Loving Family

House hunting

Chapter Thirteen

A week has passed and almost everything changed. Erins wound almost healed. They found a school for Melanie and she agreed that Erin and Jay would fill in for sole custody. The appointment with the lawyer was yesterday and the papers were on the way to court. The family was now house hunting. They sat in front of the laptop and searched for a house in the neighborhood.

What for a house did they search?

They needed at least five rooms upstairs.

A nursery for the new Baby,

Amelias room,

Aarons room,

Melanies room and the bedroom for Erin and Jay.

It was quite difficult to find a house like this near Hank and the police station. In the end they found three houses. They had appointments for today, but were still searching for other houses.

House Nr. 1

It was about five minutes' drive farther away. The house had two floors and an attic. In the second floor there where 5 rooms and a bathroom. On the main floor they had a small bathroom, a kitchen, living room, a family room, dining room and a huge backyard. They discussed that Melanie could have the attic so Erin and Jay could be downstairs for the kids.

House Nr. 2

The house was a good ten minutes' drive in between the Station and Hanks house. It was a two story building. Upstairs were five bedrooms and one was on the main floor. The main floor also had a kitchen, a living room and a small back yard.

House Nr. 3

This house was the farthest away and only near the police station. The house had a second floor with six bedrooms and a bathroom. Downstairs were a kitchen and a living room. The backyard was smaller than the one from House Nr. 2.

It was now one o'clock and they had to go. The first house visitation they had was for house Nr. 3.

The kids were dropped off at Hank and only Melanie was in the backseat. The ride was silent. Every one of them was giddy. It wasn't their favorite choice of house. But they were open to anything.

After a thirty minutes' drive also past the station they arrived and parked the car in front of the house.

They ringed the bell and the door opened. It had to be the wife they were in contact with.

"Hi, my name is Jay Halstead, this is my wife Erin and my sister - in law Melanie." Jay introduced them.

"Hi, I am Marie. You can come in and I will give you a tour of the house. As they entered they could see that there lived a family.

"Here is the kitchen, we really love this kitchen because we have enough space and this island is perfect. The following room is the living room and outside you can see the backyard." After the tour downstairs was finished they went upstairs. They stood in the hallway as the woman showed the doors to the room and the bathroom. Afterwards they could look into the rooms. The bathroom was small and only had one sink. They soon finished the tour. They didn't really feel like home. It was too small.

After some small talk with the woman they already had to go again for house Nr. 2.

This tour was a bit longer. They had one and a half hour. It was better than the first house they visited.

It already was four o'clock and they had the last house to visit. It was a new building in the mix of the old style and the modern style. Erin already liked it as Jay stopped the car.