Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:11:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: E Walk <cane_lane_candy@yahoo.com>
Subject: The Doctor Gets a Visitor Chapter 40

The Doctor Gets a Visitor
Chapter 40 -- Meet Gigi
By E. Walk
(Copyrighted by he author)
Edited by Radio Rancher

Spencer arrived at the house 5:15 and immediately started clearing the
sidewalks and driveways again.

We all arrived at the Tillison house about the same time with our
newspapers.  Even Aunt Cora had her own copy.  Jeff walked us through the
paper and finally said, "I think that pretty much takes care of the paper.
I think we read enough details to know that driving is serious business.  I
hope you two guys learned some valuable information today."

Both Kenny and Drew nodded their heads yes but Drew said, "There was one
more item that caught my attention that shows the consequences of what a
bad drivers can do to families.  Everyone turn to page four of the Midlands
section of the paper and look at the last item in the obituary section.  It
read, `In memory of my dear beloved husband who was robbed of life by a
driver impaired by alcohol more than 60 years ago, denying him of the
opportunity to see his great grandson making something of his life.'"

Aunt Cora started to cry.  Drew got a very confused look on his face and
started to hug her.  "What's wrong, Aunt Cora?"

"Drew, I think Aunt Cora is really your great grandmother.  Now take her
into the kitchen and get her a nice cup of tea while you talk." Kenny
coolly said.  Kenny turned to us and said; "Now people, I think we all
learned more here today than we could have by watching all 10 of those
ridiculous tapes.  Since tomorrow is Friday, we won't be meeting.
Mr. Baldwin, you can tell us what our next assignment is tomorrow at swim
practice."

We got up to leave and Jeff asked, "Kenny, do you have a video camera at
home?"

"Yep." he answered.

"Could you bring it tomorrow so we can use it at swim practice?"  Jeff
turned to Mrs. T. and asked, "Grams, do you have one we can borrow?"

"Sure do."  She went and got it with all its accessories to charge it.  "It
has been a long time since it was used, so you may have to change the
batteries."

"Kenny, one of us will pick you up at 9:00 and take you home." Jeff said,
as he kissed Mrs. T.  Matt, Jeff, Tyler and I got into our separate
vehicles and went back to my house.  Spencer was just putting the snow
blower away when we got there.  We walked in.  Matt had brought a backpack
with a change of clothes to work in and bag with Jeff's clothes neatly
folded. We had just hung up our coats when Mark arrived.

He also had a bag of clean clothes which he handed to Jeff.  Jeff left to
check on dinner and came back and said, "We have ten minutes to change
clothes.  Spencer, you take Mr. Bressler and get the drinks on the table.
I'll have lemonade and there is milk or iced tea."

"I'll have iced tea." I added.

Matt said, "I would like a glass of milk."

The three of us went upstairs and quickly changed.  Matt showed no
hesitation in shedding his clothes this time.  When we went downstairs,
Jeff asked me to round everyone up.  He went into the kitchen and when
everyone was seated, he, Tyler and Spencer started bringing in the food.

They brought in a large platter of meat loaf with a tomato sauce, oven hash
browns and a baked corn casserole cut into square sized servings.  Jeff
went back and got a huge spinach salad with mandarin oranges and with
almonds and freshly sliced mushrooms.  Everyone started eating and Matt
said, "Mrs. Smith, this is wonderful."

"Don't look at me.  All I did was to follow the instructions as to put what
in the oven when." Linda laughed,

Spencer looked at Jeff and said, "There is a taste in the meatloaf I can't
seem to identify.  I know there is parsley, onion, bread crumbs, egg and
milk but there seems to something giving it an extra zip."  He took another
bite and said, "There's Parmesan cheese in it, right?"

"Yep Tiger.  You won the right to help me with the dishes."  Jeff laughed.

Everyone was eating and Eric said, "We would like to leave in the morning
to go back to Minneapolis and get the house on the market and make
arrangements for the movers.  The company wants me to start to work on
February 2.  So I guess we will be leaving immediately after breakfast.

"I'm not going!" announced Teddy.  "If I go, my teacher will give me all
sorts of homework and I won't be able to relax.  On second thought, if I
go, I won't have to listen to any monster or dog jokes."

Everyone laughed and Jeff said, "Pop and Mother, the guys can stay here and
Dad and I can boss them around.  I won't have to do any dishes or cleaning.
Besides, Dana and Georgia would probably become hysterical if they left
now."

The doorbell rang and I went to answer it.  "Hi Tony, good to see you.  Did
you and your family enjoy your vacation?"

"The kids loved Disney World and we loved the cruise.  Sandy's parents
certainly gave us a wonderful Christmas present." the guest said.  "The
reason I came over was to thank the young man who cleared our walks and
driveway today.  The twins said they thought it was Spencer."

"Come on in and let me introduce you to everyone.  This is Tony Martinez
our next door neighbor to the south."  I introduced all of the people to
him and he already knew Mark.  I deliberately saved Spencer and Tyler until
last.  When I introduced Spencer, I said, "This is the young man that did
your walk and driveway."  Spencer stood up and shook his hand and said,
"Good to meet you, Sir.  Are you Juan and Jose's father?"

Tony shook his head yes and then Spencer said, "They are really neat young
guys and are really good readers and their classmates really respect them.
They help me every time I go to work in their classroom as a student
assistant."

Tony was looking flustered but finally said, "The reason I came over was to
thank you for clearing my walk and drive twice today.  It sure saved me a
lot of time and made for an easier day.  I just wanted to give you this."

He handed Spencer an envelope and asked, "You don't baby-sit do you?"

"I would love to sir, but I haven't had the proper training.  I can handle
children, as long as there is a qualified adult around." Spencer answered.

Jeff stepped in and said, "We do have a person who has completed the Baby
Sitter Training course and he is also CPR certified."

Tony said, "Sandy and I have been invited out tomorrow night and her
parents have a commitment, so if you tell me who has those qualifications,
I would appreciate it."

Jeff motioned for Mickey to join them.  "Sir, Michael here is a qualified
babysitter and if he agrees to take the job, I'll make sure that Dad is
available in case something serious happens."

"I would like to sit with the boys sir." Mickey said.

"Okay Spencer, why don't you and Mickey go home with Mr. Martinez and you
can introduce him to the boys so Mickey won't be a stranger when he goes to
baby-sit tomorrow night." Jeff said.

Tony looked like he didn't know what hit him, but he took the guys home and
called his family.  Jose and Juan came running and when they saw Spencer,
they both hugged him.

"Hi, my friends, I want you to meet this cool guy who is going to take care
of you tomorrow night.  I want you to be good for him.  If you aren't good,
he'll tell me and then I will have to find someone else to be my special
helpers when I come to your class.  Now come give Mickey a special hug."
Spencer said.

The guys went to Mickey and he sat on the floor and started talking to the
twins.  Spencer went to Tony and Sandy and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Martinez, I
think the boys will be just great with Michael.  He takes his
responsibilities very seriously.  It was really nice to meet you but I want
you to know that I didn't clear your walks and drive for money.  I was
trying to be neighborly."

Spencer turned to the guys and said, "I need to take Mickey home.  He has
work to do and I think it is time for two seven year olds to get their
bath.  Now come give me a hug and a kiss and I'll see you tomorrow at
school and Mickey will see you tomorrow night."  He turned to Tony and
Sandy and asked, "What time do you want Michael here tomorrow night?"

"Would six be too early?  I will fix dinner for him and the boys." asked
Sandy.

"I'll be here ma'am."  Mickey said.

The two guys hugged the twins and came back to the house.  When they came
in, Spencer said, "I'm sorry we left before the dishes were done."

"No sweat young man." I assured him.  "Jeff is waiting to take you to the
Baxter's house."

Jeff came in and asked, "Do we have two entrepreneurs in the house?"

Spencer looked at him and asked, "What does that mean?"

"It means thriving businessmen.  You and Mickey are both making money."
Jeff answered.

"But I didn't clear the walks to make money; I was just trying to be
helpful."  Spencer sighed.

"Come on dude, we need to get going.  Dad is going to stay here and make
arrangements with Pop and Mother so the guys can stay with us.  Let's go.
Here, hold this and don't spill it.  It's your dessert for tonight."

They walked into the house and Spencer said, "Grandma Baxter, the guys are
having a difficult time calling you Grandma or Grams so I have been
thinking of something everyone could call you.  Would it be okay if we
called you Gigi like in the movie where the old man sings that song to a
beautiful young woman?"

"I wish I could look like Audrey Hepburn and if Maurice Chevalier sang to
me, I would probably faint. I would really like to be called Gigi." she
said.  "Now Mr. Spencer, I have an envelope for you.  Mr. Olson brought
this over for you.  He really appreciated what you did this afternoon."

Spencer stuffed the envelope in his pocket and said, "Okay Jeffrey my man,
we need to help the clowns.  Otherwise we will never be ready for
Mr. Snyder on Saturday."

Before the guys could join the construction crew, the doorbell rang and
Spencer answered it.  Spencer led an older lady into the room.  "Hi Gracie,
I just wanted to give this to the young man who did our walk and drive.  We
really appreciate what he did."

"Louella, this is Spencer Knight.  He is the young man who did your walks
and drive." Mrs. Baxter told her.

She handed an envelope to Spencer and he said, "That's not necessary
ma'am."

"Nonsense my young man, my husband and I really appreciate what you did. My
husband was so thrilled when he came home and didn't have to shovel."  she
said. "I'm Louella Jenkins." she said, as she leaned down and kissed
Spencer.

Spencer kissed her back and said, "This cute looking guy is Jeff Wilson.
He is Doctor Wilson's son.  Can you sit down?"

"I really need to get home and do some work to get ready for my
grandchildren tomorrow."  Mrs. Jenkins said.

She left and the two guys went to join the other four guys. "It's about
time you two prima donnas got here."  Mark laughed.

Tyler looked up and asked, "Would you two guys take all the trash and put
it in my truck?"

Jeff and Spencer worked steadily for an hour.  Not only did they take all
of the trash to the truck, but they vacuumed the room and dusted the
furniture.  Finally Jeff said, "Okay Tiger, go fix dessert for you and Gigi
and when you are done, I'll take you home."

"Wait a minute." said Kevin.  "How did you get the snow blower started?"

Spencer looked at him, "I cleaned the spark plug and tightened the
connections, but Tyler really needs to check it and I think it probably
needs a new spark plug."

Spencer left and when he came back he said, "Okay Boss Man, I'm ready to
go.  Remember Monster Dog, you owe me a kiss tonight."  He handed Jeff his
coat and said, "I'm ready."

"Dessert is waiting for you guys at the house, so I'll see you when I get
there, and remember Gigi wants to go upstairs at 9:00 and you guys do need
to work tomorrow."

Jeff and Spencer picked Kenny up at the Tillison's.  Kenny drove to his
house and Jeff reminded him to bring his video camera tomorrow.  When the
guys came in, Spencer came to me and said, "Doctor Dad, I can pay you for
my lunch tickets now."  He took out his envelopes and handed me "90.00."

"Spencer we need to talk about this."  Jeff said, as he handed the money
back to Spencer.  "Now go take your shower or bath and yes you can do it in
our room."

"Okay Doctor Dad, we'll talk about this tomorrow and make sure Monster Dog
and Mighty Mouse come to say goodnight to me when they get here." Spencer
said as he left.  He turned back and added, "Jeff, I think that maybe they
would be more comfortable if you and Doctor Dad came with them."

Jeff and I looked at each other.  Linda came in and said, "Jack here is a
check to cover the guys' expenses while we are gone and also money for
Teddy's lunch ticket.  I sure hope the guys can learn something from
Spencer and Tyler while we are gone."

Just then Mark and Matt came in and said, "We're going to skip dessert and
get home."

"Well, you can't leave until you talk to Spencer." Jeff reminded them.

The four of us went upstairs and Jeff knocked on the door. Spencer told us
to come in.  When we went in, he was sitting in Jeff's robe.  "Okay
Mr. Bressler, you owe me a kiss."

Mark shrugged his shoulders and kissed Spencer on the forehead.  Spencer
said, "That wasn't a kiss, it was like a pat on the head.  Now Mr. Baldwin
let's see what you can do."

Matt gave him a kiss on the cheek.  "That was better at least I could feel
it but it didn't make me feel like I was needed.  Doctor Dad, would it be
okay if Boss Man here showed them how it should be done?"

I shook my head yes and Jeff pulled Spencer onto his lap and hugged him and
gave him a kiss on the lips.  Spencer hugged Jeff and kissed Jeff again and
he then he turned to Matt and Mark and said, "See how Jeff made me feel
loved.  I want you two to practice on each other and I'll check you out to
see how you are progressing.  Now I have to go bed, so I can get up early
and finish my homework in the morning."

We went downstairs as Tyler was coming in.  Jeff took us all to the kitchen
and fixed us all a piece of the sheet cake with ice cream.  The guys
finished theirs and put the dishes in the dishwasher.  As the they were
leaving, Jeff asked, "Mark, do you have video camera at home?"

"Yep." Mark answered.

"Could you bring it to swim team practice tomorrow and take some videos?"
Jeff asked.

Mark said yes and everyone left and Jeff and I locked up and went to the
bedroom.  When we got there, he just dropped his clothes on the floor and
crawled into bed.  I did the same and he pulled me close and gave me a long
loving kiss.  We just lay there and Jeff said, "Dad, I'm so glad I have
you."  He went out like a light.

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  Editor's notes:
I still have a hard time believing how much I have bought into this
wonderful heartwarming story. I am going to make sure that they know they
are part of my extended family.  It would be nice if Jeff would be a little
less demanding sometimes.  He doesn't use the word please very often, but
every so often I notice a 'please' accidentally slip out, in a few
places. That is very sweet.  Spencer is definitely very smart, not only
smart for his age, but just plain smart. He has the soul of a very wise old
man.  You can just tell that he has so much love to give to everyone. He is
precious.  Okay, lets hurry up and read the next chapter.

Darryl
AKA The Radio Rancher