Saving Us(25)

Conner



If I wanted Amy to myself, I knew I had to push her. She was the type of woman who would procrastinate. I couldn’t have that. Aside from the house I was getting ready to build for us, it was important for her to be free of that asshole of a husband. My child never needed to know what his mother had to go through. All he would need to know was that he was made out of my love for his mother. It was a love that I never thought I would experience.

Once we got inside, Colt pulled me into the office. He closed the door behind us, which made me concerned that we were going to have a serious talk. “I need your help.”

“No problem, what’s up?” Colt was pretty much the leader of the family. I had so much respect for the man.

“I’ve waited patiently for Ty to let his guard down. Savanna and I have devised a plan, but I’m goin’ to need your help to pull it off. We need to act fast. Right now he just fell asleep on the couch.”

This was going to be good, I just knew it. “What do I need to do?”

Colt gave me instructions to head out to the pool shed. He told me where I could find the large blowup boat and the pump. I grabbed Amy without telling her what was going on. If Miranda caught wind, she would sure take up for her husband. Colt wanted payback and it was going to kick ass.

Once we were back on the golf cart, I could tell that I had to convince Amy that Ty deserved this. “Are you going to tell me what we are doing? We just got there. I promised Bella and Noah that I would help them.”

“We’re goin’ back. I just wanted you to help me get somethin’. You know how Ty is always playin’ jokes on everyone?”

“Yes. Why, what is going on?”

“Colt has a plan to get him back good. We need to hurry before he wakes up.” We pulled up at the pool shed and I immediately jumped off the golf cart. Amy followed close behind me.

Since it was winter, most of the pool supplies were packed inside. It took me a while to find the damn boat and then finally the pump. Amy waited outside while I brought the two items out. I plugged in the pump and started blowing up the boat. “Conner, please explain to me how you are going to play a prank with a giant blow up boat? It’s cold outside and the pool is closed up.”

I had to laugh. I had no idea what she could be picturing. “We’re goin’ to fill this bitch up with water and put it next to the couch. Colt’s goin’ to set off the smoke detector next to Ty’s face, so that he falls right into the boat full of freezing water.”

Amy shook her head and smiled. “Do you all realize how crazy this is? It’s going to make a mess.”

I started laughing again. “I don’t think they care. It’s just water anyways. Listen, Ty deserves this, so don’t you go tellin’ my sister. She will wake him up and spoil the fun. You know how she gets all defensive over him”

She kneeled down and helped me hold the boat while I pumped it up. “Since you have forced me to be an accomplice, I think it is fair to say that I won’t be divulging her with any information. It’s best if I’m just a silent helper in all of this. Being that I am living with her, I don’t want her all pissed at me. This was not my idea.”

“You know it’s goin’ to be funny, Blaze.” It was going to be hilarious. I couldn’t wait to see it all play out.

“Yeah, until Ty decides how to pay ya back.”

We got the boat all blown up and started on our way back to Colts. He had directed me to come through the back door which led to the kitchen. Colt was there waiting for me as I carried it in. Van had taken Miranda upstairs to lay down the babies for their naps.

We quietly entered into the living room and placed the boat right against the couch where Ty lay snoring away. It was hard not to laugh, especially when we pulled the hose from outside through the front window and started filling it up. Van came into the room with four bags of flour. At first I thought she was going to flour him again, but she started pouring them into the boat, making a thick concoction.

This was going to make a mess, but she didn’t seem to care one bit. She ran out and grabbed one more bag of flour. Only my family would have concocted this plan up and bought this stuff ahead of time. He must have been waiting for this moment. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if she slipped him a sleeping pill so that they could do it.

Miranda came walking downstairs just as Colt was holding the lighter up to the smoke detector. I assume he had been waiting for her to get finished with the kids, even though it would most likely wake them up. She took a double take and gave us both the evil eye. Van ran over and whispered something in my sister’s ear. She crossed her arms and just shook her head. I had to keep myself from bursting into laughter. I’d do anything for my sister. I think I proved that when I went after Heather to save her marriage. I still got a kick out of seeing her get pissed off. She may have been little, but she was spunky when she was mad.