and he’s convinced she doesn’t need to see the baby, either.”
“Oh, good point. Well, Alex will probably volunteer to tell him. She’s good about that stuff, right? I mean, there’s a reason we all like her.” Alex knew Jason wouldn’t be as angry with her, so she would generally volunteer to tell him bad news for the girls.
“I guess, but I hate doing that.”
“I don’t. I love it. Jason is constantly telling Brandon bad news so I don’t get the chance to yell at him,” Rose forced a laugh.
“Alright, well I better call Alex. Jason will probably call you to complain, because I’m not answering the phone. I never meant for this to happen.”
“Okay,” Rose said, “let me know how it goes with Alex. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Talk to you later,” Kelly said, hanging up.
Rose watched the kids playing for a while, thinking about Alex. It must be horrible for her, to have someone that was so cruel unintentionally invited to her wedding shower. She hoped they could figure out what to do with Mom. Rose didn’t want to be mean to her, but she didn’t know what else to do. Mom would make the entire affair completely miserable for everyone. She wasn’t particularly surprised when the phone rang again thirty minutes later; she resigned herself to a lengthy conversation as she sat down on the couch and answered the phone.
Chapter Nine
Jason walked in the door to hear Alex crying. “Alex?” he called, worriedly. Alex didn’t cry. She was more emotional than usual, granted, but he’d rarely seen her cry. “Honey, where are you? What’s wrong?” He said, walking through the house, looking for her in the kitchen, living room, and dining room. Her crying didn’t cease, and Jason was terrified that something was going wrong with the baby when he saw her lying in bed, curled into a tight ball. “Alex, what’s wrong?” he asked, afraid, as he climbed into bed beside her, rubbing her back gently. “Did the doctor say something was wrong?” he asked, hesitantly. He prayed nothing was wrong with Alex or the baby.
Alex shook her head.
Jason continued rubbing her back, both relieved and even more worried. If there was nothing wrong with the baby, then what was going on? “Alex, tell me what happened,” he said, easing her into his arms so he could hold her while she cried.
“There was an accident,” she sobbed, trying to regain control of herself. She was being a ninny, she thought fleetingly as she attempted to wipe her eyes.
Jason thought of Alex’s parents. “Is everyone okay?” he asked, trying to decipher what was going on. Alex was speaking, but it was so high-pitched and weepy he couldn’t understand a word she was saying. “Lexi, I know it’s difficult, but I can’t understand you. What’s happened?” he asked, pulling her away from him enough to see her face. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
“Michael…he sent out the shower invitations,” Alex said, forcing herself to slow down and breathe evenly.
Jason’s heart skipped a beat when he heard his brother’s name, but then slowed again as Alex finished her sentence. Wow, her hormones were really out of whack if it bothered her this much that the invitations went out early. He choked back a laugh. “Okay…I’m sure he didn’t mean any harm. But, it’s okay. The invitations have the date of the shower on them; it doesn’t matter if they went out a few days early. It’ll just give everyone more time to prepare.”
“No. One went to
“Oh, good point. Well, Alex will probably volunteer to tell him. She’s good about that stuff, right? I mean, there’s a reason we all like her.” Alex knew Jason wouldn’t be as angry with her, so she would generally volunteer to tell him bad news for the girls.
“I guess, but I hate doing that.”
“I don’t. I love it. Jason is constantly telling Brandon bad news so I don’t get the chance to yell at him,” Rose forced a laugh.
“Alright, well I better call Alex. Jason will probably call you to complain, because I’m not answering the phone. I never meant for this to happen.”
“Okay,” Rose said, “let me know how it goes with Alex. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Talk to you later,” Kelly said, hanging up.
Rose watched the kids playing for a while, thinking about Alex. It must be horrible for her, to have someone that was so cruel unintentionally invited to her wedding shower. She hoped they could figure out what to do with Mom. Rose didn’t want to be mean to her, but she didn’t know what else to do. Mom would make the entire affair completely miserable for everyone. She wasn’t particularly surprised when the phone rang again thirty minutes later; she resigned herself to a lengthy conversation as she sat down on the couch and answered the phone.
Chapter Nine
Jason walked in the door to hear Alex crying. “Alex?” he called, worriedly. Alex didn’t cry. She was more emotional than usual, granted, but he’d rarely seen her cry. “Honey, where are you? What’s wrong?” He said, walking through the house, looking for her in the kitchen, living room, and dining room. Her crying didn’t cease, and Jason was terrified that something was going wrong with the baby when he saw her lying in bed, curled into a tight ball. “Alex, what’s wrong?” he asked, afraid, as he climbed into bed beside her, rubbing her back gently. “Did the doctor say something was wrong?” he asked, hesitantly. He prayed nothing was wrong with Alex or the baby.
Alex shook her head.
Jason continued rubbing her back, both relieved and even more worried. If there was nothing wrong with the baby, then what was going on? “Alex, tell me what happened,” he said, easing her into his arms so he could hold her while she cried.
“There was an accident,” she sobbed, trying to regain control of herself. She was being a ninny, she thought fleetingly as she attempted to wipe her eyes.
Jason thought of Alex’s parents. “Is everyone okay?” he asked, trying to decipher what was going on. Alex was speaking, but it was so high-pitched and weepy he couldn’t understand a word she was saying. “Lexi, I know it’s difficult, but I can’t understand you. What’s happened?” he asked, pulling her away from him enough to see her face. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
“Michael…he sent out the shower invitations,” Alex said, forcing herself to slow down and breathe evenly.
Jason’s heart skipped a beat when he heard his brother’s name, but then slowed again as Alex finished her sentence. Wow, her hormones were really out of whack if it bothered her this much that the invitations went out early. He choked back a laugh. “Okay…I’m sure he didn’t mean any harm. But, it’s okay. The invitations have the date of the shower on them; it doesn’t matter if they went out a few days early. It’ll just give everyone more time to prepare.”
“No. One went to
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