Six months
after returning home from Shang Simla, Mallie had accomplished her goal of
having a new house built in her lot. The property was large, so she made a
comfortable house with four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and large
living, dining, and kitchen areas. She also wanted a separate garage with a
small studio on the top floor and a basement.
There was a
medium height hedge surrounding the property, and she was planning nice gardens
and outdoor spaces in the future. She had started a small orchard and herb
garden, just to get fresh herbs and fruit when the family wanted them.
There was a
showroom where she was placing her souvenirs from Shang Simla, but the displays
she had ordered were not ready yet.
She even
had some money to buy a new car!!!
Little Mark
was a toddler now! He looked so much like her, it was uncanny!
She had
been the one to teach him to walk, which made her extremely happy.
Hans was
still around. In fact, he was in her very good books because he had done
marvelously well with Mark. She had been thinking about asking him to move in,
especially since he found one of her late dad’s guitars at an auction and got
it for her. She was really bad at playing guitar and she barely used it, but it
was very special for her to have recovered something that her father had valued.
Hans had scored big brownie points that time too, because he remembered what
she told him once, and took the time to search the issue.
He had
wanted to be part of her and Mark’s lives from the beginning, and in spite of
Mallie’s untrusting nature, he proved once and twice that he meant to be fully
involved. Even if not married, she felt like they were definitely an item, as
people called solid relationships those days.
Besides,
she still found him very sexually enticing. After all, he could be twice her
age, but he was in his prime mid-thirties.
Finally,
even though she still was not sure if she wanted to get married, it was great
to have someone who cared for her enough to let her take things at her own
pace, like Hans was doing.
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