Bill Collins
(David's Boss)
Disclaimers: I don't own Once Upon a Time. Also, this is a spin – off to La Lisboa's original "Thicker than Water."
Sorry. Usually I try to post these earlier on Thursdays, but I forgot I had a "voice" this week.
This takes place (mostly) after George appears at the dairy farm.
Bill had never had a better farmhand than David Nolan. David cheerfully took care of everything he was supposed to do, from feeding the cows, collecting milk pails, and even cleaning up cow dung. Furthermore, he was incredibly gentle with all the cows. Bill had never seen the animals take to anyone like they took to David. He supposed it had something to do with the fact that David was raised around livestock. But it was still wonderful to see him interact so well with the animals.
David had even convinced Bill's daughter, Tina to work at the dairy farm after school for a few months. (Honestly, Bill thought his daughter was allergic to cow since she'd started Middle School.) It was wonderful to see Tina almost every day for a while. About two months ago, unfortunately, Tina had decided she didn't want to work here after school anymore. Bill was sad he wouldn't see her as often anymore, but he knew in his heart Tina's decision wouldn't last. But he still had David to thank for the extra time he'd had Tina this past year.
Bill was working on some paper work one afternoon while David unloaded the cow feed from the truck. He was glad he could trust David to do his job without having to constantly check up on him. And Bill was sure David was glad to spend some time outside again, especially with all the rain they'd received recently. As Bill continued, he thought he'd heard an unfamiliar voice. He shrugged his shoulders after a moment and went back to his paperwork. It was probably just his imagination. A couple of minutes later, he heard David and unfamiliar voice yelling. Okay, now there was something going on. He'd best figure out what.
"Hi David," he began as he walked out onto the field near the driveway. "I heard yelling –"
Bill stopped short as he noticed a strange man trying to attack David, although he was doing a good job (much better than Bill could have done) at fighting the other man. "Who's this?" What was going on here?
"Who I am is of none of your concern," the man replied. "My business is with this man," he continued as he ran into David, knocking him down this time.
Did this man seriously think this fight wasn't Bill's business? "Well, since you're on my property and attacking my best farm hand, I'd say it is my business," Bill snapped back. "Now get off my property or I'll call the police." He threatened, getting his phone ready in case he had to follow through with his threat.
David got up and flipped over George. "No Bill! I'm sure I can handle him without the police." Bill admitted he seemed to be doing pretty well against this guy. Where did his farmhand, who was supposed to be raised on an Amish farm, learned to fight like that? Still, Bill wasn't about to leave David's well – being up to chance. The other man had gotten the better at David once already. What if the man was able to do so again? Besides, he needed this man off his property, and the police was best to escort characters like this. He dialed the number for the Hampden Police Department.
Thank you for those who are reading this series, both new and old readers. I'd really like some more reviews, please if it's not too much trouble, though. What do you like about this series? What don't you like? What do you like about an individual chapter? What don't you like about an individual chapter? Help me out, please.