When Fate Steps In

Chapter 18 Getting to know the twins.

Chapter 18 Getting to know the twins.

Rory and Karson had just got the boys dressed when the doorbell rang. Logan answered the door. It was Honor and her crew. Joshua "Uncle Logan. You live here now? With Will and Chris?" Logan laughed, "yeah when I am not in New York I live here." Samuel "Good, I miss you Uncle Logan" Logan picking up his youngest nephew. "Buddy I miss you and Joshua too. I'm glad I will be close by now." He put the boy down as Will and Chris came down the stairs to get them to go play in the playroom.

As Logan was shutting the door, Shira walked up. She smelled of smoke and vodka. Logan looked at Honor and shook his head. "Hello, Mother" Kissing her on the cheek, "How are you today." Shira "Well Logan, I'm well. Does she not have a maid to open the door? Please tell me that I did not hear little Joshua say that you have moved to this house?"

Logan with a smile. "Yes, mother. I am living in the Gilmore Manor" as he was leading his mother to the sitting room. Rory was at the drink cart fixing drinks for Honor and Josh. Honor stood up when she saw her mother enter the room and kissed her on the cheek. "Mother, how are you today." Shira, "I am well, why do both my children keep asking me that. Do I not look well?" Honor mumbled "Sorry" as she looks at Logan.

Logan "Well, Mother, I thought I would check. It seems your credit card shows several visits to the spa this month." Shira just stared at Logan. "I do not feel that my spa visits and my credit card are things to be discussed in public." Logan looks at Rory and then Honor. "Public, Shira, we are not in public. It is just family." "Family?" Shira says as Karson enters the sitting room. "they" sweeping her arm across at Rory and Karson, "are not family." She sat down in the chair next to the couch. Looking around at her surroundings. "Where is all of Emily's fine furniture. She had such lovely taste. This looks like it was decorated by a motel decorator."

At this point, Karson is just looking around. She decided now was the time to go. "Rory, if it's okay with you, I'm just going to take my book and sit in the playroom with the kids," Logan said. "Karson, this is my mother Shira Huntzburger, Mother this is Karson" Karson, "Nice to meet you Ms. Shira" "That is Ms. Huntzburger" Shira snarked. Logan stared at his mother and said "Karson, I apologize for my mother. She sometimes forgets her manners. I think she must have left them at the spa that she will not be attending any longer" Shira made some type of noise that no one paid attention to. Josh stood up, "I'm Josh, Honor's husband, better known as Joshua and Samuel's Dad." Karson shook his hand and told him it was a pleasure to meet him as she started toward the stairs. "Karson," Logan stopped her. "Take-out will be here shortly." Karson just nodded her head as she went back upstairs.

Everyone sat around and talked. Josh and Logan talked about moving the offices to Hartford. Rory and Honor talked about the boys and Chilton. Shira just sat there drinking her drink. She got tired of being ignored, so she spoke up. "I thought this meeting was to introduce me to her children." Logan looked at Rory and then Honor. Both nodded their heads.

Logan stood up and went to the drink cart and refilled Shira's glass. "Mother, this is not a meeting. This is a family having a meal together. Yes, we want you to meet Will and Chris. They are 4 years old. They will be with us on Thanksgiving as well as their Dad. We want you to understand. Let there be no mistake. You are to treat Will and Chris as well as you treat Joshua and Samuel. They do not know you so they will be shy. You will put forth an effort to be nice and not scare them. They have spent time with Dad, and they all get along great. I expect this from you. If you feel that you cannot do this, you need to leave now and not show up tomorrow. Mother, do you understand?" Shira just looked at Logan. Rory stood up and walked toward Shira. Logan and Honor were not sure what to do. She stopped in front of Shira as the doorbell rang. Logan looked at Josh and Josh headed for the door to get the take-out.

"Shira, you are in my house. You will respect me and my family. This meeting as you called it is more for your benefit than the boys. I am here to tell you now. I am not scared of you. I do not need you. You have no power over me. You do not have to like me, but we will get along at family gatherings for Logan and Honor's sake as well as the boys. Is this understood?" Logan added. "Mother do I need to remind you who controls your allowance. Who controls the Huntzburger money? It's not dad, It's me. I love Rory and her boys. They are going to be a part of my life until I die. If you cannot respect us as a couple, I need to know now."

Shira cleared her throat, "Rory you have a lovely home. Emily and Richard would be proud of you. I look forward to visiting you, Logan, and your boys here in the future." Rory smiled and said "I hope so too. Now, let's get the boys and eat. I'm starving. I saw Josh head for the dining room with the food."

The night went better than Logan, Rory or Honor had hoped. The boys got to know Shira and she looked like she was enjoying herself.