Incest Justin Thyme by Callicious

[Ramesh_Rocky]

"By all means! I'm curious now, too." The swish of her skirt around her legs caught his eye as she turned and led the way to the kitchen.

"I really wanted Stephanie to have a chance to talk with you some more about her father, if it isn't too painful for you. She was so young when he left, and her memories of him are so few."

Tom stopped for a moment to look at Staff Sergeant Winter's picture and gave it a brief nod of acknowledgement, almost as if to him in person. "I would be honored to talk with her about him any time. She can ask anything she wants. If it gets too painful I won't answer. In fact, I was thinking about going out to visit his grave, now that I know he's buried in Phoenix. Would you two like to go along?"

Mary nodded. "Thank you. We try to go up on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. We would love to go along with you, too." Tom nodded, and they turned toward the kitchen. Mary opened a bottle of red to breathe and noted the white was already chilled. "Would you like a glass of white while we watch the news?"

Tom looked up from trimming the flower stems and said, "That would be good. Thanks. Supper smells good. Pot roast?"

"Um hmm. It was the quickest thing I could think of, and it's easy to do."

"Good. One of my favorites." Out of the corner of his eye he noted the way her skirt flared out as she turned and noted how nice her figure looked. Scrubs do nothing to compliment a woman's figure. How long had it been since he had looked at a woman as a woman? It had been a long time. Since returning from Iraq he had been so busy with medical school, internship, and then residency, plus dealing with a bit of PTSD that being with a woman had taken a back seat in the bus for him. Sure, there had been a few nice looking girls in his classes, and he worked with several as he made his way through training, but they were all a good bit younger than him, and didn't find much of interest in an older, often morose, guy.

Mary poured two glasses of wine and led the way into the living room, where she sat on the sofa. Tom also sat down, but left a polite space between them. Mary picked up the TV remote and turned on Fox 11 in time to watch the News lead-in, followed by a commercial. "I can't for the life of me figure out what is going on with those kids. What does the news have to do with Stephanie not being able to come home?"

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Jeff and Joanne Thibodeaux turned on their TV in time to watch a picture of a large Victorian mansion flash across the screen as the news anchor's voice said, "A cold case over one hundred years old has been solved the Sheriff's department revealed today. While renovating the old Samuel Johnson mansion, recently owned by a now defunct insurance company, two young men found a secret entrance to an heretofore unknown room beneath the house. They found the skeletons of Samuel Johnson and Henry Murray, whom it appeared, had shot each other. According to the Sheriff, Murray tried to hold up Johnson for $50,000 in gold coin that had been shipped to him for a railroad merger. Johnson was heavily involved with a number of local spur lines, some of which are now a part of the Union Pacific.

Neither Justin Thyme, of Thyme and Thyme Again Properties, nor Michael Thibodeaux, son of ASU and Phoenix Cardinals standout Jeff Thibodeaux, were available for interview. We go now to our local affiliate in Tucson for a further report from reporter Jose Garcia."

"Thank you, Julie. We are standing here in front of the Thyme home here in Tucson. When I rang the doorbell earlier this afternoon a young man opened the door and in answer to my questions would only answer 'No comment.' before closing the door firmly in my face. Repeated phone calls were answered only with a 'No comment,' and then only the answering machine picked up. Some time later Ben Thompson, a retired attorney from here in Tucson, showed up and identified himself as a spokesman for the family. All he would say is that they young men indeed found Samuel Johnson and Murray in the cellar and that they had been able to recover the gold, which has been returned to the Union Pacific this afternoon. By the way, that $50,000 in gold coin is now worth over three and a half million dollars! From Tucson, this is Jose Garcia, standing by at the Thyme residence, where we will update you as new details emerge."

Jeff clicked off the TV. "My word. That's what Michael was talking about! I don't blame him for being tight mouthed!"

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Grandpa and Grandma both sat with us and watched the news and Grandpa grunted once or twice when he didn't like the way they said something, but of course there was nothing we could do about it. We certainly weren't going outside and arguing with them over the details. Dad called my cell right after the news segment was over. It even made the news out in LA, although they didn't have as many details there as at home. I handed the phone over to Grandpa after a few minutes to let the two of them decide what steps needed to be taken in the near future.