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Maylene." I wanted to make sure she was okay with us all staying at her house, before I volunteered it.
    Trent was out of his seat, shouting, "Mom, can the Sharp's stay at your house this weekend?"
    She looked over at me, hopeful. "Of course, dear."
    "Including my parents?"
    "I'd love to have them."
    "Are you sure? We don't want to put you out."
    "Positive, dear, and tell your father to bring his fishing gear as well. He and Roger can go out in the boat on the lake."
    My mother must have put the phone on speaker at some point, because I heard my father shout, "Hot damn, fishing on a boat!" He always fished from the shore.
    "You still owe me a painted kitchen," my mother reminded him.
    "I know, woman, but our daughter needs us this weekend." He sounded way too happy to be "supporting" me on this trip. I doubted I'd see much of him while we were there.
    "Alright, I'm going to see if I can get off early this Friday to drive down. I'll get the address to you as soon as I find it out."
    Trent was quick to volunteer it. His eagerness was almost cute, but I was determined to stay mad at him. I knew it was a bit petty, but I needed to protect myself and my children from his charm. He didn't get a mess of women in his bed by being an ass twenty-four-seven. The man could charm candy from a baby, and I was sure said baby would be happy about giving it up and offer their sippy cup as well.

Chapter 6 – On Acting, Good and Bad
     
    Trent was still driving Maylene to visit me and would pop in and say hi to Tyler. Things stayed awkward between us, but he didn't let it stop him from talking to my son. It didn't look like he was going to stop anytime soon.
    Some days I just felt bitchier than others, and him wanting to be around Tyler made me feel defensive. He made it clear he didn't want to take him from me, just be involved, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that it wouldn't be enough for him, that Trent would want more. Maylene was so dang convincing, though. I didn't want to believe she'd betray me and my mother by trying to take my son from us, but she just seemed to have a way of getting what she wanted.
    I wasn't really all that surprised to hear my mother had met Trent and thought he was very handsome. Apparently, he was giving Maylene rides to her house as well. My mother and Maylene might've believed Trent had changed, but I'd seen him play a suave bastard before.
    I'd be the first to admit he could be handsome and charming, but that was an act he had perfected in college. I didn't want to fall for it a second time. I didn't need him, and I wanted to make sure he knew that. I thought it was amusing that he'd never had a woman walk out on him. When he told me that, I wanted to stick my tongue out at him and rub it in his face. I obviously needed to watch a few more children's TV shows about not being mean. I did hold my tongue and kept the words "serves you right" and "turnabout is fair play" in my mouth.
    The way our mothers snuck around, it made me believe they wanted Trent and me to get together. I asked my dad about it, and he said he wasn't getting involved. It became abundantly clear that my mother and Maylene had been cohorts in planning our little get-together. I wasn't sure how much Trent had to do with it. It was my mother who mentioned how nice it was for Trent to have access to an ultrasound machine, so he could use it anytime he wanted. I had a feeling they had planted the idea of him using it on me in his head. I didn't want to start anything with Trent, though. There was too much at risk, not to mention that he showed absolutely no interest in me at all, other than to talk about our kids, and I was okay with that.
    Yes, I was sure our mothers were scheming. I just didn't know what they planned to accomplish by it.
    I didn't want to share my babies with Trent, but I had a feeling it was inevitable. I think my dad even mentioned it in passing that fathers played important roles in children's lives. I was ready to