D&B5

39

"Ah, thank you. Sorry to trouble you..." Brick turned to look at Roman's man because he didn’t know his name.

"I'm Randall," Roman's man introduced himself.

"Could you please help me receive the wine, Mr. Randall?" Brick said politely, as he was holding his son.

"Sure," Randall replied and took the bottle of wine from Pat.

"Is there something going on?" Keith's voice came up as he walked over after seeing them.

"Oh, Keith, this is Mr. Pat, the owner of the wheel import factory that we do business with," Brick introduced.

"Oh, hello," Keith greeted the other party, and Pat smiled in response.

"Mr. Pat brought friends to stay at the house next door, so he brought some wine for us," Brick explained. Keith looked at the wine bottle in Randall's hand and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Put it inside for now," Keith said to Randall, who then walked back to the vacation house holding the wine bottle.

"Actually, we wanted to invite you and your friends to join us, but we have an important guest with us who tends to need privacy, so I apologize for the rudeness," Keith said, making the statement clear. Pat smiled in response.

"That's alright; I understand. Please tell Mr. Day that I brought some wine for him," Pat said. Brick felt a slight nudge of curiosity but tried not to think too much about it.

"Okay," Brick replied before Pat walked back to his own vacation house. Brick and Keith exchanged glances.

"Are you close with him?" Keith asked, nodding towards Pat, who was walking away.

"Not really. He's like one of our business partners, but he often buys gifts for us, especially for little Ob," Brick replied.

"Yeah, I might be overthinking it, but I feel a bit strange about this guy," Keith said bluntly.

"I'll try to talk to Day about this," Brick responded before Keith asked to hold his nephew. Little Ob lunged toward him, and the two headed back to the vacation house, which had now set the dining table for dinner.

"Brick, go ahead and eat first; I'll take care of the baby," Day said as he received the child from Keith. Brick agreed and sat down to have dinner with everyone so that he could later alternate looking after his son.

"Eat, eat!" Little Ob reached out towards Brick and said.

"Oh, oh, my nephew is about to drool," Night joked.

"By the way, the guy you know named Pat sent wine for you," Keith mentioned. Day raised an eyebrow slightly because while Brick was talking to Pat earlier, Day was in the kitchen.

"Uh-huh," Day replied in a low voice before taking his son for a little walk around where everyone was eating. Roman's people moved to eat at their own house, but Roman and Keith sat down to eat with Day and his group on this side of the vacation house. Keith helped look after them while they played music in the background, eating and chatting happily. After Brick finished his meal, he went to wash his hands and then continued watching his son after Day took a break to eat. Once Day finished his meal, they switched from the dining table to the drink table.

"Day, it's windy outside. I’m taking the baby to sit and play inside," Brick said, as the sea breeze blew in. He was worried that little Ob would catch a cold. Day nodded in agreement, and Night and Nick then followed them inside to play in the sitting room.

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" Brick asked, as little Ob lay playing on a cushion while Night entertained him.

"I heard Nan talking to Neil that Mr Roman plans to rent and hire some parasailing and jet skiing equipment, and some other stuff to come to our beach area, so we won’t have to go elsewhere," Nick explained.