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Rockie tied the apron that Patty had handed her around her waist and said, “I hope you’re not making a mistake asking me to help with preparing food. JR’s a better cook than me.”
Patty smile at her reassuringly and said, “Where do you think he learned? It’s actually better to share the duties with someone who wants to learn rather than with someone who thinks they know what to do…”
“Well, I certainly don’t have the first clue what to do, but I am very willing to learn.”
“Good. Can you follow a recipe?” Patty asked. She had sent JR and his father off to deliver Katie to Franc’s house, so she and Rockie were now alone in the kitchen.
“I can, but the more detailed the directions the better. I mean, I know how to measure ingredients and so on, but if the directions don’t specify when to add what, and in what manner, I get lost pretty quick.”
“That’s a challenge even the most experienced cooks have, Rockie. It’s like getting a box full of fabric pieces and trying to sew them into something that resembles a dress.”
“Exactly. So, where do you want me to start?”
“You can just hang here and watch me for now,” said Patty. “I need to get the turkey ready to go into the oven first. Have you ever roasted a turkey before?”
“No, I’ve just enjoyed the fruits of someone else’s labor. Do you roast your turkey? I didn’t know many people did that anymore…”
“I’m traditional where the holidays are concerned. We’ll occasionally deep-fry or smoke a turkey during the summer for the Fourth of July or Labor Day, but I have always liked to roast it in the oven for Thanksgiving, along with both stuffing in the bird and dressing around it.”
“That sounds wonderful to me,” said Rockie. “Did your mom teach you how to cook?”
“No, my mom worked long hours selling real estate, so she never felt much like cooking big meals. We would usually spend holidays with someone else and just bring a side dish as a contribution to the meal. I’m self-taught, and I’m actually glad that I was able to develop my own styles and tastes based upon what me and my family like rather than what somebody else thinks we should like.”
“I have been learning a lot just by working alongside JR in the kitchen. That reminds me, what is his obsession with washing dishes by hand rather than using the dishwasher?”
Patty laughed, “You’re going to learn really quickly that JR is a virtual clone of Bobby. If that’s the way his dad does it, then that’s going to be the way JR does it. I was thrilled when Katie got old enough to start helping with the dishes because she would force JR and her dad to use the dishwasher. You know, for a young lady who has every man in her life wrapped around her finger, Katie is actually a very independent, caring, and selfless little girl. She adores you, by the way.”
“I adore her too. One of the things I love about JR is his devotion to her. I just wish…”
“Give him time, Rockie,” Patty said with understanding in her voice. “I want to tell you a story, so you understand how I can be so certain of what you need to know.”
“About how you and JR’s dad were reunited?”
“That’s the one,” Patty confirmed. “What has JR told you about it?”
“Only that you were in the Witness Protection Program until he was ten, and it was his dad that made it possible for you to get out and be reunited.”
“We’ve got a few minutes, so follow me. I want to show you something.” Patty wiped her wet hands on a paper towel and led Rockie out of the kitchen. She walked them across the family room and through a set of double doors into a large room that had two office desks at right angles to each other, an artist easel near the large bay window and a large leather sofa.
Rather than leading Rockie to the sofa, Patty took her first to the wall on the left side of the door, where more than a dozen watercolor paintings hung. All of them prominently depicted the Corvair that JR now drove in the scene. There was also a single photograph of the Corvair, parked on the sand at some beach location with what looked like a teenage Patty and Bobby kissing in front of it.
“I met Bobby on the first day of my junior year of high school. I had just transferred to a new school, and the first time I saw him, I knew that he was destined to hold every place in my heart for the rest of my life. In retrospect, I now understand that our relationship developed at a pace that Bobby established out of respect for me. He never denied me anything, but he would not move things faster than he thought they should go until he was convinced that I could handle things.”
“Sounds vaguely familiar,” Rockie grinned. “Please go on.”
“I remember teasing him shamelessly for months, trying to make him see that I was ready to do anything with him, that I was completely his for the taking, but he wouldn’t waver until he knew it was the right time for me. He always had a way of reading me, and knowing what I wanted or needed, often before I realized it myself.”
Patty took Rockie’s hand as she leaned against the backside of the sofa, staring at the pictures on the wall, “When we finally did make love, in the condo that is now JR’s by the way, it was like a fairy tale come true. I realized that making love provided us both with a physical outlet for the overwhelming love we felt for each other. Then the unthinkable happened, my family was forced into the Witness Protection Program and I never had a chance to tell Bobby anything.”
“When I discovered that I was pregnant, I was livid. I learned that none of the promises made to us had been kept, especially the promises to let Bobby know what had happened. Then I found out that several of our family friends had been murdered by the people that my father was scheduled to testify against, I knew that I had to protect Bobby and his family. I stopped insisting that he be told anything and began channeling all of my love for him through our baby boy.”
Pointing to the pictures on the wall, Patty continued, “I started painting pictures that depicted an event in mine and JR’s life, and always included the Corvair, since that was such a special part of mine and Bobby’s life together before our separation. I would hang a new one every Easter and tell JR another story about his father. So, on the fateful day when Bobby showed up at one of JR’s baseball practices, not even aware that he had a son, he happened to still be driving the same car that his son had grown up viewing in his mother’s pictures.”
“Why did Bobby just happen to show up at JR’s baseball practice?” Rockie asked.
“He didn’t know it was JR’s baseball practice. Remember, he didn’t even know that JR existed. He came to watch his nephew’s baseball practice. Bobby had just moved to San Antonio and was coming to see his sister, who he hadn’t seen since Joey was born. They agreed to meet at the baseball practice and drive to her house from there.”
“So, Joey and JR were friends before they found out that they were cousins?”
“That’s right. Franc and Jason lived right down the street from the house that the Marshalls had set us up in, unaware that she was Bobby’s older sister. She had always been away at school when Bobby and I were dating, so I had never met his older sister, Francis. Her and I became friends, and while I knew she had a younger brother, the fact that he was Bobby didn’t come to light until that day when I walked out onto the deck at Franc’s house and saw him standing there.”
“I can imagine how that must have shocked everyone…”
Patty laughed, “No, what shocked everyone was me fainting at the sight of a man that everyone else present thought was a complete stranger to me. See, I had changed my appearance so that my hair and eye color matched JR’s, and I was wearing glasses, so Bobby didn’t immediately recognize me. In fact, he didn’t get a good look at me until the next afternoon, and then he knew.”
“That’s a wonderful story,” Rockie said with tears in her eyes.
“Yes, it’s romantic and heartwarming,” Patty agreed, “but the reason I wanted to share it with you is because of how Bobby and JR are so similar. I didn’t recognize it until later, but JR had always been trying to protect me when he was younger. I think back on times when as a toddler, he would be in his stroller or car seat and he would never play with any toys. He was always aware of our surroundings and would warn me about things like a car that might be following us, or a man looking at me strangely. I always attributed to him seeing the Marshalls acting protective but came to realize it was just JR’s nature to be protective of me. This made me think back to Bobby, and how he too had always been very aware of our surroundings when we were dating and had always placed my safety ahead of my happiness.”
“I see that in JR,” Rockie admitted.
“You’ve only seen what JR wants you to see,” said Patty.
“What do you mean?”
“Bobby is the kindest, most compassionate man I have ever known. However, I also know just how ruthless and brutal he has been, both in his service to this country and in protecting his family. JR will be no different. If Bobby perceived a need to protect me or our children, he would take steps to do so, and nothing would stop him. I usually find out about things after the fact, and while I may not always share his assessment of the situation, I trust his instincts far more than mine. If JR thinks that you are being threatened or treated with disrespect, he will intercede. You may never learn about it, and he won’t care either way. He’s going to protect you whether you like it or not.”
Rockie thought about how JR had contacted Karen Mason when she had mentioned how her immediate supervisor was treating her unfairly, and then to the incident with the three guys at the pool. Yes, JR had been protecting her at those times. Were there others? Oh God, did he think he was protecting her from sex? What harm could come to her from them having sex except her getting pregnant and surely he knew how to protect against that. She had seen the condoms in his condo.
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