Chapter 77

• Damn it! Annabelle knew she shouldn’t have said anything to Aiden. She shouldn’t have told him that she had something to fix what had happened yesterday. She shouldn’t have depended on someone like Nicholas to come through when she is so used to relying on herself. He hasn’t even answered her texts or calls this morning.
• She glances at the clock, and another minute has ticked by. It’s seven fifty-two, and she needs to get the boys into action to get them to school on time. Mike’s already left to take Shane and Connor to high school. Bailey has already come and left to take Zander to his therapist’s appointment and Kyle to the eye doctor before dropping him back off at school. She's left with the remaining three elementary school kids, and she knows that getting them in the car should have started ten minutes ago.
• She glances at the clock again, and it’s seven fifty-three now. Shit! “Annabelle, are you going to tell me yet what it is yet?” Aiden begs again with hope in his eyes. “Not yet, Aiden. It’s a surprise.” Now she has to scramble to think of something to do to make up for an empty promise.