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Blake stood in silence, his arms at his side unmoving, and his feet side by side in perfect adjacency. He simply stared at Maddison, his stern face held an expression of neutrality, his eyes bore into Maddison's face, his gaze rolled over her from head to toe. It was as if he were staring at some piece of unique technology or a modern innovation he had never seen before.

A loud stomp suddenly split the silent air, as Beatrice had stomped her heeled foot down on the hardwood floor, causing Blake to flinch and look around at her. Beatrice's eyes were to the floor, though her left eyebrow was arched in an almost comical way.

Blake looked back to Maddison and quickly cleared his throat, finally speaking, his voice low and his words precise," Hello Maddison, I'm Blake, Blake Colvin, it's very good to see you."
He hesitated, tempted to add "again" to his sentence, but he did not, thinking it better not to. He continued.
"I hope you had a good trip, and I hope everything here is to your liking, we all want you to be happy here. This will be-" he stopped, taking in a short breath,"your home now. Beatrice and George will tend to you as you need."

Blake cleared his throat again and continued,"You'll have time the rest of the summer to adjust to living here with me, with [b]us[/b]. Come this fall, George will help you to get enrolled in school, and he will help you with your schoolwork and studies. Right, George?"

"Right, sir." George said with a quick nod and a thin smile at Maddison.

Beatrice spoke up from beside Maddison, "And I'll be here to cook and clean of course, and anything that you think you'll need my help with, just ask, Maddison." She said with an affirming smile.

Blake asked, "So Beatrice, dinner, is it ready?"

"Yes it is," she replied,"spaghetti with my specially seasoned meat sauce, along with some garlic bread, and there's still some pie from last night leftover for desert." 

"Great," Blake said, he then turned back to Maddison, "after dinner, perhaps you and I can sit in the living room together, I'm sure we have things to talk about Maddison. Sound good?"