Chapter 14 Making Plans for the Weekend

Again, Logan gets to work before anyone else. He is trying to get everything done so that he can relax this weekend. He talked with Rory and the boys last night. He is going to come over Wednesday night and bring pizza.

John arrived shortly after Logan. After getting everything started for the day, John stepped into Logan's office.

"Logan, before we get started on today's agenda, I need to talk to you about the move to Hartford." John said. Logan nodded for him to go oh. He took his usual chair in front of Logan's desk.

"I have talked with Stephen. I don't know if you know or not, but Stephen's family are from Hartford." John said. Logan shook his head. "George and Stephanie Badcock Glisson. Badcock Furniture?"

"I know the name. Honor had a friend in high school that her family was associated with the furniture industry. I just don't remember her name." Logan said.

"Georgia Badcock?" John asked.

Logan smiled. "I believe that was her name. Yes Georgia. I remember teasing her. Telling her she was a State." Logan said smiling, then motioned for John to continue.

"Stephen and Georgia's dad is sick. Stephen has been helping his sister take care of him. They are going to have a family meeting. Bottom line, Stephen and I are going to move to an apartment in Hartford and Stephen is going to take care of his dad."

"That is great news," Logan told him smiling, then he remembered Stephen's dad was sick. "Not that Stephen's dad is sick but that it will work out so that Stephen is able to help with his dad." Logan corrected.

When Logan returned with his sandwick from the deli down the street, John informed him that Shira had called to put a dinner on the books for Friday night.

Logan told John that is not happening. "I'll call my mother. What is on the books for Wednesday week?" John did a quick search of Logan's calendar and shook his head. "I'll call mom and Honor and set something up. I should have done that to start with. I knew she would set it up for this week." Logan said. He thanked John and closed the door to his office.

Logan called Honor and she agreed to Wednesday week. She also told her that she talked with Rory and they have a play date set for Thursday afternoon. Logan was glad that Honor and Rory got along so well. He just wished his parents were like Honor.

Logan calls the Huntzburger Manor. The maid answers and tells him that Ms. Huntzburger is out at the moment. Logan tells her to mark it on his mother's calendar that he, Honor and her family will be at the Manor Wednesday week for drinks and dinner. 6:00 sharp.

"Hey," John said, knocking on the door frame of Logan's office. "I am heading out. Do you need anything before I go?"

"Be ready to leave by 9:00 am. We will take the helicopter. Be prepared to spend the night. Tell Stephen, if he is not already in Hartford, to come along with us. You can make reservations for a suite at the Morgan, or you can stay at my apartment with me." Logan told him. John wrote it down on his notepad and returned to his desk.

It wasn't too much longer, Logan saw John leave. He headed out shortly after that. He had to go pack and talk to Rory. His plans are to work out of the Hartford office Wednesday and Thursday with John, then send John back Thursday night. Logan is going to take Rory with him Friday morning.

Due to the fog, they did not get to Hartford until lunch time. After landing, Logan told Stephen to call for a town car to take him to his dad's. Logan and John worked most of the day with the architect on the plans to expand the Hartford office. John will have to spend tomorrow at city hall to get the permits. Looks like this could be normal for the next few weeks. When construction starts, he or either John will need to be in Hartford. This was something they would need to work out.

About 5:30 Rory was getting the boys out of the pool. "Come on guys, you look like prunes already." She told them. "Logan will be here soon with the pizza."

Chris said "Does he know I not like any sauce on my pizza?"

Rory told him "Yeah, Logan will order the right kind of pizza." She didn't tell the boys, but she ordered the pizzas, Logan was just picking them up. So, what if she let him take credit for it.

While Rory was in the kitchen getting the plates to set the table on the patio, she heard her cell phone ring then Will yelling. "Mommy, it's Daddy."

"Answer it. Share with your brother. I will be out in a few minutes." She yelled out the open patio door. When Rory walked out, the boys were talking to Billy. She heard the gate opening and knew Logan would be here in a minute with the pizzas.

She went to open the door for Logan, giving him a kiss on the lips.

"The boys are on the patio Facetiming Billy. Go ahead, I will bring the cups of milk along with the wine and wine glasses.

When Rory enters the patio, the boys and Logan are talking. She sends Will to tell Karson that the pizza is here.

They enjoy dinner on the patio. Laughing and having a good time. After dessert, Ice cream oh course, Karson takes the boys to get a bath. Rory tells them that she will be up after they have brushed their teeth to read them a story. As they are going up the stairs, Chris and Will are talking about which story Rory was going to read.

Logan told Rory to scoot over and he sat down on the lounge.

"I will be in Hartford till Friday morning." He told her. I will pick you up around 9:00. Then we head to New York." He told her.

" I won't be able to get a babysitter until Saturday. I did not feel comfortable leaving Karson alone with the boys for two nights with us being so far away." she told him. She could see the disappointment in his eyes. "Mom and Luke went to Nantucket. I called Mom about keeping the boys, but before I could ask her, she began to tell me about a call she got from the caretaker at the compound in Nantucket. There is a problem with the water. He turned it off, but it needs to be repaired. Luke didn't want to wait until the weekend when he would have trouble getting the parts to fix it, so they are going up tonight. I didn't have the heart to ask her to take the boys with her." She was frowning now, but Logan wasn't. He was now smiling.

"Bring Karson with you. She can stay at the apartment with the boys. It is secure and I have a whole room of gaming consoles." He told her.

"I will ask Karson about it tonight and if she is okay with it, that would be the plan." She told Logan, "you will get to see all the ups and downs of having twin boys." She was laughing.

Karson knocks on the patio door before coming out. "The boys are ready for their story." She tells Rory.

"Come have a seat." Rory tells her. "I want to talk with you." Karson takes a seat. "We are planning to go to New York for the weekend. Mom was going to keep the boys, but she can't.." Rory pauses.

Karson is sure she is going to ask her to keep them this weekend. But before she could complete that thought, Rory continued. "How would you like to come to New York with us? You can watch the boys in Logan's apartment." Rory said.

"It's a secure building. You don't have to worry about anything. I have gaming consoles. DVD and all the movie channels. We can order y'all pizza before we leave or anything you want. Manhattan has everything,"Logan said.. He was trying to make it appealing to her.

"Sure, sounds like fun." She told them. "Em, do you think I will have time to shop in New York? It has been ages since I have been there with time to shop."

Rory nodded her head and said," I think we can arrange a shopping trip maybe Sunday before we head back. Logan can watch the boys. We will call Stephanie to go with us. You have not shopped until you have shopped with Stephanie." Rory thought this could be a great weekend.

When Rory went to read a story to the boys, Logan made a pot of coffee, while Karson put the pool toys away. When Rory came back down, Karson asked if it was okay for her to meet some friends for coffee. Rory told "sure, have fun and be careful"

Logan stayed for a couple more hours just talking, then went to his apartment. He had a lot to do Thursday and Friday.