Chapter 12
chapter
twelve
Winnie
ME: I think I have to quit.
WREN: Your job? But don’t you need it? Where will you live?
WREN: What happened?
ME: I committed the cardinal scene of nannies.
WREN: Oh my God, did you kidnap Clementine?
ME: No!
ME: Why would you immediately go to kidnapping?
ME: No, the cardinal scene of nannies is falling in love with the dad.
WREN: He’s not married though.
WREN: Wouldn’t that only be a sin if he were married?
ME: No. He’s my boss, Wren. I can’t be in love with my boss. And his daughter.
ME: Gah, I love their family. Even his crazy, giant brothers.
ME: And the high strung dog and the mean cat and all the damn roosters. I love it here.
WREN: Then why on Earth would you quit. It sounds like you belong there.
ME: Let’s be real here, me loving him, loving all of them, does not equal to me getting to stay.
ME: There’s no way he feels the same way.
Do I tell her about last night and what happened? I mean she’s got more experience than I do. Maybe she’ll be able to decode his actions.
ME: Last night he barged into my room because he heard my massage gun and thought I was having some special self love time.
WREN: He did not!
ME: He did. He realized what he’d done the moment he breached my door, but then kept going anyways.
ME: It was adorable.
ME: He’s this huge, hulking manly guy and he was actually blushing.
WREN: What did you say?
ME: Promise you won’t judge?
WREN: Of course not. You’re my sister.
ME: I asked him what he would have done if I had been doing that when he came in.
WREN: You did not?
WREN: Seriously, where do you get your lady balls. I missed out on those.
ME: No. You had them. But Colt and his mean ass parents just convinced you you didn’t.
WREN: Thank you.
WREN: Get back to your story though. So you said that and then what happened?
ME: He told me I wasn’t ready to hear it.
WREN: Hot!
ME: And I told him I was.
WREN: OMG! This is so good.
ME: Then he said he would have shoved my toy aside and finished me off with his fingers or mouth.
WREN: Super hot!
ME: And then he did…
WREN: Did what?
ME: Finished me off. With his mouth.
WREN: Then what are you so worried about?
WREN: Men do not go down on women for no reason.
WREN: Did y’all have sex?
ME: Nope. He spooned me after I came and told me to go to sleep, then I woke up alone.
WREN: He didn’t ask you to go down on him?
ME: No.
WREN: Did he come while eating you?
ME: I don’t think so.
WREN: So he was still hard and just got you off.
WREN: He has feelings for you.
ME: That’s a big leap.
WREN: Maybe, but you said he made pancakes for you this morning?
ME: He made pancakes. I ate some of them. That doesn’t mean he made them for me.
WREN: You’re being deliberately difficult.
ME: I’m just confused.
ME: And scared.
ME: It’s going to break my heart to do it, but I’m going to have to quit and leave them.
WREN: Do me a favor before you do that?
ME: What?
WREN: Talk to him. Tell him how you feel and see if he has anything to say about that.
ME: Okay, I will.
ME: How’s Keller? I miss my buddy.
WREN: He’s doing great. He and Banjo are the very best of friends.
ME: Is the dog sleeping in Keller’s bed?
WREN: This is still my son we’re talking about. He loves his dog, but he’s still himself.
ME: Give him a hug and kiss for me and tell him Aunt Winnie misses him desperately.
WREN: I will.
WREN: Hey, when you and Mr. Football figure it all out, y’all need to come out to Texas and see us. I suspect Keller and Clementine would be two peas in a pod.
ME: No doubt they would.
But I don’t make another promise. I’ll tell Brody how I feel because he deserves to know why I need to quit.