house.
“Hey, Mom! I’m in here eating and then I have to get ready for the game. Ronnie left
some dinner in the microwave for you. He went to go visit Sergeant Buck and will meet
us at the football field,” Addie yelled from the kitchen.
It felt great to walk into a clean house and find a happy child after having been
gone all week. Though Kayla had told him not to, she could tell Ronnie had been there
doing what he did so well—making her house cozy.
She had stopped off to see her mother before heading home. The camera Ronnie had set
up in her mother’s room had proved to be a priceless stress reliever. Over the past
couple of days she hadn’t seen anything damning but she’d only been watching from
time to time and mostly during the evening. Her mother’s face was still black and
blue and the nurse insisted it would take a little while to heal.
She had been surprised to see Ronnie in her mother’s room the day after he hooked
up the camera. During a break, she had logged into the camera’s website so she could
check on things and had watched as Ronnie placed a vase holding a few fresh-cut flowers
on a small table near her mother’s bed. Her mother had been all smiles and Kayla couldn’t
help but smile, as well. He probably hadn’t realized her mother wouldn’t remember
his visit five minutes after he left, but it was still thoughtful.
“How was your week?” she asked Addie as she entered the kitchen.
“It was good. I got my first quarter report card today. Nothing lower than a B. I
was an angel for Tori and even helped her out a little around the house. She
so
needs a Ronnie. Oh, and I think you will be surprised how much better our cheering
is now,” Addie said excitedly. “How was your week?”
“I wowed the client, of course. They aren’t going
anywhere
. I think it was simply a demand for undivided attention, which I gave them plenty
of, and all is well again. I certainly missed you, though,” Kayla replied, kissing
the top of Addie’s head. It felt so good to have her life back in control again and
all of it was thanks to Ronnie. She paid him to do all of this, but still… It was
wonderful and she was grateful to him for it.
“Maybe Ronnie can come over after the game and we can do popcorn and a movie, just
the three of us. I missed you, Mom, but I have
got
to go get ready and you need to eat up,” Addie said cheerfully, and then headed out
of the kitchen. A moment later Kayla heard Addie racing up the stairs.
Ronnie thankfully hadn’t mentioned their upcoming
date
to Addie. After heating her dinner, Kayla sat down to eat and sift through the pile
of mail from the past week. Taking Ronnie’s suggestion, she kept those bills she needed
to pay or information she needed to do something with and threw everything else out.
She finished eating, put the bills she needed to enter on her desk and headed out
to the car to grab her bags and carry them into the laundry room.
Just as she finished up, Addie came back down the stairs. Kayla couldn’t help but
think that Addie actually looked more like a typical cheerleader than she had before.
Maybe it was her stance or some new confidence?
“Mom, hurry up and change—we have to go. We have to do warm-ups before the game starts,”
Addie said.
A short time later, they pulled into the parking lot near the football field. Kayla
was surprised to see Ronnie’s truck there. She parked beside him and Addie got out
of the car and took off at run to meet up with a couple of other girls from the team
who were talking to a group of boys. Kayla made her way over to the bleachers and
sat down before she noticed Ronnie near the sidelines talking to the football coach.
Ronnie didn’t appear too pleased with the conversation and after a minute he simply
gave the other man a dirty look and turned and walked away. As he headed back across
the field toward the sidelines, a few girls on the
“Hey, Mom! I’m in here eating and then I have to get ready for the game. Ronnie left
some dinner in the microwave for you. He went to go visit Sergeant Buck and will meet
us at the football field,” Addie yelled from the kitchen.
It felt great to walk into a clean house and find a happy child after having been
gone all week. Though Kayla had told him not to, she could tell Ronnie had been there
doing what he did so well—making her house cozy.
She had stopped off to see her mother before heading home. The camera Ronnie had set
up in her mother’s room had proved to be a priceless stress reliever. Over the past
couple of days she hadn’t seen anything damning but she’d only been watching from
time to time and mostly during the evening. Her mother’s face was still black and
blue and the nurse insisted it would take a little while to heal.
She had been surprised to see Ronnie in her mother’s room the day after he hooked
up the camera. During a break, she had logged into the camera’s website so she could
check on things and had watched as Ronnie placed a vase holding a few fresh-cut flowers
on a small table near her mother’s bed. Her mother had been all smiles and Kayla couldn’t
help but smile, as well. He probably hadn’t realized her mother wouldn’t remember
his visit five minutes after he left, but it was still thoughtful.
“How was your week?” she asked Addie as she entered the kitchen.
“It was good. I got my first quarter report card today. Nothing lower than a B. I
was an angel for Tori and even helped her out a little around the house. She
so
needs a Ronnie. Oh, and I think you will be surprised how much better our cheering
is now,” Addie said excitedly. “How was your week?”
“I wowed the client, of course. They aren’t going
anywhere
. I think it was simply a demand for undivided attention, which I gave them plenty
of, and all is well again. I certainly missed you, though,” Kayla replied, kissing
the top of Addie’s head. It felt so good to have her life back in control again and
all of it was thanks to Ronnie. She paid him to do all of this, but still… It was
wonderful and she was grateful to him for it.
“Maybe Ronnie can come over after the game and we can do popcorn and a movie, just
the three of us. I missed you, Mom, but I have
got
to go get ready and you need to eat up,” Addie said cheerfully, and then headed out
of the kitchen. A moment later Kayla heard Addie racing up the stairs.
Ronnie thankfully hadn’t mentioned their upcoming
date
to Addie. After heating her dinner, Kayla sat down to eat and sift through the pile
of mail from the past week. Taking Ronnie’s suggestion, she kept those bills she needed
to pay or information she needed to do something with and threw everything else out.
She finished eating, put the bills she needed to enter on her desk and headed out
to the car to grab her bags and carry them into the laundry room.
Just as she finished up, Addie came back down the stairs. Kayla couldn’t help but
think that Addie actually looked more like a typical cheerleader than she had before.
Maybe it was her stance or some new confidence?
“Mom, hurry up and change—we have to go. We have to do warm-ups before the game starts,”
Addie said.
A short time later, they pulled into the parking lot near the football field. Kayla
was surprised to see Ronnie’s truck there. She parked beside him and Addie got out
of the car and took off at run to meet up with a couple of other girls from the team
who were talking to a group of boys. Kayla made her way over to the bleachers and
sat down before she noticed Ronnie near the sidelines talking to the football coach.
Ronnie didn’t appear too pleased with the conversation and after a minute he simply
gave the other man a dirty look and turned and walked away. As he headed back across
the field toward the sidelines, a few girls on the
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