Chapter 6 a visit from grandpa
Ding dong…" I'll get it" and the pita patta of feet was all Sandy could here when he rang the door bell to his old family home, soon enough the door was flung open and there stood a miniature version of Seth Cohen. " daddy there's a strange man at the door" said Joel Cohen. Seth came in from the kitchen to see his father standing at the door. " dad you made it. Annie, Harlin, Hannah your grand father is here." Another two pairs of feet cam running." Umm Seth hate to tell you that's only two pair of feet running." " wait and see dad" sure enough in came Annie with a smile on her face it was the first one Seth had seen in a while. The came Harlin with Hannah on his back. " hello grandfather you're here some sanity at last save me from this hell whole these beings call home. You are the sanctuary of my freedom the light that shines down on the broken sails of the lonely ship that sails through the turbulent waves of the battered sea" Harlin and Hannah rolled their eyes. " don't mind her grandad she's…well…she's Annie she likes to make things worse then they seem" " you can say that again Harlin…don't even try" " let me guess Hannah" said Sandy " how did you know" " granddads know every thing" " really?" " na Hann he's just pulling your leg" " no he's not" " honey what your brother means …don't worry about it" said Summer bending down to tell her daughter what it ment but then realising that she could not find a way for her to understand.
Sandy stayed with his sons family for a week before having to leave to visit Ryan. In that time he had broken through to Annie she had changed again although she still hated the fact that she had to baby sit her brothers and sister she did not hide things from her family any more. Summer had asked Sandy what he had said to her but he kept it to himself saying she would find out in time. The day came for Sandy to leave when he finally got round to Seth. He was handed a letter " Its from Harbour they want to hold a school reunion they did not know his address so they sent it here and if you know were Luke is this is his as well. We have already sent off Marissa's we may not have see her in a while but having a husband like hers its not to hard to get these things to her. I'll miss you say hi to mum for me ok" Seth hugged his father then stood back watching him get into the cab. " have a safe trip grandpa" yelled Harlin. " I will take it easy on your sister ok."
Just as he had done with Seth he did not tell Ryan that he would be there this week, it gave him a chance to see his granddaughters but also give all the member of the firm a quick rattle by scaring them with a surprise visits to the office. As the cab driver pulled up to the office Sandy saw some of the lawyers looking at it like they were better then it. This well give'm a shock Sandy thought he paid the driver and hoped out of the car. He pushed open the double doors of the office and walked through.
Some of the younger lawyers who had been hired by Ryan looked out from their cubical at this man walking right through the office. As he went higher up in the building he started to get the result her was looking for people looking startled, dropping books and staring. When he reached the top floor there was a guard standing at the entrance" I'm sorry sir no one is aloud past here except those with Mr. Attwood's say so and seeing he is a phone conference with his boss I cant let you in" said the guard standing up straight. Sandy smiled " in a meeting with his boss eh?" "yes sir" " that's interesting" " why is that sir?" " its interesting seeing I'm his boss and clearly I'm not on the phone" " we have had you come in here before saying this now I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to leave sir before I call for some one to remove you" said the guard " really well lets see I'll just call Ryan and see what he says about this shall I" " go ahead sir you wont get very far." Sandy took out his mobile and rang Ryan on his " hello Ryan I'm standing out side of the top floor with one of the security guards who thinks you in a phone conference with me… ok I'll see you in a minute." Sandy hung up and smiled at the young man standing there. A minute later the door was opened and Ryan stepped out the guard smiled and was about to say something when Ryan hugged Sandy. " Dad now what do I owe the pleasure of this visit" " first off I think for future visits I think you should have some one who knows me standing at the door for all he knew I could have been chased by some one and I needed to get away from them I would be dead by know." " you always know how to make something sound so wrong" " hey can you blame me I have the nanna as a mother?" " true… ok so why are you really here" "can't I come and see you and the girls, and besides I said I was coming…before I forget this came for you at Seth's house from Harbour there's one for Luke to…if you've seen him"
After having a look around the office and what had been happening there Ryan and Sandy went to pick up the girls from school. Standing were Ryan normally would Sandy waited for Kelly and Jamie to come out.
Kelly came out first with a bunch of books in her arms and her friends around her. She saw her grand father and ran to say hello" grandpa I didn't know you were coming" she gave her father her books and hugged Sandy. She stood there talking to him till Jamie came out. Unlike her sister Jamie came out with no books in her hands just friends, she walked right past them and stood at the bus stop waiting for the bus with her friends. Kelly was about to run over to her but Sandy said he would go.
He walked up behind her and covered her eyes " I see you don't want to go out to the shops with Kel and me well we'll see you back at your house." Jamie jumped and turned around to hit the person behind her when she saw her grand father standing there "poppy!" " hey sweet pea."