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Timothy - 45. Chapter 45
Arriving at work, we stopped at the cafeteria for a cup of coffee. I headed to my office as I wanted to call Eva before I started working on that circuit board case.
“Eva, how is she?”
“We have her sedated. John is running a series of tests, but I haven’t seen the results.”
“When John has any results of significance, give me a call, and we will drive down. I called to let you know that Mom is on the way back home. Eva, I do not want Mom to see Ann Marie. We argued, and Mom thought we were wrong. If you could give Dad a warning because Mom will be on his case as well. Don’t be surprised if she is on yours as well. Have John talk to her.”
“I’ll let John and Dad know. What time did they leave?”
“They left at 6:30, but I told Randy to drive slow and to take a rest if he got tired.”
“Okay, I’ll tell Dad and John.”
“Eva, when you and John have a break, come on up to see Stephen and me.”
Eva and I have been close. Being only two years apart, we bonded.
I buried myself in my work. Stephen found that the competition had copied our connector using platinum in place of gold. The unit he bought had the manufacture date, which was after our patent was issued. We now had a case.
Walking home, “I called Eva this morning. I haven’t heard anything back.”
“What did she say about Ann Marie?”
“There are keeping her sedated and running a series of tests. I told her about Mom, and she said she would let John handle it.”
“We should invite them up. They haven’t seen our home.”
“I did invite them up. I’d like to know what happened this afternoon.”
“You can call when we get home.”
Walking into the house, we headed to our bedroom. We changed out of our suits, showered, and dressed in t-shirts and a pair of soft jersey sleep pants. Stephen went to start dinner, and I went to my office. There was some correspondence in the printer. There was a letter from Mr. James; he needed a statement from me stating that all of my previous demands were met. I responded to the letter in the affirmative. There was a letter from Randy, and it simply said to call him at the Parkers.
I went to the kitchen and showed him the note from Randy. “What do you think that is all about?”
“Call him.”
I got a cup of coffee, sat at the table, and called him. Mr. Parker answered, and since he was on the phone, we set a time on Monday to finalize the purchase of the farm. I asked to speak to Randy, and I heard him call Randy telling him he had a phone call.
“Hello”
“Randy, it’s Tim. I’m calling as you requested. What’s the matter?”
“Tim, I’m staying at the Parkers. When Mom and your mother arrived home, she wanted me to drive her to the hospital. I drove her there and came home. Your dad told me to go and stay at the Parkers. Your mom is angry at me because I took so long to bring them home. She accused me of stalling. I didn’t even have time to fill my gas tank. When I got home, I went to a gas station, and she tried to call your dad to come and pick her up. Tim, I’m going to stay at Parkers. You can reach me here.”
“Okay, Randy, I’m coming down on Monday, and I’ll stop by and pick you up. I guess I will have to lay the law down to Mom. Just stay at Parkers until I get there.” Saying goodbye, I hung up.
Sitting at the table with a cup of coffee, “Stephen, we will have to go down on Sunday. I have a meeting with Mr. Parker on Monday to close the deal on the farm. And while I’m there, I want to check on Ann Marie.”
“You are going to have to face your mother.”
“Yes, and she will be furious they won’t let her see Ann Marie. I think I’ll talk to Dad and Eva before I face Mom.”
“You know your Mom will try and get you to change your mind about keeping Ann Marie in the ‘hospital.”
“She’ll try, but it won’t work.”
“Can you count on your dad for support?”
“Yes, he was surprised by her reaction. I think for the first time, the blocks fell in place. I’m sure he has witnessed a tantrum from her but never how she acted when she read that letter from the court. After the years of ignoring me to find out I’m now the one she can no longer ignore must have been hard for her.”
“I hope this doesn’t create a problem between your mom and dad.”
“They have been married a long time, and I’m sure they have traveled over a rough road before. They will be okay.”
“What do you think about having dinner tomorrow with Mom and Dad. We haven’t done that for several weeks, and you can bring Gramps up to date on the circuit board, and you’ll make his day.”
“We need to buy a new circuit board. I want to use it in court and make sure it has a date and isn’t taken apart. We’ll do that in court.”
After dinner, I went to my office, and Stephen worked on his computer system in our bedroom.
Later laying in bed, “Stephen, what do you think about converting one of the guest rooms into a place for all of our equipment.”
“Why do you want to do that? What would we do when your mom and dad visit and Randy’s mom or Eva and John? We need those rooms for our guests.”
“Except for the weekends, the only time we spend together is lunch at work, dinner, and then here in bed. If we had all of our electronics in one room, we would see each other, and we could talk to each other while we work.”
“I have an idea. We could create a space in the basement.”
“That would be a great idea. Let’s do it.”
“Okay, I’ll do a layout, and you do one. Then we will decide which one we will build in the basement. We could make your current office into a guest room.”
I laughed. I knew who would occupy that room.
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