Chapter 40: Moving Out Part II

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Moving Out Part II

"Penny, do you want to try and see if you can store your house as well?" Erik asked. Clearly sending a signal towards Penelope.

"We should try. It is on the way anyways." Killian was the first to agree. He knew how important that home must have been to Penelope. It was decorated with such thoughtfulness. It would be ashamed if it was left there for others to invade.

"I guess we could try. Killian, Kai and I will stop first at my home. Will the four of you head straight to the condominiums?" Penelope asked.

"I think we should stop by a market and stock up on Groceries, water and daily essentials for the new place." Aunt Lucy said.

"I agree, that would be for the best" Aunt Mary agreed.

"Looks like we will be making a peep stop as well." Erik said as he and his group walked towards his vehicle.

Penelope, Killian and Kai walked towards Killian’s vehicle as well.

Penelope decided to sit upfront with Killian and Kai headed towards the backseat.

"Your Aunt is...quite interesting" Killian said as he drove towards Penelope’s home.

"She is" Penelope answered with a smile.

Kai felt like a child in sitting in the back seat. For some reason, Penelope took it upon herself to take the passenger seat.

"Penny, why’d you get to sit upfront? Why am I stuck being backseat Betty?!" Kai complained.

"Because you’re too slow." Penelope chided.

"I wasn’t slow, you just reacted too fast. Honestly, it felt like high school all over again." Kai grumbled.

"You were slow back then as well" Penelope shrugged.

"Was not!" Kai said.

"Was too" Penelope responded.

Killian raised his eyebrow at the interaction between these two siblings.

"Nuh huh" Kai said again.

"Yeah huh" Penelope responded again.

"I wasn’t slow back then, I just had to give in to you because of Erik." Kai said in a low voice.

Penelope heard and scoffed. "It’s not my fault Erik likes me more." Penelope teased.

"Please, it’s just because you’re a girl. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so biased towards you" Kai said with a grin.

"Well, good thing I’m a sister and not a brother." She said again. Then they both proceeded on laughing.

Killian felt that these two were oddballs when they were around each other.

Penelope was usually very serious around others in the office. Well, perhaps that’s just out of professionalism.

She realized that around her family, she tended to be....animated. He wondered if she would ever be like that around him.

Once they arrived at Penelope’s home, she went ahead and had Killian and Kai cut the electrical wiring. Afterwards she proceeded on storing her home away.

Afterwards, they headed towards their new residence.

***

Inside Erik’s vehicle, Aunt Mary and Aunt Lucy were gushing about how handsome Killian is.

"Oh my gosh Lucy, did you notice it too?" Aunt Mary said with a wide grin.

"Yes, I thought I was the only one who caught it." Aunt Lucy said with a small smile.

"Mom, Aunt, what exactly are you two talking about?" Ben asked.

"Nothing" both answered.

Ben was sitting upfront with Erik, while his mother and aunt Lucy sat behind.

He looked at them through his rearview mirror and had an inkling of what they were talking about.

"Mom, don’t get any ideas. I’m sure neither of them have noticed it yet." Erik chided.

"Whatever are you talking about, child?" Mary answered happily.

"Mmhmm, act like you don’t understand." Erik answered.

Ben couldn’t comprehend what they were talking about. Aunt Lucy found their conversation funny but did not comment.

"Ben, we’ll make a quick stop at your house to store it away. Is there a supermarket that operates 24 hours near your home?" Erik asked.

Ben scratched his head, not sure how to respond. He wasn’t very familiar with his residential area.

"There is, it’s a few blocks down from our home." Aunt Lucy said. She was grateful that they were allowing them to store their home in the space.

Once they got to Aunt Lucy’s and Ben’s residnece, Ben rushed to cut all the electrical wiring. Erik went ahead and stored his home and parking garage away.

Aunt Lucy walked towards her garden and stared at the red roses planted near a water fountain. She was lost in thought when she heard Mary ask her if she was ready to go.

"It’s funny, he planted these rose bushes for me when we found out I was pregnant with Ben." She said quietly. Mary didn’t question who the ’he’ was. It was clear that they were talking about her husband.

"Well, should we take them too?" Mary asked with a gentle smile. She walked over to Erik and asked him if he could store the roses away.

Erik walked over and stored the roses, along with the fountain, away.

"Aren’t we fated to be sworn sisters?" Mary said as she hugged Lucy.

Lucy returned her hug and said "It appears that we are."

The drive to the supermarket was short, the sun was starting to rise. They felt that time was short, they needed to hurry with their shopping.

"Welcome" said the store owner as he saw the group enter.

"Hello, we wanted to know if we can make a big purchase in such short notice?" Aunt Mary said.

"What kind of big purchase?" The store owner asked.

"Well, we wanted to see if we could purchase all the supplies from this market at once?" Erik answered.

The store owner was surprised to hear such a request. "I’m sorry, can you repeat that? You wish to purchase my store?" He asked nervously.

"Not the store, but the supplies." Erik corrected. "If you have the inventory list and know the exact fee we could pay in cash right now."

The store owner gulped, this was the first time he heard such an obnoxious request. He knew better than to ask question, someone who could pay in cash upfront was surely bad news.

"Well, according to the ledgers, I have over 32 thousand items in store. Would you like all of it?" He asked incredulously.

"If we purchase the items, can you give us a day to have them picked up?" Erik asked again. "In privacy?"

"Yes, I can close the store and give you our spare key. Once you are done, you can just drop it on our drop box and I’ll pick them up around midnight tonight. That should give you enough time to move the inventory. Unfortunately, due to the phone lines being down, there is no way of communicating between us." The store owner said after careful thought. He wasn’t worried about not having enough inventory for the next days. He still had a warehouse full of the shipment he received a few days prior.