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That day at the Diggs residence had gone by rather quickly for all of them. It seemed to them that the next day came far too quickly. It was almost time for Mr. and Mrs. Teak to come and pick up Alex and Annabella. Dorothy was in the parlor with Alex enjoying a cup of tea, Dorothy sighed and looked at her boots that were on the couch next to Alex.
"So, returning back home." Alex said looking out the window behind him.
"Yep." Dorothy said putting down her cup and grabbing the scepter.
"I think we should go to Donna's after we get back." Alex said taking a sip of tea.
"Alex I'm pretty sure I'm still being punished." Dorothy said sadly.
"Oh, right, yeah." Alex said scratching the back of his head.
"Sorry." She said wheeling her wheel chair over to him.
"Dorothy, Alex?" Came the sound of Auntie Em from outside the parlor.
"We're in here auntie Em!" Dorothy called.
Toto walked into the room followed by auntie Em, she walked over to Dorothy.
"We'll be leaving as soon as the teaks arrive, are you packed Alex?" Em asked curiously.
"Yes Mrs. Gale, I was wondering, could Dorothy come with us?" Alex asked curiously.
Em thought about this for a minute, she then took off her glasses, breathed on the lenses, and wiped it on her shirt. She then sighed a bit.
"I'll have to talk to henry about that, and you'll have to talk to your mom and dad about it, and if neither henry nor your parents object then I guess it will be alright." Em said thinking about it.
"Fair enough." He said.
"Anyways, I've helped Ellie and Aislynn with their stuff since you can't really go upstairs, now I'm heading back upstairs to help Ellie with Annabella's things." Em said kissing Dorothy on the cheek and walking out.
"Thanks Auntie Em." Dorothy said sounding a bit saddened.
"When do you think you'll be able to walk again?" Toto asked curiously.
"At most, or at least according to Glinda, at most three months." Dorothy said sighing.
"He wondering when you're going to be able to walk again?" Alex asked.
"Yep." Dorothy said nodding.
"Yeah well, I'm going to go upstairs and see if your aunt needs help with Annabella." Alex said getting up.
"Kay." Dorothy said smiling weakly at him.
"Don't go anywhere." He said causing both of them to laugh.
"Hey don't tease me like that." Dorothy responded giggling loudly.
"Sorry." He said teasingly as he walked out.
Dorothy took a deep breath and wheeled back over to her cup of tea. Jessica came into the room whistling and dusting, her eyes fell on Dorothy, and she stopped whistling and looked at her.
"Morning Dorothy, enjoying your tea?" She asked.
"Yea, Jessica?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Yes Dorothy?" Jessica asked halting her dusting.
"Is there any more tea?" She asked.
"I think the rest of the pot is in the kitchen, I can go grab it if you'd like." She offered.
"Please, this is actually some really good tea." She said finishing off her cup.
"Sure dear, be right back." She said running out.
As Jessica left Alex walked back in with Annabella who was struggling to carry her things. Dorothy laughed and looked at Alex smiling.
"Don't look at me, she insisted that she could do it herself." Alex said looking down at her.
Dorothy chuckled as Jessica walked back into the room, saw Annabella, chucked, and walked over to Dorothy and refilled her tea cup.
"Thanks Jess." Dorothy said as Jessica set the tea pot down on the table.
"No problem, so you guys will be leaving soon." Jessica said returning to her dusting.
"Yes." Alex said.
"You know, it's funny, a lot of times Jenny and I just stay here and keep the house kept, but then you guys turn up and actually give us something to do." Jessica said smiling a bit.
"Why don't you guys drop by every once and awhile?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"What you mean leave the house for something other than business or for ace?" Jessica asked sounding concerned.
"Yea sure why not? I mean it's better than staying cooped up in this manor the entire day." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, jenny and I hardly leave the house together, someone has to stay here to do the house keeping." Jessica said returning to her dusting.
"Well it's an open invitation should you ever decide to take it." Dorothy said taking a sip of tea.
Alex smiled and walked over to his cup of tea. He picked it up and downed it, he then placed it next to the tea pot and looked out the window. He smiled and chuckled.
"My parents are here." He said as a knock came on the door.
Jessica ran out of the parlor to open the door. Dorothy wheeled herself over to the parlor door. Finishing her tea and leaving it on a side table. She then wheeled out of the parlor with Annabella and Alex following. As they saw Jessica opened the door, Annabella put down her bag and ran to the door. Mr. and Mrs. Teak had hardly walked into the house before Annabella almost tackled them down. Mrs. Teak chuckled and then she saw Dorothy.
"Ah, hello Dorothy, good to see you aren't a cat anymore." Mrs. Teak said sighing in relief.
"Thanks Mrs. Teak, I mean I can't walk but yea, normal." She said chuckling.
Mrs. Teak was about to say something when Alex walked over and hugged her tightly. He then did the same with his father who gasped in surprise.
"Alex what's gotten into you!?" Mr. Teak gasped out.
"Cant a son show his parents some affection every now and again?" Alex asked.
Mr. Teak looked at his son, coughed, and embraced his son tightly.
"Alecks?" Annabella asked.
"Yes?" Alex asked curiously.
"You going to be better?" Annabella asked.
"How do you mean?" Both Dorothy and Alex asked curiously.
"You not going to be wicked?" Annabella asked.
"Ah, using my own words against me, well yes Annabella, yes." Alex said chuckling.
"Good." She said.
Dorothy was about to say something when they all heard the sound of people running down the stairs. Dorothy turned her wheelchair around to see Aislynn and Ellie walking down the stairs with their things. Her aunt and uncle were following closely behind.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Teak." Henry said.
"Hello henry, huh, yes Alex?" Mr. Teak said as Alex whispered something into his ear, "No I wouldn't object, um honey would you object to having Dorothy come with us? What? Oh apparently your sister should be back in town today as well." He said as Alex whispered into his ear.
"I don't object to it either" Mrs. Teak and henry said at the same time.
"Well that's good, anyways, Dorothy, when you get home, we'll have to find something for you to do around the house, since you can't really leave the chair." Em said walking over.
"Mrs. Gale, aren't you concerned that this is Alex's family were talking to?" Ellie asked curiously, sounding concerned.
"Why should I? I've know The Teaks and the Alistair family my entire life, and I'm not going to stop trusting them because one of their descendants is a bit of a bully." Em said looking over at Ellie with a stern look
"Will they be able to get the wheelchair in their truck?" Aislynn asked.
"We have enough room to fit two or three rocking chairs." Mr. Teak said.
"Well then, it's settled." Em said.
Ellie sighed in defeat. Dorothy turned her wheelchair towards Ellie and rolled over to her and hugged her tightly. She then wheeled back over to the Teaks and smiled.
"So, ready to go?" Mrs. Teak asked.
"Oh, no one second." Alex said running back into the parlor.
"Wonder what he forgot?" Ellie asked.
Alex emerged a few seconds later carrying Dorothy's boots with him. He walked over and handed them to Dorothy.
"Wouldn't want to forget these would we?" Alex asked teasingly.
"Thanks alex, no I wouldn't want to forget these." Dorothy said chuckling.
"Well, now we're good to go." Alex said walking around Dorothy's wheelchair and pushing it past his parents.
As soon as they were at the truck Alex helped Dorothy out of the chair and helped her get her balance so that Mr. Teak could load the chair into the back of the truck. Alex with the help of his father then helped Dorothy get into the front passenger seat of the truck where Mrs. Teak normally would sit.
"Are you sure you don't mind sitting in the back with your kids Mrs. Teak?" Dorothy asked.
"It's quite alright dear, better me than you." She said smiling.
"Right, Alex would you mind holding these?" Dorothy asked referring to her boots.
"Pass them back." Alex replied.
As Dorothy did this Mr. Teak got into the driver's seat, he was about to start the car when something caught his eye.
"It seems that Toto wants to come as well." He said as Mr. Gale ran up to the truck.
"You guys don't mind if Toto tags along do you?" Henry asked picking Toto up.
Mr. Teak smiled and took Toto from Mr. Gale and placed him on Dorothy's lap. Toto barked and licked Dorothy on the cheek, making her giggle. Dorothy then tightened her grip on the scepter which was now glowing dimly. Soon they were off on the road back to town, Dorothy spent most of the time in silence, looking out the window at the passing landscape. It was a beautiful morning. It wasn't until they were close to the town before Alex broke the silence.
"You've been unusually quiet Dorothy, is something wrong?" Alex asked curiously.
Dorothy shook her head.
"No nothing's wrong, but what am I supposed to say?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Right, well it's you, so I'm sure you could think of something." Alex said.
"Alex, be nice." Mrs. Teak said sternly.
"It's alright Mrs. Teak, Alex is right." Dorothy said looking down at Toto who was looking up at her, his head tilted sideways.
"Dorothy?" Came the voice of Annabella.
"Yes Annabella?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"What are we talking about?" Annabella asked curiously.
"We're talking about why I wasn't talking." Dorothy said chuckling.
"Oh, why?" She asked.
"I don't know really." Dorothy said as they crossed over the town line.
"So, should we head home first or should we go see your sister?" Mr. Teak asked pulling over and looking back at his wife.
"Definitely see my sister first." Mrs. Teak said smiling.
"Right, do you think they'll be too busy unpacking to see us?" Mr. Teak asked.
"I shouldn't think so, Fenny isn't one to put work first family second." Mrs. Teak said smiling.
"Well then." Mr. Teak said driving off again.
"It's not often that any of us really ever see Mr. and Mrs. Maitland around isn't it?" Dorothy asked.
"No, my sister has a habit of traveling to buy things in bulk, her husband has the same habit, and luckily they mostly stay in Kansas but spend more time in hotels than they do with their own kids." Mrs. Teak said sighing.
"Haven't you ever tried to get aunt Fenny to settle down like you and Dad did? Or like Uncle Alexander and His wife?" Alex asked curiously.
"No, they never stick around long enough, the most we ever really get to see of them is when they stay home during the few months before the New Year." Mrs. Teak said sighing again.
"Haven't you ever thought about the affect it's had on Donna and Kelly though?" Alex asked with a bit of concern in his voice.
"When did you start showing concern for your family?" Mr. Teak asked sounding a bit reluctant to believe what was going on.
"When I found love, for someone I didn't even realize I actually liked." He said.
"Oh really? Love for who?" He asked still sounding reluctant.
Alex sat there, silently, his mother chuckled. Mr. Teak looked at his wife with astonishment, he didn't like not knowing what was going on. It was then that it struck him like a ton of lead bricks.
"So you get it now?" Alex asked teasingly.
"Yes, son, ah here we are, the Maitland residence." Mr. Teak said as they pulled up to a house with a rather large moving truck in the driveway.
"Well they're definitely home." Mrs. Teak said chuckling.
Mr. Teak and Alex were the first out of the truck. Alex opened up the back and pulled out the wheel chair. Mr. Teak went over to the passenger door and opened it, allowing for Toto to jump out. As soon as Toto was off of Dorothy's lap Mr. Teak helped Dorothy out of the seat and helped her into the wheelchair. Alex then handed Dorothy her boots and pushed her to the door of the house just as Mr. Maitland walked out. He saw Alex and Dorothy and gasped. He turned his head and called for his wife who ran out and gasped as well, Donna and Kelly followed shortly after.
"Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Maitland." Dorothy said as Alex pushed the wheel chair closer.
"Good morning Dorothy, what in heaven's name happened to you?" Mrs. Maitland asked sounding concerned.
"It's a rather long story, you should have Donna tell you it at some point." Dorothy said chuckling.
"Right, anyways, Alex, would you mind asking your parents if they would like to go out to dinner with me and Fenny tonight?" Mr. Maitland asked curiously.
Mr. Maitland was a rather tall and skinny man, he had short reddish-grey colored hair, and he was extremely pale. He had a strict, yet caring face, which right now was glaring at Alex.
"Sure, but what are me and Annabella supposed to do if they accept? It's not like we can really get a sitter at such short notice." Alex said.
"Why not use Dorothy?" Came the voice of auntie Em and uncle henry from behind them.
"Oh Mr. and Mrs. Gale, what brings you here?" Mrs. Maitland asked walking over to them
"Nothing much Fen, just checking up on you guys." Em said smiling.
"Ah Emily, friends till the end isn't it?" Mrs. Maitland asked curiously, chuckling at the same time.
Mrs. Maitland looked a lot like a more grown up version of Donna and Kelly, the difference was that she had dark blonde hair. Her face too held the look of strict and caring at the same time, which was noticeable when she and Dorothy's Aunt joined in an embrace between old friends.
"How's traveling and buying things in bulk?" EM asked.
"Pretty good, how's running the farm?" Mrs. Maitland asked.
"It's been terrific." Em said looking at her husband who was now talking with Mr. and Mrs. Teak as well as alex who had slipped away to talk to his parents about Mr. Maitland's request.
"Auntie Em?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Yes Dorothy?" Em replied.
"Where are Ellie and Aislynn?" Dorothy asked realizing they weren't with them.
"They're you know, out and about." Em said winking.
"Oh, so, I won't be seeing them till this afternoon most likely?" Dorothy asked.
"Yep, anyways, your uncle and I were thinking, we think that given the recent turn of events, you've been punished enough." Em said smiling.
"So, I'm no longer confined to the farm?" Dorothy asked excitedly.
"That is correct." Em said as Toto ran up and barked.
"Em, I'm confused, what's going on?" Mrs. Maitland asked as Alex walked back over.
"It's a long story Fen, have Donna explain it to you, she was there for a good majority of it." Em said referring to Donna and Kelly who were now sitting on the porch.
"Thanks auntie Em, Donna, Kelly?" Dorothy shouted to her friends, they immediately got up and ran over.
"Yes?" they both asked in unison, they then looked at each other and laughed.
"Typical sisters." Alex said scoffing.
"Right, Mr. and Mrs. Maitland, you don't mind if Donna comes with me and Alex to the park do you?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Not at all, just you two be home before supper." Mr. Maitland said looking down at his children.
"Great, come on Alex, let's grab Annabella if your parents will let us." Dorothy said as Alex pushed her over to his parents.
"Ah, yes, Dorothy, we were wondering, could you come over to our house for five o'clock?" Mr. Teak asked curiously.
"Sure thing, how long will you guys be out for?" Dorothy asked curiously
"Who knows, but you're free to stay the night if it comes down to it, because your aunt and uncle will be joining us with my sister's family for dinner tonight." Mrs. Teak said happily.
"Fair enough, do you mind if we take Annabella to the park with us?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Not at all, just have someone warn us if you decide you're going to be running off to Oz or something like that." Mr. Teak said before his wife could even open her mouth, making them all laugh.
"Park?" Annabella asked climbing out of the car and running over to them.
"Yes Annabella, we're going to the park." Dorothy said smiling.
"Yay!" Annabella said excitedly.
Toto then ran over and barked, he then jumped up on Dorothy's lap ready to go. Alex chuckled and pushed Dorothy along towards the park. Donna picked Annabella up and carried her along the way as she and Kelly followed closely behind. The Maitland residence was only about half a mile away from the park that Dorothy had taken Ellie and Aislynn to. It wasn't really that long before they got there. When they arrived Donna set Annabella on the ground and she ran to a nearby tree. Picking up a small fallen branch, she walked over to Toto and waved it in front of him. He barked and Annabella threw it as hard as she could. It went about two feet but Toto jumped off of Dorothy's lap and chased it anyways. He came back a few seconds later and dropped it at Alex's feet. He then picked it up and lobbed it as far as he could. Toto chased after it and after a few minutes was running back towards them with the stick in his mouth. It was then that Dorothy began to wonder how Aislynn and Ellie were doing.
Meanwhile in the emerald city library.
Aislynn had spent the last five minutes trying to get as many books as she could carry into her arms. She was walking back to the center of the library to sit down and read them when she walked into the scarecrow causing both of them to fall backwards and the books to fall into a mess on the floor, they both chuckled for a minute before ace started picking up all the books.
"Sorry ace, I didn't see you, here let me help you." He said as he picked up some of the books and looked at the titles.
"It's alright scarecrow, it was my fault, I had so many books and I couldn't see where I was going." Aislynn said nervously.
"I see you've made a nice selection in books." The scarecrow said chuckling.
Aislynn smiled and finished picking up the rest of the books. She and the scarecrow then walked to the center of the library and set them down on the table. The scarecrow then sat down in one of the chairs and grabbed one of the books and began reading. Aislynn giggled and walked over to the scarecrow and kissed him on the cheek. He dropped the book and blushed. Aislynn giggled and blushed as well.
"What was that one for?" Scarecrow asked chuckling.
"It's my thank you." Aislynn said sitting down in the chair next to him.
"Awe, thanks Aislynn." Scarecrow said ruffling her hair.
"Hey." She said giggling.
"That's, my, your welcome." He said chuckling.
"No it's not, anyways what Ellie is up to?" She asked.
"She's with her sister, trying to see if there's any way they can relieve Dorothy of her wheel chair." scarecrow said picking up the book and going back to reading it.
Aislynn read over scarecrow's shoulder in silence for a few minutes trying to keep up with his reading speed. She then thought of something.
"Scarecrow?" Aislynn asked.
"Yes Aislynn?" Scarecrow replied.
"Was my grandfather a good man?" Aislynn asked curiously.
Scarecrow set down his book at Aislynn. He then got up and walked around the chair so he could be face to face with Aislynn. He then knelt down and placed a hand on her shoulder and sighed.
"No ace, he wasn't a good man, he was a great man, a wonderful man, a bit mischievous if you ask me but he was a great person, I wish I had gotten a chance to know him better though." Scarecrow said sighing.
"I mean was he good or did he rule over Oz with an iron fist?" Aislynn asked.
"He was a wonderful leader, he was the only reason why the witches didn't take over the emerald city." Scarecrow said smiling then he thought of something, "Come on Aislynn, let me show you something." He added taking her hand and leading her out of the library.
They walked quickly and quietly till they were back at the throne room. The scarecrow let go of aislynn's hand and ran over to the throne.
"What did you want to show me scarecrow?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Some of your grandfather's inventions." He said walking behind a curtain not far from the throne.
Aislynn looked at the curtain and heard the sound of switches being thrown, the throne was the surrounded by green smoke and the scarecrows face appeared in it. Aislynn giggled and almost fell over laughing.
"That's neat." She said regaining her composure.
"Yea it is." He said as his voice emerged from the throne.
"Oh wow, and all of this is yours?" She asked amazed as the smoke cleared.
"Technically it's yours Aislynn, since It belonged to your grandfather." He said.
"Did my grandfather leave a lot of stuff?" Aislynn asked.
"Yes, he did, he didn't take much with him when he returned to your world." Scarecrow said.
"That's nice, I'll have to ask you about it some time." Aislynn said walking over to the scarecrow and hugging him tightly.
"Aislynn!?" came the voice of Ellie.
"In here Ellie!" Aislynn called.
Ellie and Glinda walked in a few seconds later. Glinda walked over to them and placed a hand under aislynn's chin.
"I see scarecrow has been showing you, your grandfather's inventions, I hope that you have as much ingenuity as he did." She said kissing Aislynn on the forehead.
"I won't know until I try, did you guys find anything?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"No." Ellie said sadly.
"But let's not lose hope, I'm sure if we try we can find something." Glinda said
"Glinda you said magic cannot cure something like that." Ellie said walking over to her sister.
"Yes I did, but I'm sure there's something that I've been missing." Glinda said.
"Glinda, you said…" Ellie started to say before she was cut off.
"I know what I said, but I can't stand to see Dorothy in such poor condition." Glinda said.
"Glinda, let's just face it, we're just going to have to wait it out." Scarecrow said sadly.
Glinda looked at scarecrow for a second and sighed in defeat.
"I know, but, oh never mind." She said.
"Glinda, would it be possible for Dorothy to learn how to walk again?" Ellie asked.
"How do you mean?" Glinda asked.
"I mean, like Annabella, could you train her how to walk again?" Ellie asked.
"That's the thing Ellie, I don't know, I mean, she can feel her legs, she just can't move them, I don't even know if it would be possible." Glinda said sadly.
"Technically it would be." Came the voice of the Nome King as he appeared in front of them.
"How so Roquat?" Glinda asked curiously.
"She could technically could be taught how to walk again, it would take her a lot of will power to do so, but it could be done." He said puffing smoke rings from his pipe.
"But that would drain all her energy, it would tax her body to use that much will power." Glinda said worriedly.
"Glinda, the Nome king has a point though." Alison said walking into the room with her nose in her book.
"Alison I know, but it would possibly put her in a worse condition." Glinda said.
"Glinda, as long as she has the scepter with her it will be slightly easier." Alison said shutting her book and placing it in her pocket.
"Correct Ms. Alison." The Nome king said.
"Well then, tomorrow we'll start." Glinda said sighing in defeat.
"Well then, I take my leave." The Nome king said vanishing.
"Thanks." Glinda said.
"Let's go see what Dorothy is up to." Aislynn said running over to the crystal ball.
Meanwhile at the park.
Dorothy, Alex, Annabella, Donna and Kelly spent their time taking turns throwing the stick for Toto fetch, Annabella also spent some time running around chasing after Toto. It was about one in the afternoon when they decided to relax for a few minutes to let Toto rest. Dorothy rolled herself over to a nearby tree and parked her chair under it. Alex, Donna, Kelly and Annabella followed after.
"Dorothy?" Donna asked curiously.
"Yes donna?" Dorothy said looking up at the clouds.
"Do you think you'll be able to walk again soon?" Donna asked curiously.
"I hope so, still a lot of time though." Dorothy said.
"Oh." Donna said looking up at the clouds as well.
"Oh hello Dorothy." came the voice of Mrs. Pryce, she was accompanied by her husband who had regained his color and didn't seem as jittery anymore.
"Hello Mrs. Pryce, Hello Mr. Pryce, you're looking better." Dorothy said.
"I feel better as well, thanks, nice to see you back to normal again." He replied.
"I've heard that a lot over the last few days, the only difference is that I'm not able to walk at the moment." Dorothy said.
"Oh you poor thing, and there's nothing any of your friends can do?" Mrs. Pryce asked concerned
"Not that they know of." Dorothy said sadly.
"Oh, well then, it's nice seeing you again, we must be off." Mrs. Pryce said leading her husband away.
"Alright, see you later." She said.
"They seem like a great couple." Donna said.
"I know." Dorothy said.
Alex was about to say something when an aluminum can hit him on the back of the head. They all turned around to see some of Alex's cronies pointing and laughing.
"Hey Alex, what you doing with the misfit in the wheelchair!?" One of them asked laughing.
Dorothy got a look of fire on her face. She was angry at this. She herself was then hit in the head with a small pebble shot from a slingshot. The scepter then sprung to life and was about to fly over to the boys before Dorothy grabbed it. She rolled her wheel chair quickly over to them and the boys grew silent quickly when they realized it was Dorothy. It was about five seconds before one of the cronies broke the silence.
"Ha, little miss goody two-shoes is stuck in a wheel chair, what did you do sprain your ankle?" He asked taking a piece of paper from his pocket and throwing it at her.
"Leave her alone!" Came the voice of a man that Dorothy didn't recognize.
Ellie and Aislynn appeared behind the boys and pushed through them as the source of the voice approached.
"Doctor Foreman?" Aislynn gasped in surprise.
"Hello ace, you look well, my condolences by the way." He said walking into Dorothy's range of view.
Doctor Foreman was a tall man, maybe a few inches taller than her uncle, he looked like an old man, but he walked like he was in his twenties, his face, like was that of a kind man, his hair was a good length, and curly, funnily however he looked like he was dressed to go to a fancy party, with a maroon colored dress jacket covering a white shirt and a large black bowtie, black dress pants that had no creases or wrinkles, and black, nicely polished dress shoes. His electric blue eyes glared angrily down at the group of boys, who shrunk back in intimidation then ran away as quickly as possible.
"That takes care of them." Ellie said watching them run away.
"Yes, I can't stand to see people doing that, you must be Dorothy gale." Doctor Foreman said walking over to Dorothy and offering a hand.
"Yes, how did you know?" Dorothy said taking the hand and shaking it.
"I knew who you were the moment I saw you, it's been a long time." He said.
"How do you mean?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Doctor Foreman!?" came the voice of Dorothy's uncle as he walked up behind them.
"Ah, Henry how wonderful it is to finally see you again." Doctor foreman said walking over to henry and shaking his hand.
Dorothy looked closely at Mr. Foreman's face, caring, careworn, and kind. He was a doctor, she knew that. But then is struck her.
"You were the family doctor." Dorothy said suddenly.
"Come again my dear?" Doctor foreman asked.
"You, you were the family doctor, you helped me when I was sick, you've changed a bit." Dorothy said.
"No dear, I've just gotten older, I see you've met Aislynn, whom if I remember was left in your custody in the event of his death." Doctor Foreman said smiling.
"He was there when Mr. Greene was helping my grandfather with his will, it was my yearly checkup." Aislynn said sighing.
"Yes, well, there will be no more of that, I am finally ready to retire, I'll finally be able to settle down, maybe take up watercolors or I don't know, I know that the Kepelsen's are going to be moving to the retirement home in the next town over." Doctor foreman said.
"And you're are thinking about buying that house?" Henry asked.
"I've already bought it, finally moving out of the small house, I'll definitely keep the orchard maintained." He said.
"That's good, but why didn't they tell anyone they were moving out?" Henry asked.
"They didn't want anyone to worry." He replied.
"Well then, I guess it's not doctor foreman any more is it?" Aislynn asked giggling.
"You can still call me that, or just call me Jon." Mr. Foreman said chuckling.
"So you were the last doctor to make house calls, well next to doctor Maxwell." Henry said smiling.
"Yes, he told me about that, anyways, I'd like to chat for longer but I really must be off." He said.
"It was a pleasure seeing you again Mr. Foreman, call up our farmhouse if you want to drop by for a cup of tea or something I'm sure Em would be happy to see you again." Henry said.
"I'm sure she would, same number?" He asked.
"Yep." Henry responded.
Mr. Foreman smiled and walked away. Dorothy then looked up at her uncle and smiled.
"He's a really nice man." Dorothy said calmly.
"He's always been, why did he approach you guys?" Henry asked curiously.
"He was defending us from Alex's old cronies." Donna said.
"Ah, that's why I saw them running away then, well anyways, Donna, You and Kelly are wanted at home, Alex, same with you and Annabella." Henry said.
"See you tonight then Dorothy." Alex said picking up Annabella.
Toto walked up to them and barked. Dorothy smiled and picked him up. Ellie then took the wheel chair and started pushing it in the direction of the farm. She sighed and smiled.
Well, we finally meet the parents of Donna and Kelly, I was writing a few chapters ago when I realized I never even gave Donna a last name, so I figured it would be good to introduce the last of the Alistair family and someone from Dorothy's past that had some sort of connection with Ace as well.