Blinding Trust (Mitchell Family, #7)(41)

The caption…that caption said it all.

I was hurt, jealous, mad and a bunch of other things all in one. Colt was going to hear me loud and clear when he picked up the phone. While still holding the phone with the incriminating message, I ran toward my bedroom to grab my phone.

Ty stopped me in the hallway. “I was looking for that.”

I put it behind my back. “I need it for a minute.”

“Did you lose yours?”

“No! Just…I need it, okay?”

I no sooner spun around, when I felt him grabbing my arm. “Hold on! What could be so important that you have to use my phone?” He snatched it out of my hand and looked down at the opened screen. A huge grin formed on his face. “Holy shit! This is awes…err, it’s terrible. It must be just a joke. I send him naked pictures all the time. He probably Googled it.”

“You are doing that thing you do!”

He looked all innocent. “What thing?”

“The thing where you take up for each other, so us women don’t find out you really did something wrong!”

“Bullshit!”

I pushed Ty and went running into my room, locking the door, so he couldn’t follow me. “When I get done with his ass, he may not have balls left!”

“Van! Open the door. He doesn’t know I’m here. Just wait until he calls you. I’m sure there is an explanation. Do you really think he’d let Noah around that kind of thing?”

I stopped punching in Colt’s number and thought about what Ty was saying. There was no way Colt would have allowed our son to be near anything like that. As mad as I was about the picture, I wondered if I was freaking out over something that never happened.

Reluctantly, I opened the door and saw Ty standing there. “You’re telling him a different reason for coming here, Ty. I’ll talk to him about the picture later.”

Little voices filled the foyer and I found myself almost running downstairs to greet the girls. They both had new dolls in their hands that were wearing outfits that matched their own.

Addy held her doll up. “Mommy, look what Grandma got me.”

“That’s so cute! You girls look like you had a great time.”

Colt’s mom smiled. I could tell how much she loved being a grandmother. “They were angels. I told them we could go next year if they wanted to.”

“There’s my pretty nieces!” Ty came running down the stairs.

I could see the curious look he was getting from his aunt. “Ty got here late last night to help out when the alarm company comes to fix the chicken houses. Since Colt isn’t here, him or Conner had to be here. I told him there was plenty of room at your house.”

“I guess you’re better company than me and Lucy. We tend to get boring nowadays.”

Ty hugged his aunt. “You’re never too old to have a good time. Maybe you could cook me some of your fried chicken while I’m here.”

She shook her head. “Sometimes, I think all he loves me for is that darn chicken.” She patted him on the shoulder. “Didn’t Miranda and the kids come?”

He held up his arms. “I wanted her to, but with Amy being due, she didn’t want to leave. That’s why I’m here and Conner stayed.”

“Of course. Amy would kill him if he wasn’t there for this one. They claim this is the last one they’re having, but we all know how the two of them are.” Colt’s mom gave Ty the look like she knew what they did in their spare time.

We all three laughed.

Addy and Christian had run upstairs and finally came back down. Addy looked sad. “Where’s Daddy and Noah?”

“They’re still in California. They’ll be back this weekend.” I tried to reassure her.

“Can you ask him to come home now? I want to show him my doll.”

I bent down and kissed her little forehead. “They will be home in a couple of days.”

“How about, after Uncle Ty gets done with the alarm guy, we go out for ice cream?” He always talked to the kids like he was one himself.

She started getting all excited. “Mommy, can we? Can we please?”

“Of course.”

Colt’s mom leaned down to talk to Addy. “How about Grandma makes fried chicken for dinner and then you can go have ice cream afterwards?”

“Yay!”

“That sounds great, Mom. I will bring a side dish.”

She started to walk toward the door. “See you all at six, then. Savanna, don’t you let him get on your nerves too much.”

Her reference to Ty must have hit a nerve. “I’m not that bad, am I?”

We both looked at each other and ignored his comment.

Once she was gone, Ty turned to me. “You came up with a story fast.”

“It’s not a story. I was going to have to call Colt and give him the bad news about it. They were fitting us into their schedule. Anyway, they’ll be here around ten. It’s the first four chicken houses. You just need to be there to sign and answer any questions that he might have.” I had almost forgot about them coming. I would have had no clue what to tell the men.

“I guess it’s time to call Colt!”

I smiled. “Yeah, I guess it is.”

I walked out on the porch with my phone and dialed my husband. The vision of the naked girls was still fresh in my mind, but I was truly believing that it was just a joke he was playing on the guys.