Chapter 1 #3
“I’ll take my chances.” As soon as her mother left, she put the chain on the door.
If she convinced the landlord that she was able to get in again, she wanted something to slow her down.
To think that she’d been feeling bad because her mother had been left out of the will, but for the ten grand that she’d gotten from the estate.
“She’s the one who his selfish. I’ve never been around anyone like her in my life.
I hope she doesn’t want to have fun with me again. ”
Her uncle and aunt had died just a little over a month ago.
Her uncle had had a massive heart attack and died when he plowed into the back of a bunch of cars while driving, and that had killed her aunt by nearly decapitating her in the process.
Since they were organ donors, they had come to the hospital with life support on them so that they could donate their organs and eyes.
They had saved six people with that, and three people were now able to see because of the donation.
Her mother had known for two weeks that they’d been in the accident and hadn’t told her.
She acted like it was no big deal for her to have had to pull the plug, her words, not Sen’s, because she was tired of waiting on him to die.
If that didn’t make her mother selfish, she didn’t know what did.
There were days when she wished she were Uncle Roberts and Aunt Cindy’s daughter rather than her mother’s.
Going to lie down on her bed, she thought of moving.
She could well afford to leave everything behind when she moved into the bigger house, but she had a few things that she wanted to keep.
Not much. More than likely stuff that would fit in her car to take over.
Since the other house was furnished, all she had to do was figure out what she wanted to keep and get rid of.
She didn’t think that there would be all that much that she didn’t want, as they had very nice tastes in what they had around the house.
After taking a nap, she did feel better.
Tomorrow, she was going to finish packing up her things to go to the other house and donate the rest of her things here.
She could have gone right to the house to stay, but she wanted to make sure that the paperwork had been filed so that it was all hers.
Devlin said he’d call her when it was filed away so that she’d not have to worry about it.
The deeds to the rest of the property were going to be filed as well.
As if he knew she was thinking about talking to him, her cell phone rang, and it was him.
He told her that not only had things been filed for her, but her bank account had been set up in her name.
He also made sure that the insurance policies that were in her name were ready to be cashed out as well.
“I’ve made it so that the bank is aware that you don’t want your mother to be able to get into your accounts.
She’s not even to know that you have an account at the same bank that your aunt and uncle had one.
” She told him that it was a brilliant idea.
“I take it she’s tried that with your accounts before. ”
“My uncle’s too. He told her that he was going to have her arrested if she tried that again.
I don’t know whether he ever called the police on her or not, but he seemed really pissed off at the time.
Even though she had no right to be upset, she didn’t speak to him for months afterwards.
She doesn’t understand boundaries. She either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care.
I’ve never figured that out yet.” He asked her if she had any questions.
“I believe you answered them all for today. I’m going to go to the new house in the morning.
I’ve decided that I can afford to donate all the things that I don’t want here. ”
“We have a charity that we buy up old and used furniture to have around for when people have a house fire or something along those lines. If you’re going to donate it anyway, why not donate it to that?
” She told him he could have everything, as the house she was getting was furnished.
“Yes, it is. And while I haven’t seen the house, I’m betting that it’s in good shape for you to live in right away. ”
“That’s what I’m thinking as well. That it’ll be just the way they left it.
” She had a terrible thought of them dying and just realizing that they’d not be back anymore.
“They were the greatest family I’ve ever had.
I’m going to miss them so much. I wish I could have seen them one more time.
Just so that I could tell them that I loved them once more. ”
“I’m so sorry for your loss, Sen. It must have been hard on you without your mother telling you that they’d been in an accident.” She said that she’d known about it for two weeks and hadn’t said a word. “I’m sorry. I wish I had known. I would have certainly said something to you about it.”
“How could you have known. Only she knew, and she was a selfish person for not telling me.” She asked him to forgive her for crying.
“She gets me so upset. Did I tell you that she is mad at me because I won’t allow her to live with me?
Why, when she has her own house, would living with me be all right? ”
“I don’t know, honey.” He told her how sorry he was again, then told her she was doing the right thing in having her mother not be able to get into her home. “That way, you can have peace and quiet around your home without worrying about her getting in when you don’t expect her to be there.”
“She’ll figure out something, I’ve no doubt.
” When she looked up at the clock, she couldn’t believe how long she’d kept him on the phone.
“I should let you go. I know that I’m not your only client.
Thank you for calling me, and I’m sorry that I cried on your shoulder.
I’ll do better the next time we talk.” He told her not to worry about it.
“I do. I don’t want you to think that I’m someone who cries all the time.
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me. A rough month.”
“I understand. I really do. How about we go and get some dinner tonight? I would love to take you out for something special since you got your house in order again.” She said she’d love that, but he didn’t have to do that.
“It’ll be my pleasure. My brothers usually met up on Thursday night, but since the weather had two of them snowed in in another state, we put it off until next week again.
How about a nice steak dinner? Maybe my brother Ivan will join us.
He’s been alone since the other two are gone. ”
“I’d love that if you’re sure that I’m not intruding.” He said he’d pick her up at five-thirty. “Great, I’ll be ready then. Thank you for this. I need someone to take me out of my head for a couple of hours. You’ll be perfect because I can ask you questions as I think of them.”
“Great. Ivan will be in a good mood because he delivered ten puppies today while the dog was in for a checkup. He’s a vet.” She said she might want a puppy someday. “Good. He knows the best ones to get. You should get with him so that he can help you out.”
After getting off the phone with him, she couldn’t believe how good she felt.
So much better than dealing with her mother.
As she decided to get dressed up, she needed to get a shower.
After that, she pulled out one of her few dresses and got ready.
It was going to be nice being escorted to a restaurant by two gentlemen.
She was really looking forward to getting out and doing something she wanted to do.