10: The Proposal
The three of them spent the next day at home relaxing, and it felt good to go for a swim without nagging concern at the back of their minds. It was the perfect lazy Sunday, even though Chewy spent a little while taking measurements on the front of the house to replace the few boards that had bullet holes in them. They stayed up watching the news at 11 that night, and they saw footage of Kevin's house on fire. There was an interview with him, and he had very little to say on the matter.
"I'm not worried about this." Kevin said as if he was brushing it off like it was no big deal. That made Chewy rest easier, there were no mentions of payback or anything, and he knew Kevin was too stupid to hide that. The police chief however knew Chewy did it.
"Whoever did it clearly came here with intention to destroy, the minigun that was used in the helicopter was massive, and I’m almost impressed." Was all he had to say on the matter, which made the three of them laugh harder than Kevin's brain-dead interview.
The next morning Chewy kissed Sasha goodbye after he told her he was going to get the boards for the front of the house. He did go to the hardware store, but afterwards he made a trip to the jewelry store. He walked inside with no clue what he was doing. Shena and the owner walked over to him and immediately began helping him, Shena had given her boss the heads up that he would be in for this purpose. There were 15 or 20 rings lined up on the table, and he immediately narrowed it down to 6. They were all completely different, but he liked all of them for individual reasons. It was only 10 minutes before he made his decision, and he picked one with a large diamond with smaller ones on the side.
"Okay, I'll take this one, but again I want to change the small ones on the side to paws again. Yes, I like that style."
"So it's another custom piece? When do you need it by?" The owner said as Shena punched some numbers in to a calculator.
"I need it in like two weeks, if there’s a rush charge I can handle it. How much is the base ring?"
"Eleven thousand four hundred and ninety nine. Then with the customization it will be a bit extra. Do still want to do it?"
"Of course. How about I pay for the ring right now, and when I pick it up I pay for the customization?"
"You want to pay for it upright?!" The woman said with more than a little surprise.
"Indeed. How's cash?"
"CASH?!" The woman and Shena said in unison. "You do know its eleven THOUSAND, and not eleven HUNDRED, right?"
"Yea, I've got that on me." He said as he pulled two wads of 100 dollar bills out of his pocket, neatly strapped together by the rubber bands from the bank.
"What the hell kid? Are you made of money?" The woman said after her jaw hit the floor.
"Yea! I'll bet if you hit him like a piñata money would fly out!" Shena said with a laugh, while Chewy pulled out the money he needed for the ring. He paid and the woman told him that it would be ready by next Monday she hoped.
He went home and tried not to bounce off the walls with excitement while he fixed the front of the house. He contained himself to dancing around while the music played from the system in his truck.
"You're awfully cheery for a guy who's fixing a house after a gang attack!" Sasha said as she came out with homemade lemonade.
"Oh sweet Jesus, lemonade! I love you! And why shouldn't I be cheery? Life is perfect."
"How can it be perfect? And yes I love you too. Even if you don't have lemonade for me" She said as she stuck her tongue out at him.
"It's perfect because I'm here with you in my own house, we don't have anything to worry about anymore, and you brought me some amazing lemonade!"
