Hello, i decided to rewrte the story altering it in small points of view, I hope they do not get confused.
The story takesplace in a farm, during a holyday in a farm in Savannah, following the same storyline of The Grogans And Me, which is my first story here.
Hope you like it and DSCWin, thanks for borrow Hank and Sue for this story.
Dr. Sepico
CHAPTER 1 - THE TRIP
Marley Point Of View – It isn´t the first time that week that I saw Mr. John sitting at the computer reading things about things without stopping. He was worried and was not for the less, the previous month Mrs. Jenny fell ill and although she has improved enough since going to the hospital for the first time, something told me that the disease was not over, otherwise she would not be smelling weird.
One afternoon, after making sure that Mrs. Jenny was well, Mr. John took me for a walk in the park, where we met our friend Sebastian, he is a close friend of Mr. John and, as far as I know, it was he who convinced Grogan family to adopt me.
As I stretched under the table, I listened to the humans talking. Ah! That was why Mr. John was agitated all those days, he was planning a trip for the whole family, including me, to replenish the energies and help Mrs. Jenny recover, or at least what he said.
''what about Savannah, Georgia? I know some friends there who have an Inn, it´s a big farmhouse, they rent for weekends and holydays, I think you guys will enjoy it.'' Sebastian said as he scratch behind my ears.
''Savannah? It´s six hours on the road, come on!'' Mr. John disagreed
''yeah, but it worth John, trust me'' he said as his friend lowered his head ''and how is Jenny?''
'' trying to be strong, at least in front of me and the kids. She is a little better with the medicine that Dr. Wilson prescribed, but he wants to start the chemotherapy as soon as possible, next week at the most''' I heard Mr. John said '' and to think that all this started with a reflux''
''it´s one more motive for you guys go, Dude, you need to regain your energy'' Sebastian said and Mr. John agree.
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A few hours later, we go back home, Mrs. Jenny was making dinner and the kids were upstairs playing. I follow my owners toward the kitchen and keep listening s they talk about Mr. John´s plan. However, I could see Mrs. Jenny was unsure what to do, not only about herself, but about me, they say I'm too big to go a lot of places.
''Honey, it will be great for us, for the kids and I'm sure Marley will behave, after all, it´s a farm, he will have plenty of things to distract himself'' John said and Jenny took a deep breath.
''well, if you´re sure, I'm trust in you'' she kissed him ''tomorrow you make the contacts and I will pack the bags, let's have some fun.'' Mrs. Jenny give in and just a few days later, I found myself in the car with my family, going to this amazing place.
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Mrs. Sue Ness Point Of View – Hank and I were standing on the front porch as a minivan came up our road. I was so excited to see this family that decided to stay with us for a while. Bob ran beside me and sat down when we stopped.
"Welcome to our house," Hank said walking over to the van to help those inside to come out. "My name is Hank Ness and this is my wife Sue, and this is Bob." Bob wagged his tail as the Grogan's all climbed out and shook hands with John Grogan who looked sheepishly at the back of his van. Bob looked excited as he saw another dog in the back of the van. "You must be the famous John Grogan am I right?"
"Not sure about the famous part," John had said giving us a small nervous laugh. "But yes, I'm John Grogan, this is my wife Jenny and my kids, Conner, Patrick and the baby, Colleen." A loud whining bark came from the back of the van. "And that excited yellow lab is Marley."
"Oh, why is he still in the car, that poor dear." I said already wanting to help that poor animal from the car.
"Er...We thought he might pick a fight with your dog." John´s wife Jenny said
"Oh nonsense." I said with a smile. "Bob here won't hurt a fly and he's still young enough to play around. Go ahead and let him out, Mr. Grogan."
John nodded hesitantly but opened the back door letting Marley to leap and run about. "Marley no!" We watched as the dog ran inside the house and we heard a loud break coming from the inside. I couldn't help but smile as I knew where that sound came from.
"Oh I'm so sorry about your vase." John said rearing on Marley's leash. "We'll pay for a replacement."
"Oh don't worry, John." Hank said with a smile. "We wanted to get rid of that vase for years. But now we have a reason to throw it out." Hank and I laughed as it was a gift from my mother-in-law but after she passed we knew we had to get rid of it, but couldn't figure out how. "We'll have this taken care of in no time."
A low growl and a hiss came from the couch and I saw the kids heading towards it. "I wouldn't do that, kids." I said grabbing the closest kid to the cat and gently pulled them away. "Ziggy is a stray and comes by from time to time. He's not the friendliest of cats so it's best to stay away from him." I waved my hand and Ziggy gave a disapproving hiss and jumped off the couch and out the front door in which Hank closed the door behind him.
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Jenny´s point of view - Despite the initial mess caused by Marley, our hosts welcomed us very well and showed us that lovely farmhouse. Which reminded me of telling John to thank Sebastian for the shout out. Upstairs, Marley again made one of his antics, relieving himself at the carpet of one of the rooms.
'' Marley, stop it! '' John yelled at him, but as usual, our incredible dog just ignored him
''don´t worry about it, Marley isn´t the first dog who came here'' Mr. Ness said in a hurry ''two months ago, a Husky came here and relieved himself in all the carpets'' he smiled, but I bet it was just to make John and me less embarrassed.
Lastly, we chose to stay all in one room, which was big enough to comfort us, the boys, Marley and Collen´s portable crib. Of course, we preferred Marley to sleep outside the house, so as not to make another mess, but as the boys insisted that the dog sleep with them, John and I ended up giving in. Moreover, the hosts seemed to reinforce us whenever animals were welcome in any room of the house.
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MR. Hank Ness Point Of View - It was just before Dinner that I helped Sue get the table set for us and our guest. Jenny and Colleen had gone down for a nap and we decided to keep the other two kids from disturbing them. They helped Sue with the cooking which they seemed to be enjoying. Even John, who was enjoying some of Sue's lemonade looked happy to see his two boys helping around the kitchen.
"So what does you and your wife do during the slow months?" John asked as I came to sit down next to him with the paper I had started to read earlier that day.
"This and that. My wife works part time at the local flower shop while I drive the school bus. We do alright. Plus we have our farm that we sell our produce. We try to keep ourselves busy."
John nodded he looked like he was fighting something and looked stressed. I knew I had to do something to keep him from not enjoying his time here.
Jenny and Colleen came down a few minutes later looking more rested but I could tell that Jenny was not looking well.
"So what kind of activities do you two provide for your guests?" John asked as we sat around the table for our meal.
"Well, we don't have anything to do with sports, as Sue and I don't have the energy." Sue nodded slightly as she started to fill our plates with food. "But we do have some activities that might entertain and relax you. We have horseback riding as we have a trail just behind our farm, we have a big lake that you can go fishing, swimming and boating. We do have a soccer field and an actual swimming pool if you prefer something like that."
"We also have some wild blueberry bushes that we can do for those not wanting to do a whole lot." Sue added seeing the tired look in Jenny's face. "We try to have some fun for the whole family to enjoy."
"Well, that's good to hear." John smiled looking at his boy's lit up faces as they were excited to do everything the Ness family had provided.
"Wow..." They exclaimed after several minutes of all the activities settled in. "Dad! Mom! Can we do everything?!"
"Of course we can do everything." Jenny said with a smile. The boys began to eat their food with excitement. They ate in silence and then Jenny looked up at us. "So are we the only guests here?"
"Until Sunday." I said with a nod. "Normally people don't reserve because we're not very popular. So it was strange to see a reservation from you guys. But we're glad you made us part of your vacation."
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John´s Point Of View - After dinner, the boys and Colleen looked very tired, so Jenny was putting them to bed. Meanwhile, Hank and I decided to take the dogs outside, so they could do everything before bed; I was worried Marley would get lost, but he seemed to understand my concern and stayed around.
''John, it´s everything alright?'' I heard the man´s voice behind me, so I took a deep breath to steady my emotion and told him about my wife´s condition. The truth is, the fact that Jenny's having cancer is still unrealistic to me and I didn´t want to talk about it, so Hank just patted my shoulder and didn´t say anything.
When Marley and I go back to the bedroom, I find Jenny leaning over the crib, so I run to her side to see if she's okay, in response, she just tells me to speak down, not to wake the boys.
''you believe this? We have this farmhouse just for us!'' Jenny tried to change the subject
''it´s good, Honey, but are you okay really? You need me to call Dr. Wilson? We can cancel reservations with Mr. and Mrs. Ness and go back home…''
''John…'' my wife placed a hand over my mouth ''first, I'm fine, it was just another reflux, I'm going to be fine. Second, we´re here to have fun, so please, don´t worry so much. And third, we can´t go home now, you will be too tired to drive twelve hours'' she told me
''yeah, I think you´re right'' I admitted, it will be stressful drive all the way back.
''as always'' she said lying down, I did the same. This Holyday will certainly be the best of we can gat for a long time.