Chapter 8 #3
They were so tiny that he could produce them in about a week, but it was getting them to set up that took him the longest. He loved playing around with the sets of them just because they were so small.
And he loved the colors that he used too.
When he had a bit left over from a project, he would make a couple of the bowls or stands, and that was what got them done so quickly.
Working on his project again, he heard from the house.
Dinner would be soon, and he needed to get to a point where he could stop.
He would do that because if he got caught up in something, he’d never make it out of here, and dinner would be ruined.
His kids would later come out and get him, and he was worried that they’d get hurt.
It was a place that was too hot for kids to be running around.
While he was between projects, he made his way into the house.
“I have some things that I need to run by you, too. It has to do with the foundation. Did you know that Denver hired ten new people to answer the phones?” He said that he’d helped interview them.
“Good. I was hoping that was the case. I have to work with one of them tomorrow. Is there anything I need to know about the lot of them? I mean, are they going to be a bunch of teeny boppers or something?”
“No, they’re from the assisted living home where William used to stay.
They just want to work about ten hours a week, and since we can have them come in a day at a time and work the phones, it’s no hardship for us to accommodate them.
” She asked why he’d hired so many. “I think he was thinking that they all might not work out, and he wanted to get them trained before we all took our cruise again.”
“That’s right. The first and second week of October.
I’m looking forward to that a lot. Are you?
” He said that he’d not given it much thought as he’d been really busy out in the barn.
“I know you have. And I saw the cups you gave David. They’ll be perfect for what they have in mind for them.
Also, did you notice that he shaved off his beard again?
That usually means that they’re going to have another baby.
I’m happy with the four that we have right now.
Maybe later we can talk about having another one, but for now, four is just enough. ”
“I agree. But if you want another, all you have to say is you’re ready, and I’ll be there for you.
” She laughed, telling him that he just wanted to make the baby.
“Of course I do. That’s most of my fun. You do all the hard work while I just sit back and bask in the fact that I’ve created a child with the only woman that I’ll ever love. ”
“You’re so sappy.” She kissed him then, and he took the plates from her to set the table.
He’d made them, he knew and loved the way that his family used them for everyday uses.
He wondered if his family used theirs as much as he did.
“Don’t forget we have Toby staying the night with us.
He’s here until Saturday. Then his mom is going to pick him up, and we’re headed to the auction. ”
Georgie had a successful décor business.
She would go into a home and make it shine again.
The stuff that she picked up at auctions would be put to good use, and he couldn’t believe some of the prices that she paid for things.
He had to let her go through his glass that he could buy at nearly every one of the auctions, so that if she found a piece that she thought she could use, he’d not break it up for projects.
It was fun for him to do that for her, and she seemed to have a good time going to auctions, too.
Dinner was tacos, and he loved them. Georgie thought that the kids would be messy when they ate them, and they were.
But clean up was easy, as he’d been getting used to having to sweep up cheese and tacos from the floor.
When she cooked, he cleaned up the mess.
They didn’t leave that for the staff to clean up; it wasn’t right that they had to do that.
After getting the kids to bed, Toby sleeping in the boys’ room with them, he read to his daughters and put them to bed.
He knew they’d be up in a few minutes; there was someone new in the house, but he couldn’t begrudge them a little time playing around when he knew that’s what he’d done as a child, too.
He thought about his parents then and wondered where that thought had come from.
It’s not like they had much to do with his childhood, and even that had been horrific, but think about them, he did.
he wondered what they’d think about all of them having kids.
Probably run screaming from the room. They had hated them that much; he didn’t think they’d treat their grandkids any differently.
He remembered a time when he’d asked for someone to spend the night with them and was told that he’d have to give them his portion of food.
That’s why he encouraged his own kids to have someone over because he’d missed that growing up.
Grannie would have allowed it, but there had been so much going on around the house back then that he’d been afraid that someone would get lost in the shuffle.
He also knew that she’d put an extra plate on the table even if they didn’t have that much and feed them as well as she had them.
Grannie and Grandda had been gone for nearly twelve years now, and he missed them all the time.
“Did you hear about the immortality things that are going on?” Lance asked Georgie what she meant. “We’re not the only ones who have decided not to have it anymore. I guess your entire family is all for just dying when it’s their time.”
“I’d heard that Denver and Colby had decided that, but I’d had no idea that the rest of them had too.
Good for them. I wouldn’t want to be the last man standing when we all get to that age.
I think that it would break my heart to have to bury one of my family members and know that I’m going to be around forever, especially with our kids.
I would hate for something to happen to them, and I’d have to bury one of them. No thanks.”
They continued to talk about it as they made their way up to bed.
They’d made their decision right after Grannie and Grandda had died.
He didn’t feel bad about it either. And when Parker had taken it away, she hugged them, telling them that they were going to have a long and happy life together.
He hoped so. He loved his family a great deal and didn’t want to lose them anytime soon.
Once Georgie was asleep, he got out of bed and went down to his barn.
He would do that a couple of nights a week, just so he could get lost in the art of what he was doing.
As soon as he had things set up the way that he wanted, he worked on the large bowl that Jack wanted.
It wanted to be able to mix coleslaw in it and not have to dirty three bowls to have enough.
He thought that the bowl was going to be too heavy for a mixing bowl, but he’d do just about anything for his family. Even if he had to work all night.