Chapter 2
Edna was starting to get anxious she wanted to know what was going on immediately. Bruce had started making phone calls about two hours before, four phone calls to be exact. Edna’s curiosity had been going wild ever since. The fourth call had especially piqued her interest; Bruce had risen his voice more than once at whom ever was on the other line, although he quickly quieted it to avoid her hearing him.
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Bruce was livid. He had noticed that Edna was getting antsy about two hours earlier, so he had started calling the girls to check arrival times. Everything was going perfectly until, he called Don who started to suggest that Blair may not be there; Bruce could hear Blair begging in the background, after half an hour Don relented and said that they would be there by eight o’clock. The man was quite simply the most infuriating human being on the face of this Earth. Suddenly, Bruce realized that it was already 6:45, and the girls would be arriving any minute now.
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At 6:55 PM, Tootie Ramsey Williams saw the most beautiful thing that she had ever seen. She just couldn’t help but cry as they drove up, to the house where she had grown up, to the house where her second mother lived. Jeff didn’t realize just how home sick she had been, until she ran out of the car full speed ahead before he had even had a chance to fully stop the car. Both Jessica and Dennis, looked up at their father at the exact same time astonished, never in their lives had they seen their normally very grown up mom be as happy as they got on Christmas. Whatever was inside that house must be the world’s most fantastic gift.
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At seven o’clock on the dot, Edna heard the doorbell ring. She looked back at Bruce.
Edna: Bruce, who could that, is?
He simply smiled.
Bruce: Edna, darling open the door. A part of your present has just arrived.
Edna opened the door and looked, there looking back at her with tears in her eyes was Tootie, and standing behind her were Jeff with Jessica and Dennis. Edna felt glued in place, and when she woke from the daze she took Tootie into a hug and stayed there for a moment. Finally, a fully functional Tootie came in and so did her family.
Edna: Tootie, I can’t believe that you’re actually here.
Tootie: Well, Mrs. Garrett I had to be here for your birthday. We’ve let ourselves get to separate by distance; it’s time that stopped. I want my kids to know the woman that I consider a mother and therefore their grandmother.
Edna: Speaking of kids, isn’t time that I got introduced.
Tootie: Of course, what was I thinking? This is my daughter Jessica Anne Williams; she’s seven years old and quite the little actress.
Edna: Hi Jessica, do you know that you look just like your mommy?
Jessica: Yes m’am, I do.
Tootie: This young man here is my son Dennis Jefferson Williams; he’s six years old and he loves to roller skate.
Edna: So Dennis, do you have your own roller-skates?
Dennis: Yes m’am, but they’re baby skates. My mom says that I’m too young, for anything other than my Fisher Price Skates. They’re no fun, you can’t really do anything with them, and I want real skates.
Edna: Tootie you know, I remember your mother telling me that she got you your first pair of real skates on your sixth birthday. Dennis is already six so don’t you think that he might be old enough for real roller-skates. I just thought that I’d mention it.
Dennis: Yeah, mom. When can I get my skates?
Tootie: Thanks, Mrs. Garrett.
Edna: Hey, I’m just being a grandmother.
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