K.A.T. Antiques (Fall of the Alliance Book 11) by Pam Uphoff
Author:Pam Uphoff [Uphoff, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Iron Ax Press
Published: 2023-01-17T13:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seven
Drunken Revelry
Monday, June 18, 3738
âGood Lord, Karl!â
Karl grinned and hauled Matthias all the way across the room to the table and dropped him in a chair. âI hadnât realized you guys havenât ever been in here.â He waved upward. âIâm still surprised Dad actually let me do this much.â
Gunther wandered around the corner. âAnd you have your own bathroom? Now thatâs luxury!â
Arnold shook his head, staring upwards. âWhen Urban sees this . . .â
Karl walked back to the door and blocked it open. âHopefully heâll be content to insult me downstairs, or better yet, kick me out.â
Matthias grinned. âVolker did say something about you being a successful businessman. But do you have a place to sleep?â
âIâd have to rent, but I can afford to.â He glanced down the hall and shook his head. âLooks like weâre getting the full treatment.â
âOf course you are!â Lizbeth trooped in with a bag.
Followed by Jacquetta balancing a tray and Marybeth with a cold sack and a six pack of bottled beer in one hand and another six pack in the other.
Middle-aged, and usually cheerful, Jacquetta and Marybeth looked upset today.
âProblem?â
âHis Lordship yelled at them.â Lizbeth shook her head. âWeâll keep them away from him as much as we possibly can.â She produced silverware and bowls, loaded four salads and poured four soups, then stood back so Jacquetta could place the plates of chicken, spätzle, and asparagus.
The dessert went in his fridge minus four of the beers and Karl grabbed the bottle opener.
It beat the heck out of dinner with the rest of the relatives. They ignored the Cyborg cop taking up station outside the door and talked about their jobsâthey both assumed he workedâand took antique buying and selling in stride. Gunther was an engineer and Arnold managed a distribution center an hour outside of the city proper. And Matthias was still writing bizarrely humorous stories.
Arnold had left his family at home. âThank God! Antonia wants me to drop everything and get out of here. And I think thatâs a great idea.â
âEspecially if itâll irritate Urban?â Gunther sighed. âIâm staring at fifteen more years of having to get my Dadâs permission to do anything. But weâve agreed on a contract for me to marry Natasha in the fall.â
They congratulated him, another round of beer, then ice cream . . .
Tall tales. âThe House is haunted, you know! Heck I spotted one of âem just today! Right down the hall there!â Gunther pointed.
âI thought ghosts stuck to attics . . . or where they died. Did anyone ever die up here?â Matthias shook his head.
âAnd anyway, they only come out at night.â
âIt was getting dark!â Gunther protested. âYou guys need more beer, I canât even tell the truth and not get a critique.â
âTrue!â Arnold laughed. âHa! I remember the first time my mother brought me here . . .â
Now that was a scary one.
Then they invented ways to irritate Urban . . .
âYou know what?â Karl started grinning. âIf you want to truly infuriate him? Matthias? You ought to adopt these two.
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