Gabe619
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Devon's house, Saturday - The BBQ: III Timeline:
The house Devon owned he had brought for his family, for him, Steph and Angela. After they died he had started to spend more time at his garage to the point he slept there most nights. Since joining the Untouchables though he had begun to come back here. At first the house had been full of painful memories of his loss. But slowly those same memories began to bring him joy. Remembering a birthday, or an anniversary, or watching Angela first walk, or ride her bike down the drive. He had cleaned it up, done some much needed DIY and now the house was as good, in some respects better, as it had when he lived here before. It was a detached house in a quiet suburban neighbourhood. He knew his neighbours well and they had kept an eye on the place while he had been away. It had two bedrooms upstairs, a big family bathroom and an ensuite from the master bedroom. Open plan downstairs between the kitchen and living room, a small snug he had turned into his man cave and a basement he had worked on to turn it into a gym and storage room for Steph and himself.
It was the swimming pool out back though that was his pride and joy. To buy it from a firm would have bankrupted him, so instead he made it a project and the over ten years they lived there, with the help of some friends on weekends, he had built the pool to his own specs. Then he had arranged the garden around it. He had always been very proud of it. He had even put in a hot tub which Steph had loved. Today however was the first time since his families deaths that he had entertained at the house, and he was feeling a little nervous about it. All his friends would be seeing it for the first time and although he couldn't say why the butterflies in his belly wouldn't settle.
That hadn't stopped him from buying up half the meat aisle at the supermarket for the BBQ however. He had even bought a new, bigger BBQ to do the cooking on. The patio was easily big enough to house it and the tables he had set out for the other food, salads, cakes, rolls, bread, dips, etc, etc. As he stood there looking at the feast he laughed, he had gone a little OTT he thought. He hadn't even let Jennifer come over to help him, though now he wished he had. He regretted not bring her here alone, so she could get a sense of the place and maybe feel the ghosts of his lost wife and daughter. He knew that Jen could bring the spark back to the house.
He heard the doorbell and wearing an apron that said 'don't shoot the chef' he wandered through his home and opened the door to see his neighbours, Gwen and Hank Floyd and their son Adrian. After hugs all round he took the home baked apple pie from Gwen, her pies had always been to die for, and led them through to the garden out back. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and it was going to be a wonderful day.
"Uncle Devon, do you need any help?"
Adrian asked as he looked around. The boy was 18 now and the apple of his parents eye. He was a line backer for his school football team and Hank told him, constantly, just how good his son was and that he expected scouts from major colleges to be coming to watch him. The lad was handsome, blue eyed and had just a tinge of light tan to his skin tone, probably from his mothers side, Devon suspected as she had parents who had been born in Mexico.
"Uh, yeah, actually. I didn't have time to check the pool and hot tub, Adrian, could you make sure they are all ok and full?"
"Sure thing." The lad stripped his shirt off as the sun beat down and wandered off into the garden to work on the project assigned him.
"Is he fighting off the girls at school yet?" Devon grinned as he dug an elbow into Hanks side.
Gwen laughed and Hank smirked. "Oh yeah! The boy is not shy around the ladies ... well, he hasn't any right to be shy, look at that body on him. Puts me and you to shame, McCauley."
"Speak for yourself old man. Let me get you a beer." Devon laughed as he walked inside to find some cold ones.
The house Devon owned he had brought for his family, for him, Steph and Angela. After they died he had started to spend more time at his garage to the point he slept there most nights. Since joining the Untouchables though he had begun to come back here. At first the house had been full of painful memories of his loss. But slowly those same memories began to bring him joy. Remembering a birthday, or an anniversary, or watching Angela first walk, or ride her bike down the drive. He had cleaned it up, done some much needed DIY and now the house was as good, in some respects better, as it had when he lived here before. It was a detached house in a quiet suburban neighbourhood. He knew his neighbours well and they had kept an eye on the place while he had been away. It had two bedrooms upstairs, a big family bathroom and an ensuite from the master bedroom. Open plan downstairs between the kitchen and living room, a small snug he had turned into his man cave and a basement he had worked on to turn it into a gym and storage room for Steph and himself.
It was the swimming pool out back though that was his pride and joy. To buy it from a firm would have bankrupted him, so instead he made it a project and the over ten years they lived there, with the help of some friends on weekends, he had built the pool to his own specs. Then he had arranged the garden around it. He had always been very proud of it. He had even put in a hot tub which Steph had loved. Today however was the first time since his families deaths that he had entertained at the house, and he was feeling a little nervous about it. All his friends would be seeing it for the first time and although he couldn't say why the butterflies in his belly wouldn't settle.
That hadn't stopped him from buying up half the meat aisle at the supermarket for the BBQ however. He had even bought a new, bigger BBQ to do the cooking on. The patio was easily big enough to house it and the tables he had set out for the other food, salads, cakes, rolls, bread, dips, etc, etc. As he stood there looking at the feast he laughed, he had gone a little OTT he thought. He hadn't even let Jennifer come over to help him, though now he wished he had. He regretted not bring her here alone, so she could get a sense of the place and maybe feel the ghosts of his lost wife and daughter. He knew that Jen could bring the spark back to the house.
He heard the doorbell and wearing an apron that said 'don't shoot the chef' he wandered through his home and opened the door to see his neighbours, Gwen and Hank Floyd and their son Adrian. After hugs all round he took the home baked apple pie from Gwen, her pies had always been to die for, and led them through to the garden out back. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and it was going to be a wonderful day.
"Uncle Devon, do you need any help?"
Adrian asked as he looked around. The boy was 18 now and the apple of his parents eye. He was a line backer for his school football team and Hank told him, constantly, just how good his son was and that he expected scouts from major colleges to be coming to watch him. The lad was handsome, blue eyed and had just a tinge of light tan to his skin tone, probably from his mothers side, Devon suspected as she had parents who had been born in Mexico.
"Uh, yeah, actually. I didn't have time to check the pool and hot tub, Adrian, could you make sure they are all ok and full?"
"Sure thing." The lad stripped his shirt off as the sun beat down and wandered off into the garden to work on the project assigned him.
"Is he fighting off the girls at school yet?" Devon grinned as he dug an elbow into Hanks side.
Gwen laughed and Hank smirked. "Oh yeah! The boy is not shy around the ladies ... well, he hasn't any right to be shy, look at that body on him. Puts me and you to shame, McCauley."
"Speak for yourself old man. Let me get you a beer." Devon laughed as he walked inside to find some cold ones.
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