Chapter 36
The week after the memorial they had finally moved into the new house completely and had given up the apartment. They had both been a little wistful that day. The apartment had been their first shared home and it was where they had started their relationship and where they had started to merge their lives together. The new house was nice, but they both knew it just wasn't the right one. It was why they procrastinated unpacking their boxes; a lot of them still littered the floor even after three weeks. It didn't feel like a home and even Daryl no longer felt like setting up the nursery. It was just all wrong.
It was just two days after they had moved in, that Billy had accompanied Daryl home, wanting to talk to him and Teddy about something important. The uncle of Shawn Greene's girlfriend had his own garage, complete with a gas station in the heart of Ellijay, which he was going to sell. The business was quite profitable, but he wanted to retire and none of his daughters had any interest in taking over. Billy had always dreamed of having a business of his own, but he'd always lacked the money, and just like Daryl, he didn't like getting loans from the bank. Now he had the money and he had the opportunity to take over an already well-established and popular business and he wanted Daryl to get in on it with him. Billy's plan was to create kind of their own little family-run business. He would take care of the business end of things and he wanted Daryl to be in charge of the garage. He was the best mechanic Billy knew and he also knew that Daryl would help him in keeping things running smoothly. It also meant a pay raise for Daryl, which made him perk up noticeably.
But it wasn't just that. Working with Billy was nothing new, they've been doing it for five years and they were a great team. He liked working with his brother-in-law and the chance to no longer have to bother with Mike and have their own thing was fantastic. There were only a couple of things that made Daryl hesitate in saying yes right away. One was that the new responsibilities made him kind of nervous. He didn't like being a leader all that much. Having to boss other people around made him a bit nervous, and then there was the money thing again.
"Ain't got no money ta help ya buy this thing, man."
"You kind of do." Billy smiled. He shared a look with Teddy, and she immediately knew what he was talking about. Their inheritance. She didn't have to think twice about it, she smiled back at him and gave him a little nod, showing him, that she'd be okay with his plan. Billy's smile widened before he went on explaining to Daryl what he meant. "Look, I don't need you to pay half of what Stan is asking. I would be paying and owning the lion's share, but I want you to have a stake in it, too. I want our own family business, because that's what we are. The gas station with the small shop alone makes a lot of profit. People need gas, that's just a fact. If you invest in the business with me, you are entitled to a percentage of those profits. It's a nice bonus on top of your paycheck. It's money in the bank for a rainy day. It means being able to provide for your family even if something unexpected comes up. That's what I want for us and our families, Daryl. Not having to worry for once. Okay, your family would be fine either way because of what Teddy makes, but still,... I would really like for us to do this together. All we need is to invest our inheritance."
"That ain't my inheritance money to spend." Daryl stated quickly.
"No, but it's ours, Daryl." Teddy smiled and intertwined their hands. "And I think it's a brilliant idea and that you should do it. We don't need that money for anything else. It would be a good investment and I can see in your eyes that you would love to do it."
"But I don't want ta spend your money, woman. Yer daddy wanted YOU to have it."
"Daryl, I love you and I want this for you. Yes, my father saved up that money for Billy and me, but he loved you like a son. He would have wanted you to take that money and take this chance. He would have wanted me to support you both in this and I will." Teddy argued with him. She would not let him pass up this opportunity.
"I don't know. I wanna do right by him, girl. Ya know that. I don't know about usin' that money-"
"Baby, we're family. And you wouldn't be taking this money away from me. It stays in the family. It's our money and you would invest it in the future family business and in turn provide for us. You would be doing right by him. He'd be proud of the both of you for making it work together." Teddy's eyes started watering while she spoke. She just knew that Gerald would have loved Billy's idea and that he would have been very excited for him and Daryl. She could just imagine his big, proud smile he'd sport if he'd be there with them right now.
"Dad was a great business man. He knew a good opportunity when he saw one and I really think he would have approved of us using the money this way. Right?" Billy said and looked at Teddy questioningly.
"Absolutely." Teddy agreed wholeheartedly.
"Ya sure? Ya don't mind taking all that money and investin' it into this?" Daryl's expression was full of uncertainty when he looked at his wife. He had no idea about how businesses worked and he didn't want her to lose the money if that thing would tank. He would have to trust Billy's judgement on this one and trust him, that this would work out for them.
"I'm all for it. You boys go and get yourself that garage and be your own bosses. God knows you deserve it after slaving away for Mike for years, barely making a buck for all that hard work. It will be great for you, I'm absolutely sure of that."
"We got a deal, Daryl? You gonna be my man in the shop?" Billy asked and held his hand out towards Daryl.
Teddy nodded encouragingly when her husband looked at her again, his eyes asking her if she really wanted this. When he found nothing but enthusiasm on her face, he finally shook Billy's hand. "Alright, deal. But how's this gonna go down? Do I need ta quit right away? And how 'bout when our girl's born? I wanted ta stay home a while. Haven't talked about how long yet, but at least a month."
"You still have some time to talk about it. This whole thing won't happen overnight. I'm gonna use some vacation days and shadow Stan and learn everything there is to learn about that business. Most of his staff will stay on, so don't worry about staying home. No matter what happens, I'll make sure that you can stay with Teddy and your baby for a while." Billy reassured him with a smile. "As soon as the sale is done, I would love for all of us to put our heads together regarding work hours. I don't wanna be like our parents. I don't wanna be the kind of father that only sees his kids on the weekend and maybe an hour at night. I wanna see my son grow up and be there for him when he needs me and I'm sure you feel the same way about your daughter, right?"
"Yeah. Would be good to spend as much time with her as possible. You got anything in mind yet?" Daryl liked what he was hearing. Seemed like Billy was really putting a lot of thought into this.
"Maybe a shift-system or something. I'm not sure yet. That's why I think we should talk about it together. You, me, Maggie and Teddy. I'm sure we'll come up with something. Maybe something like one person gets one afternoon a week off, but works longer on another day or something like that. We'll work on something."
"Alright. Do I gotta do something now? Take care of anythin'?"
"No." Billy shook his head, before a big yawn interrupted his sentence. "Fuck, sorry. Damn exhausted these days. Anyway, you don't have to do anything. I'll take care of everything and keep you posted. Just relax and look forward to the future."
"Sounds good. Wouldn't have been much help with the business shit anyway." Daryl scoffed out a laugh. When he turned his gaze back to Teddy his smile vanished. She was still there physically, but she had that faraway look in her eyes that said that her mind was somewhere else again and that she had tuned out the conversation by now. He'd have to get her up to speed later. He and Billy talked a bit longer, before Billy left and started to get the ball rolling on the whole thing during the next couple of weeks.
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Those couple of weeks dragged by slowly for Teddy. She went through the motions and did everything she had to do, but she was quiet and distracted a lot. She spent more time inside her own head, than she did talking with Daryl. He understood, but there where things that they would have to talk about very soon or they would be completely unprepared for their daughter's arrival. Teddy was 27 weeks pregnant by now and it wasn't too much longer and they hadn't bought a single item for their daughter yet and it had him a little agitated.
Most nights they spent cuddling on the couch. All four of them. Daryl would have Teddy in his arms and Snoopy curled up on his shoulder, purring loudly against his Daddy's neck, while Roxy spread out her large frame next to them, so she could put her big head in Teddy's lap, often sniffing and nuzzling her momma's swollen belly. They didn't talk much, sometimes not at all, because Teddy would hide out inside herself. He had a ton of questions, but for now he kept them to himself, because he didn't want to crowd and overwhelm her, but they were reaching the point where it would become inevitable. Until then, he would let her be, knowing that her days at work weren't easy and she wasn't done dealing with everything yet.
Things at work really were hard for her. She had hired Dr. Evan Wesley, a 42-year old general practitioner with a lot of experience and an excellent reputation. He was a great doctor and a really nice guy and Teddy was happy that the patients were taking to him well, but it didn't help her own problems. She had hoped things would get easier, that working there would get easier with every day that passed, but it didn't. It got harder instead and she soon found herself dreading going there every morning. On some mornings it got so bad, that it caused stomach cramps, sending poor Daryl into a near panic, thinking the baby might be coming way too soon. It had almost made her laugh. She was grateful for his support through all of it, he gave her space and time to think and held her and told her that everything would be okay, when she needed it. She was also grateful for therapy, it helped her clear her head and her therapist gave her great tools to cope with things and think about what she ultimately wanted out of life.; something Teddy had never really thought about before.
Billy's plan had finally made her think about that, though. He was going after what he wanted; he actually KNEW what he wanted and he was going to get it. She wanted to follow that example. She had realized that she was no longer happy with how things were right now, she was downright depressed on a lot of days and it wasn't just because she was sad about her father. She had realized that things needed to change and she had thought long and hard about it. It had been the main reason for her being so quiet and introverted, she had spent a lot of time thinking about what she wanted in life and how to achieve her new goals and how to tell Daryl of her plans.
One night, when they were all curled up on the couch again, she got the perfect opening, when Daryl couldn't stand the silence anymore.
"I miss you." his raspy voice, that was half-whispering directly into her ear, roused her out of her thoughts. It also made her insides clench with longing, sexual and non-sexual alike. She hadn't even realized how much she was actually missing him as well. She had been so caught up in her own little world, that she had unintentionally shut him out a little. "Think ya might come back from wherever ya are these days soon?" he asked, referring to her spacing out a lot.
"I'm sorry." she turned a little to face him more and placed a quick kiss on is mouth. "Yes, I'm definitely coming back... We actually need to talk about something and you will have to do some thinking after, I guess. It's what I've been thinking about all this time."
Her words worried him a little. Mainly because he had no idea what she was about to bring up and he never liked being unprepared for big talks. Usually he was able to read her pretty well and was able to guess what she wanted to talk about, but this time he had no clue. The only thing he was sure of was, that it wasn't about Little Turtle and her arrival.
"Been three weeks, darlin'. That much time spent thinking, that's gotta be quite a list to talk about by now."
"Yeah, kinda is." Teddy agreed with a nod and began biting her bottom lip, not real sure how to start.
"Well?" Daryl asked impatiently when she still hadn't started talking after a whole minute.
"I wanna sell the practice. I wanna quit medicine. At least for a while, maybe even forever. No way of knowing at this point." she dropped a bombshell on him, it was obvious from the shocked expression on his face. He was speechless for a minute, a ton of new questions instantly racing through his head.
"Ya wanna quit yer job? Sell your daddy's practice? Are you really sure 'bout that? Once ya sell it, there ain't no goin' back, girl."
"I've been thinking about it for three weeks, Daryl. I'm very sure. I have everything planned out, but I need your consent to go through with it."
"My consent? What in the world for? Practice is yours, ain't it?"
"Yes, but things will change for our family and I need you to think it over and be okay with that." Teddy explained while she fiddled nervously with Roxy's ear.
"Tell me, then." he tried to make it sound encouraging, but he was nervous as well and it came out a little bit gruff.
"Okay, this is gonna be long, please let me finish so I won't leave anything out, okay?" When he nodded his agreement, Teddy took several deep breaths and tried to get her thoughts in order before she started explaining her plans. "You know, my therapist told me to take some time and figure out what I want out of life. I dismissed it for a while, but when Billy showed up here with his plan to buy that garage and the gas station, I thought wow, he's going for what he wants. He's figured it out and he's doing it and he's going to get it. So that's when I started thinking about my own life and where I'm at right now and if I'm happy with where I am and what I have. And it quickly turned out, that I'm not very happy with it at all. The only things I truly love in this world right now, is you, our little family, including Billy and his family, and being married to you. Everything else I'm not happy with. I hate this town, I'm sorry but I don't like this house and I think neither do you, and I think I haven't been happy with my job in a long time. Even before Daddy died, my heart wasn't truly in it anymore. I was ready to throw it all away to be with you, remember? I think maybe I should have just quit back then, but well, I didn't and now here we are."
"If this is bout what yer mama said, 'bout not bein' able ta save anyone-"
"It's not." Teddy quickly cut Daryl off. "It really isn't. But the fact is, I can't go back there anymore. It's not my practice. It was his. I just worked there. Everything there is about him, the people came there for him. Everything screams Gerald Robertson in there and I can't take it. People only really come to me because I'm the only pediatrician in town and they don't have to wait at the clinic for hours if they come to see me instead. Everyone else rather had him treat them. I'm not bitter about it, it's just the way it is. I just can't do it anymore. Not right now. Evan, the new doctor, he is really good and people like him and more importantly, he would be very interested in buying the practice. His wife works at the hospital in Atlanta, she is a doctor as well. They would be able to work together, have their own family business, have a family life again. They barely see each other now with her crazy shifts... Anyway... I thought about what I wanna be, what I would be proud of... I wanna be a good mother. I want to be there for our daughter, I want to see her grow up, I want us to raise her. I don't want strangers or my mother to raise her. I don't want history repeating itself and be absent for most of her life, like my mother used to be. Please let me finish! I'm getting to the important points." Teddy raised her hand to stop him from speaking when she noticed him opening his mouth. He closed it again and nodded for her to go ahead, curious what else she had up her sleeve. "I love working with kids and I want to keep doing that, but it won't be in medicine anymore. I wanna start a little daycare. Watch a couple of kids while their parents work. I want to sell the practice and I want us to use that money to buy Kelly's house in Ellijay. It's our true dream house, Daryl and I want us to have it. It's a nice place for kids. There are the extra rooms downstairs, which could be a nice playroom and a room where they can take naps. You wanted to know why I need your consent to do this? Because we won't have the kind of money every month we have right now. Obviously my paycheck will be a lot smaller, especially during the first couple of weeks or months when I first start getting the word out about me offering babysitting services. It will take some time to built up a client list I think. I did the math, though, we will still be doing good. We save about 2,000 dollars in rent every month, you will earn more when you start working with Billy, you quit smoking, so that saves us some money as well... Even with a new mouth to feed in a couple of months, we would still be doing very alright. We won't have as much money left to put into savings at the end of the month like right now, but like I said, we'd still have enough to have a nice life and give our child and our pets everything they want and need. You will also get the opportunity to hunt more and I want us to re-work the garden a little. Plant some stuff, so we could be more self-sufficient. I want to ask Merle, Hershel and Shawn to show me how to take proper care of the garden and I want you to teach me some things, too."
"Like what?" Daryl narrowed his eyes in suspicion, somehow knowing exactly what he was supposed to teach her.
"How to cook. Yes I know, you think I'm hopeless, but Daryl, please. I want to be able to make something for our daughter. This daycare thing allows me to work and stay at home with her at the same time, I'll be the one who will have to make her lunch and the other kids as well. And I wanna be able to take better care of you, too. I wanna be a better wife. I know you don't like me taking cooking duties away from you, but think about it. Things will change, you will be the main provider of your family. That's something you've secretly always wanted, isn't it? It's okay to admit it. You would be if we go through with it, and I don't want you to come home and spend another hour in the kitchen to make us dinner. At least not every night. I want to learn. I took classes before, but I never had any real motivation, this time I do. Please teach me, Daryl. Let's at least try. I have this stupid fantasy in my head,... It's probably totally over the top, but in general, it's what I want. I want to have this garden and I wanna be able to go out there and get stuff for lunch and go back in and cook it for our family. I want this daycare, I want our Little Turtle to grow up with her parents present in her life and with other kids around her and with her cousin and the rest of her family close to her. I wanna be a nurturing mother and wife and to be able to do that I want to sell the practice and buy us our dream house and have that life we both wish for. The only disadvantage is that we'll have less money, but after three weeks of thinking, that's the only disadvantage I came up with. So,... what do you say?" Teddy finally ended her rambling with a bit of a heaving chest. She had talked so much and so fast that she seemed to have forgotten to take some much needed breaths.
Daryl didn't say anything for a long moment, he just looked at her, while his brain processed her words, which caused Teddy's nervousness to skyrocket even more. Slowly, a smile started tugging at the corners of Daryl's mouth, before it stretched his lips into a full-fledged grin. Teddy didn't have a lot of time to admire it, because he put his hand on the side of her neck and pulled her face to meet his halfway in a deep, lingering kiss. They stayed like that for a long time, while Daryl tried to come up with the right words. Right now he was just full of feelings and he had no idea how to voice them to her, yet.
He knew he probably shouldn't be so happy about the prospect of them having less money, but he was. She was right, in the end he had never been truly comfortable with their situation. He grew up with the firm believe that the man should take care of his wife and his family, as old-fashioned or stupid as it may be, but that's exactly what he wanted to do. She was offering him the opportunity to do so, to bring in the lion's share every month and his brain was almost exploding with happiness. What she had described, that was exactly the life he wanted for them. Out in nature, in that damn house with their pets and their daughter being able to be outside all day and be safe and be with at least one parent all the time, yeah, that's exactly what he wanted. The daycare was a clever plan. Little Turtle would grow up with other kids, would always have someone to play with, Teddy would be home with her all the time and she would still contribute a second income. Her plan was perfect. With them living in Ellijay and close to his work again, he could even go home for his lunch hour and spend a little extra time with his family. Teaching her how to cook would be a challenge and might end in divorce, he thought with a laugh, but if she was begging him to try, then he would give her that chance. She was handing him his dreams on a silver platter, who was he to deny her making her own come true?
Although Teddy was sure that his kiss meant something good, she still wanted a verbal answer. She pulled away and looked at him with her big eyes full of uncertainty, begging him for a definite answer. "So? Do you think it would work?"
"I ain't asking but this one last time... You sure ya wanna sell the practice?"
"Yes. When my father wrote that will I was still in Seattle with no plans whatsoever to ever move here. He assumed I would sell it anyway when the time came and he once told me that it would be okay, as long as I made sure it would be in good hands. He might have been my mother's puppet, but ultimately all HE ever wanted for us, was to be happy. He'd be supportive of this plan. He wanted to spend his retirement living on a farm like Hershel, but my mother wanted some horse breeding shit extravaganza instead of just a nice simple life, so he put that dream on the backburner. He'd understand the decision to sell and move into that house."
"Okay. Another thing is, do you think the parents of Ellijay will give you their kids to watch over given our history? People here still hate us." Daryl pointed out.
"Yeah, but people in Ellijay don't know us. They don't know about your family's past. They know the Greene's, some people know Billy and they are well liked. We'd be connected to a good family. It would be our chance to really start fresh, to start a new life, meet new people who are not prejudiced, because of our last name. And no more neighbors, either. The new neighbors are quite a distance away. We can be as loud as we want out there and nobody will care. I wanna do this, Daryl. There's nothing left for us here anyway. Our family is in Ellijay, our new home is there and your new workplace will be there, too."
"One last thing." Daryl hid a smirk when he saw her impatience grow, because he still hadn't given her a definite answer. "I wanted ta stay home for a while with you and Little Turtle when she's born. That idea's dead though, if we go through with it, right?"
"No, it actually isn't. The fact is, no matter if we stay here or if we move to Ellijay, you'll still take unpaid leave, which means we have to come up with the money ourselves anyway. The practice is worth more than the 270,000 dollars we'd need for the house and we have about 13,000 dollars in savings right now. If I sell, we'd have enough money for the house, enough money for all the stuff we still need to get for our daughter, enough money for some new furniture and still enough left to keep us afloat financially during the first few months. You could take the full 12 weeks of paternal leave, Billy would be okay with that, too. He said he'd find someone to fill in for you for as long as you want to stay home. You could quit your current job shortly before she's born and then start the new job after your leave. It wouldn't be a problem." Daryl had to smile at Teddy's enthusiasm. He hadn't seen her this happy in weeks. It was like balm for the soul. She really had it all covered, but a little part of him still wished she would have discussed it with him from the start instead of brooding silently by herself for weeks.
"Ya talked to yer brother 'bout it, but not me?" he asked with amusement in his voice. He couldn't be mad at her when she was truly smiling for the first time since they had agreed to buying the garage.
"We just texted back and forth the other day. I just needed to know if it would work out. So yeah, you could stay home the first three months with us, without having to worry about anything. We can settle into our new life as parents, get to know our daughter, relax and enjoy those first weeks with her and as soon as my body has recuperated a little, I can start looking for clients and Merle can show me how to work the garden and you can teach me how to cook. I talked to Kelly yesterday when I want to prenatal yoga, we could work something out about moving in earlier. She'd gradually move out in the next couple of months, while we gradually move in and most importantly, take care of getting the nursery ready. We would move in two weeks before our daughter's due date and Kelly would stay in the guest room until she's born and then go to Marietta to her new home a day or two after I gave birth."
"Ya already talked to Kelly?"
"Daryl! Yes, I wanted to cover all my bases before I talked to you. Please, just tell me if you are willing to think it over." Teddy was getting a little emotional at that point and tears started to well up in her eyes when she got the impression that he might not want to do it. She had hoped so much that he would agree.
"Don't need to think it over, woman." Daryl smirked and pulled her in for another deep kiss. "Let's fucking do it. And fast." he whispered against her lips.
"Yeah?" Teddy started crying for real now and got on her knees to sling her arms around his neck and hug the living daylights out of him.
"Hell yeah. Don't like this house, neither. Fuck girl, jus' look around. Been livin' here for almost a month and still haven't done shit. Still boxes standin' around. Well, good thing is, saves us some time on packing it all up again." he grinned and wrapped his arms around her waist, hugging her back as much as he could without squishing their daughter between them.
"God, I love you so much. You have no idea! I promise you I will work my ass off to learn and do things right for once."
"Stop, darlin'. Don't let yer momma put ya down no more, ya hear? I trust ya. I told you once that I know you'll do everything in your power to make sure our girl is healthy and happy, right? That hasn't changed. I know you'll learn and do good. You'll probably give me and Merle some grey hairs on the way, but I know you're gonna be able to learn, 'cause it's for your daughter. Fuckin' love ya, Teddy. Can't tell ya what's goin' on inside a me right now. That ya wanna do this makes my heart hurt in a real good way. Don't care 'bout less money. Ya know it was never 'bout that for me. If you say we'll still be able to give the rest of the family everything they need, then it's all good."
"I'll tell Evan tomorrow. He'll be so excited. And I'll talk to Kelly tomorrow, too." Teddy smiled and clapped her hands excitedly, making Daryl laugh.
"You're fucking cute, girl. Why didn't ya tell me earlier. We could'a worked it out together."
"I needed to do it myself. Believe it or not, but it helped me grieve. To make something positive out of that really negative thing, to distract myself with all the planning. I really needed it. I'm sorry for shutting you out, I didn't even really realize that I was doing it, but I'm grateful that you gave me that time and space. It was good for something as you know now." she placed playful little kisses all over his lips, looking up at him with her puppy dog eyes in between. "Forgive me? Pretty please?"
"Ain't got nothin' ta worry about, sweetheart. Ain't mad." he murmured against her mouth. He flicked his tongue against her lips experimentally, testing if she was up for giving him some sugar. Teddy parted her lips and let him enter, moaning when he did and touched his tongue to hers. Daryl threaded his fingers through her hair at the back of her neck, unwilling to let her go before they got their fix. He couldn't help it, he was crazy about her and he had really fucking missed her. Okay, that and he was a horny bastard all of the damn time, he had to admit that or he'd be a big fucking liar. She might complain about her waist being gone, but all he saw was his goddamn beautiful, sexy, hot wife that was carrying their daughter. There was nothin' better out there than this. His free hand rubbed over her belly, smiling into the kiss when he felt the faint thumping of his daughter's kicks against his palm. He really couldn't wait to meet her. Suddenly he pulled away from the kiss and looked at his wife questioningly.
"Hold on. Ya said ya wanna move into the other house two weeks before her due date?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"That's in eleven weeks. We gonna be able to pull that off? How long will this Evan guy need to get the money to buy you out?"
"About a month. Then we still have about seven weeks to do the move and finish the nursery and prep the garden. Uh, you know what?"
"What?"
"Let's go to Home Depot and pick out some paint for our little girl's room." Teddy climbed out of his embrace and got off the sofa to look for her shoes.
"What? NOW? So now you're in a hurry?" Daryl chuckled and shook his head in a mix of disbelief and amusement.
"Like you said, only eleven weeks left." Teddy shrugged while she slipped into her flats.
"How long's it gonna take to pick out some pink paint? Five minutes?"
"Are you kidding? Her room is NOT going to be pink. Pink gives me eye cancer."
"I knew there was a reason why I married ya." he slapped her ass lightly and grabbed his keys from the bowl. "Come on, girl. Let's go, we're losing daylight."
The next day Teddy informed Evan and Kelly that they were going through with her plan and everything was set in motion, so it would actually work and get done in time. Evan applied for the loan and Kelly started clearing out the room that would be Little Turtle's, so they could get that done first. Teddy and Daryl were happy beyond belief. Kind of stressed out, but this time in a really happy way.
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AN: Thank you for reading and your support everyone! Only one more chapter to go before the sequel starts. I guess by now everyone can guess how Jasper ends and why I decided to start a sequel instead of just keep writing under this title.
Thank you so so so so so much for your reviews. Glad that I was able to appease some of you again. We might not have seen the last of Bernadette, she will probably not give up sticking her nose in everybody's business that easily.
Whew, can't believe we are almost done with this part of Teddy's and Daryl's story. Never thought people would respond to it like this. Thanks so much.