Chapter 33 – The Call to Mom and Dad
Monday after work, Charlotte called her mom. She wanted to make amends with mom and introduce Jed to them. She slowly dialed the number.
“Brrring, brrring”, the phone rang at mom’s house.
“Hello”, dad answered in his gruff voice.
“Hi dad, is mom around?”, Charlotte asked.
“Oh, hi Charlotte. No, she just ran up to the store. She’ll probably be back in a half hour or so. Do you want me to have her call?”, dad stated as he perked up.
“No, I’ll call her back. But I’d like to talk to you too, are you busy?”, Charlotte asked in her sweet voice.
“Why, what’s up?”, dad answered.
“Well, eh . . . er . . . I wanted to tell you and mom that I . . .”, Charlotte stumbled as she spoke.
“What is it sweetie, just spit it out”, dad replied as he was getting frustrated.
“I moved in with Jed. I just thought you guys should know”, Charlotte stated as tears started falling down her checks.
“Your mom is going to flip”, dad stated.
“Mom is just going to have to live with it, I love her, but she can be so stubborn sometimes”, Charlotte stated as she pulled herself together.
“Jed is a wonderful guy and he did nothing wrong to Tony, or anyone else for that matter”, Charlotte added defensively.
“Why can’t mom understand that daddy”, she continued.
“Charlotte, you know how stubborn your mom is sometimes, she needs some time to realize that you have to run your own life, I think she forgets that sometimes”, dad explained.
“Dad, I really love Jed, he treats me very good. He has a very nice house in a nice neighborhood”, Charlotte stated.
“But your mom says that Jed saved that man’s life that put your brother in jail”, dad replied.
“Dad, I think with both know that Tony put himself in jail. Jed did not have anything to do with that. Mom needs to realize that Jed was just doing his job, just like any other doctor would have done”, Charlotte stated.
“I know you are right and I agree with you, but mom is more stubborn”, dad replied.
“Dad, will talk to her for me please. I love her and I miss her too”, Charlotte pleaded.
“Give me a couple of hours and I’ll talk to her when she gets back from the store, okay sweetie?”, dad replied.
“Thanks dad, I love you”, Charlotte said.
“I love you too”, dad replied and then hung up the phone.
By this time, Jed walked in the door, and with tears still in here eyes, she greeted him. Jed gave her a hug and asked her what was wrong. She told him that she had just gotten off the phone with her father. She went on to tell him about the conversation and that dad was going to talk to her mom and try to get things straightened out. Charlotte told Jed that her mom can be pretty stubborn sometimes. Jed told her that sometimes you just have to give people like that time and that in the end it will work out. She gave him a hug and thanked him for listening.
They went in to the kitchen to make something for dinner. They cooked something and sat down to eat. Charlotte was quiet. Jed again told her that things would work out with her mother. She perked up a little and then told Jed that if anyone can change mom’s mind, it was dad. Then cleaned up after dinner and then went in to the living room and sat on the sofa. They listened to music on the stereo for a while and then it was time for Charlotte to call her mom.
Charlotte dialed the number to her parents house and mom answered the phone.
“Hello”, mom said.
“Hello. Mom I want to talk to you about Jed. Did dad tell you I moved in with him”, Charlotte stated.
“Yes, your father told me”, mom replied.
“Aren’t you going to yell at me?”, Charlotte asked somewhat confused.
“No, you and your father are right. It was wrong of me to judge Jed for what he did. He didn’t do anything wrong. It was Tony that made the mistake and it’s Tony that should have to pay for it. We love you dear, and we would like to meet Jed. Dad tells me that you think he’s a great guy”, mom rambled.
“He is mom, wait till you meet him”, Charlotte replied now cheering up.
“Well, why don’t you bring him over for dinner tomorrow night?”, mom asked.
“Just a sec”, Charlotte stated as she turned to Jed and asked him if he wanted to go to her parents house tomorrow for dinner.
“We’ll be there. Jed doesn’t get home from work until around six, so is six thirty okay?”, Charlotte stated happily.
“That’ll be fine”, mom replied.
“Okay, love you mom, talk to you tomorrow”, Charlotte stated.
“Love you too, and see you tomorrow”, mom replied.
“Bye mom”, Charlotte said.
“Bye baby”, mom said as she hung up the phone.
Charlotte hung up the phone and turned to Jed. She thanked him again for being so supportive and understanding. Then, she wrapped her arms around him and gave him a big hug and kiss.
