"Mother, are you sure you aren't gonna invite the whole Rockford?" Kris questioned, staring skeptically at the three shopping carts that he, his mother and Lexi, each with one, rolled towards the sales counter. Frankly, they'd bought too many things for a party for three.
His mother gave him an evasive look and shrugged. Then she engaged looks with Lexi, and they shared a conspiratorial chuckle. Kris's guts twisted, and he realized he shouldn't have trusted his mother. When it came to issues like this, the woman barely did what she was told.
After issuing him the ultimatum that he wasn't going to work, his mother had pleaded with Lexi to stay with her, and his girlfriend with a telling look his way, decided that she could call in sick since she didn't have much pressing issues to tend to
