Baby Blues

19. The Brunch

The house's interior had a modern vibe to it. The front door led to a foyer which opened to a single great space that contained the living room, dining room and the kitchen where I could see people busy preparing food I guess was for the brunch. The floors were rustic, wide plank grey and the ceiling had rough-hewn natural wood ceiling beams that provided a contrast to the all white interior and modern architectural features.

I took a few steps into the house and continued to admire the open space. There was a carpet in the middle of the living room where three sofas were set. To my left were large mahogany sliding doors which linked the living room to the terrace.

I could see people outside chatting and enjoying the sun while some took advantage of the situation diving into the swimming pool. Two people by the open deck caught my attention. Their resemblance to Kevin especially the man was uncanny. He had brown hair and baby blue eyes just like Kevin while the woman who stood next to him had blonde hair like Kimberly. I couldn't see the colour of her eyes because she wasn't facing my direction.

"Are you ready to meet my mom?" Kevin breathed right next to my ear

"I guess so..."

The man I assumed was Kevin's dad touched the arm of the woman I assumed was Kevin's mum and said something to her. She turned in our direction and her face beamed

"Well there's no running away now because here she comes"

I moved back closer to Kevin and he put his arm on my waist. She said something to the person she was talking to and started moving towards us with the man following closely behind

"My baby" she cooed as she reached out to hug Kevin who quickly hugged her back "I missed you so much. You never want to visit your mother" she complained

"Hey mom. I missed you too"

She pulled away then faced me with a smile. She was very beautiful just like Kimberly and she had green emerald eyes "This must be Bridget"

"Yes" he replied "Mom this is my girlfriend Bridget and Bridget this is my Mother Elena"

"It's so good to finally meet you Bridget" She hugged me and I awkwardly put my arms around her

Let's get things straight. I may be quite familiar with Kevin-I know understatement-but that doesn't mean that I'm still not a little awkward around other people. She pulled back and I forced a small smile as she continued to smile at me

"I've heard so much about you over the phone from Kevin and I may have bothered him a little about bringing you over. You see it's finally good to see him in a stable relationship, he has only ever brought his high school girlfriend home and-"

"Mom" he cut her off

"I'm sorry was I blabbering" she sighed "It's just good to see him bring someone home. I swear I got tired of seeing him running up and down with different women-"

"Okay sweetheart I think that's enough" this time the man cut in

I felt kind of good to know that he didn't bring girls home often. I think that kind of meant something and that may have kind of made me happy, flattered even.

"I'm sorry my wife can be a little too open sometimes" he put his hand out for me to shake and I did "It's good to meet you Bridget. I'm Christopher, Kevin's father but I'm sure you already suspected that" he smiled at me warmly

He looked vaguely familiar. I felt like I had seen him somewhere before but I couldn't quite put my finger on it

"It's nice to meet you too" I didn't know whether him telling me his first name meant I could call him by it so I chose to end there