Chapter 3 The Getaway
We feel more comfortable including Scott in our activities now. Dave and I are both amazed at how much Tom and Sharon enjoy "hanging out" at our place. They say it is more cozy, which Dave and I take to mean small and cluttered, but we enjoy their company. When they started coming over Dave made the mistake of taking Tom on a tour of the house. We had just bought it a couple years ago and we were slowly fixing it up the way we wanted.
One Friday I came home from work and there was a congestion of construction trucks in front of my house. All of them had the logo "Kelly Homes". I was standing looking at all these trucks when this guy came up and asked, "Are you Mrs. Davy?" I said, "Yes" and he just turned and walked back yelling, "This is the place." Yes that does make my husband's name David Davy which is why we don't mention it much.
I was shaking my head when Tom pulled up. I told him, "You know Dave is going to have a fit."
Every time you try to stop Tom his response is always the same, "What is money for if you can't spend it on the ones you love?" He said, "You and Dave have given Sharon and I so much, it's just our way of saying thank you."
I had to laugh and said, "A card would have been nice, not a $30,000 renovation."
The guys had already started working when Dave got home. I met him at the door and he just shook his head and said, "I said the wrong thing again didn't I?" I just nodded. We have learned to be careful what we "mention" around Tom. It has a way of happening. That's anything from sex to, well, a $30,000 renovation.
Tom came up to join us and handed Dave a beer from the fridge. We told Tom and Sharon to make them selves at home, our house was their house and they took us literally. It was like we all had two houses, one for fucking and one for hanging out. Tom said, "Looks like the men will be here most of the weekend so I guess you're stuck at our house this weekend."
Scott heard that and jumped up and yelled, "All right!" and went running to pack a bag. Grandma was busy this weekend so she couldn't pick him up this week. Dave and I just shrugged our shoulders and started packing also.
As we headed to the bedroom Tom yells, "You're going to love it when you get back."
We followed Tom back to his place and went in the back. Sharon was waiting for us on the patio outside the kitchen. When she saw us she waved and said, "I'm glad you're here. Tom said you were coming for the weekend."
We each kissed her hello and I asked, "Did he tell you why?"
She looked like she was trying to remember something and said, "Something about some remodeling you were doing."
Kind of huffy Dave said, "That's an understatement."
She laughed and asked, "Tom get carried away again?" Then she saw Scott and yelled, "Hi Scott. I'm glad you came, now we don't have to pick you up tomorrow."
I grabbed her arm and asked, "What's tomorrow?"
Waving her hands she said, "Oh, it's just some surprise Tom has for Scott." Then she looked at me and said, "You know I can't tell you, Tom likes to do that." In other words don't ask.
Tom came up beaming as he always does when he has something up his sleeve. He grabbed Scott's bag and said, "Let me show you to your room, I mean the guest room." Dave and I both said "TOM?"
He turned slowly and said, "I converted one of the guest rooms to a kids room," then quickly added, "You never know when we might have kids stay over. You have to be prepared."
Dave asked, "And what about the work on our house?" Tom thought for a moment the said, 'We just finished a big job and the next one won't start till next Friday. The guys needed the money." Then he stood proudly and stated, "Your house is helping 30 workers put food on the table for their families, you can't say no to that, can you?"
Tom has his own logic and there is no sense arguing with him. The way he presents it, you can't find anything to disagree with. Sharon said, "I'll take you up to your room.
On the way I asked her, 'Doesn't Tom have an off button?"
She laughed and said, "unfortunately not. I gave up. There were so many years we did with out and now he's trying to make it up and I don't think he will ever believe he's done that, and you know what he always says.....in unison we all say, "What is money for if you can't spend it on the ones you love?"