Chapter LIV: The Haverbrook Invasion
Hello again, dear readers! For now, you may be pleased to know that the gang will have a respite from the pain! So enjoy this, folks! And thanks again for reading and reviewing! We love hearing from you all and we love responding to your reviews! And just a reminder that we love Dr. Vellian Crowler and teasing him is all in good fun!
Last time, Violet was raced into emergency surgery and would be fine. The Kaibas gave the Haverbrooks a lift from Cleveland and the gang discussed what characters of Naruto they were like after discovering thanks to Annie's fury of the previous school year that Doctor Crowler liked cosplaying Mighty Gai. So what will happen when the Haverbrooks show up? Read on!
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It was a little after sunrise when the Haverbrooks entered Domino Airport. Alan Haverbrook was piggy-backing Haylee, since she'd fallen asleep on the plane ride. Barbara and Bobby both split everyone's luggage to roll or carry as they made their way through the large airport.
The Kaiba Corp flight crew had seen the family to the concourse and now two men met them. "Are you the Haverbrooks?"
"We are," Alan answered. "And who might you be?"
"I'm Darien and this is Albert," he said, indicating the other man. "We're here with a limo to take you to Domino Children's Hospital. Mrs. Kaiba wants to update you personally and help you pick where you'll be staying."
Barbara was still worried; they hadn't been able to receive an update on the surgery. "Thank you, gentlemen." They followed the men out to the limo, getting inside while the two packed their bags into the trunk.
"I still can't believe that Seto Kaiba's wife is a doctor taking care of Vi!" Bobby stated.
Alan smiled. "Yeah, Bobby, it's really something. And I'm so glad she has friends again...and a boyfriend..."
"Yeah. And if this one does anything to her, I won't be in Florida. So I can pummel him for her," he replied.
Barbara smiled. "That's nice, Bobby. But when I spoke with Bastion over the phone, he seemed very nice. Far more so than Mike was."
"Yeah...I'll be glad to meet him face-to-face," Alan agreed. But a shadow crossed his features at the mention of the person who'd broken his eldest daughter's heart and almost broken her spirit. 'God help that monster should I ever get hold of him...'
Barbara noticed the look on her husband's face, and placed a gentle hand on his own. "I know what you're thinking, Al. Don't worry, all of us will make sure that...thing doesn't come near our daughter." Then, the limo came to a stop at Domino Children's Hospital.
"We're here..." Alan said. "Haylee...wake up..."
Haylee opened up her eyes. "Daddy, are we with Sissa?"
"We're at the hospital, angel," he answered softly.
"Don't worry, sweetie, we'll see her soon. Then, you can give your sister a big hug to cheer her up," added Barbara, smiling. The four got out of the limo, and decided to take their bags since they were only duffel bags.
"Did that Kisara person say where to meet her?" Bobby wondered.
"No, she didn't," Alan said, realizing. "I should've asked."
Fortunately, Darien had come around to the door of the limo. "Mr. Haverbrook, I'm going to call to Mrs. Kaiba and let her know you're all here. She may want to walk down to meet you..." Darien made the call. "Hello, Mrs. Kaiba, they're here."
"Thank you, Darien," Kisara whispered from in the hospital room. "I'll come down... bring them into the waiting room on the first floor and I'll be right down. I don't want to wake the kids."
"Yes, ma'am," he answered and hung up. "I'm taking all of you to a waiting room. Mrs. Kaiba will be there in a moment," Darien said.
"Thanks again. I hope she has information on Violet," Barbara replied as they walked.
Bobby was nearly shaking with excitement. "I can't believe I'm going to meet Seto Kaiba's wife!" he whispered eagerly. Bobby wasn't a duelist, but he looked up to Seto's ambition and inventing genius.
The Haverbrooks got themselves seated in the waiting room and Kisara arrived. "Hi, you must be the Haverbrooks. I'm Kisara Kaiba."
Alan stood. "Hi, Kisara, I'm Alan. Glad to meet you face-to-face at last. Thanks for everything."
"My pleasure..."
Alan Haverbrook stood tall at 5'8", and was well-built from working on cars day-in and day-out. He had cropped, black hair and startlingly green eyes. In his haste to get ready, Alan wore an orange T-shirt, beige khaki shorts, and white sneakers.
"Kisara, please, do you have any information on the surgery?" asked Barbara worriedly. She stood only half a head shorter than her husband, and was very lean. She had shoulder-length purple hair like her eldest daughter and calming blue eyes. Barbara was wearing a pink tank top, white, short-sleeved jacket, jeans, and white flip-flops. Bobby was the spitting image of his father, except that he had dark plum-colored hair and his mother's blue eyes. He was wearing a camouflage T-shirt, swamp green cargo pants, and white sneakers. Haylee, sitting beside her brother, looked much like a mini-Violet, except she had slightly darker skin and light lavender hair in pigtails. She wore a white tank top, purple skirt, and white sandals.
"Barbara," Kisara said, "Violet came out of surgery a few hours ago and she's doing fine. I'm afraid you can't see her yet as we're keeping her in the isolation ward. It's just to give her immune system some time to rebuild and her body to rest. Her spleen ruptured at about 1 AM and we got her into emergency surgery fast. Dr. Rhodes, the surgeon that worked on her, mentioned that repairing the spleen wasn't possible, so she had to remove the whole thing. Violet's going to be fine, and in a few weeks, she'll be back to a healthy, happy girl and the bundle of energy we've gotten to know and love."
"You've gotten to know her?" Alan asked.
"Yeah, and she's a wonderful young woman...And who is this?" Kisara asked, kneeling to little Haylee's level.
"I'm Haylee!" the little girl said, tackle-hugging the doctor.
Barbara laughed, regaining her usual happiness now that she knew her eldest daughter was okay. "If you liked Violet, then I'm sure that you're just going to love Haylee. I swear, those two are almost like twins," she explained.
Bobby grinned. "Looks like I won't be able to mess with my sister for a while, huh? That's too bad...it's been some time since I saw her."
Kisara, now on her butt on the floor, grinned happily at the seven-year-old girl's exuberance. "Oh, my, Haylee, I think you'll have to meet my kids and my friends' kids! And Bobby, you'll be able to see her soon, but no tackle-hugs for a bit..."
Alan moved to help the young doctor up. "I'm sorry about that, Kisara..."
"Oh, that was fine, Alan. I get tackle-hugged by my kids on a regular basis."
"Yes, it's the way our kids usually greet others, until they think that they're too old," Barbara replied, elbowing her son.
Bobby sighed. "Mom, I'm twenty-three. I don't see you and Dad doing that anymore," he countered, smiling.
"Well, anyway, I suppose everyone's asleep at the moment, right?"Barbara asked.
"Yeah, they all dropped off a couple of hours ago. No one up in the room went to sleep until they knew Violet was okay. They all stayed awake, except for Bastion. He was admitted along with her yesterday...poor kid," Kisara explained.
Barbara sighed happily at the thought of Violet actually having friends. "You don't know how glad we are to hear those words, Kisara. I'm afraid that before Duel Academy she only had one true friend. It's wonderful to hear that she finally found some more good ones."
"Hey, what's her boyfriend doing in here, anyway??" asked Bobby.
"She's got a great group of kids around her, Barbara," Kisara said. "They're like my friends are. We've been tight for a long time...And Bobby, it's okay with his parents for me to tell you...Bastion got feeling sick yesterday and at first, I wondered if he hadn't gotten mono from your sister, but it turned out instead that he had come down with a case of strep throat, and Violet had an ear infection along with a touch of strep and her mono. So they ended up together here in the hospital. And then last night when Violet got worse...I actually feared for Bastion because he got so upset. He's going to be staying here with Violet because of his own condition, as I don't want him relapsing or getting worse..."
"Worse?" Alan asked.
"Well, strep is the bacteria that causes bacterial pneumonia and I do not want to chance his health. And if something happens to him, Violet will not do well," Kisara explained.
"I see...I thought that they truly loved each other when Violet told me about the proposal--" began Barbara.
"PROPOSAL??" Both Bobby and Alan had shocked looks on their faces, and Barbara sweat-dropped.
"Oh, whoops, that was supposed to stay a secret until they came to Ohio tomorrow..."
"Proposal? Uh..." Alan was dumbstruck.
"Yeah..." Kisara said. "Apparently, Bastion asked Violet to marry him and she's accepted. Hiro, Katai and I were talking about it a little bit last night, and Bastion felt bad that he didn't formally ask your permission first, Alan..."
"Are you serious?"
"I am...Bastion's a very proper boy and he wants to do right by Violet. And he knows about Violet's ex."
"He knows?" Alan asked.
"Yeah, he knows and when Violet told him about Mike...well, I know you and I talked, Barbara...Bastion had to go outside and use the hospital swear field..."
"The swear field?" both parents asked.
"We try not to use bad language in here if we can help it, so we go out to a field and cuss if we have to," Kisara explained.
"Al, honey, he seems to be a very nice boy who really loves our daughter. Try not to be too hard on him about proposing without permission, all right?" Barbara soothed, placing a hand on his arm.
Bobby was still surprised, then frowned. "Aw, man! I can't believe my little sister got engaged before I even found a date!!"
Kisara smiled. "Oh, that sounds familiar. I got married a year before my brother did!"
Alan looked at his wife and smiled. "I won't be hard on him...I don't think I asked your dad's permission, Barb...I just asked."
"Oh yes, I remember that. Though, if I remember correctly, HE didn't happen to take it too well. I'm glad that Violet's father is more understanding," she replied, kissing his cheek.
Bobby made a face at his parents, turning his attention to Kisara instead. "Uh, anyway, should we try and find a hotel to stay at?" he asked.
"Oh, I should've brought that up!" Kisara exclaimed, blushing. "I was going to ask if you'd prefer a hotel or staying at our home. We have plenty of room, if you don't mind four little kids running around."
Alan looked at his wife, son and youngest daughter. "What do you guys think?"
At first, Barbara was going to choose the hotel, not wanting to burden the Kaibas. But then she remembered how bored Haylee could get-- just like her big sister-- and decided four other little ones would keep her plenty occupied. "Well, I think having some other kids to play with would be a good thing. Right, Haylee?" she asked.
Bobby grinned. "And I'll get to meet Seto Kaiba!" he cheered excitedly.
Haylee grinned ear to ear. "What are their names, Kisara?"
"Well, my kids are Noah, Serena, Jaime and Jenna, and they're two sets of twins. Noah and Serena are ten and Jaime and Jenna are 6."
"YAY!" Haylee squealed. "Are you sure about this, Kisara?" Alan asked.
"Positive and we're glad to have you..." she said easily. "I'll bet you'd all like to go and freshen up for a couple of hours..."
"It has been a long flight. And there's not much else to do since everyone's sleeping. But are you sure we won't wake up the family?" asked Barbara.
Bobby was as eager as his little sister, and his true inner-Haverbrook showed as he picked her up and swung her around. "I can't believe it! I'm staying with the Kaibas!! And I get to meet the CEO of Kaiba Corp, too!"
Kisara laughed happily. "Bobby, I take it you're a fan of Seto's? And would you maybe like a tour of the office building later?"
Bobby propped Haylee up onto his shoulders, grinning broadly at Kisara. "You bet I'm a fan! I'd love a tour!! There are two people who inspired me to open my own shop; Dad and Seto Kaiba," he explained excitedly.
Barbara sighed. "I'm sure that Violet has told you all about the slight rivalry between Bobby and herself?" she asked.
"Yeah...a little like my brother, Eddie and me...except with the pranking...Eddie tried pranking me a few times but it didn't work," Kisara smiled, remembering. "And neither of us dueled. I still let my husband, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and friends do the dueling."
"Sibling rivalry isn't exactly rare. But there was actually a reason for Violet and Bobby's. You see, Bobby has always been a fan of Seto Kaiba, while Violet has always been a fan of Joey Wheeler. I suppose you can see why they constantly pranked each other," Barbara explained, sighing again.
"I had to show her that Seto was way better than Joey! But...she usually got me back twice as hard after a prank," Bobby asserted.
"Well, Bobby, about 11 years ago, Seto and Joey put their rivalry to rest," Kisara grinned. She told them of the incident involving Seto and Joey and the blood donation. "After that, they became good friends and they started having fun together."
Bobby blinked a few times, then pouted. "Eh, that doesn't mean that Vi and me can't try proving who's better. Just because I'm putting the pranking on hold for now, that doesn't mean that it's gonna stop completely." He smirked, but the tough effect was thrown off by his stomach growling.
Barbara sighed. "We didn't exactly manage to get any breakfast. I knew it was only a matter of time with this family."
"It's all right, I'll call ahead and have Marie fix something up for you guys. Seto's already up and so are the kids. They watch their Saturday morning cartoons together."
"Oh, that reminds me of when Bobby and Vi were little and then the three and then Vi and Haylee," Alan smiled.
Kisara dialed fast and called to the mansion and had the cooks fix breakfast. "Mrs. Kaiba, are there any requests?" Marie wanted to know.
"I'll ask...Is there anything special you four would like?" the doctor asked.
Barbara thought for a few moments, and was about to answer when her son beat her to it. "Pancakes!" he exclaimed, grinning.
Barbara sighed. "I swear you can read minds, Bobby. I was just about to say that. Are you two okay with pancakes?"
Alan nodded. "Haylee?"
"YAY! PANCAKES!"
"Okay, then...have pancakes with all the toppings ready, Marie, along with anything else you can think of," Kisara said.
"With pleasure, Mrs. Kaiba," the cook answered. Kisara thanked her and hung up.
"Okay, everything will be ready for you and you can all enjoy some breakfast and take a rest. I'll call when you can see Violet," the young doctor told the Haverbrooks.
"Kisara, thank you...how can we...?"
"There's no need, I'm glad to do this and so is Seto," Kisara said, blushing.
Bobby glanced at his dad, getting an idea. "I know how we can repay you. I know it may not seem like a lot since you're rich, but dad and I each own our own sound system/decal shop. If you're ever in Ohio or Florida, we'll totally 'pimp your ride,'" he explained laughing.
"Oh, Bobby..."sighed Barbara.
Kisara smiled. "My brother-in-law may just take you up on that, Bobby. Mokuba's your age and he loves pimping his ride! Rebecca likes it as well..." They talked for a few minutes until they were back at the limo. "Go on and get some rest. Seto and the kids know you're coming."
"Great! See ya later, Kisara!!" Bobby replied, waving as he got into the limo.
"Thanks again for everything you and your husband are doing, Kisara. We're very grateful," Barbara added before getting in as well.
Kisara hugged Barbara. "It's going to be all right," she said softly. "And I only wish we could do more..."
"You've done so much," Alan said softly.
"BYE!" Haylee squealed from her seat.
And then Darien came to shut the door. The Haverbrooks left. "My goodness," Alan said softly.
"What a wonderful person. So generous and helpful; I'm glad that Violet met her," stated Barbara happily.
Bobby leaned back in his seat, grinning. "I guess Violet and I are tied on one thing. Both Joey and Seto have good tastes in women..."
"Hmmm..." Alan said thoughtfully. It didn't take long before the Haverbrooks were at the Kaiba compound. "Oh, my goodness," Alan said in shock.
"Wow...Daddy, when did we come to Duloc?" Haylee asked.
Barbara was staring up at the Kaiba mansion with wide eyes, never having seen anything so big. It's not every day that you see a mansion when you live in a quiet Midwestern town. "This is going to be sweet!" exclaimed Bobby excitedly. He had seen a few mansions down in Miami, Florida, but none like this.
And then, a young-looking man came out, clad in a pair of blue pajamas. He was followed by a little boy also clad in blue pajamas who looked a great deal like him. "Hi, you must be the Haverbrooks. I'm Seto and this is my son, Noah. Welcome."
Barbara smiled. "It's wonderful to meet you, Seto. Thank you so much for letting us stay with you. Your son is absolutely adorable! And my son's a bit of a fan of yours. Right, Bobby? Bobby??" Barbara noticed that her son seemed to be in a state of shock, perhaps from seeing his life-long idol in pajamas.
"Holy...it's him...THE Seto Kaiba..."he managed to mumble before fainting.
"Uh... Darien, carry him in, will you?" Seto said to the security man. "Kisara told me Bobby's a fan...first time I've had a guy faint near me, though...You must be Alan..." Seto said, shaking the man's hand.
"Yes, thank you so much for everything, Mr. Kaiba..."
"Please...call me Seto..."
Haylee, meanwhile, looked at the shortest person in the group. "Hi, I'm Haylee." "Hi, I'm Noah. Nice to meet you...My mom's helping your sister...want to see our media room? Marie'll bring breakfast to us down there!"
"Uh...okay!" Haylee said happily.
Barbara sighed at her son's action, sweat-dropping. "Sorry about that. He's looked up to you since he was a kid. I guess meeting you face-to-face was just too much for him," she explained as they headed inside.
"Oh, it's okay, really," Seto said, laughing. "I hope you all don't mind being in the media room with us..." Noah was already walking Haylee down to the room. "My kids and I watch cartoons and eat breakfast down there on Saturdays...Kisara's usually with us but when she has a patient, she wants to fight right along with that kid...I have to remind her to relax..."
"I understand completely. Al can get so caught-up in his work that he tires himself out. Luckily, I convinced him that Sundays are strictly off-limits for working," Barbara explained, grinning. All three Haverbrook children had witnessed the event, where their mother pinned their father to the ground and bent his arm back until he agreed to do so.
Alan laughed at the memory. "I'm Alan and I'm a workaholic," he said in the same tone that a recovering alcoholic uses at an AA meeting.
"My name is Seto and I'm also a workaholic," Seto said good-naturedly. "We both have wives that remind us of that. When Kisara and I started dating, she told me I was going to work myself to death...I didn't want to believe her..."
Barbara simply sighed, but smiled nonetheless. By now they'd made it to the media room, where the four Kaiba children and two Haverbrook kids already were. She sat on the edge of the couch Bobby had been laid on and prominently flicked his nose. Bobby instantly woke-up and promptly fell off the couch. "Works every time," was all she said.
"Wow...you've got a big brother," little Jenna said.
"Yeah," Noah agreed. "How old is he?"
"He's a grown-up...he's 23..." Haylee said simply.
"Wow, he's almost as old as Uncle Mokie and Aunt Becky," Noah said, impressed.
"And that's bad...why?" Seto asked his kids.
"No, Dad...it's COOL!" Noah exclaimed. His two sisters and brother nodded in agreement.
Bobby grinned sheepishly, a slight bump on his head from the fall. "Eh, thanks...I think." He then turned his attention to Seto, and managed not to faint for a second time. "Whoa...I still can't believe I'm standing here, talking to Seto Kaiba!" he exclaimed. Barbara simply sighed again.
Jamie tilted his head in confusion. "But...you are standing there, talking to Daddy," he stated simply.
Serena blinked and sweat-dropped at her brother's statement. "You must really look up to him," she added.
"He actually passed out, Serena," Noah said.
"Noah," Seto said in warning.
"Sorry, Bobby...Sorry, Dad..."
"Bobby's probably a little tired and that's why he passed out," Seto said. "Just pull up a chair and relax," he said.
"Thank you, Seto," Alan said. Haylee sat with the other kids on the floor and then Marie and some other staff members came in with breakfast.
"Breakfast is served and eat all you want," the head cook, a stout woman with gray hair and snapping blue eyes said happily.
Barbara sweat-dropped. "Ma'am, you're going to regret those words when it comes to this family," she replied. Bobby had already taken three pancakes with butter and syrup, as well as two pieces of toast with grape jelly.
"Oh, I'm just so glad to cook...for so long, Mr. Kaiba would hardly eat and his brother would but it wasn't enough..."
"Marie," Seto groaned, laughing, reminded of how he just hadn't eaten much in his teens.
"Well, at least Kisara set you on the right track again. Unfortunately, everyone in our family are big eaters from the start. Grocery shopping once a week almost isn't enough," Barbara explained, though she wasn't as much of an eater as the other four. Bobby had already eaten half of his plate, showing how Haverbrooks were also fast eaters.
"With these four," Seto said, indicating his children, also munching happily and chatting animatedly with the lavender-headed Haylee, "we're at the warehouse store at least once a week. And if we have company over, particularly Joey...we have to go at least two days a week."
"Kisara told us that you two ended your rivalry a few years back. Unfortunately, our children's still holds true. You see, Violet's always been a big fan of Joey, so--" Barbara began.
"So, we constantly prank each other and compete to prove who's better!" Bobby exclaimed, grinning.
Seto smiled. "Mokuba never could prank me...even when he got older...He could, however, prank Kisara a couple of times. But he never could get me..."
"We can get you, Daddy!" four young voices said in unison.
"Yeah...remember the Whoopee cushions, Dad?" Noah asked.
"Yes, in the business meeting," Seto groaned softly.
"Cushions?" Alan asked.
"He got everyone in the room," Seto groaned again.
"Hey, now there's a prank! High five, little man!!" Bobby laughed, grinning and holding out his hand.
Barbara laughed a little. "I know what you mean. Luckily, they only pranked each other and not us. Still...those sparklers did ruin a perfectly good pair of Bobby's pants."
Noah and Serena exchanged glances, as did Jamie and Jenna. "What is it?" Haylee asked curiously.
"Yet another good pranking idea, Haylee!" Jenna grinned. "We all love pranking Daddy, Mommy, Uncle Mokie and Aunt Becky."
"Uh...should we be worried?" Alan wondered.
Seto answered half-jokingly, "Be afraid...be very afraid..."
"Hey, only Vi was ever able to prank me. So I have nothing to worry about," stated Bobby smugly.
"Kids, prank my son all you want," Barbara said simply.
Bobby face-faulted. "Mom!!"
Seto sighed, laughing. "You don't know Noah that well, then, Bobby. This one's dangerous. Serena is his partner in crime. And Jamie and Jenna...they go along and do pretty well."
"What was the worst they ever did?" Alan wondered.
"Let's just say it involved Jello and my sneakers... and that was a month ago," Seto answered ominously.
"Jell-O?" Haylee asked Noah.
"Yup," he answered with a satisfied grin on his face.
Serena grinned. "It sure was funny to watch!" she added.
Jamie nodded in eager agreement with his big sister. "Well, it couldn't have been as bad as when Vi froze all of my boxers," replied Bobby.
"If you hadn't noticed, Violet often out-pranked Bobby," added Barbara.
"We did that to Uncle Mokie once," Noah grinned. "That was before he married Aunt Becky...man, he freaked..."
"He freaked?" Haylee asked, grinning.
"Yeah...He ran around the mansion yelling...and it woke Jamie and Jenna up from their nap..."
Jamie pouted. "Jenna 'n' me were mad 'cause we weren't in on it," he stated. By now, most of them had finished eating.
"Daddy, can we go outside and play with Haylee?" asked Serena.
Noah groaned, "Jamie, you guys were two!"
And then Seto said, "Go ahead, if it's okay with Haylee's mommy and daddy."
"Sure, it's fine with me," Alan said.
"YAY!!" the kids cheered, heading out happily.
"If she didn't sleep much, I guarantee she will sleep soundly later," Seto said.
"Don't worry, this whole family sleeps like rocks. See?" Barbara replied, nodding in Bobby's direction. He was curled up on the chair he'd been sitting in, in a deep sleep.
"I think we'll do the same," Alan said, looking at his wife. "We couldn't sleep on the plane...It's terrifying to think..." He couldn't complete the thought and Seto understood.
"Yeah...I know what you mean..."
"At least we know she's going to be okay now. It'll be so nice to see her in a few hours after her being gone for so long. I just hope we don't get lost on the way to our rooms," Barbara joked, trying to lighten the mood a little.
"I'll show you to them...I got lost in this house a few times," Seto grinned.
Alan moved to Bobby. "Bobby...son, come on...let's get you to a warm bed."
"All right," he mumbled, sitting up. The three remaining Haverbrooks followed their host out of the media room.
Seto took the three up to the second floor of the house and led them to three bedrooms. "Alan, Barbara, I had this room prepared for Haylee," he said, indicating a lavender room with a white four-poster bed and cute child-friendly furniture. "Bobby, your room is here..." he added. This room was decorated in varying shades of green and had a selection of car magazines. "When you're a bit more rested, Bobby, I'll take you to my car collection, but you need rest..." Seto said.
"Hey, cool! It's like a bigger version of my room," Bobby replied, grinning. He went into his room, leaving the three parents alone in the hallway.
"Okay, Alan, Barbara, here's your room," Seto said, opening the next door. The bedroom had a huge cherry wood sleigh bed with dark blue covers and the furniture was also cherry wood. "There's a TV in here," Seto told them, "and...you also have huge closet space and..." he continued, leading them to the bathroom, "a bathroom where you can just relax." It was big, having a huge shower and a very big bathtub. It was designed in sandstone and white granite. "I hope this is okay. Just relax and if you need anything, you can call the staff or me."
Barbara was speechless for a few moments, the room being even better than the one she and Alan shared on their honeymoon in Hawaii. "Oh my, Seto...this is amazing. Thank you."
"Yes, Seto, thank you..."
"No problem...just get some rest...With any luck, we'll hear from Kisara soon," Seto smiled. "Violet'll be okay..."
He left, and Barbara and Alan Haverbrook were alone. "This place is amazing, honey," Alan said to his wife.
"I know. I can't believe they'd do so much for us. I know not many people back in Cleveland would go through so much trouble," she replied, sitting on the bed. Then again, they weren't exactly in Cleveland anymore...
"Yeah...well, do you want to take a bath or shower before we take a rest?" he asked. And then they heard muffled shrieks of laughter coming from outside. They headed to the window and saw five children having the time of their lives outside. "Haylee's just having a blast!"
"Oh, it's so nice for her to have friends to play with. Unlike back home..." On the street the Haverbrooks lived, there weren't any sidewalks. It was hard finding kids for Haylee to play with outside of school. "I think I'll take that bath. Did you want a shower first?"
"You go ahead, honey," Alan said. "Take your time...I can wait."
"All right. Be out in a bit." Barbara pulled out a pair of pajamas from her bag and went into the bathroom to have her bath. After a while, the elder Haverbrooks bathed, went to sleep and waited for news of their daughter and sister.
So we've met the Haverbrooks. We hope you like them! Next time: The gang returns to the hospital to see a recovering Violet and a recovering Bastion. Hope to see you soon! Until then, read and review, everybody! Thank you!
