Coffin of Hope

Chapter Thirteen

Mally closed the door. "Daddy! It's true! Mommy does have a boyfriend!"

Josh frowned. "Darn it!"

"We asked to meet him tonight."

"How are you doing with meeting all these people?" Greg wondered.

Mickey pouted down at her shoes. "I don't like her!"

Josh patted her head. "I know, honey. You want your parents together."

Mickey nodded before looking up at him with heartbreak in her eyes. "Why don't they love each other?"

"I believe they do but there's so much that happened between them that they can't see it."

"What happened?" Mally asked.

Josh shrugged. "I'm not sure."

"Was it us?" Mickey sniffled.

Greg swallowed. "No, sweetie. You were the good spots."

Mickey didn't believe him. She knew he lied sometimes and this felt like one.

"What did you say to Daddy's girlfriend last night?" Josh questioned.

Mally frowned. "He wanted us to say hi. So we did. She asked us how old we were and what we like to do for fun. I said five and we like to play with fire."

Josh's eyes widened. "Why would you tell her that?! What did Mommy and Daddy say?"

"Nothing."

Greg frowned in pure confusion. "Nothing?"

Mally shook his head, proud of himself. "Nope!"

Greg was five towns past confused. "We'll see you after-school. Go see Daddy."

The twins hugged them before running out.

Josh smiled. "I don't know what to do about him."

"He told that woman they like to play with fire." Greg was in shock.

Josh shook his head before leaning back. "They'll definitely keep them busy."

OF

Greg wanted to ask Marcy about the twins but this game was confusing. "You're going too fast!"

"The game is called Speed." Marcy set all her cards down.

He threw his cards down in anger. "You cheated!"

She raised a brow but said nothing about that. "Want to play again?"

"No." He sulked.

"Big baby. We can play War."

"War?" That sounded scary to him.

"It's easy." She lifted a shoulder as she shuffled the cards.

Josh looked at Greg. Both made faces before Greg gave up in exasperation. "So Marcy? The twins told us they met Mal's girlfriend last night."

Marcy looked up. "How'd they really feel about it?"

"They're not really in favor of her."

She shrugged nonchalantly. "You don't like everybody."

Josh's brows raised. "We're sorry about what Mally said."

"What'd he say?" She passed out the cards.

"That they like to play with fire."

She said nothing.

"That doesn't bother you?" Greg was surprised. She must not like this woman either!