38. Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Before David even got to the parking lot, he was calling Valerie.
“Hey, Mom,” he said, surprised when his voice sounded almost normal because he felt like the Hulk right before he lost his shit. “Listen, I know I was going to pick up Jacob after my meeting with Paige, but there’s been a change of plans—”
“Are you kidding?” Her voice was incredibly loud in his ear. “Don’t tell me you weren’t able to talk to her again, because I swear to God—”
“No.” Her freaking out actually calmed him down a little, giving him something other than his own freak-out to focus on. “I talked to her. Not about her book, but … we ended up talking about something else, and I’ll tell you all about it later,” he promised. “Anyway, I was hoping you could do me a favor and keep Jacob until Sunday.”
“Why? What’s going on?”
“I have some shit to take care of and I don’t want him around for it, in case it gets ugly.”
“Shit between you and Ashley?”
His mom swearing almost made him smile; it always sounded so awkward when she did it. “Yes.”
There was a long pause on her end of the phone, in which he could practically hear the questions running through her mind, before she said, “I can keep him for as long as you need.”