Dressed in White by Diana Stone

Author:Diana Stone [Stone, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

25

Decisions, Decisions

I head to our room to wash up. The door is open. Cami is cowering on the bed with Nicky staring at her. It looks like Monica’s little cat is strong minded. Poor Cami is afraid to move.

“Nicky, leave her alone.” I pick her up and deposit her on the back of the couch.

When I return to our room, Cami looks relieved. “You poor little girl. I’m sorry, you’ll have to deal with it for a while.” I’m not sure how long a while is.

I take a nap for an hour to revive.

Monica and Charlie arrive within a minute of each other. He usually goes to the bakery after he has finished his rounds. It’s now after 8:00; that’s a long day for them both.

I head to the kitchen and see the table is already set. The hot pot of chili is on a trivet. Bowls are at each setting, along with big wedges of cornbread.

“Wow, I feel spoiled!” I look at Nikki with awe.

“Thanks. I’m making sure they like me staying here,” she quietly tells me.

Charlie comes out, freshly showered, with wet hair and a clean scent. He got rid of the smell of dirty horses and medicine.

Monica comes out in shorts and a top. She only had baking scents, but this must be more comfortable.

Nikki stands by the pot ladling bowls full. When she sits down, we dig in.

And the fun begins. It’s like a family dinner, but we all get along. Charlie tells us about suturing a mule who cut her leg, and that blooms into the full story of her strange family. Being a vet, he’s in the middle of their lives. He hears about their financial, romantic and emotional problems. By the time he leaves, he was told the wife has a boyfriend, the son is selling meth, the daughter is pregnant, and the father invested in Bitcoin and is watching the cryptocurrency market every waking moment.

“I should have bought Bitcoin when it was .50 cents, but I was in vet school, and didn’t have money.”

“I was on the police department and thought it was lousy a way to lose money.”

“I was baking and never heard of it.”

Nikki doesn’t answer right away. We look at her.

“That reminds me, I bought a few coins when it was $100. I wonder what it’s worth now.”

“You’re the only person I know who made money. Except you have to sell it to make the money. It could drop tomorrow,” Charlie is helpful with his new found knowledge.

“I don’t know how to cash it out,” she’s stumped.

“Find out!” I raise my voice. “You’re sitting on thousands of dollars!”

“I’ll get my phone.” She dashes off to our bedroom, and quickly returns with it.

A search tells her it’s worth around $20,000. “This changes things. With the sale of the condo, and this money, I can do something dramatic with my life.”

“In what way?” We all look interested.

“I don’t know.” She’s perplexed. “This gives me the opportunity. I could sell the horses and be totally free of responsibility.

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