Time After… II 56B

=“Mom please, let me leave.” Peggy laughed watching Tanner’s eyes following his mother, matching his voiced pleas as she headed for the kitchen.

“Why is this so difficult for you?” Steph asked then turned around. “If I give you a glass of wine, will you enjoy spending some time with me? We’re half way through the movie.”

Both penny and Tanner were shocked. “Are you serious?”

“You’ll give him wine?”

“Or whiskey. Will you like that instead? Just a glass though.”

Peggy glanced at Tanner who was clearly trying to comprehend the fact that she was going to bribe him to stay. “Mom, come on, you can easily threaten him. Don’t promise him alcohol. He’s too young.”

“Good point Angel.”

“Better yet. Let him leave. I’m here with you.”

“Hey.” Tanner called out to Peggy, clearly annoyed by her suggestions that would ruin this for him. “Mom, I’ll take the whis-“