Ryanne, surprised he wanted her opinion, said, “Personally, I like the first one with 24-hour security and the pool.You know how much you like to swim.”
“It is a community pool,Mami; I would never use it,” Micah said.“Other thoughts?”
Alita said, “Furnishing it will be tight with the budget.”
“I shall provide you with an amount to use for household furnishings,” Ryanne said.“If you want, when you're ready, I shall be glad to accompany you to help you decide.It is important to make the space feel like your own.”
Eduardo looked at his wife.The home they shared contained many items which were there long before she had arrived and had in essence been either installed by his grandmother or mother.She’d never had a chance to make Las Tierras her own, and he could see the excitement she had for Alita to decorate the space.
“Then you have made your decision, Micah, or do you wish to look at other properties?”
“No, the second suits our purposes and is large enough to handle visits from the families,” he said.“Alita, are you pleased?”
“I am, Micah,” she said.
“Good.Ms.Perez, please prepare the paperwork so we can have a quick closing,” he said.“Once everything is settled, contact Alita so she may secure the keys to the home.”
“Of course, Señor Delgado,” Betania said.“Congratulations on your new home.”
Micah was pleased with the space.Moreover, he was pleased that Alita would finally have a true space of her own.At the airfield, Micah got behind the stick, placed the earpiece on his head, and prepared them for takeoff.He looked at his father.“I will have a place of my own.I hope you and Mami will visit once we get settled and we’ve learned to cook decent meals fit for sharing with you.We can prepare a dinner to host you in our home.”
“You say theourwith such finality,” Eduardo said.
“Perhaps it is,” Micah replied, pulling back on the collective to get lift.He remained quiet during the flight, focusing on the task at hand.Several thoughts occupied his mind, starting with the large bedroom where he would sleep alone.Alita, again, would be across the hall, also sleeping alone.
It was then that he began to think about the possibility of that not always being the case, but a delicate touch was required.Sharing the bed would mean she needed to share his name.To him, it didn't seem like such a bad idea, but conversations needed to be had.Plus, he liked it when she called him by his name instead of Boss.
He liked it a great deal.
Chapter 10- Muscle
The weekend would bea headache and form a blur in his vision by the time Sunday rolled around.This evening, the first of the guests should begin arriving, along with Andres, the second son of Eduardo Delgado.No one knew exactly what Andres did to make money or how he managed to have so much of it, yet no one questioned it.In his world of designer clothing, expensive jewelry, and fancy cars, the man had somehow finished his Master's degree in Logistics, which Eduardo Delgado found to be immeasurably valuable in collaborating with pharmaceutical companies to ship fresh product to the drug manufacturers.
It was the other portion of logistics for the family products in coffee and coca that was not for the pharmacy gods that Andres also oversaw.He had a network of unseen hands, faces, and hired guns that took care of every nook and cranny of Colombia.Although Micah never foresaw Andres wanting to live on the farm, he knew he didn't want to live in Argentina even though the cattle portion of the family business belonged to him.He often stated he hated the smell of cow shit more than he despised the smell of roasting coffee beans, and each product was the lifeblood of both families.
In Bolivia, a primarily agriculture-based country with the biggest source of revenue coming from natural gas and mining and minerals, Rodrigo Escalante, the Bolivian Cochabamba, ruled the country with an iron fist.The relationship between the Delgados and the Escalantes was tenuous since Hugo’s refusal to marry Rodrigo's eldest daughter.Andres was set to marry his second oldest granddaughter, a lovely young woman who created beautiful woven textiles with a foot loom, which sold internationally to select customers.As far as anyone knew, since the betrothal, Andres and Roxana Escalante had gotten on well.This weekend, the marriage proposal would be official, the ring would get placed, and a wedding date would be set for the couple to start their lives.
