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place is getting out of hand for me. I try to keep the grave site looking good, but the house is starting to deteriorate. I need to decide what to do with this property.”
     
    Jake spoke up. “I’ll have the house fixed up. I’ll send some men to work on it soon. This is my Mother’s resting place forever.”
     
    Jon knew the reason his dad kept the property was because of the graveyard. The house would never be used again. Jake built him a hotel down the road to keep him busy, to take his mind off of this place and all it stood for even if he seemed able to face more things since dating Maggie’s Mom. “Why not tear the house down?” Jon asked.
     
    The older Hatfield turned to stare at Jon. “You may have a point.” He shrugged. “I must think about that one, son. Your mother loved it here.”
     
    “We could rebuild a larger place here, fix up the dock and use it as a family vacation home. I don’t mind it here any more.”
     
    “Dad, I still have a lot of catching up to do on that dock,” Jon told him. “I would love to spend time again fishing plus beat Jake for once.”
     
    “Then it’s settled. Jake, tear this down and build us a vacation spot. It’s time we moved on.”
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    Jon sat in traffic for over an hour, the bike’s engine warm. He wanted to get home to Abby. Where he belonged because he needed to tell her how he felt, that he wanted children and to get married and to move out of his grief. Jon realized he didn’t handle things well at all with Kevin and wanted to make up for hurting her like he did.
     
    He tried to call her while sitting in stalled traffic but she didn’t answer. After they left the old homestead, the two went back to Jake’s office to draw up some plans for a vacation home. Even though he wanted to get back to Abby, he knew it was important to his brother to get things started. Now he wondered if it had been a good idea to spend all those hours at Jake’s office instead of going straight home to Abby.
     
    After some time, the traffic moved. When Jon turned in to their driveway, the place was dark. It was almost sundown when he pulled up to the house and Abby always kept the living room light on. He walked around the side of the house to see if she was on her parent’s boat, but the dock was empty. The only sound he heard was Pete the parrot.
     
    Inside the place was empty. He walked to the bedroom to find Abby had been going through her trunk where she kept her Pippi costumes. Sitting right inside of her walk in closet, the lid hung open and different pieces of clothing draped over the edges. He didn’t understand why she needed to dress up as Pippi unless she went ahead and volunteered at one of the centers. It seemed strange she didn’t leave a note because she knew he was coming home tonight.
     
    He grabbed a beer from the fridge and went out on the veranda and stopped short. He laughed out loud. A brand new hot tub sat in the corner of the veranda. He shook his head and looked up at the sky. She did it, ordered and had one delivered like she said she would. What an amazing woman, he thought. She was the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life with and nothing would ever stop them from a fabulous life.
     
    He would do anything to make sure she knew she was first in his life. He’d make sure she knew it the moment she walked in the door. His glance went back to the hot tub. No sense in wasting it on this beautiful night, he thought as he stripped off his clothes.
     
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    Elvis finished his song on the makeshift stage when Margie announced they had a surprise. “I’d like to introduce you all to Pippi Longstocking and her furry friend!” she yelled in to the crowd, her voice dramatic.
     
    Abby ran out on stage with Penny by her side. All of a sudden Penny stops dead in her tracks. Abby swings around and tries to coax the dog along getting the audience riled up. When Penny starts her tricks, the crowd goes wild, clapping and laughing