Chapter Six; A Day at the Circus
The following morning Jeannie woke up, showered, and went down to breakfast with the Bellows and the children. Luckily for her neither one of them saw her smoke inside her bottle the previous night. "Now Jeannie tonight Amanda is going to watch the children so you and I can go to the casino after dark." Doctor Bellows told her.
"That's right and after we're finished eating our breakfast we're going to put on our bathing suits and go swimming and then all five of us are going to go to the circus." Mrs. Bellows said with a rather large grin.
"Oh really? I love the circus! My master takes me there all the time!" Jeannie exclaimed.
"Your master?" Peter questioned with uncertainty.
"Oh, that's just a nickname that I call him." Jeannie explained while biting her lip nervously and turning her head to look out the window as Peter scrunched up his face with confusion and started to think whispering to himself.
"I don't like the circus." Sarah began. "All of the clowns there are scary." She finished.
"Well don't worry we'll be sitting far enough away from them that you'll hardly get a chance to see them anyway." Doctor Bellows reassured her.
"I love the clowns at the circus. They're very funny, and they're my favorite part besides getting to see the lions and tigers." Peter said.
"Lions, and tigers, and bears oh my!" Mrs. Bellows exclaimed.
"I know that movie! That's The Wizard of Oz! That's my favorite movie in the whole entire world!" Sarah cried excitedly while she jumped up and down inside her chair.
"Oh mine too! My master and I watch it all the time!" Jeannie exclaimed before she and Sarah started singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow together.
"I want to be Dorothy this year for Halloween." Sarah had told her once they had finished singing.
"That's a great idea for a costume!" Jeannie told her.
"Yes, I agree with that very much Jeannie but right now we have to finish eating so we can catch our bus." Mrs. Bellows said.
"I like riding the bus. I ride the bus to school all the time." Sarah began. "I also go to church, ballet and Girl Scouts." She told them.
"Oh you're in Girl Scouts? I think if my baby turns out to be a girl I'll sign her up when she's older." Jeannie said.
"I'm in Boy Scouts." Peter said while he raised his hand into the air.
"And I think that it's marvelous that you go to church to learn about God and Jesus. Anthony takes me there on Christmas Eve and Easter. I used to follow the Islam religion when I lived in Baghdad but since I've lived in America with my master I've converted to Christianity. Do you go to Sunday school?" Jeannie asked Sarah before she nodded while they finished eating their breakfast together.
"And what grade are you in at school?" she wondered.
"I'm in first and Peter's in Junior High." She replied while they headed towards the door together.
"Yeah and I hate it since I'm not a morning person." He told her.
"I'm sure that you learn an awful lot though." Jeannie said as they both nodded silently in response before walking out the door together.
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As soon as they got back to the hotel the telephone started ringing. "I'll get it!" Jeannie exclaimed before she quickly hurried over to the phone and picked it up to answer it. "Hello?" she questioned.
"Hello Jeannie, it's your old buddy Rog." He replied.
"Hello Roger Healey, I figured that it was either you or Anthony calling. I mailed out your postcard today." Jeannie told him.
"That's good. I figured that you would be back from dinner by now and I was wondering how you we're enjoying Vegas so far." He explained.
"Oh it is lovely! We met these two adorable orphan children named Peter and Sarah and so far we've taken them to play mini golf and earlier today we took them swimming and then to the circus." She told him.
"Well that's great." He said.
"Yes and tonight Mrs. Bellows is going to stay here with them and put them to bed and Doctor Bellows and I are going out to the casino." She told him.
"Now I really wish that I was in your shoes. Well listen, Tony's here and I imagine you want to talk to him before you go out, but you should drop by and visit us sometime." He said.
"Alright I will." Jeannie told him with a nod.
"Alright, you take care sweetheart. Have a great night tonight and I'll talk to you soon. I love you and here's Tony." He said as Jeannie smiled before Tony came onto the phone a few moments later.
"Hello?" he inquired.
"Hello darling." Jeannie said.
"Oh hello Jeannie, I just got finished talking to Roger and it sounds like you had a busy day." He told her.
"Oh yes, but Peter and Sarah are wonderful children and they both learn a lot in school and in Sunday school and take ballet and are in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. How's Texas?" she asked him.
"It's great, but rather lonely without you. Even Roger's been depressed. Usually he eats like a horse but I'm having a really hard time getting him to eat anything." Tony told her.
"Aww,.. you mean he really misses me that much?" she asked him.
"Yes of course he does. Next to me you're his best friend in the whole entire world. He probably cares about you just as much as I do even though it's in a different way. I look forward to getting your postcard though, and please just remember not to do anything that you'll regret when you're at the casino." He told her as a playful grin stretched a crossed her face.
"Oh don't worry, I would never do something like that Master." She told him.
"Come on now Jeannie I mean it. No funny business." He warned.
"I am sorry Master but I have to go now, Doctor Bellows is putting on his coat now. I love you very much and give my love to Roger Healey." She told him before she hung up the phone.
"Jeannie!" Tony cried frantically at the sound of the dial tone before Roger walked back over to him as he hung up the phone.
"What happened?" he wondered.
"Nothing. It's what's about to happen that worries me." Tony replied anxiously.