We wandered to the shed. She unlocked the door and pointed. "There they are Steve". Two sunbeds were just inside the door. "I'll take one you get the ...other and lets get them in the garden. Suns got there now".The back third of the garden was coated in sunshine so we placed them there. "Why two Mrs Wilkinson?" Oh Steven ! Call me Hazel. You're a big boy now ok" "Ok Hazel please call me Steve. Im called Steven by Mam when I'm in the bad books". She laughed and said "Im just going to get changed. "I think maybe I had better find another electrician." With that said, she didn't try to close the door in his face, she waited for his reaction. "Take you a couple of days now, everyone is up to their asshole in backlog." He grinned at her. "Storm took a good part of town down, but if you can wait I guess that’s up to you." He grinned at the woman, then turned and started for the front steps."Wait a minute." She said desperately. "Would you just come in and fix my electrical box and. She's that way with everyone she likes."I thought that over for a bit. This might be interesting."So, maybe she'd like to hang out with us?" Maybe."Saturday came. Mom and Dad weren't too thrilled by the idea of me staying over at Jim's house when his parents weren't there, but I guess they figured that Kathy, now a junior, would be the responsible one.I showed up around noon. It was warm, not hot, but nice enough to be outside. I'd already started swimming and I wanted to do as much as I could. ”“Good for you!”“And as I was going through the process I became interested in biological sibling sets so the k**s wouldn’t have to be split up. My boys have the same birth parents.”“I give it to you. If I hadn’t made none, can’t say I’d take on anybody else’s.”“It’s not for everyone. But, I’m so happy. They make me happy and sometimes angry. It’s worth it.”“You’re right. I’m gonna step out here and see what’s up with this load. I’ll call you tonight or maybe wait till tomorrow.”“Okay..
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