Times Are A Changing Chpt 7
Thursday morning the brothers are arguing about who gets the honor of meeting Uncle Duncan and his mystery guest. Finally, they agreed to pull straws and Jason pulled the short one. Jeremy reminded him " Duncan is going to be here due to your wedding so it really was only fair." Josh agreed to take responsibility to entertain him at dinner "I will have dinner at Lottie's with Maggie so I can introduce them. Lottie and Clancy will probably join us so hopefully we can keep him out of trouble the first day of this visit." Jason warned Josh "Prepare Maggie for him. He is well intended but he has almost blown up all of our relationships not to mention our business. I will try to let you know about his secret guest." Jeremy advised his brothers that he was taking a crew up to the houses for half day and they should be ravailable for the afternoon since the workload was so heavy at the logging camp. Josh asked "Are you really going to be able to spare me in the fall when my training and school starts?" Jason and Jeremy glanced at each other then Jason said "It is going to be tough but we will survive. Jeremy and I are already considering a few possibilities for promotion to manager. After the wedding, we will discuss this further but you are going to school. Jeremy is going to have his own division and I am going to put my feet up and watch everyone work." Jeremy laughed "We do torment you time to time about taking it easy, but we know just how hard you have worked and will work and we are grateful for it." Jason opened the flap of the tent and hung his head "Say a prayer, boys that this is the first noneventful visit by our dear uncle. I really can't imagine who he has in tow." Before leaving Jeremy reminded Jason that they are having lunch with Telly at Lottie's tomorrow. Jason sighed "Whoopie, Uncle Duncan today and Telly tomorrow, I may never come home from my honeymoon. "
When Jason entered Lotties, he was relieved to discover Aaron there. "Let me guess that Jemma sent you as the representative to greet Uncle Duncan." laughed Jason. Aaron making little effort to conceal his annoyance "You are partially right, we all were coming until April decided to explode as we started to exit and I mean explode. Thankfully, I was not holding her but now I have been sent alone to greet the most insane member of the Bolt clan." Jason chuckled and patted his brother-in-law on the back. Right at that moment the sound of the arrival of the stagecoach could be heard. Both men took a deep breath, looked at each other and headed towards the door. As soon as they were outside they could hear his Scottish accent instructing the coachmen on how to handle his and his travelling companion's luggage. "Well he is already giving orders, not a good sign my friend. Maybe we should go back in and get a good strong drink first." suggested Jason.
The two men walked around the coach to be greeted immediately with a grand Scottish hug by Duncan. His travelling partner's back was to them as she viewed all the changes in Seattle. As she turned, Aaron noticed Jason physically tightened up and gasped "Oh dear God no, this has to be a nightmare." Aaron immediately inspected the guest and to his amusement he realized it was the seductress Widow Smith. Duncan extended his arm to her so that she would step forward, he introduced her "Meredith Smith, I would like to re-introduce you to my nephews, Jason Bolt and Aaron Stempel." She curtsied, Aaron bowed his head and Jason stood there with a look of total disbelief. Duncan reminded him of his manners and Jason acknowledged the woman with a nod of his head. Meredith immediately announced with a sly smile which Aaron couldn't help but notice "Duncan, Jason knows me quite well. It was a great pleasure when he was a striking young man around 14, his father sent him to me to perform odd jobs. He needed a little training but a very fast learner. Always trying to please." Jason couldn't help but cringe as he knew what she meant by odd jobs and training. Duncan scolded his nephew "Why are you acting as if you don't know her. I have never known you to be so awkward around people." Meredith smiled "Duncan, he is getting married this week of course he is a bit nervous. Jason, you are just as handsome as when you came to me as an innocent young lad of 14. He learnt many skills working for me, many skills he didn't expect to learn. I suppose you must all know he is excellent with his hands as well as other things." Aaron was struggling with his urge to burst out laughing. Jason chuckled but Aaron recognized that touch of anger which indicated that Jason wasn't really amused. Aaron should know that chuckle as he was often the recipient of it in the past. Widow Smith stepped forward and placed her hands on Jason's arms "My, you have grown to be such a beautiful muscular creature, I would so enjoyed having you as helper now." Jason put his hands on his hips and looked into the distance contemplating how to handle this situation. Duncan turned towards Aaron "Do you know what is going on here?" Aaron who was caught between laughing hysterically and horror, told Duncan "Your brother sent a 13-14 year old Jason to help with her odd jobs and she deflowered him for years." Duncan groaned and lowered his head "You are telling me that I have once again stepped in it." Aaron tightened his lips and nodded his head yes. Aaron suggested " Let's go have lunch and turn this conversation away from sexual innuendo. She appears to want to torture Jason for some reason. You know he will take it only so long." Duncan sighed "Lad, I am so sorry again." Aaron saw Johnathan approaching over Duncan's shoulder. Aaron knew this could be the match to ignite the dynamite known as Jason. Before he could stop him, Johnathan called out to his father and he joined the group. Widow Smith was thrilled to meet Jason's son "You look just like your father when he was your age. We were very good friends. Perhaps, we can be friends as well. We could have so much fun getting to know each other." Jason pushed Johnathan behind him glaring at Widow Smith "You lay a hand on my son and it will be the last thing you do. You have been welcomed to the wedding but all this double meaning is done. I accept that I participated willingly with you. I didn't know what you were doing in the beginning, I didn't even know about sex. There were so few people here, I was happy to have someone else to talk with. I hope this was meant as a joke otherwise you are sick. " Johnathan confused by the situation "Father, why do you think that she wants to have sex with me?" Jason replied "It is a long story, we will talk later. Uncle Duncan , she is your responsibility. I hope this was a joke on her part otherwise you better keep your eye on her. Don't leave her alone with any children." Jason put his hand on Johnathan's shoulder "Let's go to the camp."
Aaron offered lunch to Duncan and Widow Smith. They placed their orders as Aaron stared at the ceiling for a minute or two then he started "Jason and Kathleen have waited for seventeen years for this wedding. Widow Smith, you need to leave. I will pay for your fees to go home. Duncan, I hope you understand this otherwise you need to leave also. It is their day and all of the family is going to see that they have a great one. So let's have a nice lunch and afterwards make arrangements for your departure."
Jeremy had just released the crew to return to their logging jobs when Candy arrived with a full picnic basket. Jeremy took her hand and proceeded to explain what work had been done on the four homes , one of which was going to be theirs. Candy exclaimed "It is going to be so beautiful with the view of the water , mountains and last but not least the trees. I am so proud of my husband the business genius. It will be a little bit of walk to school but they will do it." Jeremy smiled at Candy "I was speaking with Kathleen about this issue. She has discovered that some of families who live on the outskirts including the Greeks don't send their children to school because of the distance. She is going to the town council to get money for wagons, she will donate the horses and the drivers for the start to pick up children. She even suggested that Chris could drive one if okay with you. He would make 5 dollars a month." Candy, very thoughtfully replied "I am not sure he is mature enough though he is growing so quickly. I have to think about this but I do like the idea of picking up the children. It makes for larger and diverse group of children at the school. I suppose that it is a matter of time before a new school will be needed. I think I am going to run for town council next time." They started eating Candy's fried chicken made especially for Jeremy. Jeremy laughed "You know they say the way to man's heart is through his stomach." Candy very coyly smiled at her husband and said "I can think of another way to a man's heart. We just had our first meal where our home will eventually be finished, why not top that off with a little lovemaking. Jeremy moved closer to his beloved and start nibling on her neck. Candy giggled" I take you reaction as a yes to my suggestion." as she kissed him passionately.
Jason stormed with his giant strides towards the camp. Johnathan who now was an inch taller that Jason was struggling to keep up. Jason barely said two words to his son on the race to the camp. Josh was in the tent when they arrived, Jason barked "I want to top for the rest of the day. Get one of the toppers down and reassign him." Josh started to argue and Jason glared at him. Josh acquiesced " Okay brother." Within 15 minutes, Jason was alone at the top taking his frustrations out on a tree. Josh finally asked "Uncle Duncan or Kathleen got him into this state?" Johnathan befuddled by the whole thing " I actually think it was Uncle Duncan's friend. She was rather creepy. This is crazy but she was very suggestive to me and dad flipped out. Aaron might understand better than me, he was there," Josh called for Corky and sent him to find Aaron. Josh requested "Johnathan, please fetch Jeremy at the construction site, I can't remember the last time I saw Jason in this state if ever."