Page 59 of Leading the Blind
It clattered to the floor. “Shit!” Bax scrambled. “Hello? Sure. Is it okay if I put you on speaker?”
“…just wanted to let you know that I have an answer from the sellers.”
They both held their breath, which whooshed out of Bax when he had to answer. Jason tried not to laugh hysterically at Bax’s voice breaking.
“Okay?”
“They accepted. We can sign the papers as soon as you’d like.”
“Holy—” Bax cut himself off. “We can sign tomorrow if we can get one more walk-through in the morning. And we’ll need to go to the bank.”
Bax would want to look at the plumbing and electrical, he’d bet.
“I’ll meet you in the morning. Say nine a.m.?” And just like that, they had a house.
“Sounds great. Thank you, ma’am.” Bax’s phone clicked off, and they sat there for a long moment.
Then Bax whooped, pulling him to his feet and dancing him around the room.
He couldn’t believe it. He just couldn’t. They’d bought a house.
“Lord, Jase. Our house.Ours. Let’s get a bed before we leave town.”
“Okay. Yes. Tomorrow. God, Bax. Tomorrow.” He was floating…just fucking floating.
“I know!” Bax kissed his mouth hard. “I’m so proud I’m about to bust. You should call Momma.”
“Yeah. Yeah, You ought to call Aje. We’ll tell Gramps and Dillweed together.” He grabbed his phone and told it to call Momma.
“Hello? What’s wrong? Are y’all okay?” Lord, mommas would always be mommas.
“They accepted the offer. We got it, Momma.”Please be happy for me. I need that like anything, ‘cause I’m trying so hard not to be a tittybaby. Please have my back.
“Jason! Congratulations, baby. I can’t believe you found the one you wanted so fast, but you always know what you want. Well, I just can’t wait to see it.”
Oh. Yeah, she was tickled.
“There’s room for guests, the water is right there, we’ll be able to have horses… It’s a good place, Momma.” He couldn’t stop grinning. “I told you there’s a suite with its own little kitchenette and sitting room and everything, right?”
“You did! You’re never going to get the cowboys out of there. You’ll have to make a calendar.”
“You know it. And it’s an easy drive for you and Jack.” He loved the idea of her coming to see him. He would feel less like a little kid going home.
“Shit, son, you just tell me when and we’ll bring a trailer’s worth of goodies! Me and Jack had tons of extras and we’ve just been holding them in storage.”
“Oh, Momma. Thank you.” He could hear Bax jabbering to AJ, and he had to smile. It meant everything to him that Momma was gonna get on this bandwagon. “We start the process tomorrow, then we’re gonna go buy a few things.”
“When do you close?”
“The lady says a week to ten days, but we’ll just lease until the paperwork is done, so we’ll be in sooner.”
“You want us to come over the weekend? We can bring y’all some stuff, help you get things put up and celebrate your new place?”
“That would rock. Then we wouldn’t have to drive back up yet.” Jason jittered his leg, thinking hard. Bax would want to get in there and look at electrical and plumbing. Jason wanted to get a grill, maybe a couch.
“Good deal. It’ll give y’all a couple days in your house alone too. Y’all need that.” She sniffled softly. “I’m so excited, baby.”
“So am I.” This way they could make sure the place was clean enough for Momma, too. She would get the white glove out when no one was looking. She worried so. “Y’all bring bathing suits and beach shoes.”
