Jennifer tonight and tell her about their engagement.
Ronald began to invite himself along, when he realized, perhaps they wanted to
tell Jennifer their news privately. And so he instead said, "Maybe I will tag...err,
please tell Jenny, I will see her tomorrow night."
Catherine picked up on his original intent, and suggested, "Why don't you come
with us. I am sure she would love to see you. She asked about you, when I saw
her briefly this afternoon."
Eagerly, he said, "If you don't mind."
After supper, the three of them went their separate ways to freshened up,
before their excursion of going above.
Back in her homey, sheltered chamber, Catherine dressed, and by the time
Vincent and Ronald came to get her, she was all ready.
As they passed by Peter's chamber, they stopped in, to check on the progress
that was being made.
Warmly Jacob said, "Vincent and Ronald...Mary would like to enlist the two of
you in the morning. She and Catherine will need all the furniture from the
restoration chamber moved in here which Peter had selected. They will be
completing the correlative style on his chamber tomorrow, after our mid-day
meal."
Rebecca excitedly said, "Mary enlisted my help as well Father."
To which Jacob corrected his self by saying, "Very good then, Mary, Catherine
and Rebecca will need all the furniture here."
Happily Catherine replied, "I am happy you are helping too Rebecca."
To which Rebecca excitedly shared, "I made some special candles for Peter, as
a sort of a chamber warming gift from me, so I will bring those too."
Thoughtfully Catherine replied, "You have me thinking...I want to prepare a gift
for Peter's new home too."
Jamie standing nearby, eagerly told Jacob, "Well, Laura and I were talking, and
well Father, we were wondering, if we shouldn't invite Peter here for supper
tomorrow night, so he will have time to come and see his chamber. Otherwise,
he won't come down here until 7 just in time for Mary's class."
Widening her eyes, Laura teasingly signed, "Yes! It will most likely be seven
o'clock or later...Peter often runs late!"
Jacob laughed, because he knew what Laura said was true!
Then he nodded and said, "Yes, Peter is a very busy man, and that is a splendid
thought. I will send word via Benny tomorrow to invite him. And, thank you
Laura and Jamie, for your fore-thought."
Meanwhile, Ronald stood steadfast, and as he looked around the chamber, he
noticed the beam he had cut to size earlier in the day, had been put into place by
someone other than himself.
And so, as he walked up to inspect the installation, and the fit, Jacob walked up
behind him, and complimented him on his precise measurement, saying, "It fit
in, just like a glove Ronald. Excellent job!"
Ronald replied, "Thank you Father, I must confess, I was worried about the
slight curve there, but it seems steady."
As Jacob looked around the chamber himself, he said, "I believe Peter will be
happy here."
Jacob then looked up at Vincent, and inquired, "So are you three still going to
see Jennifer?"
Vincent replied, "Yes Father, we are leaving now."
Chuckling Jacob requested, "Do tell the Dear Girl, Hello for me won't you? And
also, invite Jennifer here to share our evening meal tomorrow night as well. We
may as well make a party of it."
Forgetting Jennifer was planning on cooking for Ronald, Catherine replied, "Oh
that sounds nice Father, Jenny will like that. We will ask her."
After the three departed from Peter's chamber, Mary excitedly walked up to
Jacob, and mentioned, "Oh Father, I have to fill you in on the plans for Vincent
and Catherine's engagement party. I have put Rebecca in charge, and she has
enlisted, Olivia, Brooke, Jamie and Laura to help her! They are so excited!"
Rebecca chimed in saying, "The children are busy working on an assortment of
songs to sing for a short concert."
Just then Samantha ran up to listen to the adults, and Mary proudly looked over
at her, and informed Jacob, "And Samantha has just told me she is going to ask
Lisa when she sees her tomorrow night, if she will help her and Eric, with a
scene they would like to interpret from Romeo and Juliet, in Vincent and
Catherine's honor."
Mary gleefully clapped her hands together, and said, "Can you imagine? That
should be precious!"
Jacob nodded, and then impressively asked, "I do wonder what scene it is you
wish to interpret Samantha?"
Excitedly, Samantha answered, "Well...we thought we should definitely do
something from William Shakespeare, since Vincent loves his work so much,
and then we knew it just had to be from his greatest love story he had written,
Romeo and Juliet! So we decided to do the scene when Romeo and Juliet meet
for the very first time, you remember Father...when they are at Juliet's Family's
party!"
Amusedly Jacob answered, "Yes...yes I remember, of course..."
And then approvingly he added, "I see you put some thought into this
Samantha. Very good!"
Brooke then excitedly inserted, "And Father, William told me he is working on a
special menu for the celebration too."
Informatively, Olivia too eagerly said, "We have been receiving RSVP's all day
Father! Lin and Henry will be coming along with Dr. Wong, and also Benny,
and Lou will be coming. But sadly Sebastian is still recouping from a bout with
Walking Pneumonia he had last month, so he cannot come."
Mary continued with the list by excitedly saying, "Lisa too, will be coming, and
OH my, tomorrow night I mustn't forget to invite Jennifer to the celebration as
well."
Disappointed in herself, she noted, "If I had been thinking, I would have had
Ronald invite her when he sees her tonight! Oh well Father...what is one more
day? There is just so much excitement surrounding this event..."
Solemnly Jacob acknowledged, "Yes, I have noticed that as well...so much
joy...Oh, and by the way Mary, we should have the children make get well
cards for Sebastian tomorrow."
Efficiently, Mary replied, "Already done Father, and have been given to Lou for
delivery."
Jacob smiled at Mary and said, "You are remarkable Mary, and luckily, always
a step ahead of me."
Mary modestly said, "Only when I am not a step behind you Father...which is a
more common occurrence."
Meanwhile, Vincent left Catherine and Ronald, at the apartment's basement
threshold, and said he would be meeting them at Jennifer's shortly.
Ronald then commented, "Be careful, I had no idea how far up Catherine's
apartment was, until I visited Jennifer the other day."
Smiling Vincent huskily recited, "Stony limits cannot hold love out..."
Ronald laughed and said, "Ah you are an incurable romantic."
Catherine smiled at Vincent, and thought that yes, he was, and thought of how
much she adored that about him...he was so eloquent, and so sweetly romantic.
She looked to Ronald, and asked, "Ready?"
And she then turned to climb the rungs that led up into her old existence.
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Meanwhile, hearing a knock on her door, Jennifer looked out and saw only
Catherine, as Ronald had stepped to the side to look at the art work hanging on
the wall perpendicular to the door.
As she opened the door, she excitedly said, "Hi Cathy! I am so glad you are
here. I was kinda hoping Ronny might come too, I made his favorite munchy,
Stuffed Mushrooms!"
To be Continued
Chapter Six
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