Sutton stepped out the back door to say lunch was ready but froze, seeing Sarah and Joseph still kissing passionately. “They had to have given them drugs,” he mumbled, then shouted, “Lunch!”
Just walking past the two, Arthur grabbed Wendy’s hand. Behind them, Jason grabbed Samantha’s. Inside, they found everyone except Sarah and Joseph in the dining room. Before sitting down or even picking up Nicole, Arthur walked around the table and picked up Vicki and engulfed her in a hug.
Sighing contently, Vicki hugged him back. “What did I do?” Vicki asked.
“Just being Little Momma,” Arthur told her and then Wendy hugged both of them.
“You are so smart, Little Momma,” Wendy said, squeezing tight.
Trying to figure out what she had done, Vicki just gave up and enjoyed the hugs. After Arthur put her down, Nicole was yelling from her bouncy chair. “You need to relax,” Arthur said picking her up, and Nicole stopped fussing.
Not sitting down, Arthur looked around the room. “Listen,” he said, and everyone turned to him. “I’m telling Vicki, she is to pick a full-time assistant to help her with the kids. If you’re picked, you’d better be honored or I’ll show you the mistake you made. There are too many kids now, even with others lending hands, for Vicki to continue on alone.”
Looking down the table at Vicki, “Little Momma, I want you to think about it and tell me who you want for an assistant tomorrow,” Arthur said, getting ready to sit down.
“I know who I want,” Vicki told him instantly.
Dropping into his chair, “Who?” Arthur asked.
The entire room turned to Vicki and she turned to look down the long table. “I want Chloe for an assistant,” Vicki stated with clarity. Many breathed a sigh of relief, a few sighed in disappointment. Stunned that she’d been chosen, Chloe stared at Vicki in shock.
“Vicki, can I ask you why? But it will be done,” Arthur nearly gasped, never expecting Chloe for Vicki’s choice.
“Shawn asked she be given another chance, and he’s the best big brother ever. Chloe has changed, and the kids will like her,” Vicki replied.
“I’ll do my best,” Chloe told Vicki, then cut her eyes over at Shawn and mouthed ‘Thank you’.
After lunch, Arthur had no desire to go outside. Joseph and Sarah weren’t there anymore and hadn’t come in for lunch. They’d just disappeared, but nobody went looking for them. Sitting in his office, Arthur looked up when Jason walked in. “Samantha taking her nap?”
“Yep, but only after Vicki reminded her, very nicely I must add,” Jason grinned, and saw Arthur was drawing diagrams of something so he moved along the wall, looking at the pictures.
Picking up the protractor, Arthur carefully drew a line on the page. “You want to go with me and the kids to the range in an hour?” Arthur asked.
“Love to,” Jason chuckled, moving along the wall still looking at the pictures. He suddenly froze and yanked a picture off the wall so fast, he knocked two others to the floor. “It’s her!” Jason shouted, scaring the shit out of Arthur and making him throw the pencil and protractor through the air.
Spinning in his chair and getting up, “Her, who?” Arthur asked walking over.
Holding the picture in his left, Jason jabbed a finger at the picture with his right. “This is that fucking bitch, Sovereign Instructor Eve right there! I would know that fucking slut anywhere!” Jason bellowed.
Standing beside Jason and looking down at the picture, Arthur saw it had been taken at the church of the women’s group. Standing in the center of the picture was Alicia. He’d been there the day Wendy had taken this picture of the Quilt Club at the church. “Fuck me! She’s still alive!” Arthur shouted.
THE END
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