Chapter 11

That night was not ‘7 come 11’ but it could have been a ‘gamble’ on Steve’s part without everyone doing just a bit more than they were asked to do.

Dinnertime this evening, and getting there was not going to be easy, at least for Kathy. No one had a clue what she had to go through, nor would they. Kathy just laughed it off. This was fun. It was not often she gave orders and everyone just jumping. She now began to see Mistress Mandy in a completely new light. Between her, Mandy and Belle they now ‘ruled’ everything. She wondered if Steve liked older women, nah, she had seen him when he still was in diapers.

Steve had assumed that everything was working out. He had heard nothing to the contrary and right now Belle’s health was his main concern. Seeing a number of cars, vans and trucks going to and from the estate did garner his attention though. It was unusual, but then again everything these last few days had been unusual. One day he was ready to chuck it all, the next he was like, well like, no words might describe how he felt.

He looked around and hardly anybody was back. He decided to take a short nap, but before that, he called and told John and Ben to join him for dinner at the new restaurant they were trying that night. He had gotten voice mail and left them a message he also wanted Belle to go, if she felt OK.

I guess some of you have been in Grand Central Station in New York City, or at least heard of it. For you East Ponders think of London on a Friday, driving in Bangkok or Paris when you don’t know how to get from point A to point B(Pun on ‘Pont’ there, sorry). When Monica returned to her beloved restaurant the chaos was worse than anything she might have imagined, or was it? She was so happy and excited she could hardly wait to tell Monique, Bridget and Vito, what she finally had decided about the house and what Steve and Mandy had given her. That is until the car pulled in, or tried to since it seemed the back lot was now filled with cars, vans and delivery trucks and there was no room for the limo to get near the door. She looked at Mandy with huge doe eyes.