Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 128

CH 128

Marilyn

She smiled at the text from Kay, “Oh I see you’re sneaky and devious Marilyn, we’ve all discussed it, and we’ll all come down be there for the tree trimming this afternoon. I’ve got plenty of food to feed us all.”

She chuckled softly to herself. “I won’t let them start the tree trimming, Kay, until you get here. Though Calvin is out braving the hoards right now, I wished him luck.”

as out shopping, even Mal laughed and stated Calvin “Now that was funny to me when Calvin mentioned he was out shopping, even Mal laughed and stated Calvin would likely come home grumpy.”

“Well, he can keep that to himself, you can pull him into line if he is,” she smiled to herself, “you might even get here before he does.”

“We’ll be leaving in an hour or so. I’m going to hug them boys all afternoon. Tell them I baked double chocolate and coconut brownies for Christmas, but they can have them today if they want.”

“Will do,” she smiled and looked at the boys they were playing happily out on the lawn. They’d wanted to go with Calvin, but she’d shaken her head, and not because she wanted to punish him. It was simply that the twins could be a real handful and Calvin alone with them in a throng like what was going to be out there today, he could well lose them and completely freak out.

She would be furious if that happened, and likely yell and scream, beat the hell out of him for him if he lost her boys. So, no, he couldn’t take them shopping. Another time when it wasn’t so busy, and no sales were on, she would likely just allow it, just warn him they could be a handful.

She saw Denise and Henry heading out, and they told her they wouldn’t be back until the new year. She just nodded and thanked them for not telling Calvin about them being here, and wished them a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

She took the time that Calvin was gone to move the food shopping she’d done from the guest house to the main house and put things away. The fridge in the main house was stocked, and she wondered if it was because Denise and Henry had known she and the boys were coming, so they had gone out of their way to fill it with all the things one’s fridge would normally hold. They’d have a credit card for that from Calvin, their last housekeeper had one, to purchase things needed for cleaning and maintaining the house.

She was just making lunch for herself and the boys when she heard voices coming from the front of the house. Both Callum and Vincent looked up at her, “Grandma and Grandpa.” They said, and she nodded. There were too many voices for it to be just Calvin.

“You may go.” She told them and watched them climb off the stools at the kitchen bench. She put the knife she was slicing a tomato with down, rinsed and dried her hands, and followed them out to the foyer of the house.

She saw both Kay and Malcom look at them, and smiled as Kay just knelt down and held her arms out. Come here and give your grandma a cuddle.” She told them.

Marilyn leaned on the wall and smiled as the boys did just that. They’d been talking to their grandparents as much as they did Calvin. She saw Kay tear up as she hugged them right into her as they called her ‘ Grandma‘. It was a nice sight to see, and warmed her heart.

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She watched Malcom ruffle both boys‘ hair and look at her, then he just sighed, About time you were foun

sweetheart.

She smiled at him but stayed put. None of them knew she had her memories back either. She couldn’t risk anyone telling Calvin, not when she had plans for that man. She watched as more people piled into the foyer their aunts and uncles, cousins and the boys stared up at them all. She’d not told them everyone was coming, just their grandparents.

Kay stood up and looked at her and then stepped past the boys and walked over to her and just pulled her into a big hug. “I have missed you. My son is an i***t. I know you don’t remember sweetheart, but I once warned you he was an arrogant man with an attitude of, I’ll do whatever I please, when I please, how I want. She leaned back and looked at her. “It is good to know you’re alive, and doing so very well for yourself too.”

She nodded, “That I am.”

“Do you recall anything?” Kay asked her.

“Mm, somethings, this house I recall, and I know where everything is,” she answered. “I was just making lunch for the boys, have you all eaten?” she asked.

“We’ll unpack and then come and help make lunch,” Kay told her, and she was greeted by all of his family, even his niece and nephew. They all even managed to call her Marilyn. Veronica looked her over and shook her head. “He’s a damned fool, and if I were you, I’d smack him up the back side of his head damned hard, every day for the next eight years.”

She’d chuckled softly and shook her head, “I don’t need that temper of his directed at me ever again. So no, thank you. But it’s a nice thought. Maybe I’ll imagine it every day.”

“I’ll do it.” Veronica laughed. “Won’t even tell him why.” She’d stated and headed upstairs to put her things in her room. The house was going to be completely full, she realised, thankfully she and the boys hadn’t claimed a bedroom inside the house or more than one of them would have to stay in the guest house.

They were all in the kitchen talking and eating when Calvin walked in and looked at everyone. “I see you have all decided to come today.” he kind of frowned.

“I’m making them for everyone.” She shrugged and turned back to talking to his mother and sisters. She was still making them theirs. There were a lot of mouths to feed, and though Kay was standing right next to her helping she’d refused to let Kay make everyone’s lunch by herself. She knew how to make food.

Both her boys and Malcom helped Calvin bring in what he’d bought, and it was placed in the formal living area. His mother frowned at the fake tree and shook her head. “Now son, we always have a real tree.”

shook her head, looked at Marilyn and muttered where’s the lovely smell of pine to go with the occasion.

She just chuckled. “I don’t have a real tree at my place. But then If the boys want to decorate a real tree, we live on six acres in the middle of the woods, they can just go and pick one,” she smiled.

“Mum, mum, the new house has so many trees.” Vincent ran over to her and smiled up at her. “We can have a white Christmas next year at the new house.”

“We likely could.” She nodded. “It’ll be very pretty with that view of the lake, all the snow and surrounded by pine trees.”

“It’s bigger than this house,” she stated, with a half smile to herself. “It has nine bedrooms and three guest suites. Do you want to see pictures?” She asked, ignoring the look she could feel coming from Calvin himself. He’d not seen pictures of it, she’d told him nothing about that house. At Kay’s nod, she pulled out her phone and showed her them, including the view.

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