Capture Her Heart

Chapter 6

"Pardon me, but we haven't been fully introduced," a confident voice called out, causing a veil of security to wrap around her momentarily. Looking up she noticed it was the Native American to call out to her.

"Oh, where are my manners? I am so sorry," She went to rise but a very loud clearing of a throat had her rolling her eyes but remaining in her rocking chair. "I'm Dr. Audrey Emerson, pleased to meet you."

"I'm Axel Toma, at your service, Ma'am," he held his hand out and she reached up to shake it. "You already know North Taylor and Silas Korba," she nodded so he continued. "The blonde-haired monkey on the roof is North's older brother Luke Taylor." He chuckled at her shocked look, "I know they look complete opposites, but they really are brothers. They are half, different mothers same father. The other two blondes over there are Corey and Brandon Henshaw and yes they are identical twins. Luke has brown eyes and the twins have blue."

"How do I tell the twins apart if they are identical?" She asked curiously.

He chuckled, "Corey has a yellow bracelet that he wears and Brandon wears a red one."

"Oh okay," she nodded, "thank you."

"The man in the suit is Owen Blackbourne and the man with the purple shirt is Dr. Sean Green. The man with the gray tee shirt is Victor Morgan."

"The pianist?" Audrey asked. "I love his music."

"He will be pleased to hear that," Axel smiled. "You will have to forgive the way the man in the orange shirt speaks. Gabriel Coleman thinks he was born a sailor or something."

She chuckled as she shook her head, "I'm surrounded by teenagers most of the day, I doubt it will phase me but thank you for the warning."

"Let's see, the man over there with his golden retriever is–"

"Kota and Max?" she asked and when he looked at her curiously she blushed, "Mr. Taylor and Mr. Korba mentioned about him not having to find a new vet now that his was retiring. I told him I would be more than glad to see Max if he didn't have a problem with the long drive."

"Ahhh," Axel chuckled. "Well from the way Max looks like he's enjoying himself, I think it's safe to say Kota won't mind the drive." Axel pointed to a man with a tumbler in his hand, "That man over there is Marc Weiland and a fun fact about him is that he has heterochromia eyes. One is blue and the other is green."

"Very interesting," she nodded as she started rocking.

"The man covered in tattoos over there," Axel said as he pointed to a man following the identical twins around, "is Yevgeny Ravenstahl but he prefers to go by Raven. His English isn't the best but you should be able to understand him. If not, one of us can translate for you."

"Appreciate it," she nodded.

"The redhead is Nathan Griffin and he is a mixed martial arts expert so don't panic if he starts doing tricks or something." She nodded, "Let's see I think that is everyone."

"I must say that is an interesting family you have formed," she said as she watched them work together flawlessly and help the teenage boys as well. "Appreciate them letting the boys work with them. They like helping out when they can."

"Course," Axel nodded, "we enjoy teaching others skills that will help them in the future."

"I hope this wasn't a huge inconvenience for you to come help Mr. Taylor and Mr. Korba," she said after a few moments of silence.

"Not at all," Axel shook his head, "we always make sure we're able to help each other out when something big is needed. Just last month they helped me clean the tank for my otters at my aquarium while a few kept the otters entertained."

"You have an aquarium?" She asked with interest, "how exciting."

"I love it," he smiled with pride. "Any time you want to come visit let me know and I'll give you a private tour including in the back."

"Oh don't tempt me like that," she giggled.

"I'm not," he chuckled, "I'm promising."

"Hey, we got the tree all cut up," North said as he walked over to her while removing his gloves, "Would you like to come see?"

She nodded as she stood, "Sure."

She followed him over to the barn with Axel following behind them. "This wood is still good, do you want to call your lumber guy, what was his name, Bill?"

"Yeah that's him," she confirmed.

"He might want to come out here and see if he could use this."

She nodded, "Alright, I'll call him, thanks."

Just as she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket it started ringing. "You alright Doc?" one of the teenagers asked as he came over to her. She quickly declined the call and then blocked it.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she smiled even though they could tell it was tense. She scrolled through her contacts and then hit the call button. "Hey Bill, you got a minute?" she asked as she took a few steps away from them. After a couple of minutes, she came back smiling, "Bill is going to send a couple of his guys over to check it out."