Page 53 of Liberty

The room went quiet with this subject.

“Ok kids, are we ready to leave now?” Fate asked while looking back and forth at us.

I shook my head at him. “Kids? Why are you talking like an old grandma?”

Belle giggled. “Grandma Fate.”

Fate laughed and went over to the door.

“Are you ready to go, Belle?” I smiled at her.

“Yeah, I am. But we will have to go to the kitchen first.”

“Why?” I asked.

“We need to apologize to Ma for missing breakfast,” Belle said.

I shook my head.

“Yep, so let’s go.” Fate opened the door.

We all went out to the hall. Fate made a point to get in between us as we made our way to the main room.

I stepped to the side and bumped him out of the way.

Nearly tripping, he complained, “Hey!”

Belle laughed and said, “Don’t be mean, Liberty.”

I huffed. “Damn nuisance if you ask me.”

“Yeah? Well, no one asked you,” Fate quipped.

We came out into one of the three living rooms. Now, we headed to the kitchen. Connor House was a super large place.

“Ma already knows so...” I shrugged.

“How does she know?” Fate asked.

“She figured it out at the fight,” I explained as I remembered what she had said after Belle ran off.

“Ok then, we’d better tell her we plan to hide it,” Belle said.

We entered the smaller kitchen where Ma could be found for most of the day. She cooked in the commercial kitchen, but this small cozy one was her favorite place to be it seemed.

She looked up as we came in. “Well, there you two are. Best sit down, so I can at least give ya some coffee.”

Fate sat down with us. “So, you aren’t mad at them?”

“Nah, I’m happy they finally got the idea.” She chuckled and looked over at me. “So, how’s your screen door?”

I paused and remembered her odd saying about Belle making a huge hole in my screen door. I laughed. “It’s hanging off the hinges.”

Ma leaned her head back and laughed. Then she kept chuckling as she went over to get some mugs from the cabinet.

The three of us looked at each other then back at her.

Coming back over with a tray, she sat it down. “You two were all riled up. Settin’ fireworks off and all.” She chuckled as she poured our coffee. “Well, get ready for it to get even better.”