Chapter 12: A Second Mishap
When the four woke up the next morning, Evy couldn't believe that she was marring the man of her dreams today. Rick got up and was ready to surprise Evy with his wedding gift. Now, as we all know it is not custom for the husband to give the wife a gift but Rick was an exceptional person. Rick did follow the rules to well and didn't care for customs.
"Honey, will you follow me outside?" Rick asked Evy as she made her way back to the living room and as he came down the stairs.
"In my bath rob? I was hoping to get dressed before I did anything that involved going out of the house." Evy said with a smile.
"Well, I kinda have something to show you but if you would rather you could get dressed before I show you." Rick smiled an evil smile because he knew that she would get anxious about what the thing was and would want to see it more and more with the wait.
Evy ran upstairs to get dressed because, as Rick thought, she was dieing to know what he had for her. When she came back down she quickly grabbed her cup of tea and went to Rick. "I'm ready now."
"Well, that's going to have to wait because I just started my breakfast. Let me finish my eggs and coffee then I will show you." Rick was just rubbing it in. He wanted to see Evy get more and more uppity about see the item.
"Could you please hurry? I want to see what it is right now so if you don't hurry I will go outside my self and find out what it is." Evy was starting to jump up and down with excitement.
Rick finished his food and drink then started to walk toward the front door, "I know that the husband is not suppose to give the bride a gift on their wedding day but I like to break costumes as you know so, I bought you something and had to leave it outside because I thought it would be to big to get into the house without you noticing something extra." He brought Evy outside after blindfolding her so she would see what it was. When he took the blindfold off she squinted in the day light. The first thing that she saw was a figure in the yard but couldn't tell what it was until her eyes adjusted. She couldn't help but jump on Rick and hug him to death when she saw a statue that she had her eyes on for nearly 5 years. As Rick fell to the ground being covered in kisses from his soon to be wife he said, "I take it that you like your present."
"I love it. It the most wonderful thing you could have given me at this point except marrying me today." Evy kissed him once more and got up from the ground. She offered her hand to Rick to help pull him up but he refused to pull his faience back to the ground. He pushed him self up from the ground and that's when they heard it. It sounded as if Jenny had screamed so loud that it knocked a huge object down the stairs.
When Evy and Rick ran into the house they saw a very disturbing site. Jenny was at the top of the stairs on her knees and at the bottom was the thing that hit the floor after Jenny yelled. Jonathan was laying at the bottom of the stairs motionless and bleeding from his right ear. Evy ran to her brother to see if he was breathing but all she felt was a faint heart beat.