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That was a stupid and selfish reason to want another baby, but I couldn’t help it. I was still able to have children, and even being a grandmother now wasn’t deterring me. I would just raise my kids the same way that Riviana was raising hers. She had a sister that was younger than the quads, and so did Joaquin. And they were all doing just fine.
Vincent had given me a trip to the spa. It was one of the unlimited things that allowed you to do whatever you wanted and money was no object. I was sure that Riviana and Joaquin had set it up for him, he never really thought about things like that. He was sweet, but often he was a little inept in relationship things. Still, it was a decent consolation.
At least I would be able to relax while Vincent had to work this weekend.
I started the appointment off with getting a soak in the mineral springs and then the mud bath. I was trying to rid myself of any and all toxins before I got started on anything else. Next came the facial that had me sitting in the chair for a while, I almost fell asleep. After that I nibbled on some goodies that they served me while my feet soaked once more, preparing for a special pedicure.
Toes done. Fingernails done. Next it was time for the massages. I thought that it would be nice to get a full body deep tissue massage. It took a while, but I didn’t care. It was all amazing.
My body felt like water or jelly when I was done. I could barely move but it didn’t bother me at all.
I had some more snacks after that, then it was time for me to get my hair and makeup done. They were really providing me with everything. They even brought in clothes that were all my size and told me that the package came with a shopping spree. I was allowed to get as much as I wanted. This gave me pause, but then I thought about it. I have literally never done anything like this in my life before.
With that in mind, I decided to go ahead and choose the clothes that I liked. I even decided to wear a nice green summer dress and black heels home. My other clothes were washed and put in a bag to take back with me.
When it was about five in the evening, my appointment had come to an end. I couldn’t believe that I had been here all day. I had not planned on using the entire day, even if I had it available to me. It was fun though, and I thought that if I had the choice, I wouldn’t mind doing it again.
I was getting hungry too. I should head home and make some dinner. I had eaten during the appointment, but it had just been some snacks. They had left my stomach a long time ago, and now I needed a more substantial meal.
I spent the drive home thinking about what it was that I was going to make for dinner. Maybe some chicken? Or perhaps some steaks. They would be quick and easy to get ready. And since I was so hungry, I wasn’t going to go for fancy at the moment. I needed to just hurry.
Part of me thought about just stopping to get dinner, but I had been gone all day already. Part of me just wanted to get home and be there for when Vincent got home. He would come home, eventually.
All in all, it had been a good day, even if it hadn’t gone the way that I had planned. And who knows, Vincent might have tomorrow off from work. So, there was still a chance that we would get part of the weekend together.
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Vincent
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When I left the house, I had not gone to work as Heather had thought I was. Instead, I went to the market in the city and started to stock up on some things that I needed for the night. I had to make this special for her, and I only had the day to take care of everything that I had planned, and I knew that this was going to be cutting it close. Still, I would make sure that today was perfect.
I knew that I had been slightly neglecting my mate recently. Not on purpose, it had happened, nonetheless.
I was going to be making a lot of different things, and that was going to take a lot of time in the kitchen, however, I wanted to make it special for Heather by making all of her favorite dishes. I grabbed salmon, steak, chicken, pork, bacon, and several different vegetables for the side dishes. She would have all of the major proteins tonight.
Although, I wasn’t going to be making too much of each item. I didn’t want to waste the food.
While I was at the store, I bought more flowers, with lots of roses, some candles, special cutlery and plates just for the night, a crystal vase, some mild and quite pleasant incense, and some bath crystals so that she could soak when she wanted to. She was going to be pampered as much as possible this weekend.
Oh, and thinking of that, I needed to grab food for breakfast tomorrow, as well as the lunch that I planned to make for her while we lounged around the house.
Taking all the things that I had just bought home with me, I got immediately to work. I was also glad to see that Heather had actually gone to her appointment. I needed the house to myself to set this up for her.
I started by prepping all the ingredients for the meal that I was going to make for her. There was a lot of chopping, smashing, rolling, and all of that to be done. I started the steaks marinating them for the bacon wrapped steak pinwheels and the mushroom pepper steak over rice. I got the breadcrumbs ready for the herb crusted chicken over linguine with broccoli rabe and peppers.
I was also making seared scallops with citrus herb sauce, cider glazed pork tenderloin, cheese stuffed shells with tomato and basil, a zucchini and gouda skillet frittata, eggplant parmesan, orange pomegranate salmon, homemade manicotti, loaded chicken carbonara cups, spicy turkey lettuce wraps, and Mediterranean spinach and beans.
Yes it was all too much when you added it all together, but I wanted to spoil Heather, she deserved it.
I was good at food, but not baking. So, for that matter, I was having dessert catered for the evening. The staff at Kaleidoscope was preparing cakes, tartes, puddings, pies, and more. All of that was due to arrive here at about four thirty this afternoon. Oh, and among all of that, they were bringing some chocolate covered strawberries and some very nice wine.
I guess it paid to be so high status in our community that people were willing to help me out like this.
Now that the food was prepped and some of it started, and I would be going back to the kitchen repeatedly to start on more of it, I was busy cleaning the house. I wanted to clean it from top to bottom, not that it was filthy. It was just Heather and I here after all, so there wasn’t that much that needed to be cleaned up.
The kitchen was the last on my list, since I was actively cooking as well, but I started in our room, changing the sheets, making the bed, wiping down every surface, sweeping and mopping the hardwood floors, vacuuming the plush rug. I even opened all the windows in the room, and the rest of the house.
This was to air it out while cleaning, but also so that I didn’t become ravenous while all that delicious food was cooking downstairs.
I repeated the cleaning process in all the other rooms, the three bathrooms, the four bedrooms for the kids when they were growing up, the den, the living room, the office, the entryway, all of it until I got to the kitchen. Now it was time to get serious with some of the cooking, but also the cleaning.
There were some dishes piling up from the meal that I was making, and it needed to be taken care of. And while I was at it, I straightened up the pantry, cleaned out the fridge, and stocked up the coffee bar that Heather kept.
When the meal was almost done, I ran upstairs to start a shower and clean myself up. I made sure to clean the bathroom while I was at it, again. I didn’t want to leave a mess behind and ruin the whole thing. Showered, dried, shaved, and dressed, I returned to the kitchen and started to fry up the last of the meal.
Thankfully, a lot of these meals had been baked, so there was little that I needed to do while standing at the stove. Now though, it was getting down to the wire.
After the food was off the stove, I started to prep the last of the surprise, and collected the delivery from Kaleidoscope as well. I started at the front door and made a trail of rose petals that went all the way to the dining room. I circled the table with rose petals and scattered some on the pure white lace table cloth.
From there, I made a path out of the room, up the stairs, and down the hall to the bedroom. Opening the door, I put some of the petals around the bed then some scattered on the bedspread. I put candles around the room, in safe places so that nothing bad happened later in the evening, and lit them. They were extra long candles, so I knew that they would last all night if I needed them to.
Returning to the dining room, I put the candles on the table and lit them as well. I had remembered to shut the windows after cleaning earlier as well, otherwise the wind would have blown out the flames as it breezed inside. I wanted to make things a little more special and romantic for my Heather, so I lined the path from the door to the dining room with candles as well.
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