Now his mother blushed deeper then she said, “No we don’t want to sleep late or something. I just thought you might feel a little more comfortable if we weren’t in the building at night…”
Seth laughed. His wives were smiling. Seth said, “Ok, Mother. I think I know what you’re trying to say. I’m sorry if we were too noisy last night. I’m afraid we follow the old way more than some families do. When we were living with Tasha’s grandparents before they went back to the reservation we got used to uh, being with others during special moments. We learned to just ignore and be ignored and I really didn’t think about the noise last night. I’m sorry. If you are worried about us, don’t. If you don’t want to listen to us yes, you may use the old office. It’s up to you.
Seth’s father grinned and said, “Oh, it doesn’t bother me any. In fact I sort of enjoyed myself last night.” He looked over at Seth’s mother and continued, “I don’t mind at all staying here in the living room. I do think we may need to pick up a towel or two before we go to bed tonight though if you don’t mind.”
Seth’s mother blushed deep red and turned her head. She swatted at his father. Finally she turned back to Seth and said, “Ok, I suppose I can live with it if you all can. It will take some getting used to though.”
Seth did not go into town the rest of the week to work. He did make two trips to town to purchase items for the now greatly expanded Thanksgiving meal. By the end of Thanksgiving Day not only had his parents came to accept Seth’s new living arrangement they had fallen in love with their daughters in law. They treated the two women and their living arrangement with Seth as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
During the week Seth found out his father had finally retired. His last day of work was been the first of November. They were just wandering around the country enjoying themselves for now. After they left Seth’s they planned to go to California and the southwest for several weeks. Seth promised they would all go to his parent’s home for Christmas.
Things got back to normal the week after Thanksgiving. Seth and the women were still cleaning up the dust and dirt from the mine shaft. They didn’t find a lot of color but they found enough to keep working on it. Wednesday evening Seth and Tasha were working on the dirt while Charity prepared supper. Tasha seemed nervous. Finally Seth asked, “What is the matter with you Tasha. You have been nervous the last two days and you’re even worse tonight.”
Tasha looked up then dropped her gaze once again. Finally she said, “Honey we want some babies. Charity and I want you to make us pregnant so we can have children. I know we have never talked about children but we want some desperately.”
Seth stopped working and sat down. He looked over at Tasha who was watching him with a frightened yet pleading look on her face. He said, “I never thought too much about that. I have always wanted children sometime in my life though. Why do you want to start our family now though?”
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