Chapter 7
We brought Abby along the next morning and left Cadence and Ginger behind. They were good at keeping one another company whenever their daddies were away from home. So far, Cadence hadn’t wrecked the place. Maybe Ginger kept him in line.
“I’m finally going to meet this mystery man.” Abby was the first one out of the car as a dense morning fog obliterated the mountains behind us. “I can’t believe you haven’t put the moves on him yet, Mick. I thought that was the whole reason for this…musical theater con game.”
“Con game?” I stood beside Major’s Jeep, hands on hips, quite sleepy, and now pretty annoyed. “It’s not a con. I’m not even doing the show because of AJ anymore. I’m doing this for Major, to spend time with him.”
“You are?” Major asked.
“Yes. Come on, bro. I don’t have
