Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:42:34 -0800 (PST)
From: E Walk <cane_lane_candy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Tip and Ty Chapter 21

Tip and Ty
By E. Walk
(Copyrighted by the author)
Edited by Radio Rancher

Chapter 21 -- A Steal of a Deal

This is Mark,

Tip and Ty left for the Quinn house and the children and I started to clear
the table.  Shawn came into the kitchen, "I'm not an invalid.  I can help."

I looked at him, "Okay, Mr. Non Invalid, you rinse while Bobby loads the
dishwasher.  The rest of us will finish folding and putting away the
laundry."

I was taking a basket of clean clothes toward the stairs when Bobby looked
at me, "Nano Mark, Mr. Harrison gave me another note for you.  I'll get it
after Mr. Ferguson and I finish the dishes."

We were in the family room watching a show on the Disney channel when Bobby
handed me the note and sat down beside me to see what it said.  I opened it

Dear Nano Mark,

Thank you for your informative and frank note.  I would very much enjoy
getting together and visiting with you and Zack.  You can call me on my
cell phone almost anytime except when I am in school.  The number is
717-6161.

I almost never leave town because my family lives in Bismarck, North
Dakota.

I look forward to visiting with you and Zack.

							Sincerely
							Tim Harrison

Bobby looked up at me, "Gee, Mr. Harrison must get lonely."

I hadn't noticed, but Billy had crawled onto Shawn's lap.

Barbie came over to me, "Nano, I'm tired."

"Okay ladies and gentlemen, time to get ready for bed.  Mr. Ferguson will
help you two young men with your bath and don't ask him to get into the tub
or shower with you.  You're old enough to make sure that you get your
bodies clean."

"Come on ladies, let's beat the guys.  Story time will be in the girls'
room tonight."

When everyone was ready for bed, I started to read the next chapter of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  I read a chapter with Barbie and Billy
on my lap and Bobby and Becky were on either side of me.  Shawn was leaning
against the bed listening and watching.

I got the girls settled and carried Billy to the guys' room and kissed both
boys good night.  Shawn had been watching the entire time.  After the
children were settled, we went down stairs and were sitting in the family
room.

I went and got two beers.  We were visiting and finally he told me about
his former partner and how he was harassing him.  I looked at Shawn, "Are
you looking to meet someone?"

"Yes, but I won't go cruising.  I want my next relationship to develop
naturally.  I don't like being alone.  Now that Colleen has a partner, she
is almost never at the apartment.  She is always with Leanne."

I was formulating a plan while Shawn was speaking, "Shawn, if you are
available on Saturday, would you like to join Zack, the children and me for
dinner?"

I would really like to meet Zack.  He must be a very special person.  Bobby
was talking about him while the guys were taking their bath and shower."

I got the portable phone and the note from Tim.  I dialed the number that
Tim had in the put in the note.  Tim answered on the first ring.

"Hi Tim, this is Nano Mark. ... Are you available for dinner Saturday
evening? ... Great, why don't you come to the condo about five? ... Okay,
I'll send the directions with Bobby in the morning.  I have someone I'd
like you to meet.  See you Saturday."

Shawn looked at me with a silly grin, "I think you got me a blind date.
Right?"

"Tim ain't blind.  I think both of you will like what you see.  Now how
about you calling Colleen and this Leanne person and see if they would like
to join us so the neighbors won't talk since there will be four children
and six males here."

Shawn looked concerned, "Who are the other two males?"

"Oh, they are two 15 year olds who I am going to be mentoring.  They both
think they might be gay.  I'm sure that you will like them.  Now call your
sister and her friend."

Shawn dialed, "Hey Coli, Nano Mark wants to know if you and Leanne would
like come to the boss's house for dinner on Saturday about 5:30.  It will
be just a small dinner. ... Great, I'll ask Nano Mark."

He turned to me, "They want to know if they can bring something?"

I shook my head, "No, we have everything covered."

"Mark says that they have everything covered. ... I will tell you tomorrow
why I am with Mark.  It's all very innocent, so don't get in an
uproar. .. Good night Coli, give Lea a kiss from me."

Shawn stood, "I need to go.  If tomorrow is anything like today was at the
office, I need to be well rested."

Shawn hugged me as he was leaving, "Thanks for everything, Mark."

Shawn had just left when the phone started ringing.  I picked it thinking
it was Zack, "This is the Washington, Jefferson and Jackson household.  How
may I help you?"  A young voice was laughing, "Is this a clearing house
like Price, Waterhouse and Samuels or whatever?  Is there a Nano Mark
available?"

I recognized the voice, "What's up Kevin?"

"I just called to tell you that Mr. Jefferson and Dr. Washington just left
Grandma's house.  You gotta' convince them that they need to buy the house
even if it costs $1,500.000.00.  Grandma is giving them a steal of a deal.
I'm really excited about Saturday.  Gotta' go."

I held the receiver and looked at it.  I think I was just hit by a tornado.
I had just hung up when the phone started to ring again.  I decided to play
it safe, "This is Mark Leavitt speaking, how may I help you?"

A falsetto voice started, "Oh Mr. Markie, I have this thang here between my
legs that is at attention begging for some attention.  Please, Mr. Nano,
take care of it; it is achin' so bad."

I couldn't help myself and I burst out laughing, I finally regained my
composure, "The doctor prescribes that you take that lil' ole thang and
give it some hand jivin' to see if you can git it ready for our guests this
weekend."

Zack and I got serious and I told him as much as I knew about what had been
happening, and the guests we would be having Saturday night for dinner.

Zach finally indicated that he needed to go finish some work and we got
ready to hang up, "Mark, I love you.  I'll see you tomorrow afternoon."

"Zack, I hope that you really mean that."

I hung up.

I had just finished cleaning the room when Tip and Ty walked in.  Ty looked
around, "Where's Shawn?  Is he okay?"

I shook my head, "Lawyer Jefferson, Shawn is fine.  He left here laughing.
He is going to be having dinner with us Saturday, along with Tim Harrison,
Colleen and her partner Leanne, and the two fifteen year old guys.  I
figured that the two ladies would keep the neighbors from talking anymore
than they probably already are."

"That's a very good reason for you two to buy Mrs. Quinn's house for
$1,500.000.00."

Ty put his hands up in disbelief, "Mark, there is no way you could come up
with that figure unless you have been talking to someone."

I started to laugh, "Kevin called to tell me that you had just left and
that I was to convince you that you had to buy the house.  Gentlemen, I'm
going to bed, it has been a very long day.  Goodnight."

This is Tip.

Ty had told me about his day on the way to Mrs. Quinn's house.  All I could
think was that he made $30,000.00 by just being there plus whatever else he
would be getting in the future.  "Here I am, a board certified doctor and
was lucky to make $500.00 after expenses and taxes."

When we got to Mrs. Quinn's house, she had snacks on the dining room table
and Kevin and his parents were already there.  Mr. Hastings arrived and
described his findings with the house.  He concluded his presentation, "I
would place a value on this property and building at $1,750.000.00 and that
is a conservative appraisal.  The only major drawback, that I could find,
is that the circular driveway is badly in need of repair or being
replaced."

He stood, "Now if you people will excuse me, I need to go.  I have another
appointment in 30 minutes."

As soon as Mr. Hastings had departed, Mrs. Quinn started, "Okay gentlemen,
I'll let you have the property, building and contents except my personal
things and some special mementos for $1,500.000.00.  My son and his wife
don't need anymore clutter.  You can use what you want and give the rest to
some charity.  I do reserve the right to pop in anytime I wish to make sure
Nano Mark is behaving properly."

Kevin was sitting there laughing, "Gentlemen, you might want to limit the
visitations rights to between 8:00a.m. and 8:00p.m., otherwise Grandma
might go into cardiac arrest."  Ty stood, "Mrs. Quinn, we would like some
time to discuss your generous offer.  We will be leaving for Denver early
tomorrow evening.  I have a case that is being heard tomorrow afternoon.
May I call you on Monday about noon with our decision?"

Mrs. Quinn looked at him with her penetrating eyes, "I'll be waiting for
your yes answer with unabated breath."

Ty and I exited the house and climbed into Ty's car.  As soon as we started
moving Ty asked, "Tip, what do you think we should do?  It is a terrific
offer."

"Ty, I know nothing about this kind of stuff, but I think that it would be
best if we took a laid back approach and not rush into a decision.  It is
evident that Mrs. Quinn wants us to have the house, but I think we should
think this over very carefully.  I also think that you should see what the
official assessed valuation of the house is, and then we need to talk to
Rita about financing the house."

"You should not take your investments to pay for the house.  I have some
money set aside, but I need to start thinking about the future also."

"Ty, we need to consider where the children would go to school, we should
not uproot them at this point in the year.  We need to see if they can
continue at the same school.  Remember how hard it was when we had to
change schools?"

"Tip, when we get home, we need to sit down and make a list of things that
we need to do in the next several days.  Everything is moving like we are
moving through time on a space ship."

This is Ty.

After Mark went to bed, Tip and I sat down at the table and wrote down
everything that we could think of that had to be done.  I finally sent Tip
to get ready for bed while I wrote out a plan for the next day.  When I got
to the bedroom, he was packing two suitcases.

All I could to say was, "I guess I have lost it.  I would look funny
running around with no clothes all weekend."  Tip looked at me and laughed,
"Well, we could have except that you made plans to meet Mr. Trout and
Mr. Smithers.  I thought it might be nice if we were wearing something when
we went out to dinner."

Tip put the suitcases on the bureau, and shed his clothes, "I'm going to
take a shower while you check to see if there is anything else you want to
pack."

I watched as he disappeared into the bathroom.  I quickly checked what he
had packed and shed my clothes.  I was a little slow because he was
standing in front of the sink brushing his teeth.  I touched his buns as I
passed him.  He turned to me, "Not tonight, Sweet Pea, we need to save our
energy for tomorrow night when we get to Denver."

When I came out of the bathroom he had his briefs on.  I took his signal
put my briefs on. I crawled into bed and he kissed me, "Good night my
knight."

I held him tight and he just relaxed and was soon gone.  I had a difficult
time settling down.  I was thinking of all of the things I needed to do in
the morning.

  Editor's Notes: It looks to me as if things are moving along pretty darn
fast right now. Shawn seems to be quite a cool guy. I think he and Tim
might hit it off pretty well. I guess we will just have to wait and see
what happens.  I must once again point out how much of a strain it is for
me to have to wait for the new chapters. I must also admit how wonderful it
is to receive the new chapters and sit down and enjoy them.

Thank you Uncle Ed. You are a very special person, and I am very happy that
you gave me the opportunity to read, enjoy and edit your wonderful
stories. I know for an absolute fact that there are a lot of people that
thoroughly enjoy each of your stories, and eagerly wait for each new
installment.

Darryl AKA The Radio Rancher