our lives are blue

Really, Cory felt he was between a rock and a hard place, lately. Naturally, his mother made him feel like the most guilty person ever. How could he have gone to New York City for a honeymoon.

He just listened. That was all he could do. He knew, becoming a father was not exactly on her mind at the moment. True, she would actually be a grandmother soon. And it made him a little happy that he could give her the first grandchild. Of course, he could see that didn't mean much to her. It was obvious now that she didn't even want to be a grandmother among other ills.

A part of him wished he could have taken someone up on their offer back in New York. He'd been handed a card by someone off the street. They told him he would be fabulous for modeling. Of course, that gave him a laugh and when Joy had asked him about it, he said he doubted it was anything. It might have been porn, for all he knew. But he'd kept the card and did some investigating online when he got back. The modeling agency was legit.

But he went back to work out in the heat and the horrid humidity. It was days like this, he wished he had a cushy job. And he'd probably make a lot more money for his family even if Joy told him never to worry about that. He did.

Suddenly, he had an itch to go back to New York and see if he could cut it in the modeling world.

"Are you crazy?" Cass laughed it off. "You got too much going on." Cass at least had him over for a few beers and a spicy stirfry. At least he was there to let him know not to worry so much about their mother and her attitude. He felt reasonably sure that Cody was just fine, somewhere.

"Did he call you?" Cory really wished Cody would call someone.

Cass shook his head. "No news is good news." Cass gave him a stare.

Cory just shook his head. His brother had no idea of the concept to that one liner. Especially, when he was waiting for a baby to be born. It was true now. They were in total separate worlds. It was like Cass had never known Joy now. Cory drank at his beer, wondering if either of them had changed at all. Would they always be under their mother's thumb? Cory tried to smile, but the truth was...he was ready for a change.