Justin was going out of his mind with excitement. He had just hung-up with the Capside Gazette who had called to extend a job offer to his Aunt Betty. Justin new his aunt had already accepted the Washington job but Justin still told the Gazette that Betty accepted whole-heartedly and that she would be in Capside in two-weeks to begin her job. His aunt maybe a tad bit upset with him at first but he was sure that she would forgive him any way as soon as she heard she had the job, "Now where did Aunt Betty and mom run off too?"
Daniel was at the airport waiting for Amanda to arrive with his bag. He should take a que from Wilhemina and just leave a bag at work for such emergency's. True emergency's such as the one him and Wilhemina were about to face in London rarely happened it would always be best to have a suitcase at work so he wouldn't be out of his mind with worry. He could always buy what he needed once he arrived in London but once Wilhemina and him touched down in London it would be straight drive to the office to bring back some order. With the chief editor and creative designer for the magazine having been fired due to their dipping into the company's profits the place was a mad house. It brought to mind the old saying, when the cat's away the mice will play. He doubted the employees were wrecking the place but from the instructions him and Wilhemina received just a few hours ago from Meade Senior he wanted the situation handled and cleared by the end of the week, good thing it was Wednesday.
Betty had convinced Hilda to take the train instead of a cab. She wanted to delay her arrival home as much as possible before she told her dad the news, at least the part that wouldn't get anyone hurt. When they were only a couple of blocks down the street from their house they saw Justin running towards them and they could hear screaming. "You have to hurry, Walter came to see you and grandpa has been laying into him for the last 10minutes. If you don't stop him now he is bound to give himself a heart attack!" Hilda and Betty ran to the house and saw their father standing at the top of his steps with a baseball bat and Walter on the other side of the gate, a good safe distance away. Hilda was the first to react, "Daddy!!! Stop get back in the house, Betty and I will deal with this." Hilda walked up the steps tugging Justin along so he could help him drag her father inside. Betty was behind Hilda when Walter reached for her arm, "Stop wait here." When Betty was sure her father, her sister and Justin were safely inside she turned to Walter, "What is now Walter?"
"I came to see you because I wanted to tell you that the girl from the wedding she lied. She wasn't pregnant, it was a false alarm." Betty looked confused at Walter, "Congratulations??" she didn't understand why he was here sharing this news with her. "I wanted to tell you so you knew that …" Betty stopped Walter before he could utter another word, "Walter really congratulations but I've moved on. I am going to Washington for a new job and I'm going by myself. Have a good life Walter." With that she went inside. She saw that the windows were open in the living room so her father had heard the news as well. "Washington? State or D.C."
Justin burst in, "No grandpa she is going to North Carolina!" Justin had been bursting with the good news and he felt so much better now that it was out. "Aunt Betty the Capeside Gazette called and they said you had the job and I told them you would be there as soon as you could get yourself together. Congratulations!!!" Justin rushed over to his aunt and gave her a congratulatory hug, "What's wrong I thought you wanted that job more than the others, so I took the liberty of accepting for you." Betty turned to look at Hilda and nodded, "No Justin that is fine all that fresh clean air and peacefulness will be perfect, thank you. I'll call Washington and tell them I've changed my mind." Betty turned to look at her father as he sat on the sofa feeling dejected. "Daddy?" He opened his arms to her and she sat next to him to accept his hug, "Congratulations sweety. I'll make you your favorite dinner." At the mention of food Betty had to bite the inside of her check, hard to stop from running to the bathroom and throwing up. This pregnancy was not looking good so far.