Chapter 196: Culture shock
Andrew spent the Sunday that he and Maxwell had free panicking about the doctor’s appointment that they had the next day, and also being flooded with messages from the whole Gates family, as well as Kim and Jenny.
Turns out, May, bless her soul, reached out to Kim through her work channels and brought up Andrew’s name so that they could meet.
Andrew got sent a photo of Ford, May, Kim and Jenny at coffee in the A & D firm offices with May giving a peace sign. She sent a lengthy message explaining that she and Kim hadn’t spoken since his Mom’s time in the hospital but both women remembered each other. She was glad that Andrew had mentioned her, and was even more surprised to find out that Andrew hadn’t told her how well his Mom had done in business. May had chastised Andrew for not telling her everything, but told him that it was probably the right call.
They had all had a lot to process that night, but she was still pissed at him for not telling her through text when he’d gotten home. She told him he owed her something in return from prevent Rose from looking up their address and storming their house to yell at him. Andrew had laughed so hard from the combined photo and several messages after that Maxwell had come to check on him.
Maxwell was working on some things he wouldn’t be able to on Monday because of the Doctor’s appointment, but they had planned to look at places online in the evening. Maxwell was making sure that if there were any problems that his Doctor brought up, he had time to address them without feeling like he needed to be rushed.
While Andrew was working himself into a panic, and feeling like he couldn’t speak to any of the people around him. But, getting messages from May and Kim right after he had visited them for the first time did make him feel not as alone. He didn’t want to reveal any of Maxwell’s problems to anyone, even if it worried him deeply.
Maxwell hadn’t even told his family, so being reminded that Andrew wasn’t all alone anymore really soothed him. Especially when Rose sent him a photo of her and Jordan at an art exhibit that clearly must have been for Jordan, giving him the middle finger.
Richard had sent an outline of the safest neighbourhoods in the city, which places had the best security, and a breakdown of how those two things correlated.
He was being loved in ways he had lost when he’d moved away, and it warmed a part of Andrew he thought would have remained dormant after his Mom died.