AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Serendipity
-25 Accidental Mexican
- 26 The secret is revealed
Many thanks go to RF-Fast for his editing and suggestions that enhanced the story. Any bad grammar left is wholly on me and my artistic style.
From now on I will be submitting the chapters early in the week so that hopefully they will be approved prior to the weekend for you devoted fans.
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Copyright (c) 2014 by Acup
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25 - Accidental Mexican
I remember going to sleep with three women in my bed. Too big ones and one little, but woke with just Sam. We cuddled and grinned and kissed a bit, but the smell of bacon got the best of both of us. I have no idea when Maria got up, either sometime last night or this morning, but she had breakfast waiting for me. Bacon and scrambled eggs with toast and a warm glass of milk.
Today Sam and I were gofers, but it was a LOT easier than it was with Martin. We were installing carpet tack strips while James was setting the linoleum in the bathroom and kitchen. Once he had the bathroom done, I was able to put the valve for the stool in place and begin installing it. He finished the other side and I was able to tee into the existing lines on the kitchenette side and not have to move the bathroom side holes after all.
While I was waiting for them to cool I went to the third floor bathroom and kitchenette and did the same before I would get in James' way. Then it was on to cutting stubs and installing valves everywhere else. The only problem I had was in turning on the water. Seems in installing one of the cold valves I left it open, and ran up to find a Sam in a soaked t-shirt. "You know, I like it much better without the bra!" She didn't see the humor and threw her pocket rag at me. Needless to say I made the march over to the main house for dry towels, I grabbed a dry shirt for her, but made like I forgot it after she had pulled the wet one off. But I suddenly found it when she went to throw the wet one at me. Man the Master of the house gets no respect... No respect at all I tell ya'. (Complete with Rodney impersonation.)
We checked the hot water valves before I cracked that side, so there were no more wet t-shirt shows. The linoleum worked out about the way we thought it would, coming up one short because of having to do Brittany's work room. I was happier with it in her work room because the floor seams weren't as tight as I thought once we cleaned things up. We needed a lot of leveling compound and crack filler in there. Sam and I spent the rest of the morning setting the bathroom vanity and sink. We just finished caulking when Maria called a lunch break. She put out a nice sandwich spread and we munched a bit. The girls had to make a 'potty run' to the main house. Seems we forgot to bring the toilet paper over.
"So how's it going with Samantha here?", James asked out of the blue.
I about spit my pop out, "I get 'the look' when I call her Samantha."
He laughed. "Well that means she's fitting in. If you're not on the friends list it's Samantha, but friends get the look when they call her that. But honestly, how's it going with her here? We were driving each other bananas all in the small apartment at the motel."
"Actually it's been pretty nice having her here. I'm thinking she might consider staying for a while."
Now it was his turn to cough, "The wild child hasn't driven you nuts?"
"I haven't seen a wild child. She's fitting in nicely with the other ladies staying here, and has been helping me out a lot. She also draws lots of attention in her micro bikini; including mine."
Now he was flabbergasted. "You got her out in a bikini? I know her and Beth used to run around in their birthday suits at home, but except for... special occasions... she wouldn't be seen out in anything less than a well padded conservative two piece. She is worse than Beth about her tits."
"I know about the painting company James, and I think her tits and jewelry are lovely. She hasn't been hiding anything around here." I was about to say more when the girls made their appearance, WITH extra rolls of toilet paper. "So how are things going up at the motel? Mary didn't say a word to me about it. I had to find out from Samantha." Maria got bug eyed, Sam glared, and James and I ignored them.
"Pretty good actually, eventually we will have an apartment on site. Right now we're in the honeymoon suite since it's the biggest until the older couple finishes up with us. Supposed to be around the end of the month. So for right now it's a mini frig and hot plate."
"Well any time you want a good home cooked meal let us know. Maria here is quite a cook. Even for a guy like me that likes the plain stuff. Right Maria?"
"You guys keep yackin' and you won't get anything done. The gate guys need to talk to you, and I see Uncle Martin coming down the driveway; so you better get scootin'."
I gave her a whiney '
Yes Dear!
' as I got up, making Sam and James laugh. I swerved and avoided a butt slap as I went around her. The gate guys were finished, and gave me the basics and the owner's manual on the opener and code system. I hadn't expected them to finish so quickly and didn't have the cash ready for them. I gave them the option for a check now or stop back for the cash tomorrow.
"Will tomorrow be a red flag or green flag day?", one asked with a sheepish grin.
"Tomorrow could go either way, but Saturdays are almost always green flag days if that works better for you?"
"You know, I really have something I need to do tomorrow. If you don't mind we'll stop by Saturday?"
"If you'll leave me your invoice, I'm sure one of the girls will have your cash Saturday," I said with a smile.
They left as Jean and Dean backed up to the sorority house and unloaded three more rolls of linoleum. Martin was crawling out of his truck headed for the house.
"What brings you here today Martin?"
"Making the final hookup on the pumps, maybe even running a little water to flush the lines out." He handed me the wet vac while he grabbed a box of fittings. "Set that out by the pool and join me in the basement. You're going to have to operate the pools so you might as well help."
We cut the caps off all the pipes and began flushing them. Martins boys did a pretty good job. A little here and there, but nothing too significant to flush out on my little spa. Of course little is relevant, my little one should seat eight comfortably, the big one over by the sorority house is a twelve to fifteen person.
We were about to make the last of the pump connections when I asked Martin to put an extra valve in for me.
"What do you want that valve in there for?"
I pulled the heavy duty hose out. "Because I put an extra valve in right off the boiler heat tank. If I have to drain it and fill it, I want it hot in hours, not the next day!" He just laughed, but we put the fitting in.
Once we had the grit vacuumed up with the wet vac, I went back in and opened the valves. My spa started filling with hot water. Even if it didn't fill completely before we ran it out, it would go a long way to getting it hot much sooner. I asked Maria to shut the valves off and get me when it got full. Martin and I went off to get the fittings set for the other spa, kiddie pool and the main pool put together in the sorority house basement.
Now that I knew Maria would be out of ear shot, I could talk to him. "What are your plans tomorrow afternoon Martin?"
"I usually plan Friday's light, why?"
"Well Maria will be going in to work in the afternoon, and I'd like to move her machines and stuff over to her work room while she's gone. I have the dolly for the cabinets, but those machines are impossible."
He shook his head smiling. "Give the office a call when she leaves and we'll swing over between stops. I'll tell the boys to put some pipe and slings in the truck, otherwise we'll never make it up the stairs with only two guys."
We got the big spa cleared out and started filling it when Maria came over to tell us the little one was full. We ducked back over and started the pumps and heater. The boiler ran out of steam around three quarters full, so it had a bit to go, but warming up from ninety six degrees was a whole lot better than warming up from fifty! We might even be able to take a quick dip later and break it in tonight. We wouldn't be so lucky on the big spa, since I had just filled the boiler system a few hours ago. It wasn't going to help much, so we let it fill on its own.
We had just cleaned out the kiddie pool and started filling it when Maria came running out of the house screaming in Spanish, and then running back in.
"There goes my money."
"HUH?"
"I was betting she would be late. Maribel is in labor." I started to jump up, and Martin stopped me. "No big rush Danny. She has a bag packed, and no woman in the history of our family EVER delivered quickly. Maria broke the record at only four hours. Before that it was over seven."
"Oh, OK...What did you mean 'there goes my money'?"
He laughed. "We all bet on early or late. My money was on late since Maria was early. If you would put my stuff inside for the night I will take Maribel off to the hospital. If you still have daylight, you can start on the pool when the other two finish filling. Otherwise start on it in the morning."