“How’s my godson?” Chris asked.
“Big. Jordan brought you pictures.” Zoë kissed Jordan on the cheek. “I’ll see you later.”
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to pick up some bagels and go see Trina.”
“We’ll go with you,” Jordan replied.
“No!” She patted Jordan’s chest.
“Excuse me?”
“Trina and I don’t want any part of your little summit.”
“Excuse me?” Chris replied.
“You heard me. We don’t want to listen to the two of you go back and forth about, why Sean shouldn’t be with Kyla. Or how she’s a bad influence on him. Or how he’s making a fool of himself. Or how she’s got him under a spell. Or how it’s just a matter of time until he slips up again. Isn’t that what you guys said the other night on the phone?”
“That’s not exactly true, Zoë,” Chris retorted.
“Oh please, Chris. If Jordan had listened to you, we wouldn’t be married. What is it with you? You act like you’re the only one allowed to be married and have a family.”
“What are you talking about?”
She folded her arms in front of her chest tapping her foot. “Oh, I don’t know, maybe it has something to do with you telling Jordan I was a controlling, manipulative, selfish shrew who was only after his money.”
“I…are you going to let her talk to me like that?” Chris asked.
Jordan threw his arms up. “She’s only speaking the truth.”
“I never called you selfish.”
“You two are a piece of work. I was hoping once we got here and you spent a little time with Kyla and Sean, you would see Chris was just hallucinating his insinuations.”
“Hallucinating,” Chris jumped in and she held her hand up in his face. “Girl, you better…”
“Stop it, both of you,” Jordan shouted back. “Zoë, please apologize.”
She exhaled, turned around and mumbled, “Sorry.”
“Chris.”
“Apology accepted.”
“And?” Jordan looked at him waiting for an identical response.
“And?”
“Apologize for calling my wife a controlling, manipulative, selfish shrew.”
“Sorry I called you selfish.”
“You know what…you aren’t even worth the energy it would take to slap you,” Zoë countered.
“Zo…”
“What? Jordan, I’m not going to stand here and let this idiot talk about my brother-in-law like he’s some stupid kid.”