| |
Later
that day, after Kate dropped Sarah off, she called about the Cinderella
carriages. She ordered one for the night of Sarah's party. Kate was so
excited she could hardly wait for the party. She thought about how
beautiful Sarah would look in that beautiful gown, sitting in the
Cinderella carriage. She thought about Susie and how proud she would be of
Sarah, and of Bill, he had done such a good job raising Sarah and Justin
on his own. She called Bill the next day and said, "Bill, everything
has been taken care of. Sarah has her clothes, the food and carriage has
been ordered, and the invitations have been sent out. Now all you have to
do is get Justin and your clothes and then relax." Bill laughed and
said, "Mom, you are one amazing lady, what would I do without
you?" Kate said, "I am sure you would do fine son, but thanks
anyway."
The
next day Bill took Justin shopping. He had Justin try on a couple of
suits. When he came out of the dressing room, he looked so grown up. Bill
thought to himself, 'Susie would be so proud of her little man.' Justin
spoke up and said, "Geeze Dad, I look like a nerd in this suit."
His dad assured him he didn't look like a nerd but that he looked very
grown up. Justin said, "Ahh, come on Dad, do I have to wear it?"
"It's your sister's birthday, son. Do it for her," Dad told him.
"I want everything to be special for her birthday." "Oh,
alright," Justin said, "I guess I can do it for Sarah."
Bill laughed and hugged Justin and thanked him, "Now go change and
I'll take you to lunch." "Cool," Justin hurried to change
and said, "I'll be right back."
Bill
took Justin to his favorite Chinese place for lunch. While Justin was
eating his third egg roll, Bill looked at him and laughed. "What's so
funny? Justin asked, with his mouth half full. "I was just thinking
how much you take after your mom, she loved egg rolls too."
"Really?" said Justin. "Yeah," Bill said, "They
were her favorite Chinese food." "Tell me about her, Dad, what
was she like? I wish I could have known her." "Me too, Justin,
she loved you so much and was so happy when she first saw you. She said
you were the most beautiful little boy she'd ever seen. I remember her
smiling when she first held you and said, Look Bill, isn't he something
special?" Bill looked up at Justin and saw him wiping tears from his
eyes. Justin told his dad how special he thought that was. "I won't
argue with you there, son, she was amazing, that's for sure." Then
Bill said, "We'd better be getting home, Sarah will be worried."
"Yeah," Justin said, "We know how she worries," and
they both had a good laugh.
|
|
