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The man smiled – and flashed a badge.
“I promise, it will be okay,” he replied in amusement. “I’ll tell the chief that we’ll move quickly, and clear the road.”
“You won’t get in trouble? I just… yes,” she breathed, stunned and grasping at this opportunity that Ian had arranged to help her. He had once told her to give him a chance and he would do what he could – obviously he meant it. Her heart was thumping wildly at this blessing her husband had managed to somehow deliver. “Help would be so welcome and so wonderful. I just…”
“Mrs. Selkirk,” the man chuckled. “Iamthe new chief of police – John Griffin. Now, do you want to unlock the door to your place so we can get started?”
* * *
Hours later,she was standing within the walls of their new home and staring in disbelief as her entire life was surrounding her. Boxes were put in different rooms, her couch and things were in the cozy living room, her bed was set up, her dresser containing her clothing moved in one piece, carried by two men… it was all just simply shocking to see what all these people had done for her, with zero incentive other than the fact that her husband was an active-duty soldier… like they once were.
She was surrounded by smiling faces, so many names, children wanting to touch the puppy, and mothers keeping them out of the backyard for fear of the pool. Everyone laughed when Gigi wasn’t big enough to climb the first step by herself to follow the children upstairs… it was all so beautiful, so wonderful, and so overwhelming.
“Alright,” a man announced, coming out of the office area, smiling and dusting his hands. “The important stuff is done.”
“It’sbeendone, dweeb-that-I-love,” another guy quipped, causing several people to laugh.
“Coop, her husband’s still active duty and overseas. The important stuff is her router and modem so she can email her fella.”
“Hear, hear,” every woman in the room agreed in unison, causing several of the guys to laugh.
“To us, we have different priorities…”
“Big screen television…”
“The bed. Numero Uno is the bed.”
“The baby’s bed, you mean…”
“Of course, dumplin’. I meant, Luke’s bed. I swear.”
“Psst… Leia, no he didn’t.”
“I’m not dumb. I know that.”
“Hush up, Luka. She knows what bed I meant.”
“Geez, Jason… can you stop now?”
“Stopping.”
“The kitchen has to be set up so I can feed the little ones.”
“And her biggest, whiniest one…”
“That’d be me,” the police chief grinned, raising his hand and then patting his middle.
“I can’t thank you all enough,” June said softly in amazement. “You saved me a thousand dollars from having to rent that U-Haul, struggling to move it all, and… and… I am truly grateful. If there is anything I can do to repay you…”
“Help the next person when called upon,” Lily said, standing next to her husband. “We have a text thread we don’t use very often because it gets quite hectic, but I would like to get your cell number in case someone needs something. We do cook-out every once in a while – and you are welcome to join us.”
“I’d like that,” June admitted. “Maybe when Ian is in town, we can have all of you over and have a true housewarming party.”
“You hear that?”
“PARRRTAYYY…”
“Shhh… Michael’s asleep.”
