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Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
*point at Vienna* you remember my Grand daughter, Vienna
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Of course
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*turn to Vienna & shake hand*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Welcome. We’re glad to have you as our new chief of police.
Vienna Edens (fl)
*smile* Thank you
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m glad to be here.
Harrison Edens (fl grandfather)
Would you like to join us?
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
We’d love to
Both Elijah and Kurt said at the same time
Harrison & Kurt took their chairs, leaving Elijah and Vienna to introduce ourselves.
Vienna Edens (fl)
*swallowed hard & extended her hand*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*glared at her hand*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*deep voice* Elijah
Vienna Edens (fl)
(Elijah Andersen)
Vienna Edens (fl)
(My one-night stand. So much for serendipity)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(Vinn. She’d told me her name was Vinn)
They did their lunch in Awkward Environment
Elijah was Heading toward Ranch
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(She was Vienna Edens a name I sure as hell would have recognized. Dad had been talking about her for weeks)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(She was supposed to be a goddamn tourist)
Mathew (ml worker)
You okay, Eli?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*grunted*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(What a f@xking mess. It had been a days since lunch at The Ashley and I was still pissed at myself)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(Vienna Edens Not someone I should have f@xked in the backseat)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(Dad had spoken so highly of her and her experience that I’d pictured an entirely different woman in my mind. Someone older)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I was still struggling to fit Vinn to Vienna)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I hated that I missed Vinn’s perfume)
He spend his whole day thing about Vienna
Mathew (ml worker)
Nice day
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It is
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I’m going to drop you off at the shop
Elijah Andersen (ml)
You can take the fencing truck and head out to the meadow that runs along the road to Ridge
Elijah Andersen (ml)
they’ll be turning out cattle into that pasture in the next few weeks and I noticed some spots that need fixing when I was driving out there the other day
Mathew (ml worker)
*nodded* Sure thing.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
As far as you can.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
By Friday, I’d like to have that whole area finished
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Call me if you need anything
Mathew (ml worker)
Will do
Elijah went to his parents' house
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Hi Mom
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Hi Son
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Got time for coffee or are you already off to the next thing?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I need to keep moving, but I wouldn’t say no to a travel mug
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
I just brewed a fresh pot
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*reading newspaper*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Hi, Dad.
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Hi there
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
*taking his glasses off* What’s going on today?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I was hoping you might have time to run into town and pick up a bundle of steel fence posts at the Farm and Feed
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Sure *nodded*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
I’ll do it when I’m done with the paper
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
He’s only read it twice already. *roll her eyes*
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
Just the one article about Vienna
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
The Walter did a piss-poor job on this one.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*stepped closer leaning in to read newspaper*
There was a Article about Vienna with her Old picture of Police Academy
The photo was ten years old.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Are you really surprised?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
You know the Walter have always hated Harrison
Kurt Andersen (ml father)
That was seven years ago
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Does it matter?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It could have been seventy and they’d still hold a grudge.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I guess the Walter had no plans to be kind to Vinn either)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(What kind of experience could vinn have this far into her career?)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(If something disastrous happened, I didn’t want the chief dropping the oars in the water when we’d need a steady captain at the helm)
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
*bring coffee for him*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Thanks for the refill.
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
*kiss his cheek* Of course
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Dinner tonight?
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Abel isn’t working at the restaurant and Michael doesn’t have a shift at the hotel
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Sia and Tia both said they could come over around six
Elijah Andersen (ml)
What about Ashley?
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
She’s coming over after the night clerk arrives at the hotel, probably around seven.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
I’ll do my best
Elijah Andersen (ml)
See you later. Thanks again for picking up those posts, Dad
Cornoe {ml cousin}
Hiya, Eli
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Hey. How’s it coming?
Cornoe {ml cousin}
Oh, I’ll get it fixed
Cornoe {ml cousin}
Good news
And indulge himself in work
Elijah Andersen (ml)
(I needed a day of hard, manual labor. Maybe if I exhausted myself, I’d sleep without dreaming of Winn)
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞Hey Mathew
Mathew (ml worker)
📞*panic* Elijah
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞*stilled* What’s wrong? Are you hurt
Mathew (ml worker)
📞It’s . . .
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞It’s what? Talk to me.
Mathew (ml worker)
📞I started at Ridge. That corner post
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞Yeah
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞 Mathew, tell me what happened?
Mathew (ml worker)
📞*sobbing*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
📞I’m on my way
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*ran outside*
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
Mary Andersen (ml mother)
MARY ANDERSEN (ml mother)
Have 6 children
used to be Chef at family Hotel
loves her family a lot
kind
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Truptimayee Biswal
think
2023-03-09
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