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On the third day after our sweet reunion, I overheard a conversation in the kitchen and right away understood, that the brewing days are over for now. I was on my way from a bathroom break with my new crutches (because the cane was not enough anymore), and they had nice rubber cups on the end, so no one heard me approaching. Oh, and also because they were so engrossed in the conversation, that they didn’t pay enough attention. So I decided to stick around in the doorway and just listen to the hushed quarrel of Shirley and doc Evans,
“I think we need to stop this, doc,” Shirley said tiredly, Doc responded in a quiet and disappointed
voice.
“You are probably right…” he rubbed his eyes in a gesture of fatigue. “We are just torturing her, when we need to concentrate on other pressing matters.”
“Are you not telling us something?”
“No, no, nothing like that. But we do need to plan ahead, so let’s pack these herbs for later, and
focus on something else…”
“Ok, doc, as you say…” Shirley exhaled with some relief and then continued “So what exactly are
our next moves?”
“Well, for starters we feed that monster inside of a pretty young thing that is eavesdropping on us
right now” he said with a smirk and I knew I was busted.
“Young lady!” Shirley exclaimed in outrage. “Do you know that is just rude to eavesdrop on grownups?”
“Sorry…” I muttered sheepishly and moved into the kitchen. “But in truth, I’m glad we’re dropping this all brewing for now… It’s kind of depressing…”
Shirley was at my side instantly, helping to hop on the stool and rubbing my back.
“I’m sorry, child, I guess we’ve got carried away there a bit…”
“No, it’s ok, I understand, it was worth a shot. And we did some useful things for later, right? So the time is not wasted, right?”
“Of–course it’s not, honey!” Shirley patted me on the head like puppy, to which I snickered, and then she moved to the stove. “How about some soup?”
“I could use some!” Said an excited Nick entering the kitchen and planting himself on a stool next to me. “Are you hungry?” He turned my way and pecked my lips. I blushed. I was still slightly uncomfortable with this public display of affection, but kept quiet not to lose these sweet moments.
“We sure are!” I answered happily. And so we ate together, and it was a good afternoon.
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Later that evening we were again in the living room, planning our next moves. All the team was
here and the mood was serious.
“When is Lisa supposed to call?” asked Nathan. Doc looked at his wrist watch and furrowed hist
brows slightly.
“In an hour or so. As soon as she’s back to her hotel. If I’m not mistaken, tonight she is having a
dinner with the Mayor and the dean of the university.”
“Good. Andrew, what’s the situation with Henry and the rogues?
“Still the same. Henry is still safe and undetected, and the rogues are doing basically nothing.”
“I don’t like it.” Said a grim Jonathan, “I don’t like it at all. Too easy and too calm.”
“Yeah…” doc Evans agreed. “How’s the situation with the rogues at our borders?”
“It’s been pretty quiet, but we’re not reducing the patrols.” Answered Andrew.
“Good.” was all that doc said then looked at his watch again and added “I really hope Lisa has some interesting news for us.”
“But what if she has none?” asked Simon.
“Then we wait. We don’t have many options for now.” answered Nathan.
“I don’t like it.” once again was Jonathan’s statement.
“None of us does, but I don’t see what else we can do here.” Said a slightly disappointed looking
Nathan. I kept to myself during this conversation, tucked into Nick’s side. In truth, there was nothing I could say. Even if we suddenly found out that my mother was indeed helping the Mayor, we couldn’t do anything about it, so… We were just left waiting.
“I say we use this time to relax a bit and watch a movie, what do you say?” Shirley clapped her
hands once and stood up from her spot.
“That is actually a good idea, we need a distraction.” agreed Nathan. “But I rather go home then, Angela has been bugging me that I don’t spend enough time with her.”
“Go to your mate, son, we’ve got thin.” Jonathan gave Nathan a side hug and shooed him out of the
house.
“We’ll get the popcorn!” Shouted Simon and together with Seamus ran to the kitchen.
“Don’t forget the ice–cream!” I shouted after them with a light laugh. Shirley rolled her eyes at the twins and went to grab a movie, Lena went to get some more pillows and soon enough we were deep
into an imaginary world of cinema. That was a good evening.
Unfortunately all good things must come to an end.
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