Chapter 60
P. O. V . AUTHOR
Tom arrived home from Annie's house to find Alice in the living room sitting on the couch fiddling with her tablet, he pondered whether to say anything or not. Alice knew that he was coming back because Annie sent a message telling him so she decided to wait in the living room so they could have a little talk. Alice, noticing that Tom was not reacting, decided to start a conversation
Alice - Good afternoon Tom, are you feeling better?
Tom - confused - well... é ... I don't know, I think so
Alice - Will you sit here with me for a while? - he slowly comes over and sits down next to her, putting his hand on her thigh and she puts her hand on his - Tom what are we doing with our damn lives?
Tom - Honestly? I have no idea honey, I don't know what's going on, but I don't want to lose you and much less our daughter
Alice - I also don't want to lose you Tom and our daughter, I don't want to lose our family, our family is not very conventional, but it is ours and I love to have formed it with you, in my own crooked way I love you, I know that you deserve more than that. I'm sorry I know I'm doing everything wrong
Tom - I don't want to get into this right now Alice, I'm not in the mood, I need to think better, I know I said a lot of horrible things to you that I shouldn't have, I apologize I love you too and I love our family and for loving you, I don't want to talk about it, I need some time to think
Alice - okay, we can do that, but what about the trip? is the trip still on?
Tom - Of course it is, it wouldn't be fair to our daughter, because of us to lose the trip of her dreams
Alice - Remember I said that I was advancing some things?
Tom - Yes, of course I remember, what about it?
Alice - I did it, I did more than I should have
Tom - rolls his eyes - I really mean it
Alice - I'm not talking about that Tom - reprimanding - I'm talking about my work, I got further ahead than I thought I would and I was thinking of course, if you could and if you wanted to we could move our trip up to the 30th or even earlier, stay there until the 10th or so, for as long as you and Luna want
Tom - puts his hand on Alice's forehead as if checking to see if she had a fever - Is everything okay with you? Maria Alice taking a vacation longer than five days and wanting to extend it?
Alice - Well, yes, Annie is still around, she can handle it and now there's that other one who really owns it, let me take care of his inheritance, I've done that for years, now it's time to enjoy my family
Tom - Is this a guilty conscience, Maria Alice, or do you really want to be with your family?
Alice - Damn it Tom, I'm trying harder to be better, I promised our daughter and you're standing there judging me, you know me, you know I'm not like this because I want to be, please help me
Luna enters and feels a heavy mood
Luna - Hi daddy - kissing him - Hi mommy, are you feeling better? wait you were fighting?
Alice - of course not daughter we were discussing our vacation
Luna - promise?
Tom - of course my child, you don't know what great news your mother just told me
Luna - excited - what news?
Alice - what do you think about extending our vacation? stay a few more days in Brazil?
Luna - but what about your work?
Alice - Aunt Annie, your grandma Ale and Luis take care of everything and I have already taken care of everything else, they can manage
Luna - I love it mom - Jumping on her mother's lap, hugging and kissing Alice, she accepts her daughter's affection, still a little reluctant but accepting - Hey, I want to have a serious talk with you two youngsters?
Tom - hey we are the parents here, watch how you talk to us
Luna - I was just kidding daddy
Alice - What do you want to talk daughter? - smoothing her daughter's hair -
Luna - I want to understand the whole mess at Granny Alê's house. Grandma Martha and Aunt Annie said this was something to talk about with you two. - Alice and Tom look at each other in astonishment - Well, let me get this straight, Matteo's mother used to be Dad's girlfriend, right?
Tom - Right, but that was a long time ago daughter
Luna - Did she do something bad? because I have never seen my Aunt Annie so angry in my life and the two of them got into a fight
Alice - well you know what it is daughter, Aunt Annie was always very good friends with your father, besides being cousins we were very close and one took care of the other and when your father started dating Kirstin he moved to Japan where she and I lived, and your father went there in love and Aunt Annie was jealous because her best friend left far away
Luna - okay this part I understand, but if Aunt Annie is so jealous, why isn't she jealous of you, mom?
Tom - because your mother didn't leave me for my best friend
Alice - scolding - Tom
Luna - shocked - WHAT ??? THAT WOMAN LEFT MY DAD FOR ANOTHER MAN?
Tom - Yes, for your best friend Mike's Father
Luna - I'm sorry daddy - patting her father - now I don't like her either, how could I exchange my father for another one, well, on second thought, it's a good thing you did this, otherwise you wouldn't have married mommy and then I wouldn't exist
Alice - You are very smart daughter, but leave it alone, it's grown up stuff, we can work it out
Luna - Mom, is it true that you are already dating Uncle Louis?
Alice - yes, thank you, who told you that?
Luna - ah I heard around
Tom - my child, what have I told you about hearing conversations behind the door?
Luna - I'm sorry, but yes or no?
Tom - It wasn't really dating, they only met once at a party many years ago and she didn't even know it was him because he lied about his name
Luna - look what a naughty uncle, lying about his name, that is not something you can do with a girl
Alice - that's right daughter, that is not done, always remember that lying is wrong ok, but let's forget about these matters and plan our trip?
Luna - cool, when are we going?
Tom - on the 30th we are going to spend the new year in Brazil
Luna - how nice
The three of them stayed there planning the trip, Alice showed some pictures of the places they would go, and the mood between the couple was getting better as they talked. The two, despite being very confused, would always be complicit and help each other, they were caught by surprise by the daughter, but the complicity helped them to get away from this smart girl