: : Summary : : The Another story for my Adventures in parenting series. Rick is gone for a week, and it causes problems for Evelyn.
After getting done putting the library half of her office back together, she flopped into her desk hours after arriving at the museum. Her muscles ached, and her feet were probably blistered and waiting to get out of her tight shoes. She peered over to where Alex was contentedly sleeping in his play pin that Rick had put into her office. She opened up her top drawer to find that all of her letters were missing, along with the gift she’d bought for Rick’s birthday, with was just a stones throw from Alex’s. She cursed the people who had ransacked the building as she cried. Still having two corridors that needed work she stood on wobbly legs and walked from the room, locking it from the inside door-knob to make sure that if the thieves were still inside they wouldn’t get to Alex. Her steps crunched on the smashed pieces of glass that littered the floor. The display cases were in shambles, and all of the gold and bronze artifacts were gone.
“I need a broom.” She muttered and walked back over to her office, grabbing the knob and turning it. “Come on Evie.” She grumbled and reached into her pocket to grab her keys. They weren’t there. Then she remembered she’d locked it from the inside, and hadn’t used her key. Meaning she was locked out, and Alex was locked in. Tears of anger escaped, but she brushed them away. She hoped Alex would sleep longer, and went to find Joshua the janitor, who was cleaning up on the lower level.
“Josh, I locked myself out of my office, can I borrow your keys?” She asked as she walked over to the young man.
“Sure Miss. Evie.” He smiled and handed the heavy set over as she walked back upstairs. Halfway to the door she heard Alex crying and ran the last few feet. After ten minutes of trying to soothe the baby and try to figure out what key it way, the very last key fit into the hole. She walked up to the sleepy infant and saw his pajamas as well as the bed sheet underneath him was soaked. She lifted him up and pulled the long shirt off as well as the pants. Grabbing a clean diaper from her purse, she cursed which caused Alex to slap her cheek.
“Bad urds momma.” He corrected and let her change his diaper.
“Well son, looks like we’re going home for tonight.” She had forgot to pack extra clothes for him, and mentally cursed even more for her bad memory.
“Well Josh, we’re heading out. He’s tired and it’s just hard to get him to stay asleep here.” She apologized and left him to clean up the lower halls by himself. “I’ll get upstairs tomorrow, if you would close that area off. I need to see what’s missing and what isn’t.” At his nod she left and walked out to the car. After getting Alex strapped into the car seat, he was already asleep. She was almost gone as well when they pulled up to O’Connell Manor.
Getting Alex changed and back into bed, she headed that way herself. After getting undressed, she slid under the covers. Noticing the small clock on the bedside table saying two something, she drifted off to sleep.
“What a day.” She muttered and her eyelids closed.