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Chelsea Thomas entered her bedroom and made her way over to her closet. Grabbing her duffle bag from the bottom of the closet, she tossed it on the bed before rummaging through her clothes. Then, as she threw a bikini and a pair of jean shorts onto her bed, her phone began to ring. Emerging from the closet, she picked up her phone to see that it was her mom calling.
โHi mom.โ She said as she pressed the device to her ear and plopped down onto the bed.
โHey baby girl! Were you and Carter able to straighten everything out?โ Chelseaโs mother, Nancy asked.
โYeah, but I canโt believe you didnโt tell me sooner that he was coming!โ Chelsea huffed into the phone.
โAw sweetie I meant to, it mustโve slipped my mind. Anyways, can you make sure your brother packs enough sunscreen? That boy gets burnt up every summer.โ Nancy said with a huff.
Chelsea frowned, her brows bunching together.
โWhy does Todd need to pack sunscreen?โ Chelsea asked, her expression turning sour.
โBecause heโs going to the cabin of course!โ Nancy said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Chelsea let out a groan.
โMom no! Todd doesnโt even like the cabin.โ She pointed out.
โChels, weโve been over this. That cabinโs just as much his as it is yours or mine. Todd needs more opportunities to be social, mingle with people his age, and a party is the perfect place for that.โ Nancy said.
Todd was only a few years younger than Chelsea, and their parents were always encouraging Chelsea to take him out with her and her friends. Back when Chelsea and Todd were in high school, Nancy and Chelseaโs father, Frank, would allow Chelsea to stay out past her curfew, but only if she took Todd with her. In the beginning, Chelsea would drag him to parties and he would sit in the corner and read for the majority of it, but once his obsession with Chelseaโs best friendโs little sister, Olivia, started, Todd quickly went from annoying baby brother, to the creepy guy lecturing Olivia and her friends about her wardrobe.
โMom, Todd is not a party guy. He hates loud music, doesnโt drink, and canโt dance. Heโs not going to have a good time.โ Chelsea argued.
Nancy sighed into the phone.
โChelsea Heather Thomas, just bring the boy with you! If you donโt take him to the cabin then heโll be stuck here, with your father and I, and we have plans. For the last two decades of my life Iโve sacrificed my summers and did what he wanted because thatโs what motherโs do! But dammit Chelsea, I just want one summer completely alone with my husband!โ Nancy snapped.
The fact that Todd was twenty years old and their mother still acted as though he was a child incapable of being on his own, baffled Chelsea.
โFine, but if Jade hits him for doing something dumb thatโs on him, not me.โ Chelsea said.
โJust tell her not to break anything and heโll be fine. Anyways I have a meeting Iโm late for. Iโll call you later.โ Nancy said.
After saying goodbye to her mother, Chelsea dropped her phone onto the bed and flopped down beside it. Fucking Todd; what kind of grown man was incapable of being alone?
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