Chapter 15

Snow

"I'm coming! Jeez!" I say as I open the front door to meet Sam scowling playfully at me. "Oh hey Sam."

"What took you so long?! Don't answer." She pushes past me with a little girl beside her. I stare at them as they walk in. "Listen. Cody's mother is coming over for dinner tonight. I'm here to make sure Cody doesn't kill her….or at least try to. I had to rush to the grocery store to get some foodstuffs and other things to prepare everything before both of them get here." She rushes to the kitchen, washes her hands and pulls out utensils and ingredients, I keep looking at her as she hurries to get everything she needs. "Cody doesn't know that I'm not at the office now. He went out to meet someone with Miss Anderson, his secretary. I told him one of Miranda's teachers called me and that I needed to be there so Miss Anderson should go with him. I lied. If he knew, he wouldn't let me do all this." She rambles.

"Sam, slow down." I grab her by the shoulders so that she looks at me.