Chapter 25
Silas mom was elated by the idea of both of them moving to town. “This is great news!” She cried happily. “I’ll be so happy to get to know you better too Sally.” She hugged Sally tightly.
“I’m really happy to be moving here too, and hope to have tea with you more often!” Sally smiled.
“She’s so much nicer than Jackie.” Martha said to Silas.
Silas laughed, “I know mom.”
“Don’t you agree Thomas?” Martha turned towards her husband.
“Much nicer. She doesn’t have that ‘I’m better than anyone’ attitude!” He laughed.
Silas was shocked by his father’s comment, he had always seemed to enjoy Jackie’s company. Upon seeing his look, his father patted him on the back, “I told you I was the star actor in the high school play didn’t I?”
Silas laughed, “Wow I didn’t know you were that good, you had me fooled for years!”
“Well son we always told you as long as you are happy, we are happy. We both thought she made you happy, but then we saw you becoming more depressed. However, you know your mother and I would never meddle in your private affairs.” His father explained.
“Yeah I know. I appreciate that, but I wish you both would have kicked me in the ass and woke me up.” Silas commented.
“But then Sally wouldn’t have been here yet. It all happens for a reason. Everything is planned out for us, and when we choose a different path we might have to wait longer for happiness.” Martha said.
Sally liked the words and had to agree with Martha, “You know my mom often said the same thing to me growing up. She tried to teach me to be patient when things didn’t work out how I wanted them too.”
“She’s a smart woman, and she raised a very intelligent girl. I would love to have them come visit us one day. Before the wedding that is.” Martha said.
“Well they run a farm, and it is hard for them to take time off. But I guess I tell them and see what they say. Maybe after harvest.” Sally commented.
“When do you plan on getting married?” Martha asked.
“Honestly we hadn’t discussed it yet. Silas?” Sally turned towards him.
He shrugged his shoulders, “As soon as the divorce is final, though I’m not sure how long that will be. It will all depend on Jackie and how she deals with the whole thing.” He answered.
“Knowing that woman she’ll complain about everything.” His father stated.
Silas busted out laughing looking at his dad and then stopped, “There are a few things she might try to bring out into the open. I would suspect you might be approached by people asking you about them. So I think I should tell you about them, so you aren’t shocked.” He said more seriously.
“Well go ahead son.” His father said, “I’m sure it isn’t a big deal, just something she can use to try and hurt you.”
Sally sat beside Silas and held his hand as he prepared to tell his parents some personal things that were quite embarrassing. He faltered, unsure how to move forward.
Sally sat up and said, “Silas has been known to like doing a few things that many people will find sick. But he doesn’t do them anymore. Jackie has already threatened to expose this secret in court and to the rest of the world. She’s trying to blackmail him to pay her off since she cheated, and will effectively not get a huge amount of money from Silas as she had hoped.”
Silas looked at her, “Thank you sweetheart.”
“What kind of things though? Surely we should know to be prepared.” His mother asked.
“I would sometimes wear women’s clothes when we had sex.” He said silently.
His mother laughed, “Is that all? Son you can turn on the television and see worse these days. If she thinks that will work to blackmail you, don’t let her. Who cares what other people think?!”
Sally smiled at her, “I love you Martha; you are so great! I swear my mother and you would get along like sisters!”
“I’m sure we will. Hey honey, why don’t you find some workers to take over their farm for them so they can come visit us this week?” Martha turned towards Thomas and said.
“Sure. I’ll make a few calls.” He went to stand up.
“I don’t know if they’ll agree to that or not.” Sally said hesitantly.
“Why not dear?” Martha asked.
“They owe quite a bit on the farm and are struggling to make ends meet. They would never be able to afford hiring workers. Plus my dad is more of a hand’s on kinda guy, and won’t trust it to be left to anyone but him.” She explained.
“Thomas what do you say we go visit, where did you say it was sweetheart?” She asked Sally.
“Gibbon, Nebraska.” Sally stated.
“Thomas, let’s go visit Gibbon, Nebraska then. We can all go. Surely Silas can allow his fiancé a bit more time off to visit her mom and dad with us. After all it will seem odd if the McComb family shows up to talk about their daughter, and she isn’t along.”
Sally smiled.
“Hey what happened to not interfering in my private life?” Silas laughed.
“Honey, if you remember correctly that was your father who said that before. I’ve never held back my opinion about Jackie before, but I didn’t force you to make a choice either. I knew it wasn’t time yet. Also this isn’t just about you, it is about all of us. So what do you say?” She looked to both Thomas and Silas waiting for both of them to answer.
Sally had no doubt that Martha often got her way. Thomas caved in first, “Of course dear we can visit them and we’ll help with the harvest even.”
Silas looked at the rest of the people in the room and knew he had been outvoted. “What choice do I have? Of course we can go! But Sally and I really need to work on this new division and go over the resumes to try and get it set up and going as quickly as we can.”
“I don’t have a problem with that, I’ll take the file along and my laptop and I can work on it on the way there.” Sally smiled.
“Alright, when do we want to leave?”
Sally jumped and hugged Silas, “Oh thank you, my parents will be so happy to see me. I’ll be happy to see them too. The last time I visited them was about four months before I came to New York City.”
Silas kissed her but stopped after he heard both of his parents clear their throats, “Sorry.” He apologized.
“Don’t be sorry son, you got a very beautiful girl, and of course you’ll want to do those things, but please reserve them for behind closed doors.” His mother commented. “You know I’m old fashioned that way.”
“Yes ma’am.” Silas responded.