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As Time Goes By – Chapter 3
She placed the last of the dinner plates she and the boys had used in the cupboard. She flipped the drying cloth over her shoulder, rolled up her sleeves and began to tackle the stained pan in the sink. She scrubbed vigorously until the pan shone and then she dried it and placed in its place again. She took her long hair out of it's pony tail and ran her fingers through it. She took one last look around the kitchen and then walked the short distance to the lounge. She peered in the door to see her two boys playing with each other.
'It's my turn Wyatt!' Chris told Wyatt firmly.
'No, you just had a turn. It's mine.' Wyatt said and took the dice out of Chris' hand.
'But that's not fair, I didn't get to move.' Chris whined and tilted his head in confusion.
'Well that just the way the dice rolls.' Wyatt rolled the dice and then squealed with delight. 'Yes! A 6.' He moved his pointer 6 places and then looked to Chris who simply blinked his green eyes at him.
She smiled at them. They truly were perfect. She walked to her small bedroom and slipped out of her work dress and into a pair of faded jeans and t-shirt. She grabbed her brush and gathered her hair up into a pony tail and looked in the mirror. She sighed and shook her head at herself and then went back to the living room.
'Mommy Wyatt isn't playing fair.' Chris whined as he grabbed onto Piper's leg.
'Why not sweetie?' Piper said bending down to Chris' height.
'He keeps not letting me have a turn.' He said and turned to face Wyatt.
'Wyatt play fair.' Piper said kissing Chris's head and then taking a seat on the couch. She watched her two boys interact with one another and felt a sense of pride rush through her. She had raised these two boys by herself and they had turned out ok. Ok, so maybe it wasn't the easiest of lives but it suited her fine. She had just about enough money to get by and she had wonderful children. What more could she want?
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Leo shut the door to his office and took one last glance at it and then began to make his way down the steps when he bumped into another guy from the job.
'Ahh Wyatt, just the man I was looking for' The small plump man said.
'Me? Why?' Leo asked fixing his tie.
'I have a proposition.'
'A proposition? Now what wild idea have you got to promote the shops new line of clothing this year Sean.' Leo said pulling a smile.
'It's not a wild one this year. This one might just work…if you like traveling.' Sean ushered Leo into his small office. The office was decorated with hideous paintings which Leo could never understand why Sean had kept the up on the wall. His wife had decorated his office for him so it had a feminine style to it with plain cream walls and plain carpet which had visible coffee stains on it. There was numerous photos of Sean's offspring on this desk. Photos of them at their first day of school, first communion and many others that were of little significance to Leo.
'Why would it involve traveling?' Leo asked curiously.
'Well as you know we have numerous retail outlets around the USA and some of them do better than others.' Leo nodded slowing not quite gathering what Sean was getting at. 'Well this year we have decided to send a few of our staff to these places, see if we can make them better some how.'
Leo looked at Sean as though he had just developed another head. 'And?'
'Well, I want you to go.' Sean said as he fixed a slanted photo on his desk.
'Me? Why me?' Leo asked.
'Well, you've been here for what 5 years? I think it's time we sent you out to the open. You don't have to accept.'
'No I do accept. Where would I be going?' Leo asked twisting his hands nervously.
'Well California. San Francisco to be precise.'
Leo leant forward a little bit. Had he just heard what he thought he heard? Was he going back to San Francisco? Back to her?
Okies cliffy but I am in a big hurry, going out so I just wanted to finish this off to post it. I know it's awfully short but I just wanted to get to the basic point of why Leo was going to SF. I know I haven't done much with Piper but give the story time. Please review. Molly xXx