Chapter 7 #3
“Good for you. Now all we have to do is get Stamos into one and all my boys will be homeowners. And with that, you might find yourself a wife and children. It’s all we wanted for you boys.
A family of your own and a place to raise them.
I’m proud of you, Gil.” He thanked his dad and told him how proud he was of himself too.
“Good boy. I’ll take care of your mother.
I don’t know what you said to her, but she’s crying tears of happiness. You’re a good son.”
“Thanks, Dad. I wouldn’t be what I am without you two.
” Dad sniffled as well, and he decided to get off the phone before he was sobbing like a child.
After telling him he’d see him tonight, that he was coming over for dinner, he rang off.
He still had a lot of work to do and wanted to get onto it now.
By the time quitting time was coming around, he was hot and sweaty.
He’d been careful about drinking a great deal, but he felt like he was sweating it all out.
Which he supposed was a good thing. Drinking water while on duty in this weather was good for a person, and he’d been told by Kahana that if he ended up in the hospital because of dehydration, he was going to murder him.
He knew better than to not have enough fluids while in the sun.
Getting off work, he went by his condo again to shower and change.
He was going to wear shorts to his parents’ home and hope they were all right with that.
They usually didn’t care what he wore so long as he was nicely dressed.
This was about all he could manage in this heat and knew that they’d understand.
Just as he was pulling into their driveway, he heard back from Mr. Ball about the things he wanted done in the kitchen.
“Because someone started on the kitchen before we could get in here, there isn’t a lot of destruction going to have to happen.
I think that since it’s down to the sub wall, all we need to do is put in more plugs like you wanted and work from there.
” He told him the price it would be. “That’s all inclusive for you.
I know that when talking to you Hathaway men, you like things given to you all at once. ”
“Yes, that’s right. We don’t want it in bits and pieces.
Does that include one of the bathrooms too?
” He told him that it didn’t but gave him the price of one bathroom.
“I know you said it would be cheaper to do them all at once. How much more would it be to just get them all knocked out at one time?”
The price was better than he thought it would be, and he told him to do them then.
He needed to have one bathroom ready, and Mr. Ball understood that and said he’d put someone on the master and the half one in the main all done first. That way he could still live there and have his needs taken care of at the same time.
That was agreeable to him, and he told the man that.
By the time he was going into his parents’ house, he’d gotten things all set up to be living in his new home.
He was excited to be able to stay in it right away.
All he needed to do to make that happen was get his brothers to help him move his bedroom over to the Manchester home, and he’d be set.
Then after getting rid of the condo, he’d be a homeowner and would be well on his way to getting to be like his brothers.
Not married yet but homeowners like them.
After kissing his mom and hugging his dad, he was ready to get down to the business of eating.
He was disappointed that Stamos was there but could cut him some slack, as he was in the same boat as he was.
No one to cook for him when he was at home.
The two of them got along really well, and he was happy to see him.
He told him about the house and then brought them all up to speed on what he had talked to the contractor about. They were all happy for him.
“I’ll have my own bathroom in my bedroom so that I can stay there.
The sooner I get rid of the condo, the better I’ll feel.
” Dad asked him why he was in such a hurry.
“The kids are out of school now and think that my yard is part of theirs. I don’t mind them so much when school is in session, but when they’re home it’s a loud nightmare.
I’m sure I was one like them, but I like my peace and quiet at the end of the day.
I’m goofy like that.” Stamos called him old.
“But I’m going to be like you. I want something with some property so that I can get away from the noise.
It’s really something when I can go home at night, and the kids are all in bed.
Or at least not out screaming in the yard.
” Dad called them both old. “I agree with that. I’m betting that when we all come over you love it but are glad when we all go home.
I know that I am. It’s too much to mess with. ”
“I love it when you’re all here. But you’re right, it’s nice to have the quiet when you leave.
I wonder how I’m going to be when the grandkids start to come over all the time?
I hope I can put up with them more than I can my adult sons.
” Everyone laughed, and he hugged his mom.
She was a delight to have around, and he couldn’t imagine life without her.
Thinking on that, he decided that he was going to spend as much time with his parents as they’d let him.
He knew that they were getting around great now, but he worried about them being in the big house all alone.
He was going to talk to his brothers about coming over more too.
He was off tomorrow and going to take his parents over to his home.
He was proud of the fact that he’d gotten such a good deal on the place and was even happier that his mom had seemed so happy that he’d gotten something that she’d been wondering about for years.
She just wanted a tour of the house because she’d heard so much about the woodwork in the home.
He was happy that he’d decided to make sure that all the woodwork stayed with the house.
He’d learned that from when his brother Axel had purchased a home recently.