Who's In Trouble Now?

By Spense

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Epilogue

The laughter coming from the lounge chairs by the pool echoed back through the kitchen and into the hallway.

"You think you're the worst? Come on Alan, Dad's had loads of practice. Why do you think he's so good at handling this sort of thing? My favorite is Scott, " John continued with a grin. "I mean, after all, he's the one who made school-hopping a Tracy tradition. NOTHING tops the first boarding school any of us attended, though. And Scott was the culprit there."

Alan was listening intently and grinning with anticipation. "Scott, huh," he mulled out loud. "Not Gordon? You mean Mr. Perfect himself?" He couldn't wait to hear this one.

Virgil grinned back. "You have no idea."

Scott could hear the laughter as he approached the kitchen. Alan was cheering up by the day. He, Virgil and Gordon had spent a great deal of time with their brother, apologizing and working on convincing him that he was a valued member of the family, in addition to trying to get him through the aftermath of his time in New York. They may have overdone it a little. Alan was starting to get somewhat resistive at what he was calling 'being smothered'. Scott had to admit that they may have been somewhat overprotective.

He smiled and quickened his pace to join them. Things were definitely sounding more normal these days. As crossed the kitchen to join the small group on the patio, he could heard John's voice, full of laughter saying, ". . . the wiring was fried, and the smoke damage in the computer room took forever to clean out. They had to close the building for a month."

"Hi Scott!" Alan cheerfully greeted his oldest brother with a knowing grin.

John and Virgil turned to him with identical smirks.

"Oh, SHIT!" Scott stopped cold as he realized exactly what John had been telling Alan, then turned on his heel, and left the room the way he had come in.

His exit was followed with the voice of his youngest brother, taunting 'Language, Scott!" and another burst of laughter from his other brothers, at his expense.