Late in the day Astila finally is able to take Aisling home. When they arrive thank goodness it was just John, Debra"s little family and those staying in the house. Sitting in the drive is a large Rv it looks almost new. Astila smiles to himself looks like they already getting things ready. Sam is pacing in front of the Rv as if he is worried about something.
"Sam what"s wrong why are you so fidgety?" Aisling places her hand on his arm.
"Please don"t get angry I did this before knowing what was the truth about things?" He looks at her sheepishly
"What did you do ? I"m sure it"s not as bad as you think" she hugs him in rea.s.surance.
"Well you see I was looking at vacations places for the twins first birthday and felt that it would be to hard . So for Christmas I bought Debra this " slapping the hood of the Rv.
"I thought it would be easier than trying to keep up with the twins on a plane or cooped up in a small car. I did not know I was taking money from you. Even with both of us working we cannot afford this. I"m sorry I wish I had known before buying this. Your accountant will be notifying you of the withdrawal soon I"m sure. "
Aisling looks at her brother in law in sadness"s blinking her eyes to try to stop the tears. She raises her head from his shoulder.
"I"m not going to make you return it. We actually need it right now. We are taking the family to Astila"s home for our tribal wedding. This is perfect timing and Debra is going to love it. Don"t tell her yet but I have already forgiven her. She still will need to do her punishment but that punishment doesn"t start till after Christmas. I know she has a lot of expensive presents coming. Did my brother leave or is he still here?"
Sam walks her inside with his arm still about her waist. Debra won"t even look at her in the eye out of shame. Aisling decides to lighten the mood.
"Well once again my big brother in law saves the day . Astila did you know he bought Debra a RV for Christmas. Just when we need one. Looks like we won"t need to rent one after all. " she walks over taking Tanis from Jin snuggling the little wiggle worm . Smiling and talking to Daisy. Debra feels a little left out since she hasn"t spoken to her yet. She goes to slip out the door when Aisling stops her.
"Make sure you have your families things here in the morning enough for two weeks. We are taking your Christmas present on a trip. Also you need to try a dress that Inola picks for you to see if it fits. You have to stand with me at my wedding in Mom"s place. One other thing your punishment won"t start till after Christmas. No need for you to return the babies presents. " her voice is cold and harsh letting Debra know she is still upset but for now is willing to have her around. Astila smiles at his wife. He knows she has forgiven her sister. She just isn"t ready for her to know that yet.
Dude Aisling"s brother comes down stairs looking at his sister. He knows he does not deserve her forgiveness but he still wants it.
"Hey Red , you feeling better?"
"Hey b.u.t.thole, I thought you would be gone by now." She grins at him nastily. Inside she is happy he stuck around to try to make up. In the past he would have just left and she wouldn"t see him again.
" yeah well since I missed your hand fasting and your church wedding. In my defense I was deployed not by choice. I figured I could at least be with the family for your tribal wedding. I think it"s time I pull my weight in the family. The uncles are getting old and I have a lot to learn about how to do what they do. I mean I do have four little ones that are going to need an uncle when the old goats are gone." He looks at her hoping that she is ok and is not going get sick again.
John and Steve smack the back of his head at the same time. Causing him to yell in pain.
"Who are you calling old goat . I can still whoop your b.u.t.t young man." John looks at his brother and Steve picks him up and they take him out side for a game of wrestling.
Jin yells at them
"Hey wait for me I want to get a few kicks in." They all go outside to watch the playing around in the back yard.
Yona comes up to sit beside her.
" I can see why my brother loves you. If my family had done anything like yours . They would be sitting in a jail cell right now. I"m sorry for how I behaved at first truly. "
Aisling turns her head to look at him .
"You know when my mom died I was left to take care of everyone. I was only a child. I was younger than Debra but I was the one mom depended on. I always felt that I was a grown up not a child. The uncles are the only ones who allowed me to be childish. When I inherited everything I had already worked two jobs to pay my dad"s debts. The uncles are the ones who helped me to keep the secrets. I didn"t want them to feel left out or indebted. When the treasure from the lake can to light and everyone then knew I had money . That is when the jealousy started. It"s one of the reasons I always kept the knowledge of the hidden closets a secret. When I showed Debra hers she thought everything there was just junk. So she took it and threw it away. I saved it from the fire pit and placed it in the attic. It turned out that the items were worth over five million dollars. That is what everyone has been living on I divided it between the five of them. I only kept what I needed to keep the house going. So when the treasure from the lake was found the uncles said no more that I had already given enough . Everything in the closets were put there for me to use when I needed to go on my journey. Now that"s it"s over I still don"t know if I can give them up. Does that make me selfish or bad in your eyes?" She is looking at him closely trying to see what he is thinking. Neither of them know that Debra is listening to them behind the screen door.
"No it doesn"t it makes you sentimental and shows you value traditions and family above all. If it had been anyone else they would have never shared a penny of what was theirs. They would have made sure that every cent they gave to others was known. That way they could be told how good a person they are. Not you though , you didn"t want them to feel burdened. As far as Debra throwing those items away . They were not hers to throw away they were yours. From what I understand. No one knew about the treasures until you opened the first one. You were the key because you were the owner not them. They are very fortunate to have someone so loving and giving in their life. " with that he gets up and decides it"s time for his little brother to get his b.u.t.t whooped like the others. Running across the yard he tackles his brother and rolls him. Aisling hears them laughing in fun. Who would have thought grown men would be out in the front yard flipping and rolling around on the ground in the first week of December acting like children. Two of which are nearly sixty years old. She can"t help but laugh at them .