So here was the tramp steamer with the Wiffle Expedition aboard
heading back to Home Port
and not only was the Expedition a bust
but they'd managed to lose the two Shady brothers
somehow.
So when Old Wiffle saw the 50 bankers tanding on the dock
( his creditors)
ten reporters looking for a great story
and one seven year old all by herself,holding a teddy bear and a bunch of
floating balloons
Old Wiffle phoned a taxi company in advance
and as soon as the ship docked
dashed
down the gangplank
ran for the waiting taxi
and was out of there before
either his
lenders and reporters
got a chance to talk to him.
Which meant it
was Monica and Damon who strode down the gangplank
next and got
barraged by Wiffles lenders
and those reporters.
By this point the sad faced
seven year old girl
had dropped her teddy bear into the smelly
harbour waters accidentally
whilst her helium balloons had floated
off into the sky after she let go of them
to catch the falling teddy bear.
This kid was crying hard.
So sensible Monica grabbed Damon by the arm and more or less
dragged him towards
the crying lonely
girl and
asked the kid what was wrong.
"Whaeres Uncle Alex and Uncle Brendan" the girl bawled out
It turned out that
her name was Eleanor Shady
and she had been adopted by Alexander and Brendan
who'd preferred she called them
"Uncle"
rather then
Daddy No 1
and
Daddy No 2
"Oh" said Damon,when he rrealized that
Eleanor Shady had been named
for he and his missing stepbrothers
joint mother
Eleanor
Monica and Damon stared t each another
How were they going to tell this
poor child that her adoptive
parents had just vanished on Skull Island?
And even if they did
a fat lot of good that was going to do anybody
Luckily for everyone
J P Morgan-Pierce
the richest man on the planet
happened to be a lender to Old Man Wiffle
and was in his Rolls Royce nearby
smoking a fine Havan cigar
and watching all
those bankers
and reporters gathering
around crying
7 year old Eleanor Shady
now orphaned all over again
So he strode forth
broke through the crowds
and stood beside
Damon Monica
and Eleanor
The shrewd banker
knew a opportunity when he
saw one and bent down to offer the crying girl
hanky whilst
looking up at Monica and Damon and said
" I'm sure Uncle Damon and Aunt Monica will be happy to adopt
you
won't we?"
Monica who was just realizing the richest man on the planet was staring up at
her
got the hint as said
"Yes yes yes dear sweet Eleanor,we will"
Damon, a bit slower to react
just said
"Duh?" till Monica
gave him a swift jab to his side
at which Damon said "Yes?"
And so the next days frontpage newspaper photos
showed a photo of
happy 7 year old Eleanor Shady
JP Morgan Pierce to her right
Monica to her left
and somewhat off kilter
a Damon Flint
nursing his sore side
Which is how Monica and Damon Flint got married
adopted Alexander and Brendns daughter Eleanor
got a loan from
J P Morgan-Pierce to finance
Damon's factory
and along came Damon junior
Who got
kidnapped nine years
later by Bonnie and Clyde
whilst Eleanor Shady watched outside