Zach put his hands around his mouth and hollered, “Adams! Hey Tom! Hey, Georgie! Is that you, Sammy?”
Quentin said, “James and Zach would duck and I would be left waving. Hi, Sam Adams, sorry to bother you, sir.”
James said, “You had a blast.”
“I did, that was awesome, would do it again in a second.”
Emma said, “While I want to hear all the stories, you three need to hit the showers, it’s ripe.”
They all nodded their heads. James and Sophie carried Junior down the hall to their room.
Quentin asked, “Just so I know, Boss, what’s on the docket?”
Magnus said, “We are goin’ tae deliver chests tae Balloch so Sean and Lizbeth can pack all their necessaries.” He looked at his watch. “We leave on the morrow.”
Quentin raised his brow, “By ‘we’ you mean… I’m going with?”
Magnus said, “Nae, not yet, ye can rest here. Kaitlyn and I will go, we will visit, help them pack. I need tae speak tae Sean and Lizbeth, I fear last time we dinna speak on the move enough.”
Quentin said, “I don’t want to not go though, I’m going to really miss the old place.”
Magnus said, “We will all go to help them move later, when they are ready. I will pin them down on the date.”
Beaty said, “Good, I am glad ye are goin’ tae help them pack, I think Lizbeth must be verra worried about the move… Magnus, I want ye tae take some gifts from me tae remind her how good twill be.”
Magnus smiled, “Aye, I will be yer delivery service.”
Quentin said, “I’m glad you don’t need me, boss…” He looked down on his clothes. “It’s going to take a hundred showers to get that vacation off me. But you and Kaitlyn are going by yourselves, this is the kind of calm we have now, vacations and peace?”
“Aye, this is the kind of calm we hae.”
Quentin said, “Well, couldn’t have happened to nicer people. We deserve it.” He and Beaty left for their apartment.
Zach rubbed his hands. “So, what’s for dinner?”
We all shrugged.
I said, “It’s just past lunch and I cut the sandwiches the wrong way?—”
He groaned. “But… but… Katie, that’s the most fundamental part of sandwich-making!”
“I see them cut diagonally all the time.”
Emma groaned.
Hayley said, “Oh no, girl, now he’s about to lecture on the cut of?—”
Zach launched in, “I have told everyone this amilliontimes: meat and cheese with mustard, that’s a diagonal cut; meat and cheese with mayo, rectangle; any of the smears, peanut butter, cream cheese, pimento, have to be cut in little squares with the crust off.”
I said, “Somehow I cannot remember this valuable lesson, so you’ll have to just cook. You just flew in from Colonial times and we’re sorry, but we’re out of food, and everyone is going to want an amazing meal because of the privations I caused with a messed up angle on the lunch — welcome to the thunder dome.”
“Fine, I will step in and make an amazing dinner, because none of you will learn.”
I grinned.
Magnus said, “Chef Zach, we hae missed ye, greatly. We are relieved ye hae returned. I look forward tae the brisket ye hae planned for the evening meal.”
Zach laughed, “Brisket, hmmm? Okay, pressure cooker, I can do that, fine.”
