26
"Taddy?"
"Oh Babby my love. What are you doing?" Ianto asked with delight as his daughter was not one to use a phone unless necessary. Like Ton, she was a 'where is it'…'Ta' kinda girl.
"Was wondering where you were. Me and Bethy got back from London early and you are not here"
"Lake House love. Check the fridge door for the notes, remember?" Ianto crooned "I left the drawings for the house on the table … I think I have it all nailed in now. Just need a perusal from you two before they break ground."
"you're kiddin!"
"No Babby, they are good to go if you are" he smiled as he listened to her excited squeals then her soft sigh.
"Oh Taddy. I love the decking!"
He was relieved, worried it was too dark of a honey but pleased that his painting had gone down well, Bethy also joining in as she took the phone from her wife amd put it on speaker.
"Taddy you spoiler. It's perfect, I love the safety gates too. You thought of everything. I can even sunbath on that roof amongst the plants and solar panels."
"Oh my" Ianto giggled "Are you two coming up this weekend? Sam and Fen are staying there if you wanna stay. I don't know if Walt can get away from those rewrites so Curt is still deciding. If you stay there he might too, I think he feels a bit lonely as Sam is independent."
"Well, I was undecided but now think we should stay and go over the colour scheme you have listed here, the internal walls. Maybe if we can lock all that in it means we can start shopping for tap ware and the fittings."
Babs was now a dab hand at this building thing, knowing that getting all the light fixtures and fittings to match made things so much easier. Being able to buy in bulk was best as going back to a store in three months as another room was being fitted out meant sometimes you didn't get the same fitting as the others. This was building 101.
"That sounds lovely, Curt would love to help with colour charts and such. He still has all the charts from his and Walt's place. He did all that ya know, Fen let me do his and Sam's but Curt was the master of the design for his." Ianto smiled as they talked freely and agreed, Curt did have a good eye for colour. What made him a good makeup man too. Lord. Man of many talents.
"I think you and Daddy have the place to yourselves" Babs finally said "We will all stay here and lark up. Might get a band in … catering… a moose."
He laughed as she teased him and then he sat back after the call to look across the water of the lake.
Might take a swim while Hawk was snoozing in his pen.
What Ton called the 'Jail House'