Silas laughed, “Wow I didn’t know you were that good, you had me fooled for years!”
“Well son we always told you as long as you are happy, we are happy. We both thought she made you happy, but then we saw you becoming more depressed. However, you know your mother and I would never meddle in your private affairs.” His father explained.
“Yeah I know. I appreciate that, but I wish you both would have kicked me in the ass and woke me up.” Silas commented.
“But then Sally wouldn’t have been here yet. It all happens for a reason. Everything is planned out for us, and when we choose a different path we might have to wait longer for happiness.” Martha said.
Sally liked the words and had to agree with Martha, “You know my mom often said the same thing to me growing up. She tried to teach me to be patient when things didn’t work out how I wanted them too.”
“She’s a smart woman, and she raised a very intelligent girl. I would love to have them come visit us one day. Before the wedding that is.” Martha said.
“Well they run a farm, and it is hard for them to take time off. But I guess I tell them and see what they say. Maybe after harvest.” Sally commented.
“When do you plan on getting married?” Martha asked.
“Honestly we hadn’t discussed it yet. Silas?” Sally turned towards him.
He shrugged his shoulders, “As soon as the divorce is final, though I’m not sure how long that will be. It will all depend on Jackie and how she deals with the whole thing.” He answered.
“Knowing that woman she’ll complain about everything.” His father stated.
Silas busted out laughing looking at his dad and then stopped, “There are a few things she might try to bring out into the open. I would suspect you might be approached by people asking you about them. So I think I should tell you about them, so you aren’t shocked.” He said more seriously.
“Well go ahead son.” His father said, “I’m sure it isn’t a big deal, just something she can use to try and hurt you.”
Sally sat beside Silas and held his hand as he prepared to tell his parents some personal things that were quite embarrassing. He faltered, unsure how to move forward.
Sally sat up and said, “Silas has been known to like doing a few things that many people will find sick. But he doesn’t do them anymore. Jackie has already threatened to expose this secret in court and to the rest of the world. She’s trying to blackmail him to pay her off since she cheated, and will effectively not get a huge amount of money from Silas as she had hoped.”
Silas looked at her, “Thank you sweetheart.”
“What kind of things though? Surely we should know to be prepared.” His mother asked.
“I would sometimes wear women’s clothes when we had sex.” He said silently.
His mother laughed, “Is that all? Son you can turn on the television and see worse these days. If she thinks that will work to blackmail you, don’t let her. Who cares what other people think?!”
Sally smiled at her, “I love you Martha; you are so great! I swear my mother and you would get along like sisters!”
“I’m sure we will. Hey honey, why don’t you find some workers to take over their farm for them so they can come visit us this week?” Martha turned towards Thomas and said.
“Sure. I’ll make a few calls.” He went to stand up.
“I don’t know if they’ll agree to that or not.” Sally said hesitantly.
“Why not dear?” Martha asked.
“They owe quite a bit on the farm and are struggling to make ends meet. They would never be able to afford hiring workers. Plus my dad is more of a hand’s on kinda guy, and won’t trust it to be left to anyone but him.” She explained.
“Thomas what do you say we go visit, where did you say it was sweetheart?” She asked Sally.
“Gibbon, Nebraska.” Sally stated.
“Thomas, let’s go visit Gibbon, Nebraska then. We can all go. Surely Silas can allow his fiancé a bit more time off to visit her mom and dad with us. After all it will seem odd if the McComb family shows up to talk about their daughter, and she isn’t along.”
Sally smiled.
“Hey what happened to not interfering in my private life?” Silas laughed.
“Honey, if you remember correctly that was your father who said that before. I’ve never held back my opinion about Jackie before, but I didn’t force you to make a choice either. I knew it wasn’t time yet. Also this isn’t just about you, it is about all of us. So what do you say?” She looked to both Thomas and Silas waiting for both of them to answer.
Sally had no doubt that Martha often got her way. Thomas caved in first, “Of course dear we can visit them and we’ll help with the harvest even.”
Silas looked at the rest of the people in the room and knew he had been outvoted. “What choice do I have? Of course we can go! But Sally and I really need to work on this new division and go over the resumes to try and get it set up and going as quickly as we can.”
“I don’t have a problem with that, I’ll take the file along and my laptop and I can work on it on the way there.” Sally smiled.
“Alright, when do we want to leave?”
Sally jumped and hugged Silas, “Oh thank you, my parents will be so happy to see me. I’ll be happy to see them too. The last time I visited them was about four months before I came to New York City.”
Silas kissed her but stopped after he heard both of his parents clear their throats, “Sorry.” He apologized.
“Don’t be sorry son, you got a very beautiful girl, and of course you’ll want to do those things, but please reserve them for behind closed doors.” His mother commented. “You know I’m old fashioned that way.”
“Yes ma’am.” Silas responded.
Chapter 26
“I called the pilot he’s getting the plane ready now. Everyone pack your stuff.” Silas announced as he hung up the phone.
“How long are we going to stay?” Martha called out from her room.
Silas looked at Sally, “How long are we going to stay?”
She shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t know, but we have a lot to get done, so maybe not too long.”
“We are taking the work along with us.” Silas reminded her. “So how long do you want to stay, if we are still working?” He asked again.
“Well the place isn’t that big, so we’ll have to rent a room in the hotel. But, damn Silas I don’t know, if it was up to me I’d stay a month because I know my parents miss me a lot. However, I don’t think we can spend that long away.” Sally muttered.
“We can stay as long as you want Sally. I don’t mind, as long as we are doing some work and I’m with you, I’m good. The business won’t fail while we are gone.” He kissed her, calling out to his mom he said, “We will stay for a month mom!”
“Should I call my parent’s and let them know we are coming?” Sally asked.
“No, why not surprise them? Or do you think they’ll be upset if we all show up together?” He asked.
“No, they’ll be thrilled to see me and I’m sure my parents will hit it off great with your parents. Heck my mom will try and convince us to stay there, she’ll even offer to give up their bed!”
Silas laughed, “Sounds like something my mom would do too!”
He kissed her and pulled her to him. “Hey you look awfully tired, are you sure you’re okay?”
“Yeah I think so, maybe I just have a bug that is coming on, and I’ve been tired and feeling kind of queasy the last few days.” She responded.
“Okay, but if you aren’t better soon, I’m going to make you visit a doctor, I’m sure you know plenty of them out there.” Silas stated.
“I won’t take prescription medicines. If I don’t feel better my mother will look me over and give me something natural to help out. Don’t worry Silas I’m fine, really.” Sally hugged him.
“You fit perfectly in my arms, you’re the right height for me as well. I can rest my chin on th
e top of your head.” He murmured as he rubbed her back.
“Don’t start! We still have to pack, and I don’t want to have your parents come looking for us and find us otherwise engaged!” Sally laughed.
Silas laughed, “Yes ma’am. Have you been taking lessons from my mom?”
“Nah, mine was the same way, so I learned it long ago!”
He laughed and swatted her butt. “I can’t promise I’ll be good once we get to Nebraska.” Silas laughed.
“Fair enough my love.” Sally smiled at him, “I don’t expect you to be good once we get there either!”
***
Silas drove the four of them to the small airport on the edge of town. “Why didn’t we just fly up here the first time?” Sally asked.
“I don’t know, I really enjoy driving, but Nebraska is a bit too far of a trip.” Silas answered. “We can fly from now on if you like.”
“No I was just asking, I liked the drive. I get to look at you the whole time, and the scenery is nice when I look out the window.” She smiled at him.
Martha sat down on the plane and asked, “How long will the flight be dear?”
“The pilot said almost three hours; then a short drive, I’ve already reserved the vehicle. So you should have plenty of time mom to do your crocheting.” Silas responded.
“So are we flying into your hometown Sally?” Thomas asked.
Sally laughed, “Gibbon is far too small, but we’ll most likely go to Kearney and drive from there.”
“Yep that’s what we are doing.” Silas commented. “You didn’t sneak a message to your parents did you?” Silas whispered to her.
“Not a word.”
“Good. I can’t wait to see their faces when they see you.” Silas smiled at her, and then pulled her closer, “So have you ever wanted to join the mile high club?” He laughed as she punched him in the chest.
“Silas, behave your parents are with us.”
“I have a private office on the plane!” He raised his eyebrows as if tempting her.
She thought about it a second and then questioned him, “Is it sound proofed?”
“No, not yet, but once we get back it will be!”
She laughed, “Than next time it is, but not this one. I really don’t want your parents to hear us making love.”
“Spoil sport!” He laughed and she joined in.
“Keep it up you manther!”
He held his chest as if she had injured him deeply, but she knew better. He couldn’t hold the fake sad lost look long and cracked up laughing. “I swear my little gerbil I’ll eat you up!”
“Gerbil?”
“Yeah I looked up the word for a younger woman who dates an older man, so you are my gerbil, if I’m your manther!” He chuckled.
“Oh my goodness, I’ll stop calling you a manther, I promise!”
***
They joked around almost the whole flight, Silas also made a few more calls and set up a hotel room for his parents and him,
“I know you said your mom would invite us to stay, but really I don’t want them giving up their beds for us. So I got us two rooms. You heard that right two rooms, meaning we’ll have our own!” He said, making his point clear that he would take her tonight in the room and make love to her.
“Yes I did dear! Good thing, but if the walls are too thin, they may hear us anyway!” Sally commented.
“Give me a second.” He picked up his phone and made another quick call. “Okay we have a room that isn’t right beside them, so you won’t have to worry.” He told Sally.
She laughed, “Wow, for a guy who abstained for four years you sure do want to make love a lot!”
“I’ve found a renewed reason for my life, and I have to be honest Sally you are one sexy woman that I can’t get enough of.”
She turned red at the compliment, and looked down.
“What I can’t believe is that you never had sex before me. Surely you dated someone?” Silas asked in a curious tone.
“Honestly I was always busy studying, and I didn’t want to just give away myself to anyone. I had to know that person was special, and I had to be in love with him.” Sally explained.
“I’m one lucky man!”
“Yes you are!” She laughed.
Every once in a while Martha and Thomas would interject into the conversation. But for the most part they were very quiet. Martha was working on something, but Sally wasn’t quite sure what it was yet. While Thomas had decided to take a nap after reading a book that was on the plane.
“Martha what are you making?” Sally asked.
“I’m crocheting a blanket for you wedding. I should have enough time to finish it before everything is done.” She commented, referring to the divorce hearings that would be coming up one day. Silas was still waiting to hear back from Jackie’s lawyer.
“I love the colors. It’s lovely.” Sally commented.
“Well blue is Silas favorite color, so I figured the various colors of blue with a bit of pink in it would be perfect. It will be a nice blanket for when you have babies.” Martha said, “But most likely I would make another one for them. This one is to be for the two of you, something special for a wonderful occasion.”
“That’s so sweet of you Martha!”
“You are the sweet one child, you make my son unbelievably happy; I can see it in his eyes. He was never like this with Jackie, even when they first got together. You know how most couples have that honeymoon phase? Well not those two, but I think that’s because Jackie was too selfish to ever give much of herself to another person. I don’t know why her parents raised her like that, but I would love to talk to them about her one day.” Martha said in disgust.
Sally couldn’t help but laugh and she turned to Silas, “The more I learn about Jackie the less I like her, and I never really liked her to begin with!”
Thomas had awoken at some point in the conversation and added in his two scents, “That woman was a spoiled little brat - nothing more!”
“I’m learning a lot I didn’t know before either!” Silas commented. “Seriously I always thought my father liked Jackie, but I think I was wrong, what about you?” He turned to Sally and asked seriously.
She couldn’t help but bust out laughing at his question, “Yeah just a bit I would say!”
Chapter 27
Silas followed the directions Sally told him as they drove away from the airport. She was clearly excited to surprise her parents. But she was also still very tired, even after catching a little cat nap on the way to Nebraska.
The lull of the wind moving against the fuselage had made her fall into a nice sleep. She had hoped she would wake up refreshed and ready to see her parents, even if she felt like she needed another eight hours of sleep.
Silas put his hand on her leg, “You happy?” He asked.
“Very much so.”
“Sweetie, I know your parents will be thrilled to see you!” He smiled over at her.
“Take the next left and follow the dirt road, you’ll be at our place soon!” Sally said excitedly.
“Is there anything in Nebraska besides cornfields?” Thomas asked from the backseat.
“Not really in this area but if you go north you’ll run into some lakes and a lot of hills. But nothing like you have near your home!” Sally commented.
As soon as they pulled up Sally was out of the door before Silas could open it for her. He chuckled as he followed her up to the door. Sally rang the doorbell instead of going in like she normally would.
“Hold on a second I’m coming.” She heard her mother call out from inside.
“Sally! I had no idea you were coming home, oh, and you brought people with you. Please come in, and forgive my manners. I’m just so shocked right now!” Her mother opened the door and gave Sally a huge hug.
“Mom, I’d like you to meet Silas McComb, his mother Martha and his father Thomas.” Sally introduced everyone.
“Hello everyone, my husband is out buying some pestic
ide he will be right back. Please have a seat, can I get you anything to drink? I have some fresh tea I just made.” Her mother said.
Sally could tell her mom was very shocked and quite happy to see the daughter. But she was clearly confused as to why all these are the people were with her.
“No use to go to any trouble for us.” Martha said, “We’ve come here to celebrate!”
“Oh, what are we celebrating?” Her mother stopped half way to the kitchen and asked.
“Mom, Silas and I are getting married once his divorce is final. He asked me the other night, and his parents wanted to meet you, so we flew out here today.” Sally explained shortly what was going on.
“Married? Wow, this is a cause for a celebration! Congratulations.” Her mom hugged her once more and Sally could feel the tears of happiness streaming down her cheeks.
“Oh don’t cry honey.” Her mom said, “I know you are happy, that’s what counts.” Her mom whispered into her ear.
Even though she hadn’t really considered it much before they got there, she realized she had been really nervous her parents not accepting the age between them. But she realized it was all in her head, and that her mom was filled with happiness for her.
“You have such a sweet daughter. She’s been having tea with me and checking on me every day since I got out of the hospital.” Martha said.
“That’s right Sally had told me you had a bad fall, and were in a coma. I’m really happy you are better now; we said several prayers for your health.”
“Thank you, they all helped, I appreciate it.”
Her dad walked in and saw the group sitting in the living room. “Sally!” He came and gave her a huge hug as well. She loved how affectionate her parents had always been with her.
“Frank, Sally and Silas came to celebrate their engagement.” Sally’s mom told her father.
“Is that right? Well I’ll be damned, congratulations to the happy couple!” Her dad smiled at her and winked.
“Yes sir, I love your daughter, and I hope you will forgive me for not asking your permission first.” Silas stood and shook her father’s hand.
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