Chapter 7

I don't own these characters, but it would be nice if I did.

Wait...In this story, I actually created some of them, so I do own them.

Anyways, I do promise to keep them true to themselves.

And as for the ones I did create, who they are is up to me, so...

Bailey continued to fly around the home office getting everything ready for Wilfred Tipton's arrival. She had labeled and bookmarked everything she thought was relevant and important in all of the documentation she had. And while she was doing that, Ben and Cody were hard at work getting dinner prepared. Everyone stopped what they were doing when the doorbell rang. Bailey made her way to open the door, and once again, she found the turtle standing there.

"Come on in, Mr. Tipton."

The turtle parted, and Mr. Tipton made his way inside. Bailey showed him back into the home office and closed the door. Immediately, she began to detail everything that she had discovered.

"It was there staring at me, but it didn't click in my mind until Cody said he had to take his SUV in for service this afternoon. Then, it dawned on me. Maybe I'm just not familiar with how Transportation works, but it seems like overkill to have fleet services and an outside mechanic."

Wilfred nodded slowly. "I admit, that strikes me as odd as well. Fleet services should be handling everything. I mean, I pay them well enough to do so. Any idea who this outside firm is?"

Bailey shook her head. "I have no idea. I've never heard of them, but then again, I wouldn't have any reason to."

"True. Unfortunately, without knowing who exactly I can and can't trust, I can't just make a phone call to fleet services. I can get some of my...outside...resources on it, but it may take a while to come up with something."

"So, should I just sit on this for a while?"

"I think so. Just act like you are still working on it though. I'm betting by now that someone is keeping an eye on you as well. If you stop working on it, whoever it is may begin to panic. While it could bring them out in the open, it could cause them to do something stupid."

Meanwhile, Cody and Ben were continuing to work on dinner. Ben was preparing a sauce while Cody was busy putting the noodles onto the burner. However, the doorbell rang again.

"Keep an eye on things, and I'll see who it is."

Ben nodded, and Cody went to answer the door. When he opened it though, no one was there. He frowned and looked around, but he saw nothing. About to close the door, he happened to look down and found a wrapped manilla envelope on the ground. Cody just shook his head and laughed. He should be used to their methods by then. Picking up the envelope, he closed the door and knocked on the door to the home office. Once he heard Bailey say to come in, he stuck his head inside.

"Bails...There's a package for you..."

Bailey shrugged. "Just put it in the kitchen, and I'll get it later."

Cody smiled. "Its the package you ordered the other day...You know, the special delivery?"

Bailey just looked at Cody in confusion before it dawned on her what he was talking about. "Oh! That package. Bring it here."

Cody came in and handed it to Bailey.

"I'm taking it that's the information you got from your Skulls contacts?"

Both Cody and Bailey whipped their heads around to see a grinning Wilfred Tipton.

"Oh please. I know you two are Bonesmen. I've known for years. Remember, I told you both when you graduated high school that I can contacts at Yale..."

Cody and Bailey continued to look at him in surprise. "Well...ummm..."

Wilfred laughed. "And I know you can't talk about it, so I won't ask. Though, even I would love to have some of the contacts and resources you do. How about we just see what you have?"

Cody turned to Bailey. "I'll just get back to dinner..." He turned to Wilfred Tipton. "You're more than welcome to join us if you would like."

Mr. Tipton shook his head. "I appreciate the offer, but no thank you. I already have dinner plans this evening with a beautiful young lady."

Bailey frowned. "I thought your current marriage was actually going pretty well..."

"Oh, it is...I'm having dinner with Nikki tonight and giving London and Todd a night to themselves."

Cody nodded. "Well, I'll let you two get back to your meeting."

Wilfred spoke up again. "Oh yeah...Doc...Next Friday...10 AM."

Cody nodded again. "I'll make sure my schedule is cleared."

Bailey looked at Cody with a curious look, but she knew she could follow up later. Cody exited the home office and returned back to the kitchen. On the other hand, Bailey ripped open the envelope and pulled out all of the information inside of it. She split it up and handed half of it to Wilfred Tipton. Both began going through the documents in their hands. Eventually, Wilfred found something that caught his eye.

"What was the name of that third party mechanic again?"

Bailey checked the budgets. "Big A Commercial Mechanics."

Wilfred began laughing. "Gotcha!"

Bailey looked up. "What?"

"Well, it looks like Mr. Wade Harrison went through a lot of trouble to hide his tracks, but your contacts were even better. I have information in my hand that says he his the co-owner of Big A...along with another member of my board of directors. Thanks to this, my men can get right to work finding out everything they can about Big A. My guess is that its just a front." He paused. "My own people have been stealing from me. This will not stand."

Bailey paused. "Are they soon to be goat herders?"

Wilfred laughed. "I see everyone has heard about that. But no, goat herding would be too good for them. But, you don't want to know what I have planned. Maybe I'll have them say hello to my brother Teddy for me..."

Not sure if she wanted to know, Bailey asked anyways. "What did he do?"

"You really don't want to know..."

Bailey shook her head and mumbled to herself. "What is it with people named Teddy anyways?" She looked back at Mr. Tipton. "What do you want me to do now?"

Wilfred paused to think. "Change of plans. I'm going to call an emergency board meeting for next Friday afternoon. At that moment, we'll have some fun. Well, all of us except two."

"You think that will tip them off?"

"Nah. I'll let it slip to the bugs that its about something else. We'll blindside them, and my men will be there to help the gentlemen...clean out their offices. Until then, just act normal."

Bailey nodded. "Will do. I'll just keep up appearances."

Wilfred stopped. "Just to be on the safe side, I'm going to have my men provide security for you and your family. I don't want to take chances. Trust me though, you won't even know that they are there."

"Alright."

"See you next Friday then. Until the, spend some time with your family."

Bailey smiled. "Sounds good to me."

Wilfred left, and Bailey made her way back to the kitchen. And her timing was just right as dinner was ready to be served. What followed was a typical Martin family dinner where everyone just sat around and talked about their days. Bailey spoke up over dessert.

"This is your last weekend before school starts. Lets do something fun to send summer out with a bang."

Ben looked up. "Like what?"

Bailey paused. "Well, we could go to the beach house for the weekend...or we could all go to Six Flags New England for the weekend..."

Ben and Annie looked at each other and smiled. "Six Flags!"

Bailey turned to Cody. "What do you think?"

Cody paused. "Well...if we're going to be at the park when it opens, we should probably leave tonight..." He smiled at them. "That's if you want to be there when it opens."

Both kids grinned. "Oh yeah..."

"Well, you guys should go pack a small bag then. And don't forget your swimsuits. Your Mom and I need to find us a hotel to stay at."

The kids both got up and ran up the stairs. Bailey smiled at Cody.

"Thank you."

"Well, it does sound like fun. And it will be good to see you relax some. Now, I am thinking a two bedroom suite so I can have some time alone with you once they're worn out."

"Sounds perfect."

Cody smiled. "It'll be like being back at Disney World again...Maybe I should ask for the honeymoon suite?"

Bailey laughed. "Maybe so..." Bailey paused. "Cody, can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"Are you Wilfred Tipton's doctor now?"

Cody smiled. "Bails, you know I can't tell you that. Patient-Doctor confidentiality."

"I know, but the way he called you Doc makes me think you are."

Cody shrugged. "Maybe he thinks I look like the scientist from Back to the Future? Speaking of which, I wouldn't mind having a DeLoreon. I was never big into cars, but I always wanted one of those..."

"Cody..."

"Yes, Sweetheart?"

Bailey shook her head. "Nice try in changing the subject. But I do know you can't tell me anything."

"Thank you."

Bailey smiled. "And no, you can't have a DeLoreon. Those things aren't very safe. Knowing you, you'd try to get it up to 88 miles per hour, and who knows what would happen then."

Cody laughed. "Oh, alright..."

"But I do think this weekend away is just what we need. It'll be good for all of us."

"I agree." He grinned. "I can't wait to feel you holding on to me tightly on another roller coaster. I loved when you did that. I think I still have the imprints from when you held on to me for dear life on Space Mountain..."

Bailey laughed. "I remember. It'll just be nice to have things calming down a little. Once this thing with work is over, our lives can finally go back to normal."

To be Continued...