Chapter 19: Found Her….Now To Bring Her Back
Cal's father continued to fuss him about not being married. It was already March, and Cal only had a month left until his deadline.
"Caledon, I'm serious, if you don't marry within the next month, the family business will be your brother's.
"But Father, he's only a child." Cal argued.
"I will pass it on to him when I think the time is right!" Nathan growled at his son. Cal just frowned at this.
"You'll see father, I will marry before the deadline." Cal said. Nathan rolled his eyes at his oldest son.
"You keep saying that, I have yet to see the DeWitt Bukater girl…or the diamond that I paid so much for." Nathan yelled. "Why don't you just marry Mildred Kriekenbaum, you seem to fancy her" Nathan suggested.
"I would, but I am still engaged to Rose." Cal explained.
"Engaged! I have never seen the girl, so how am I supposed to believe you!" Nathan yelled again.
"I just have to find her, she ran off with this gutter rat." Cal said with a frown.
"Oh, so she doesn't love you." Nathan said.
"She does love me, but she's just trying to get back at me for not getting her a good enough engagement ring." Cal lied. "She's playing hard to get at the moment, or hide and seek in this case." Cal said with a chuckled.
"Well she's in a damn good hiding spot if you haven't found her yet." Nathan said not amused at his son's joke.
"Yeah, she is really good at hiding." Cal said with a frown. "She's probably already married to that cheap trash by the name of Dawson." Cal mumbled under his breath so his father could not hear.
"What was that son?" Nathan asked.
"Oh…It was nothing." Cal lied.
"That didn't sound like nothing to me." Nathan said. Just as Cal was about to defend himself there was a knock on the door. "Come in." Nathan said. Spicier Lovejoy walks into the room with an evil smile across his face. He then walks up to Cal.
"What is it?" Cal growled at Lovejoy. "What can possible be so funny?" Cal asked starting to get mad. Nathan, too aggravated to care walked out of the room.
"I have some information that you might find very valuable." Lovejoy said with a grin.
"Well…What are you waiting for! Say what you've found out already." Cal said annoyed.
"I have found out where Miss DeWitt Bukater is." Lovejoy said with a laugh holding back some information, actually a lot of information. He didn't want Cal to lose his temper, he was already mad enough. Cal was about to speak but he was cut off by Lovejoy. "Wait, That's not all…I also found out that her mother and father live next door." Lovejoy said with a chuckle knowing that Cal wouldn't believe him.
"You liar, you couldn't have seen her father, he is dead." Cal growled.
"You all may think he is dead." Lovejoy replied.
"So you mean he faked his death to get away from us?" Cal asked Lovejoy. Lovejoy replied with a nod. "So where are they?" Cal asked.
"The live in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin." Lovejoy replied.
"Well then, let's take a little road trip." Cal said with an evil smirk. "If you are lying to me, it won't be pretty." Cal said with a frown. He then walked out of the room to start packing what he needed.