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CULLEN-MASEN FAMILY
Chapter 14
Thursday came in with a rush. I woke to a typical day on the west coast, specifically a Seattle day. It was storming like crazy, but I had only planned to spend the day in my office with Sean, and some of my other men discussing the information we got from our interrogations.
I took a quick shower, got dressed, and went to the kitchen in search of some coffee. Mrs. Stanley was in the process of making a banquet as I assumed she knew it was going to be busy with my men coming, and going today. She didn't have any idea of what we did yesterday, other than it was stressful, and it would require our getting together.
I grabbed a cup of coffee, and told her I'd be back after everyone arrived. She asked how many people would be coming in today, and I told her probably four to begin with, and maybe up to at least twenty by the end of the day. I also told her not to worry about feeding anyone except maybe up to four of us.
The first to arrive was Sean naturally, with Jasper, and Emmett right behind him. We moved into the dining room, as Mrs. Stanley had our breakfast ready. We sat down to pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and biscuits. We had carafes of coffee, and orange juice waiting. The woman could feed an army at the drop of a hat, and it was wonderful.
After breakfast we moved back into my office to discuss the information we obtained from yesterday.
It seemed the Calabrese was very pissed off we didn't take them up on their past offers. It was more upsetting to their nephew, Caius. Caius was just a baby to this kind of business. He thought he would impress his uncles with bringing a halt to our controlling the west coast. Well, surprise Caius. We were not falling under your feet.
Now, they had the thought to try to go through the women of our families. That was so a bad mistake. I talked to Cal, and Tom earlier this morning, and they were both coming in. They were rounding up men for our new line of security, especially for the women.
We all sat down to discuss this Caius, and their interfering with our drug trade. The fact they were talking to our connections in China, and possibly interfering with our deliveries was not going to happen. I was going to send some people to contact all our dealers to see what was going on. I would set them up to see if they would discuss some new drugs coming in from new locations. We would see who was loyal, or not. If not...
I am already tired of dealing with a bunch of crap from this Caius, and the Calabrese family. It is time to do something about stopping it.
We got into contact with a bunch of our people up, and down the coast. I had people from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Reno, Seattle, and Portland we were contacting our regular people to go in and find out about their sources for their drugs. If there was any new contacts they had made, I wanted to know who they were, and what they had to offer.
We were finishing up with our phone calls, when Cal, and Tom came walking in. Now, they were not your regulation built men. They were more built along the lines of small mack trucks. They had a bit more to their build than Emmett, but I don't think even he would back down from them.
Now, Cal and Tom had a bunch of men and women ready to be put to work as our new lines of security. They had already done a thorough check on each person. They only had three of them that were questionable, and they didn't raise a stink. That kind of worried me, but Cal assured me they were being watched as a precaution.
They were ready to dispense the people to cover all the female members of our families. I already had Felix, and Garrett watching Bella, but wanted two more people as their relief. I wanted Tom as one of them, and one other. They came up with a guy named Paul Clearwater that had been doing some outstanding work for us. Clearwater...Clearwater...no way. Not after the problem Bella had with his brother, Seth.
So, they came up with an Alistair French that was an older man, but had been in the military, or Alec Wright. He was also ex-military, but he was younger. They were both extremely experts with weapons...guns, knives, and Alistair with anything resembling a sword. I needed to introduce him to Emmett with his love of knives.
I decided on Tom, and Alec to watch over Bella as Felix, and Garrett's relief. I knew I was going to have to inform Bella about the need for protection, and I knew she would put up a fit.
I put Alistair as one of my step mom's security. I figured they would definitely hit it off. Now, we dispursed the rest according to need, and demand. I put one on Alice, and Rose, along with one on Bella's roommate, Angela. Sean seemed to perk up at the mention of Angela. I need to talk to him about that.
I also got a call from Eric Yorkie, my computer whiz that was setting up the security room at the warehouse. He had a friend of his that was looking for a job, Damian Welsh. He was hoping to bring him over to meet me, and see about working with Eric. Eric said he had an indepth report on Damian for me, and I would be impressed. I asked him to send it to me, and I'd let him know my decision.
Cal was sticking with me as my bodyguard, and I was happy with that. I told Cal about my new warehouse apartment, and told him there would be a bedroom on the second floor for him. There would also be a room for the monitoring security in mine, and Bella's warehouses. I didn't know if she was going to fight me on this, or not.
Things were winding down for the day. Everyone had their jobs to do, and I needed to think about hopefully my weekend with Bella.
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I was having one hell of a day. I knew I would pay for the lengthy day I spent working yesterday. I just didn't think it would be this bad. It took me quite a while to get myself motivated, and still ended up in my wheelchair for the day. I took a lengthy bath, and it didn't help very much.
I still wanted to go down, and try to work some more. At least see about getting that big canvas moved so I could get started on the painting for the university. I'm glad in a way I invested in the standing wheelchair, as I would need it if this kept on with my losing use of my legs, or the pain.
Another reason why I needed the other elevator. It would make it much easier to get down to the second floor.
Gianna was already at work moving canvases finished, and hanging more for me. She was also cleaning areas, and my brushes. I asked her about trying to get Felix to come over to move another canvas, and she said he was coming over anyway.
We started to look at my supplies, and I was going to need to send her for some paints, and to order me some more canvases. I was also going to need to contact the aquarium about coming to pick up the painting. It also meant I would need to shop for a dress for the unveiling of the painting, as they had a big event planned to raise money for the aquarium. I was also displaying paintings to sell so the money would go to the fund.
We started making our lists of supplies, and the different sizes of canvases. I was also needing some new brushes, as I have put these through the wringer. The paints were starting to fan out, when I needed more of a point. So, I made a list of sizes, and showed her the brands I tended to like to use.
Felix and Garrett came, and we got the big canvas moved. I was very happy I was going to get to finally work on the painting for the university. I had an idea of what I was going to paint, and I could hardly wait to see it in it's final stage.
I thanked them both, and offered to pay them for doing it for me. They didn't want any money, and were happy to help me out. I told Gianna to go ahead, and head out. To have lunch with Felix, and then pick up the supplies. I was not in any hurry for them.
I sat back, and watched them for a bit. There was just something about them. About Felix, and Garrett...something very obvious, but I wasn't picking up on it...yet. They finally left, and I moved over to my lounging area, and my babies were all laid out snoozing. Angela had made some iced tea, and I was loving it.
I was sitting there trying to think of what I could cook Edward and I for dinner, but nothing was coming to mind. It was getting cool enough I was thinking along the lines of either homemade chili, or vegetable beef soup. Both sounded good, with cornbread. I do believe that's what I'm making...both. I can freeze them for another time if not eaten.
Now, I had decided on that, I needed to decide on what to plan for the rest of our evening. I guess I could wait for him to arrive, and leave it a mutual decision. I didn't really care one way, or the other. I just wanted to spend time with Edward. I had missed seeing him, and needed to remedy this to being more often.
I was also wanting to expand our 'activities' to going a little further. I have never been with a man, but due to my accident I was also not a virgin. That kind of got messed up with all the fractures to my spine, and my pelvis. But, I was still not ready to go that far with Edward. I just wanted to experiment with him. I was going to see if he was amendable to my idea. Thus why the suggestion to him spending the weekend. I guess we'll see if he is open to the idea.
I end up calling Gianna and telling her to just leave the supplies, and she can go home for the day. I'm going to clean my apartment, and get some stuff to cooking for tomorrow. I also call Angela and get her to go upstairs with me to help a little bit. I'll need to put clean sheets on the bed, do some laundry myself, put some beans in a slow cooker to start up later tonight. I also get some ground beef, and a small roast cut up for the soup.
I get all my supplies for dinner tomorrow ready, and Angela and I work on us some dinner. I feel like just a nice steak, with a baked potato. I then want to take a long hot bath, take me a pain pill, and retire for the night. I want to be well rested for tomorrow. I can't wait to see Edward.
I'm afraid I did what I said I was going to be cautious about. I'm afraid I have fallen in love with him. I just don't see how he can love me. I'm...what? Crippled? Handicapped? Not fit to be with the likes of him. I can't hold a candle next to him. I'm just going to get hurt in the long run.
I guess I'll just enjoy it while I can, and hold on to the memories for the rest of my life.
I'm just tired & ready to call it a day. We enjoy dinner, get a few things done around here. I take my bath, take a pain pill, pile up in bed with my babies, and fall asleep without any further thoughts.
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I can not believe I've got another chapter already. It was just pouring out of me. I was listening to my writing music, and it was just there.
I hope ya'll enjoy it. Please let me know what you thought. Also, don't forget to go to the group page for a few pics to go with the chapter.
I'm off to start on another chapter, and work on my other story.
Thanks muches...