Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Chapter 2

Dusty opened the door of a tall skyscraper-type building. On the building it said Worldwide Incorporations; however, Dusty didn't work for Worldwide, in fact the only connection Worldwide had with the building was that they owned it.

"Good morning Mr. Donovan," Charise Moore his secretary greeted him.

"Good Morning, Charise. Have there been any calls for me while I was away?"

"All your messages are on your desk sir, and Mr. Donovan, there's a man here to see you," Charise explained.

"There is? Did he tell you what he wanted?" Dusty asked.

"No, only that it was very personal, and it was urgent that he speak only to you," Charise replied. Dusty nodded his head.

"Alright send him in," Dusty said as he entered his office.

"Yes, sir," Charise replied with a smile. "Mr. Cobb, Mr. Donovan will see you now."

A short, thin, balding man with glasses stood up. "Ah yes, Thank you," he said as he went into Mr. Donovan's office. When he entered, he saw Dusty standing near a window looking at it. "Uh Excuse me, Are you Mr. Donovan?"

Dusty turned around to see Mr. Cobb standing near the entrance of the doorway. "Uhm yes, come in. Please, have a seat."

"Thank you," he replied as he took seat in one of the available chairs.

"What can I help you with?" Dusty asked. Dusty didn't know who this guy was, and what he could want with him. He thought he was just another client, but he couldn't get what his secretary said. "Urgent and Personal."

"Well uhm, you see. Briar County is on the other side of the river, so it is in Nevada, not in Idaho. So Mill Creek had no right to incorporate itself in Briar County. You get what I'm saying."

Dusty shook his head. "You lost me in Idaho."

"Anyone who was married in Mill Creek with an Idaho License between 1935 and now, well their marriage isn't legal."

Dusty eyes widened with pure shock. "Come again."

"Well you see Briar County is in Nevada, so anyone married…" Dusty cut him off before he got to finish.

"I got it, I got it. So this means, me and my wife aren't married?"

"Well you are married, in every sense of the word. It just isn't legal."

"I see. So why come all this way?" Dusty queried.

"Well, we in Briar County thought it would be best to tell all the couples who were married during that time period…so that they may get married again. And we are also refunding the two dollars you paid for the wedding license," Mr. Cobb said as he took two dollars out of his wallet, and handed it to Dusty.

Dusty took the money. "Thank you and thank you for letting me know about this."

Mr. Cobb tipped his hat to Dusty and, as he was about to leave, he saw a picture of Lucy sitting on a sideboard. "Is your wife Lucy Montgomery?"

"Yes."

"Lucy was best friends with my kid sister Margie. I remember how she and Margie would run in and out of the house, laughing and screaming all the time."

Dusty smiled. "I see, that sounds like my Lucy."

"Well Uhm if you see her, can you tell her old Cornelius Cobb said Hi? I'm sure she'll remember me," Mr. Cobb asked. Dusty nodded in agreement.

"Well thank you, Mr. Cobb, and I'll be sure to tell Lucy you stopped by."

Mr. Cobb stopped suddenly. "You're gonna tell her about the marriage?"

"Oh yes, of course I am. Goodbye now Mr. Cobb." If Mr. Cobb didn't know better, he would almost think that Dusty was trying to get rid of him.

"Are you trying to get rid of me?"

"No Mr. Cobb, I'm just a very busy man."

"Oh I see, well I won't keep you any longer. Goodbye. I'll see myself out," he said as he left Dusty's office.

Dusty sat back at his desk, taking out a notepad and pencil. He jotted down in big lettering, "Miss Montgomery." He then took out his date book, and turned it to Monday, April 19- 6pm. He jotted down "Lucy Montgomery."

He picked up the phone. "Charise, get me my house."

"Yes sir."

Lucy, who was busy painting her toenails, answered the phone. "Oh hello Darling, No I'm not busy."

"Do you know where I'm taking you tonight?"

Lucy smiled. Not having a clue where her husband could be taking her. "Where, Darling?"

"Mama Estelle's." Mama Estelle's was the restaurant Dusty and Lucy had their first meal in Oakdale, it has much sentimental value.

Lucy loved Mama Estelle's. She wished Dusty could have seen the look on her face when he said that. "Oh Dusty, you spoil me, darling."

"Anything for you Baby. I love you, Luce," Dusty said as he hung up the phone. He grabbed the notepad that he had written Miss Montgomery on, and over the Miss, he wrote Mistress. That was what Lucy had become, his Mistress so to speak. However, he wasn't going to worry too much about that. For tonight, he had a plan to woo his bride all over again.

Meanwhile in a taxi cab Cornelius Cobb was crossing off the Donovan's from his list. He looked down at the address, and then saw that the taxi was on the same street the Donovan's lived on…and had just passed the intersection of the house number.

"Uhm I get off here." The taxi let Cornelius off and he made his way up to Dusty and Lucy's penthouse apartment.

In the apartment Lucy was telling her mother the plans that Dusty had for them tonight. "Oh Mother, he's taking me to Mama Estelle's. He hasn't taken me there since our first night in Oakdale. I wonder what he has planned."

Sierra Montgomery, Lucy's mother, was pleased to see her only living child happy. Lucy's older brother Bryant was killed in a car accident after his girlfriend, Jennifer Munson, left him for another man. His own cousin. Lucy hated Jennifer for she did. However, she chose not to dwell on the past.

As Lucy and Sierra were conversing, one of the housekeepers entered. "Mrs. Donovan, there's a Mr. Cornelius Cobb here to see you. May I show him in?"

"Corny Cobb is here to see me; I haven't seen him since I was best friends with his little sister. Man that was so long ago." Cornelius entered the living room and greeted Lucy and her mother.

"Uhm Good Evening, Ma'am." Cornelius tipped his hat to Sierra.

"Good Evening, Mr. Cobb."

"Hello Corny, how long has it been?" Lucy asked, realizing that it had to have been fifteen years since she last seen the Cobb's.

"I'd have to say about fifteen years, man I would have recognized you anywhere though. In fact, I did recognize you in your husband's office."

Sierra suddenly became concerned. "You met with Dusty?"

"Uhm yes, well I was telling him that…" Mr. Cobb then went on to tell Lucy and her mother, that Lucy and Dusty weren't legally married.

"What? Dusty and I aren't married?" Lucy asked very concerned.

Lucinda Walsh, Lucy's grandmother who had been listening at the door, walked up to Cornelius. "What did you say young man? Are you telling my beloved grandchild she isn't married to her husband, the man she has been living with, sleeping with in the same bed…making love to for the last three years?"

"I'm sure it will all get straightened out. Mr. Donovan himself told me himself he plans to remarry you."

Lucinda scoffed. "Well I should hope so."

"Grandmother, I'm sure Dusty will marry me again. He is after all taking me to Mama Estelle's tonight. He hasn't taken me there since we moved to Oakdale."

"Lucy, darling I hope you are right. For everyone's sake."

"I sure I am, Grandmother," Lucy said, not to sure of herself. Just this morning, Dusty had told her he wouldn't marry her again if he had the chance to do it over.

This time she hoped she was wrong.

Tbc…