Ch 9
"So, you're saying that you want to move the entire Cahill empire an hour North just for the next decade so you can run the family while you're at school?" Jake asked as they all sat beside the pool in loungers. Jake was sitting sideways on his, elbows on his knees leaning forward.
"Basically," Dan said. "It makes sense. It's not practical to make Amy commute every day for years and years, and I don't really want to live in Grace's big house by myself for the next three years, not when the rest of you will all be together in Cambridge."
"This is going to be awesome!" Atticus interjected fairly bouncing on his lounger.
"There's a lot of logistics to work out in the next few months if we're really going to do this." Amy said seriously, beginning to think in earnest.
Jake frowned, "Why not just pass off leadership to another Cahill for the next few years. Wouldn't that be easier?"
"I thought about that," Dan said, "but Amy just regained control and committed to a 4-year term."
"Like a democracy," Atticus added. Amy nodded.
"It makes sense to move headquarters, but it's a huge undertaking and I'm going to need a lot of help. We don't have time or room to build from scratch, so it'll have to be a retrofit." Amy started, the wheels in her head beginning to spin in earnest. "I can have Cara move everything from the comm center and we can reset 'Gideon' to have a new IP address."
Amy turned and looked at Atticus and Jake, "I think it's a good idea if we set both of you up with space there too. I know your dad's home isn't too far from campus so you can stay whenever you want, or you can stay full time." Amy said, giving Jake a meaningful glance.
"I'll get a hold of Mr. Smood tomorrow to start figuring out legally what we need to do" Jake offered.
"Thanks Jake," Amy said giving him a big smile.
Dan said, "I can alert the cousins to let them know we'll need help. I'm sure Hamilton and Jonah will help with whatever we need. Same with Ian."
Amy gave the three boys a searching look, "Give me your thoughts. What am I missing?"
"What do we do with Grace's house?" Dan asked.
"I think we can ask Fiske to move here for a time." Amy suggested.
Everyone became quiet.
"Uh, guys, this is a good thing, right?" Atticus said slowly smiling at the others. "Can we be super pumped yet? You guys are moving to Cambridge and we can all be together all the time!"
Atticus jumped up and grabbed Dan who stood up and started dancing around. Jake pulled Amy up and they started spinning around too. For a few moments, they looked just like teenagers.