After the Friday I had, I really wanted everyone to go home so I could relax and reflect. So after we ate the leftover bar-b-q I told Angel, Jacob, and Tyler that I was tired and wanted to be alone.
After a little pushback, they finally left and I got my wish. Silence.
Tammy, Melissa, Michelle, and Tammy's friend Linda were scheduled to return Sunday around 5:30 and I remember thinking 'That sounds like a long time away, but yet it isn't', and that was true.
Early Saturday morning, around six a.m. I dressed and drove the Gator down to the barn. I checked on a few mama cows who were expecting and talked to the hands who were scheduled to feed and water, and after they left the New Barn for the day I went into my office and turned on my computer. I was watching a video of man-on-man sex when Tyler entered the room.
Looking at him, in tight-fitting sweats and a loose sweatshirt, he looked like an innocent young teenager, but in reality, I knew he was anything but!
"What ya doing, Grandpa?" Tyler asked as he plopped down in the chair across from my desk, kicking off his Crocs and putting his feet on my desk.
Raising my eyebrows, I looked at his bare feet on my desk and said, "Son your feet are on my desk."
Tyler smiled his innocent-looking smile, licked his lips, and said, "I remember the first time I tasted your dick, right in there!" and pointed towards the shower room.
I chuckled and said, "But your feet weren't on my desk!"
Tyler smiled back and asked, "What is better? My feet on the floor or my lips around your penis?"
I sighed heavily and said, "Tyler, a lot has gone on lately and..."
Tyler interrupted by saying, "Do you honestly think we don't know what's been going on? Because we do. Grandpa D I'm sorry for my role in how it started, but I can't say I am sorry for what it became, because I am not. We are closer than we have ever been in our lives and I am grateful for that!"
I said, "I wish you knew everything, I really do. However, some things are best left unknown. But I appreciate your words."
Tyler took his feet off my desk and after planting them on the floor, he looked squarely at me and said, "What I do is a lot, sure, it might not be everything, but it's enough. And I understand. You thought you had a special person of your own. One to not share. And one who would give give you exactly what you need, or want, and not be family. I looked for that too. And I really thought Byron would be that person for you especially after Maci died in that..."
I interrupted and said, "I don't ever want to hear that name again. You aren't off base, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. Anyways, I have some work to do."
I stood and walked out into the shop and began working on my 1963 Case 430 Tractor. I had no idea Tyler would jump right in and begin helping me, but he did.
Four hours had gone by before I knew it, and surprisingly we had a great deal of the rehab done on the crankshaft.
I sat down on a shop stoop and said, "Son, we are pretty greasy and dirty, but I sure appreciate your help. I suppose if we put these tools away and sweep the shop floor and straight up a bit, you can head home and enjoy your Saturday afternoon and night."
Tyler shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sure. That's exactly what I was thinking."
Thirty minutes later I was hugging Tyler goodbye at the overhead door and then I headed to the wash basin to scrub the grease off my hands, then I stripped and headed to the shower.
I turned the hot water on high, then adjusted the sauna to my perfect temperature of 172° before returning to stand under the rain-head shower.
That's when I saw him.