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"It'll be a few minutes on the coffee," he explained as he was prepping a fresh pot. He brewed it the old fashioned way, through a coffee maker, not a cup in a machine or a replicator. "Some things are worth the wait and good coffee is one of them."
Somewhere in his talking about coffee, he noticed her. Her straight face showed someone who was distraught. The cold obviously didn't agree with her.
"You've got it pretty cozy here"
He gave a short chuckle and a light smile. "It used to be. When I built this place, it was much more temperate. Nice summers, a seasonable spring and fall and winters were what you feel now but not so long but then the climate change started."
The coffee finished. He poured two cups, one for each of them and walked over to her. Handing it to her, he continued, "The evergreen gardens out there were once flowers, fruits and vegetables. My late wife, Midori, basically lived out there. It was her life. She would even have the kids as infants strapped to her while she worked." He paused a moment as his face dropped. He weakly finished with a "Good times, indeed."
He sipped his coffee, enjoying it and trying to find his smile. He studied his patient for a moment. She looked nice even in her pullover and hoped he would see a smile on her at some point. He motioned to the door the led to his West room.
"Please, we can talk in here," he motioned. "It's an old world style room full of old memories....good ones. But, we are here for you, not for me so please, take a seat."
The room was one someone might see in an old cowboy movie. A matching black leather sofa, love seat and recliner surrounded a wooden table. In the corner was a baby grand piano with a music light atop it. A simple chandelier centered on the ceiling lit the room although there was a corner lamp. A medical magazine lay open on the table and a fireplace kept the room warm. In the other corner was an old rocking chair. About the walls were pictures. Doc could be seen in a couple of them with old friends and there was a picture of him and his late wife together as well as one of them with all three kids together.
His reading glasses were on the open magazine. Once Elena got comfortable, he took the corner of his couch, cuddling his coffee mug.
"So, where shall we begin?"
