BEFORE NOON (On Hold)

Chapter 3-The start of something bad

Like every Saturday Morning, the Dennis, submit to a family fun activity to do together. And today at the garden, were the complete Family buried intensely into earth glamour duties.

They were creating a mini-greenhouse, with a plastic bottle. While Emily stood to put one or two seeds in each bottle filled with soil.

" You are doing good baby," Mr Dennis Max said to her with a smile and she smiled back at him.

" Emily put just a seed in this one" Her mother instructed.

"Don't worry I've got it" Cara darted towards the said plastic bottle.

Emily who already stood to do it stepped back and positioned herself where her father was putting the top half of a bottle onto the bottom.

"I think we've done enough for the day darling," Grace said to her husband her shoulders slouching.

Mr Max laughed and turned to her, " So now, this isn't a fun activity to you anymore?"

"I never said it isn't, but we've been out for an hour plus" she tilted her head to look at Emily " And of course I know you're tired too baby"

Emily smiled and shook her head.

"Oh no!"

" You see that?" Mr Max chuckled.

"I am tired also Daddy, and the sun is setting, I agree with Mom we should head back in" Cara added, swiping a heat off her forehead.

" A glass of water please?" Mrs Grace requested from a housekeeper, who scurried to fetch her some water.

"Alright, that will be all for today, and maybe my darling wife should come up with easier activity, that she would be able to do next time."

Mrs Grace scuffed and took a seat. " it was fun, but I never said we should sleep on it"

"Daddy, I can.. suggest a fun activity. . .to do next time?" Emily chipped in.

"If it's not sleep, please don't bring me in," Cara said and they all laughed, except Emily.

"No, we can go horse riding in the field. It's been a long time since we went riding"

"Mm, sounds fun, count me in." Mrs Grace said grabbing a glass of water from the tray.

Cara rolled her eyes, and smilingly said "Yeah"

"Alright since y'all are tired, and we are not..." he smiled to Emily. "Emily why don't we go to your studio and I watch the live painting you promised me?"

"Come on that sounds more fun, why don't we all go next time. We take our rest first" Mrs Grace frowned.

"We? I never said I was tired. So let's go, Emily, Cara seems tired too" he turned to her.

"You are right Dad, I am going to take a long relaxing nap. Thanks for the invite" Cara smiled.

Mr Max laughed and said to his wife " You should too darling."

Emily stood and grabbed her daddy's arm, excited much to go painting with her Dad, it was what she enjoyed doing the most.

" Oh look how happy you look, Emily, wouldn't you cancel and let your Mom procure her energy so we can go painting together?"

Emily chuckled and shrugged " Depends...on how long...it takes you to retrieve...your energy, but...we are leaving... now"

"Yes, we are" Mr Max playfully winked at his wife.

Just when they were about to leave, Mercy, Mrs Grace's PA walked in bearing Mr Max's phone.

"You have a call sir" she offered the phone to him.