Runaway

A Job Well Done

Gia
We finally get the job completed and with a minimal of issues and we were asked to do other jobs for the family. It was a very easy job because of Elliott and Todd. We celebrated our completion of the job. We have a drink and dinner and soon Todd needs to leave and Elliott and I are headed home ourselves. I get to my car and I have a flat tire. It's too dark to see to change the tire and I have no spare tire. So I need to get somebody to fix it for me, before I know it someone arrives with a flatbed to get my car and take it to get the tire replaced and a spare as well. Elliott has me join him at his home while my tires are being replaced by the people who pays to do things like this. His home is nice and I see photos of his family and friends in various places. He is suddenly ambushed by his two children. They hug him as he gets on his knee to meet their hugs and kisses. It's a sweet scene. He introduces us to each other. Stephanie and Edward look at each other and then at me. I don't know what to do at this point. So I just say hello and nice to finally meet you both. I'm not sure what to do now. Somehow they start asking me questions. I answer them as well as I can. I still wear my wedding rings and have a locket with my son, husband and myself inside it. Both ask me questions and I show them the photos and explain that they were taken from me and are in heaven with my other family members. Elliott thankfully redirects this conversation and we go look at the children's bedrooms that he designed for them.

Elliott
Edward and Stephanie are both chatting away with Gia and she's answering questions very kindly. I saw the tear in her eyes when she showed her husband and son in her locket. When she told the twins that they had gone to heaven I changed the subject to showing her the twins bedrooms that the kids and I designed for them. She asked if she could take photos and use them for other projects she has going. It doesn't matter to me if she uses it. Plus I most likely will work on it with her anyway. Each room has different things that make them unique and I created it all by myself after the children told me what they liked. Both rooms are like fantasyland for a boy and a girl.

Gia
Elliott grabs a book from the library in the room between the children's rooms. The library has three doors one through the hall and one on each side that leads to each of the children's rooms. A light switch on each wall by the door is where they can switch the overhead lights on. Seating for them both and then Elliott and them both. I am asked to sit by Elliott and he has the twins bring their chairs over and he reads the book to them. They soon get tired and he presses a button on the wall and two people come in and have the children say goodnight to us. Apparently it's time to bathe and get ready for bed. He moves the chairs back to where they were. We go back to his living room and wait to hear about my tires. We talk about different things and he tells me the children's mother. Apparently she was married to Danny Smith, and she left her first twins with him. The story was one that had been told in court. I had no idea that she had six children three sets of twins. All here in Seattle now. I asked if they are sure she only had six children? He said at this point we hope there are only six children.

Elliott
Gia had a real point about Susan might have more children out in the world. She was pretty fertile and who knows what she did before she arrived in Seattle. I think we need to dig deeper and find out for sure. There might be more children out there. The guys bring Gia's car back and I offer to follow her home to assure she gets there safely. I pay the men and we head to her home. It's a beautiful home and it's child friendly. It has photo's everywhere and there is no doubts she is still grieving over her losses. She definitely has put a lot of effort into making her home welcoming to children. She shows me what she did to her kitchen and the enclosed patio. Her pool is safely surrounded by a barrier to prevent children and even adults getting into it. That I could use myself, so she gives me the number of the company who put it up for her.

Gia
I get an invitation to his home for dinner tomorrow and take him up on it. He bids me a farewell at the door and he drives off with his security following him. I didn't notice that they were out here until now.

The dinner was great, it's been a while since I've been around children this long. We had a lot of fun. They invite me to their birthday party with this cousins. Their four cousins have the same birthday as they do, they are just two years younger than their cousins. Apparently their cousins are identical quadruplets.

Elliott
The party went great and mom and Mia know Gia's name and her work. Apparently she has a waiting list of people who want her services. She has been playing with the children, and I see the tears she is trying to hide from everyone. It was a good party and we all had fun and she brought birthday gifts for the children. I had someone pick her up so she could get right through the gate. I made sure she was comfortable. She definitely loves children, but I think she's going to grieve longer. I know that she is the first woman my children have liked and wanted around. I'm not sure of my feelings of opening myself becoming romantically involved with her at this point. Plus she's not ready either.