“Pieces in Place”

After walking Abby to work, Dwayne decided to have a bit of a tour of the area. He called on a local realtor he’d contacted a week earlier, went with her to look at some property she said he might be interested in buying. “Can’t go on living in the boarding house once the wife and I have renewed our vows,” he thought to himself, as he drove up to the huge mansion that overlooked a small, private beach.

He couldn’t help but smile to himself, thinking about how simple it was to get Abby back. He hadn’t even had to rough up that dumb grease-monkey boyfriend of hers, either – seems he managed to do that all by himself. Pathetic fool! All the pieces were fitting nicely into place – just as he’d planned. Only thing left now was to get the reverend lined up, and put a deposit down for the reception. Easy-peasy, as his mama always said.

After about 4 hours and a dozen or so houses later, Dwayne finally found the one – a huge estate with a guest house, pool, good-sized barn and loads of acreage – perfect spread for him and Abby to share.

Papers signed and deposit paid, he headed back to town to meet up with his wife and surprise her with the news.

TBC...