Chapter 7
"Where is Robbie?" Amanda asked as she looked at the clock for the thousandth time. It was now close to four o'clock. Stephanie and Sportacus had no answer to that question.
"Maybe I should go look for him." Sportacus suggested.
"Let me call the house and find out if he's still there. If not then we'll go looking for him." Amanda said. She picked up the phone and dialed the number. The phone rang and after the fifth ring someone picked up, however it wasn't Robbie.
"Hello?" The Mayor answered.
"Uncle Milford?" Amanda asked completely confused.
"Hi, Amanda! How's it going?" Milford wondered.
"Is my boyfriend there?" The girl said ignoring the Mayor's question.
"Yes he his." Came the reply.
"Can I speak with him?" Amanda asked starting to sound annoyed. There was no answer and she was about to ask again when Robbie's voice came over the line.
"Hello."
"Robbie, where have you been and why is the Mayor over at our house?" She asked.
"Put Sportacus on the line please. I think he's more equipped to handle this than I am." He said. Amanda handed the phone over to the surprised above-average hero.
"Robbie?" Sportacus asked.
"I think you'd better get over here quick. I have no idea what to do." The ex-villain told him.
"Ok, I'll come right over. Should I come alone?" Sportacus inquired.
"That's probably best. Tell Amanda I'm sorry and I promise we'll talk later." Robbie said.
"I will. Be right over." The above-average hero said and then he hung up.
"Amanda, Robbie says he's sorry and that he promises that you guys will talk later. Right now I have to go over there. I don't know how long I'll be so you guys eat something ok?" Sportacus told them.
"Ok. What's going on?" Stephanie asked.
"I don't know but hopefully its nothing serious." Sportacus said. Kissing his wife and son, the above-average hero left.
Arriving at Robbie's, he didn't bother to ring the buzzer since he was expected. Lifting the lid off the tube, Sportacus jumped inside and slid down. The above-average hero landed on his feet and came face to face with Robbie.
"I'm so sorry about not calling but I couldn't get the Mayor to shut-up." Robbie said completely exasperated by the whole situation.
"What's going on?" Sportacus asked.
"Soon after you called Mayor Meanswell fell out of the tube. Wondering what he was doing here, I stupidly asked him. He then proceeded to go into this whole spiel about how he and Bessie are still not talking and that you had yelled at him and on and on." Robbie told his friend.
"So that's why he didn't call me." Sportacus said.
"What could you have said to him?" Robbie asked.
"I was upset with him because he kept asking me to help him and I wasn't getting anytime with Stephanie or Joshua, which I still haven't got. So I yelled at him and Bessie for behaving like children and told them that they'd be in serious trouble if I had to come back to Town Hall. It was completely wrong of me but I was at the end of my rope." Sportacus explained.
"Well the Mayor is sitting in my big fuzzy orange chair right now. So maybe you can clear this up." Robbie said.
"Why don't you go and see Amanda? I'm sure you have a lot to talk about." The above-average hero suggested.
"Good idea. Thanks Sportacus." Robbie said. The two shook hands and the ex-villain climbed up into the tube. Sportacus walked into the living room to see if he could help the Mayor.
To Be Continued…