Untitled part six

That night The Troll must have worked his "place hand here" magic, he and Roommate reunited and she resumed her silent treatment toward me. A few more weeks passed by, filled with hanging out with Crispy, 3rd Amigo, and Mr. Wecanbefriends. I got another job, at another store and was settling into the new routine but we still didn't know what was going to happen. Mr. surely wouldn't want to remain on the couch forever and Roomie and Troll were silent as to what their plan was. Working again gave a touching stone of normal to my life.

Then one day my mom called. She needed a place to stay for a week until she could make arrangements elsewhere. Of course I told her to come right away. Roomie and the Homeless were entirely understanding, teasing my mom and making her and my pregnant sister feel welcome. Until a few days later when 3rd Amigo called me at work.

"What are you doing? You can't call me at work!" I started off when I knew who it was.

"Listen, Roomie had her dad come over to the apartment and kick your mom out today."

"WHAT?"

"I thought you would want to know."

"My shifts not over for another two hours!"

"I don't think there's anything you can do now anyway. They're gone and we don't know where. Crispy and I drove around looking for them but we couldn't find them. Your mom was crying, they were yelling at her."

"What is wrong with them?" I shifted around, wanting to walk, to move, to escape but I was attached to a phone on a cord. "You know she told you because she doesn't have the balls to tell me herself, right?"

"I don't want to get in the middle of this. I'm friends with both of you."

"This isn't an argument about petty shit, she's seriously fucked up!" I was angry enough to consider violence.

"She said she didn't really know they were going to do it… at least not today."

"Bullshit. She had The Troll and Daddy come do her dirty work for her… without a word to me! She could have told me if she was upset about it!"

"Are you freaking out?"

"yes!" If there's ever a time to freak out. "I have to go… I'm not supposed to be taking personal calls."

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't know."

"We'll come over tonight."

"I don't know."

"You're going to confront them alone?"

"Well. Nobody is taking sides."

"Yeah, but you shouldn't be alone... The Troll has a nasty temper."

"yeah? And what?"

"You're crazy."

"I've been really fuckin' patient. Now they've messed with my mom. Who do they think they are, anyway?"

"They're going to evict you." the words came out of her fast.. a secret revealed.

"They think so, huh? They're more stupid than I thought. And you think they can, don't ya?"

"If they don't want you there....."

"Fuck that. Let's just see them try." I laughed loudly."I gotta go."