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Jul 19, 2007 14:06

You'd figure Bill'd be the type to settle wherever it was he found himself ( Read more... )

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ooh_lily July 19 2007, 19:26:08 UTC

Emmy had once again managed to escape and was tearing across the grass ahead of Lily, who was calling her to no real avail.

"Emmy! Emmy! Emily Iris Strombeck will you come back here right now."

Emmy was so caught up in laughing at her mother that she ran straight into the man sitting on a pile of wood. Lily made a soft sound and exasperated protest and broke into a jog.

She was too old for this
She was going to have to get that child a leash.

sheriff_pardy July 19 2007, 19:33:21 UTC

"Whoa there, little lady," Bill grinned so that his eyes crinkled up and reaching out to steady the lil' tot when she came bounding into his leg.

"This one yours?" he asked the woman huffing her way down the path, though the answer was plan as day.

ooh_lily July 19 2007, 21:32:00 UTC

"She is," said Lily, stopping and trying to catch her breath. Emmy looked up at the strange man, tugging at the hem of her dress.

"This is Emmy. I'm Lily."

sheriff_pardy July 19 2007, 21:49:02 UTC

"Well, she sure got some legs on 'er. Looks like you got your hands full," Bill grinned, looking down at the little girl with a kind smile, "Hey there, Emmy. I'm Bill." He held out his hand to her to shake, and it looked like those little hands of hers were only gonna fit 'round 'bout two of his big fingers.

ooh_lily July 19 2007, 21:50:13 UTC

Emmy took hold of two of Bill's fingers and shook enthusiastically.

Lily shaded her eyes in the sun and looked at the pile of wood.

"You building out here?"

sheriff_pardy July 19 2007, 21:52:45 UTC

"Lookin' to. Want something lil' outta the way, figured this here was prime real estate. 'm not trespassin' on anybody's property, am I?" he asked seriously, but there was that ever present twinkle in his eye.

ooh_lily July 19 2007, 21:54:31 UTC

Lily grinned and shook her head.

"No, no. God, no. Enough space for everyone around here, eh?"

Lily nodded her head.

"I was just heading over to see a patient of mine, but her house is wy over there, so I guess you're doing fine."

sheriff_pardy July 19 2007, 21:59:21 UTC

"Not real sure how it works 'round here. I just picked me a spot."

Bill let the little girl do what she pleased with his hand. He weren't using it then anyway.

"You're a doctor?"

ooh_lily July 19 2007, 22:01:07 UTC

Lily made a face before she could stop herself.

"God no. I'm a Midwife. Fifteen years going on, now."

Emmy was making a concerted effort to swing from Bill's hand. Lily reached out for her.

"Emmy, leave Bill alone. He's new."

sheriff_pardy July 19 2007, 22:09:00 UTC

"They're sure gonna need you pretty soon," he said with a knowing look.

The staggering number of women bursting at the seams hadn't gone unnoticed.

"Oh, she ain't bothering me none." Bill grinned, giving the girl his other hand, just to help her along.

ooh_lily July 19 2007, 22:10:44 UTC

Hollering, Emmy immediately took both her feet off the floor, just to see what happened.

"Pretty soon, yes." Lily smiled. "It's nice, you know? Life going on." She flipped her hair out of her eyes.

"So, Bill...Where'd you come from?"

sheriff_pardy July 20 2007, 00:29:37 UTC

Bill laughed, straightening his arms and locking his elbows so Emmy could swing good and proper.

"Came from Wheelsy. Little town in South Carolina, not far from the Georgia State line."

ooh_lily July 20 2007, 07:42:17 UTC

Lily shook her head at Emmy who was, to all intents and purposes, having a remarkably good time. Desert island or no, the child was going to have to learn that strangers were not there to be swung from if Mommy or Daddy were not in attendance.

"We're from Long Bay in Ontario," volunteered Lily. "Little bit north of you, eh?"

sheriff_pardy July 20 2007, 16:07:01 UTC

"Just a bit," Bill laughed, squintin' up through the sun at the woman and lettin' her daughter practically climb his legs, "I ain't been further north than the Mason Dixon. Seems like a whole new world t' me."

ooh_lily July 20 2007, 16:19:47 UTC

Emmy was having a grand old time and, as long as Bill didn't look too bothered, Lily didn't have the heart to stop her.

"Although, somehow, my friends and my husband still manage to have a curling rink."

She rolled her eyes.

sheriff_pardy July 20 2007, 16:24:44 UTC

"Here?" Bill laughed, and he only had the very vaguest notion 'bout curlin'. He knew there was a whole lotta ice and some brooms, and that was 'bout where his knowledge of the sport ended. "Well, I'll be. You got some real devotees on your hands."

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