Chapter 114: A Present
He was putting the last bag into the trunk of Abby’s
Roadster when a familiar minivan pulled up.
“Good, we didn’t miss you,” Jimmy said while getting out. Breena
hopped out, holding a small, green gift bag in her hand. Molly was dozing in
her car seat.
“What’s up? We leave something at the hotel?” He didn’t
think that had happened, let alone that Palmer would end up with it, though if
memory serves, they did stay at the Adams House last night because Breena’s
parents took Molly, and they wanted a night out, but he couldn’t think of anything
they might have left.
“Nah. Where’s Abby?”
“Right here,” she said, stepping out of the house.
Breena handed her the bag. “I couldn’t not do this.”
Abby stared at the bag, looking confused. They’d already
gotten a wedding present, a really high end grill with all of the goodies, from
the Palmers.
“Come on, open it!” Breena is grinning at them, beaming
happiness in a way that puts Tim in mind of Abby in an especially good mood.
Abby did, and felt the smile start as she pulled apart black
tissue paper. Tim was looking over her shoulder and also felt a grin creep over his face. It was a onesie.
A tiny, black, skull covered onesie. Under it were little white shoes with black spider webs.
“I knew if we waited, all of the Halloween baby gear would
be gone, so we had to do it fast.” Then Breena wrapped both of them in a hug. “Congratulations.
Okay, we’re not going to keep you from heading off, just had to give you that.”
As Breena pulled back, Jimmy hugged both of them as well. “Have
fun!”
Tim’s grinning, just insanely happy at that moment. “Thank
you.”
“No problem,” Palmer said, stepping back.
At least he looked like he was going to step back. A second
later Abby was hugging both him and Breena, and babbling about how cool this
was and how much she loved it.
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