As The Mill Grinds

When Tales Tell Their Story CHAPTER 6

The bell rang signalling the end of school and Zack gathered his belongings quickly hoping to catch his geography teacher.

"Hey Sir!" Zack caught up to Mr. Laurent after Geography class. He had a burning question to ask him about the Americas. To be more specific he wanted to know about Barbados and what kind of country it was.

Mr. Laurent stood in the corridor with his papers stacked underneath one arm and coffee in the next. "Mr. Wellington! What can I do for you?"

"Well Sir, the thing is I am doing a research about my origins and ancestral as a surprise for my mom since my birthday is coming up. I found some old documents about Barbados at home and I wanted to find out more and maybe surprise her with a trip there..."

"O...kay...That's such a admirable thing to do there Zack. But how I can help?"

"Well... I was thinking maybe to get in contact with one of mom's old friends from Barbados and surprise her with a meet up. It must have been lonely for mom all this time missing contacts with her friends and maybe family there." Zack played a good fiddle to get Mr. Laurent to help him with his research.

"Ok, so what are you looking at?" He sipped his coffee listening attentively. Zack went on to explain his plans and also requested a field trip to Barbados, suggesting it was for the purpose of research of culture.

"Hmm...sounds interesting ...I like it very much. Ok ...ok I will put it to the school's board. All I will need for you to do, is draw up a very impressive argument as to why this trip is important and how beneficial it is to the students and school. Come next week with your ideas and we'll go through it together. Ok?"

Zack beamed with excitement and ran off to update Charlie and finally he'll let Sadie in on his discovery.

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The door bell rang. Zack hurried to answer before his mom could. Charlie and Sadie stood on his door step.

"Hey!" He invited them in. "Glad you guys made it. Come on in."

"Hey," The two greeted him.

"Who is it hon! " Nancy shouted from the kitchen.

"It's only Charlie and Sadie mom!" He shouted back. "We're going upstairs to work on a school project."

She came out from the kitchen smiling and wearing her apron on top of a royal blue evening dress topped with gold accessories. She wiped her hands in the towel she had draped over her shoulder.

"Talk about dressing up for cooking!" Sadie said as she looked her up and down in awe at her attire.

"Oh this?" She took off the apron and tossed it on the counter revealing the designer's artistic draping of the fabric on one side beneath her bust, and a deep cowl drop in the back. Mrs Wellington's slender figure moved effortlessly in the dress. " Zack's dad and I are heading out to a function with the hospital's Board of directors at the Chairman's home in a few minutes. I was preparing a few hors d'oeuvres, for the occasion.

"You look amazing Mrs. Wellington." Charlie gave her a thumbs up.

"Yeh mom you do." Zack confirmed. "But what is this about the Board of Directors?" Zack turned to them confused.

"You father finally made it on the Board as a Director." Nancy gloat, " And to welcome the new members they decided on a dinner party. So yeh, that is where we're heading. "

"So, " She turned her attention back to Zack and his two friends. "What is this school's project about?" Nancy rested on the arm of the couch listening attentively.