Family Dinner

It had been three years since the death of her ex husband and while Grace didn't mourn him in particular she knew it was a hard day for her kids. She had told them a week earlier that she wanted to have a family dinner tonight and, surprisingly, her daughter hadn't complained too much about it. Hopefully this would help keep them out of trouble. She couldn't be around all the time, but on hard days like today she felt like she had to.

She had spent the past few hours in the kitchen preparing way too much food - spaghetti, home made garlic bread, and green beans with bacon and feta mixed in.



Charlotte sat with her back to her door. She had known today would be stressful but this... She was barely keeping it together and the meal hadn't even started. She had thought she was strong enough to do this. It had been three years since her father's death. She'd thought she had at least started to feel better about it. But this day in particular she felt the need to reflect on her past year and what her father would think of everything she had done. She had been such a terrible person. She should have been there for Carter more and she shouldn't have made the mistake of letting Jasper come to New York. So much had gone wrong and considering the path she was on she didn't think she could make it get better.

Charlotte pulled out her phone and navigating to Marcel's contact, hesitating for a few minutes before actually typing. Would you come over tonight? she sent then hastily began typing more explanation. I know its last minute but my mom wants to do this whole family dinner thing and it's going to be tense. I don't know if I can make it through alone and Carter will kill me if I run out on something like this again