Unexpected Truths

Alma was ready to leave. She had her car packed and left a note on her sister's nightstand. it was hard to go, but she knew that if she were to wait to talk to her or to Steve, she might not have the courage to leave. It's only for a couple of weeks. At least until it was time for their mothers memorial. She opened the back passenger's door and placed her dog into his car made sure he was secured. She got in the car and made sure to Bluetooth her phone to the car so she could hear her Playlist, the directions to her Air Bnb. As she pulled out of the garage, she saw that It had rained the night before. Beastie hated going out in the rain. "OH, well you are just going g to have to suck it up. I am not leaving you behind with precious you two fight to much. What Playlist shall I put on. Never mind Spanish Pop it is. After driving for an hour, her phone starts to ring. "Incoming call from Mira".Her car let's her know. " s**t. I'm not answering. what time is it. She glances at the clock on her dashboard. " Oh, it's Tuesday, she got out of work early. We'll it's drizzling so I m glad we are almost there. I'll call her when we get there. I don't want to risk getting in an accident. The GPS says we will be there in two minutes. It's just around the corner. Hey Beasty isn't that a cute house for us. It has a backyard for you to play in." As she got out of her car and got Beasty out of his seat an other car pulled up and she smiled. "just I. time our groceries are here, come on let's get the door. As she did the man said " Are you Alma." She turned around and said yes. She let him put the groceries by the door ans tipped him. She waited for him to leave before opening the door. She's not stupid her Mom thought her well. As she took in her groceries, she turned on all the lights and liked what she sawit was an open layout. She could see the kitchen from the living room. The island that divided the kitchen from the small dining area was beautiful. The sink was in the center of it and had enough counter space, she placed her groceries on it and started to get to know the place so she could put things away in their proper place. As she finished putting everything away, she fed her dog then picked up her phone, and made the call she was dreading. "Mari, I have no idea how mad you are so go ahead and yell if you want." She holds her breath, waiting to hear yelling."Trust me when I say I did want to yell at you, but after talking with Steve, he got me to look at it from your point of view and I mellowed out. I'm sorry, I don't know I just wanted to keep you close. I just want to know if you're okay." She hears Alma start to cry. "You're not mad at me?"No, I'm upset you felt you couldn't talk to me. But I just realized you've always been the only one of us to hold back. Just please check in with me at least twice a week. " She sighs and relaxes. "I promise I will. Oh, Precious got a bath already, and she has had enough snacks. I'll call tomorrow. Take care of yourself. Bye.