“For one of you?” Keys wondered. Why would they ask to have all three brothers living in one house and also request a second house?
“For our parents,” Thorne clarified. “With Goose and I planning to move here, and then Grimm following next year, they might consider coming down as well if we had a house available for them.”
Keys didn’t even bother to look at Tom before he said, “Absolutely. We know how important family is. We’ll work something out later with it.” To Tom, he said, “Let’s cancel the third house and work up some numbers for the smaller of the two homes for their parents.” Since both homes were being purchased outright, they could do either a rent or rent-to-own situation for the second house. “Unless you have another sibling or a second cousin you’d like the third house for?” Keys asked the brothers.
They laughed. “No,” Goose chuckled. “Just the parents. We appreciate your willingness to accommodate us in this.”
“Of course.” Tom also had his phone out and was taking notes on it. “Now, let’s talk salary, hours, and expectations.”
* * *
Gl!tch.OS: Wow… So you do remember I exist.
WiseWave620: Hardy-har-har. I have no doubt you were watching the whole time and know exactly why I put my phone down.
Gl!tch.OS: So you could interview two very fine members of the masculine gender??
WiseWave620: [grumbling .gif]
Gl!tch.OS: Is it wrong of me that I’m looking into your fire system to see how easy it would be to set off your sprinklers so they would have to remove their shirts???
WiseWave620: I will brick your devices… I swear to Turing…
Gl!tch.OS: I’m sorry. I’ll stop. I looked into them. They seem like good men. Honorable. How’d you get in touch with them?
WiseWave620: Lucky and Bear met the youngest brother Grimm when they were at Disney in May.
Gl!tch.OS: I’m still trying to wrap my head around what the parents were smoking when they named their child ‘Aesop’.
WiseWave620: I know, right! I’d never.
WiseWave620: I mean, I’d have to have kids first, but still…
Gl!tch.OS: Do you want kids?
WiseWave620: …wow… This conversation turned serious fast.
Gl!tch.OS: It’s an honestquestion.
WiseWave620: I love my club nieces and nephews. They’re great and adorable…but they’re also returnable. If I have any biological, I don’t know about them. My younger brother and I haven’t talked since I was seventeen when he gave me his final FU message. But I’m not so sure I’d make a great father.
Gl!tch.OS: Why not?
WiseWave620: Oooh, look, there’s a bank robbery thirty-three miles from Poison. Maybe we should get on that…
Gl!tch.OS: Police have already been called. They’d get there before she could. Now why do you think you wouldn’t be a good father?
WiseWave620: Found a CEO who’s embezzling money.
Gl!tch.OS: Keys.
WiseWave620: Wow! GLOOMHAVEN is coming out with a new expansion.
Gl!tch.OS: KEYS!
WiseWave620: Yes, my dear, sweet friend who doesn’t pry into my personal life?
Gl!tch.OS: Why do you think you wouldn’t make a good father?
