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`` would you like me to get mason dressed ? '' |
`` i 've already taken care of him . |
it 's just me that needs to get her act together . '' |
without another word , she brushed past her mother and went into the kitchen . |
wearing his best suit and tie , her father stood at the bar , putting on his cufflinks . |
at his expectant look , she held up her hand . |
`` i know we leave in half an hour . |
i 'll be ready . |
i swear . '' |
she then threw open the basement door . |
pounding down the steps , she tried calming down . |
she did n't know what it was about her parents ' seemingly good intentions that grated on her last nerve . |
of course , they had n't bothered her as much when she had lived alone . |
now that she was back under their roof , they seemed to forget she was twenty-five , a mother , and not their little girl to boss around anymore . |
with clinicals looming to enable her to finish her nursing degree , she 'd known she would n't be able to work fulltime . |
although she loved the freedom and independence of having her own apartment , there was no way she could afford it and daycare for mason . |
so , she 'd packed up , tucked her tail between her legs , and moved back home to her parents ' finished basement . |
it was n't all bad . |
she had her own kitchen and bathroom , not to mention she and mason still had their own rooms . |
with her father recently retired , she had a great male role model on site for mason . |
she found him exactly as she had left him , lounging on the couch watching his favorite movie , despicable me . |
she smiled at the sight of him in his khaki pants , black , button down dress shirt , and red clip-on tie . |
he looked just like a little man sitting there , even though he had just turned seventeen months the day before . |
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