Chapter 1
It was nearly a year since Dwayne and Stephanie had gotten married and everything was going great. They'd had no more trouble from Paul or anyone else for that matter and they'd just bought a new house in Greenwich so Stephanie could be closer to her parents. Dwayne hadn't minded about moving closer to the McMahon's, he's always got on really well with Linda and for over a year him and Vince had crossed the hurdle of him being just his boss and Vince now treated him not only as an employee but as his son-in-law. Dwayne stood outside the old house looking at it smiling, so many memories from that house but the new one was even better.
"Ready to go, we're all done here" Stephanie says walking over to him and putting her arm around his waist, he looks at her and nods his head.
"Yeah, all ready. I'll just go lock the place up" Dwayne says pulling the door keys out of his pocket, he jogs up to the front door and locks it for the last time. The estate agent waits at the end of the drive for the keys as the last of several removal vans pulls away and heads for the airport to be flown to the new house. Dwayne drops the keys into his hand and walks over to Steph who is waiting for him leaning against their car.
" Dwayne drops the keys into his hand and walks over to Steph who is waiting for him leaning against their car.
"You going to miss this place?" She asks him as they climb into the car.
"Only the banisters" Dwayne grins as he starts up the car and pulls out of the driveway following the van in front of him "Did you get that big ol' wooden acorn taken off the new banisters? You have no idea what kind of damage that thing could do to my manhood" Dwayne laughs; he pulls his sunglasses off from his t-shirt and puts them on. The summer sun in Miami was beating down into the car; it must have been the hottest Miami summer he'd ever felt he thought.
"Yeah I got it taken off, I liked 'the big ol' wooden acorn'" Stephanie says in the same tone as him as she laughs, "It gave the staircase character" she says.
"Na, me sliding down it will give it much more character!" Dwayne laughs stopping at the lights and turning to her "Don't you want any kids?" he asks taking her hand and squeezing it. Stephanie just laughs, Dwayne knows she wants kids just as much as he did, but he wasn't going to tell her that just yet. She'd been going on about it for months now about how nice it would be for them to have children and he'd say the same thing every time she mentioned it. As soon as they got settled into the new house. The lights go green and Dwayne carries on driving.
"We're going to have to buy some more furniture for the new place" Stephanie mumbles flicking through some magazines for the millionth time that day admiring all the modern kitchens and furniture in them.
"Why do we need more furniture, what's wrong with the old stuff?" Dwayne asks, he really couldn't see what the big deal was about getting the latest fashions in furniture.
"Well if you want out to house to be a couple of chairs in the middle of a huge room that's fine but the new place is a lot bigger than the old one so we'll have to fill it more" She says holding up the magazine to show him the kitchen she likes, he just glances at it quickly and nods his head not wanting to be too distracted by the pine finish while he's driving.
"Why cant we just pay someone else to do this for us?" Dwayne mumbles feeling that he cant take much more of being dragged round looking at fabrics and paint for the new house. Not only was Stephanie doing it but now his mom and Linda had joined in too.
"Because my lovely husband it's our house not some stupid stuck up interior designers, it'll look great once it's finished. Trust Me," Stephanie says putting her magazine down as they arrive at the airport. Most of the removal vans and their stuff had been flown out to Greenwich a few days earlier; some was in storage while the rest was in Linda and Vince's garage. The only things left to fly out was the last van and their car, and of course themselves.
"Oh don't worry, I trust you. It's my wallet that's having second thoughts" Dwayne says smiling, they hand their car over to be put onto the plain along with the last of the removal vans and they go to check in. They would be flying out that day where as the stuff would be on an overnight flight later that night. They check in and have their tickets checked before boarding the plane and finding their seats, first class as usually. Dwayne wouldn't mind traveling in business class but with his size and height he found it hard to sit down for more than a few minutes before it start to hurt, only at these times did he envy shorter people.
It was nearly a year since Dwayne and Stephanie had gotten married and everything was going great. They'd had no more trouble from Paul or anyone else for that matter and they'd just bought a new house in Greenwich so Stephanie could be closer to her parents. Dwayne hadn't minded about moving closer to the McMahon's, he's always got on really well with Linda and for over a year him and Vince had crossed the hurdle of him being just his boss and Vince now treated him not only as an employee but as his son-in-law. Dwayne stood outside the old house looking at it smiling, so many memories from that house but the new one was even better.
"Ready to go, we're all done here" Stephanie says walking over to him and putting her arm around his waist, he looks at her and nods his head.
"Yeah, all ready. I'll just go lock the place up" Dwayne says pulling the door keys out of his pocket, he jogs up to the front door and locks it for the last time. The estate agent waits at the end of the drive for the keys as the last of several removal vans pulls away and heads for the airport to be flown to the new house. Dwayne drops the keys into his hand and walks over to Steph who is waiting for him leaning against their car.
" Dwayne drops the keys into his hand and walks over to Steph who is waiting for him leaning against their car.
"You going to miss this place?" She asks him as they climb into the car.
"Only the banisters" Dwayne grins as he starts up the car and pulls out of the driveway following the van in front of him "Did you get that big ol' wooden acorn taken off the new banisters? You have no idea what kind of damage that thing could do to my manhood" Dwayne laughs; he pulls his sunglasses off from his t-shirt and puts them on. The summer sun in Miami was beating down into the car; it must have been the hottest Miami summer he'd ever felt he thought.
"Yeah I got it taken off, I liked 'the big ol' wooden acorn'" Stephanie says in the same tone as him as she laughs, "It gave the staircase character" she says.
"Na, me sliding down it will give it much more character!" Dwayne laughs stopping at the lights and turning to her "Don't you want any kids?" he asks taking her hand and squeezing it. Stephanie just laughs, Dwayne knows she wants kids just as much as he did, but he wasn't going to tell her that just yet. She'd been going on about it for months now about how nice it would be for them to have children and he'd say the same thing every time she mentioned it. As soon as they got settled into the new house. The lights go green and Dwayne carries on driving.
"We're going to have to buy some more furniture for the new place" Stephanie mumbles flicking through some magazines for the millionth time that day admiring all the modern kitchens and furniture in them.
"Why do we need more furniture, what's wrong with the old stuff?" Dwayne asks, he really couldn't see what the big deal was about getting the latest fashions in furniture.
"Well if you want out to house to be a couple of chairs in the middle of a huge room that's fine but the new place is a lot bigger than the old one so we'll have to fill it more" She says holding up the magazine to show him the kitchen she likes, he just glances at it quickly and nods his head not wanting to be too distracted by the pine finish while he's driving.
"Why cant we just pay someone else to do this for us?" Dwayne mumbles feeling that he cant take much more of being dragged round looking at fabrics and paint for the new house. Not only was Stephanie doing it but now his mom and Linda had joined in too.
"Because my lovely husband it's our house not some stupid stuck up interior designers, it'll look great once it's finished. Trust Me," Stephanie says putting her magazine down as they arrive at the airport. Most of the removal vans and their stuff had been flown out to Greenwich a few days earlier; some was in storage while the rest was in Linda and Vince's garage. The only things left to fly out was the last van and their car, and of course themselves.
"Oh don't worry, I trust you. It's my wallet that's having second thoughts" Dwayne says smiling, they hand their car over to be put onto the plain along with the last of the removal vans and they go to check in. They would be flying out that day where as the stuff would be on an overnight flight later that night. They check in and have their tickets checked before boarding the plane and finding their seats, first class as usually. Dwayne wouldn't mind traveling in business class but with his size and height he found it hard to sit down for more than a few minutes before it start to hurt, only at these times did he envy shorter people.