spend the rest of Christmas and the 26th with your dad.
Sky
but that is so SAD
driving away on Xmas!
like we’re abandoning you
Addie
What Sky means is that we found a way to spend Christmas with both of you without anyonefeeling left out.
My thumbs hovered over the keyboard. The tightness in my stomach had graduated to a full knot.
Sky
the rental is literally only twelve minutes away from dad
we mapped it
Addie
