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Chapter Thirty- Five
Wade Kinsella turned and waved smiling at Zoe who was standing inside Lavon's kitchen watching from the doorway. George, Lavon and himself were outside behind Lavon's Plantation house trying to put together the swing set they had gotten for Jack the day before. It was Sunday and everyone had the day off so it seemed like a great idea to wait and put the swing set together today.
Zoe had asked once again if she just couldn't hire someone to put the whole thing together but George who had come with them when they went to pick the swing set up agreed with Wade that they could have it put together in a hour two tops.
It was going on almost three hours as the three BlueBell men tried to get the poles to hold together long enough to get the bolts and screws in place. Lavon had wanted to just call Tom and asks him to come help over a hour ago but George and Wade did not want Zoe to be right about them needing more help so they would not allow it.
Wade was starting to rethink that idea though knowing his little boy was wanting to play on his new swing set before it would get dark and at the rate they were going that wasn't going to happen. It just seemed like they were missing a piece, Wade had asked George twice now to go look in the box to make sure no pieces were left both times the lawyer replied there wasn't any left there.
Wade was now starting to think they were just missing a piece and they would have to call the number on the instructions and have the missing part sent to them. It would upset Jack to not have his swing set put together for how ever long it took to get the missing part.
"I'm going to check that box again" Lavon said having too, noticed that a part was missing. He went to the box looked in and didn't see anything then he lift it up off the ground and behold under the box was a bag with a few parts in it. "Found it"
Wade looked over at George "Couldn't find anything huh?'
"Now Wade it wasn't in the box, I can't help it was under the box" George pathetically defeated himself with "now we should have this together in no time at all"
Wade just bite his lip really wanting to punch George in the mouth but knowing he couldn't Jack was watching from Zoe's arms plus George was helping get all the mess Candice Hart had made cleared up for them so he just shook his head and got started back on getting Jack's swing set put together right.
With all the parts in place it only took them twenty minutes more and it was all finished they were just getting Jack's bucket swing installed when they heard the yells of the little boy who was the owner of the swing set running towards them. Following behind closely was Zoe laughing at the group of men and how proud that looked having finally gotten the swing set together.
Jack ran up to his Father with his arms up wanting to be put into his new swing, Wade complied lifting the baby into the swing and then started to push him gently. Jack's laughter had the whole group smiling and Wade thinking it was worth all the hours of getting the swing set put together to make his boy this happy.
"See I told you we could get this put together" Wade boasted rubbing the back of his neck grinning down at Zoe.
"You did get it put together awful fast after finding that missing bag of parts" Zoe stated "Lemon and me had a bet on how long it would take you to find that missing bag, she won I was sure you would find it after the first hour"
"What now?" Wade ask wiping the sweat off his brow looking at Zoe as if he wanted to prance on her. "You knew about the missing parts and never told us?"
"Lemon and Me seen George drop it out of the box earlier" Zoe said as she slowly backed away from Wade he had a certain look in his eyes that had her a little worried about what he was going to do to her. Lavon had taken Wade's spot pushing Jack in the bucket swing.
"That was hours ago, why didn't you tell us?" Wade asked taken a few steps closer to Zoe all the while she was walking backwards away from him. "Instead you made a bet on how long it was going to take us to find it"
"Yeah now that you are saying it out loud like that it does sound bad" Zoe admitted just before Wade tackled her to the ground and started tickling her. "I'm sorry" Zoe said in between laughter "please stop I promise to never do that again"
"Yeah like we buy and put together swing sets for Jack everyday" Wade said not letting up his tickling of Zoe enjoying being this close to her. He leaned in even closer and kissed her sweetly and soon all thoughts of tickling and laughing had left both of their minds as they lost themselves in each other.
Lavon and George looked away from the couple not wanting to intrude on their private moment. Only Jack did not share their view of what his parents were doing "Mama, Dada" the little boy yelled until he got his parents attention.
Pulling away from each other Wade helped Zoe up off the ground holding hands they made their way together back to their son who was giving his Father a very stern look. Wade couldn't stop himself from laughing at the look the toddler was giving him. It seemed that jealousy ran inthe family. But Jack was going to have to learn to share his Momma with his Father.
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Wednesdays had become one of Wade's favorite days of the week the other was Sundays which was family day for the Kinsella/Hart household. The last three Wednesdays had been date night for Zoe and him at the end of each date they made sure to stop and get a sundae to share along with a few kisses.
Jack also liked Wednesdays it seemed because that was his one night a week he got to have company of his own well babysitters. Earl had not yet watched Jack again for them of a night. Lavon and Lemon had watched Jack their second date night and Rose had the third which turned into a sleepover for Rose with Zoe when they had returned that night.
Since today was Wednesday and would be their fourth date night Wade had made reservations at the restaurant they had tried to eat at their first date night. Zoe had gone shopping again but this time she was alone Jack was with Earl the old man having swore not to take Jack fishing by himself. Last Saturday the three Kinsella men had went fishing for the first time Jack had liked holding his little fishing rod but did not like when they caught the fish crying seeing the fish being pulled out of the water. So hopefully that would curtail his Father wanting to take the baby fishing by himself.
Their sitter for tonight was AnnaBeth her class had been cancelled this week, she had let Zoe know she felt she hadn't gotten to spend enough time with Jack lately. Beside George was planning to tag along as well and play with Jack on his swing set.
The Rammer Jammer had been busy at lunch hour and had kept Wade from worrying about his date tonight with Zoe it had been a month so far of them going on dates. Wade knew they were taken things slow but it seemed to him that perhaps they could maybe speed things up. Zoe kisses were leaving him wanting more, and the dreams he had been having weren't helping the matter either. But he did not want to push Zoe if she wasn't ready yet to take things farther.
The phone for the Rammer Jammer rang and Kay picked it up after a few second she smartly spoke into the phone "I've told you not to call this number unless you have a carry-out order" then she hung up the phone.
"Kay" Wade said the bartender walked over to him "who was that on the phone?"
"Some lawyer for out of state" Kay said as she wiped down the bar with a wet cloth she had in her hands. "I've told him twice already today that we don't take personal calls on that line it's just for ordering take out, it's not for customers to get personal calls"
"Who did this lawyer ask to speak too?" Wade questioned getting a weird feeling about those calls.
"A Chole Hart I think it was" Kay said as a customer set down in front of her at the bar "What can I get ya?" she asked the man.
Wade kept his cool and waited until Kay had full filled the man's order then said to Kay "Was the lawyer asking for a Zoe Hart?"
"That might have been the name yeah" Kay answered "You now who that is?"
Wade was having a really hard time not grabbing Kay and shaking her back and forth "Yes that is my girlfriend, so if that lawyer calls again please come and get me I will talk to him"
"Okay" Kay said having no idea just how much Wade would have liked to fire her over what she had just done.
"If you need me I will be in my office I need to make a phone call" Wade said leaving Kay behind and hoping this lawyer who kept calling the Rammer Jammer did not have bad news to share with Zoe. First thing, first though he was going call George see if he could get a hold of that New York lawyer of Candice and check and see if he had been the one calling.
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George Tucker was not a happy man at the moment after getting off the phone with Candice Hart's attorney the other lawyer was just doing his job but it would not stop until Mrs. Hart got her way.
The Attorney had informed George that Mrs. Hart wished to end the trust fund she had setup for her grandson but could not do so without the signature of Jack's Mother. So in Candice Hart fashion she was having her Attorney call trying to find Zoe Hart because neither of them had her phone number. It seemed that the Rammer Jammer wasn't the only place in town the Attorney had called.
George had checked Dash's blog and wasn't surprised to see a post about a Attorney calling wanting to talk to Zoe Hart from every business in BlueBell. He knew Wade wasn't going to be happy about this, because he wasn't happy himself about how Candice Hart was trying to force Zoe to do her will again.
He as a Attorney never would have done what Candice's attorney was doing. But then again Candice was paying the man a lot of money to get results and it seemed like she would be getting them because Brick had just called him as well telling George about the call the Practices just received from the Attorney as well. And how the receptionist had let slip that Zoe worked there a few days a week.
Why couldn't Candice Hart just let her daughter go? Let Zoe live her own life and not interfere in it. George hated having to be the one to give Wade bad news again it just wasn't fair that he got stuck doing that all the time.
Maybe he should call Lavon let the Mayor be the one bearing the bad news this time.
George was just about to call Lavon when his phone rang answering it he winced at hearing Wade's voice "So did you find out if it's Candice attorney who called the Rammer Jammer?"
"Yes it was him" George informed Wade then continued "but listen he just didn't call the Rammer Jammer, if you look on Dash's blog the Attorney called a lot of business in town"
"Oh Man" Wade let out a breathe as he paced the outside of the Rammer Jammer "There is no way to keep this from Zoe"
"Yeah there isn't Brick just called the receptionist let it slip Zoe is working there again" George held the phone away from his ear as Wade yelled out "Why did she do that?"
"Because she thought he was a patient wanting to make a appointment" George defeated the receptionist with, AnnaBeth had been a receptionist at the Practice for awhile and he felt he had to defeat that occupation because of it.
"Yeah your right, she was just doing her job" Wade replied rubbing his hand over the right side of his face, this was not something he wanted to deal with today. Not when things with Zoe was just starting to head in the direction of them maybe moving past slow. He should have known it was too good to be true that Candice Hart had left them alone for a month now. After her failed attempt of getting custody of Jack, Wade was just relieved that George was able to get that all taking care of and dropped.
George also had both Zoe and Wade sign a custody agreement which give them both 50/50 shared custody of their son. It had relieved both Wade and he knew Zoe herself to have that signed and taken care of.
"I'm going to have to tell Zoe this" Wade stated hating that Candice's plans was mostly going to ruin there date night.
"Yeah I'm sorry about that" George said but knew that with it posted to Dash's blog there was no way to keep it quite. "If you want I'll call Zoe and tell her myself"
"No thanks for offering, but I will tell her" Wade said as Kay walked out the cordless phone to him "I've got to go I think that Attorney just called back here"
"Attorney again?" Wade asked Kay as she held the phone out to him.
"Yes" she replied as he took the phone from her. She then turned and walked back into the Rammer Jammer.
"What does Candice Hart want?" Wade asked right to the point he did not have time for niceties when it came to that woman.
"My client just wants her daughter Zoe Hart to come and complete the ending of a trust fund for one Jack Kinsella, the legal guardian has to sign in person the paper work. Once that is done Mrs. Hart will release the funds into any account Dr. Hart wishes"
"Why can't Mrs. Hart come down here to BlueBell bring the paperwork and do it all here?" Wade asked not wanting Zoe having to return to the Big City where she had gotten in the car accident that had almost taken her life.
"The Bank will only accept documents signed and notify from in state" was the reply Wade received "Can I speak with Dr. Hart myself?"
"I'm not with her at the moment, but I will tell her what you've said" Wade responded with then ended the call. Walking back into the Rammer Jammer Wade put the cordless phone back behind the bar then went to his office. He needed a few minutes to clam down he hated to have to relent to anything Candice Hart wanted but he knew if they didn't she would not stop, she was like the terminator she would not stop until she got want she wanted.
He wasn't even sure if what the attorney just told him was true. He had never heard of not being able to sign paperwork out of state before. But that really didn't matter because Candice Hart would not stop until she got her way.
And what she truly wanted was Zoe and Jack away from him at any cost.