“Son, women are mysterious creatures. Even after all this time I’ve been married to your mother, I still can’t figure her out at times. She still says and does things I don’t understand,” Dad said with a chuckle.
Mom laughed as she and Dad shared a knowing glance.
“If I were you, I’d call her. No, I’d go see her. In person, it’s harder to suppress feelings,” Mom said.
“But…”
“You’ve got nothing to lose,” Mom bit back, cutting off his excuse.
“I’d listen to your mother, but what do I know?” Dad said with a shrug.
“I’ll think about it.”
“Hunter went after Hannah, and look how that turned out. You don’t know unless you try,” Mom encouraged.
He wasn’t sure what else to say at the moment, but he knew his mother wouldn’t settle for no action on his part.
Mom leaned closer to him over the kitchen island. “Capricornus, I’ve never known you to be a quitter or give up on something you want.”
There she went with his full name again.
“Look, just think about it. If you really like her,” his dad said, then paused. He arched a brow. “Or, if you love her, why wouldn’t you reach out to her? Love doesn’t come often. You surely don’t want to blow it.”
Jeez, what had Hunter and Cici told their parents to make them feel so strongly about this? Especially Dad, who hardly spoke of any lovey-dovey stuff.
“I’ll give it some thought.”
Dad nodded and rose from his seat.
“I’m running to the grocery store, do you need anything?” he asked.
Cap rattled off a couple of things.
“Your mom already has those on the list.”
Of course she would. Moms know everything, whether you want them to or not.
Dad left, and Mom cleaned up the kitchen while he paced around the house a bit to loosen up his stiff muscles.
During his third lap, his cell phone buzzed. Hunter’s face flashed on the screen.
“Hello.”
“Hey, just got in from the morning charter. Had a bunch of pukers, so at their request we came in a bit early. We nailed the salmon, so overall, they are happy.”
“Great. I really appreciate you doing this for me.”
“No problem. It’s nice to be out of the office and working in the outdoors again.”
“Where are Mom and Dad?” Hunter asked.
“Dad went downtown, and Mom just went outside to spruce up the landscaping.”
“Are they driving you nuts yet, Capricornus?” his brother teased with the use of his full name.
“You could say that.”
They both laughed.
