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Nick & Carter Holiday #12
Father's Day, 2005
Sunday, June 19, 2005
It's Father's Day and Nick Williams is a little sore and a little hungover from attending Mayor Jerry Brown's wedding in Oakland the day before with his ex-fireman of a husband, Carter Jones.
At the age of 82, who wouldn't be?
They're having breakfast later that morning with the two kids who've become like sons over the past couple of years.
After that, it's lunch at the Top of the Mark with even more friends.
Nick is looking forward to another big day.
And, given the holiday, it's hardly surprising when more than one father shows up.
It's Father's Day and Nick Williams is a little sore and a little hungover from attending Mayor Jerry Brown's wedding in Oakland the day before with his ex-fireman of a husband, Carter Jones.
At the age of 82, who wouldn't be?
They're having breakfast later that morning with the two kids who've become like sons over the past couple of years.
After that, it's lunch at the Top of the Mark with even more friends.
Nick is looking forward to another big day.
And, given the holiday, it's hardly surprising when more than one father shows up.
- GenresMystery
35 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 20, 2020
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Frank W. Butterfield
123 books106 followersFrank W. Butterfield, not an assumed name, loves old movies, wise-cracking smart guys with hearts of gold, and writing for fun.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
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June 24, 2020
Very sweet story on several levels - interesting to see our characters in their 80's.
July 1, 2020
Father’s Day 2005 (Nick & Carter Holidays 12)
Frank W. Butterfield
Published by the author, 2020
Five stars
Another all-star story for me. 2005 – Nick is 82 and Carter is 84. It is the summer I would turn 50 – and it just makes me realize all over again that if Nick and Carter were real, they could have been my friends. There were a lot of octogenarians in my life then, because my parents’ friends all lived well and apparently were preserved by cigarettes and liquor in the cold weather of upstate New York.
So, the real point of this story is, oddly enough, not MY life, but offers us a glimpse into Nick and Carter’s relationship with the much younger Mario and Bob – a couple we don’t learn nearly enough about. They will, we know, become Nick & Carter’s heirs, and so Carter has a plan afoot.
There are several little plotlines here, as usual, but we are reminded of the dramatic shift in Nick’s relationship with his father, Parnell Williams, and reminded as well of Carter’s role in that. My husband and I were lucky with our fathers…and our children have been lucky with theirs – however we may have messed up. But Father’s Day has always been important to me, and thus this got to me in a big way.
Each of these stories just digs a little deeper, opens another window into this never-ending rich world of relationships that Frank B. has made for us.
Frank W. Butterfield
Published by the author, 2020
Five stars
Another all-star story for me. 2005 – Nick is 82 and Carter is 84. It is the summer I would turn 50 – and it just makes me realize all over again that if Nick and Carter were real, they could have been my friends. There were a lot of octogenarians in my life then, because my parents’ friends all lived well and apparently were preserved by cigarettes and liquor in the cold weather of upstate New York.
So, the real point of this story is, oddly enough, not MY life, but offers us a glimpse into Nick and Carter’s relationship with the much younger Mario and Bob – a couple we don’t learn nearly enough about. They will, we know, become Nick & Carter’s heirs, and so Carter has a plan afoot.
There are several little plotlines here, as usual, but we are reminded of the dramatic shift in Nick’s relationship with his father, Parnell Williams, and reminded as well of Carter’s role in that. My husband and I were lucky with our fathers…and our children have been lucky with theirs – however we may have messed up. But Father’s Day has always been important to me, and thus this got to me in a big way.
Each of these stories just digs a little deeper, opens another window into this never-ending rich world of relationships that Frank B. has made for us.
July 14, 2020
epub; 30 pages
At times painful this is hardly an enjoyable episode - but it is warm and affirmative even so. (And it made me cry.)
At times painful this is hardly an enjoyable episode - but it is warm and affirmative even so. (And it made me cry.)
June 19, 2022
Another delightful short glimpse into the world of Nick and Carter. Nice to see them in their later years. Having only read some of the shorts in the author's Nick & Carter Holiday series I still don't know the couple's lifelong journey and I will say I felt like I was missing a few things in regard to the other characters spending Father's Day with the pair. Even with that feeling of missing I wasn't lost by any means.
It only seemed fitting that I found these wonderful stories this year, especially Father's Day, 2005 as Dad's Day 2022 also falls on June 19, perhaps fatherly fate is at work😉. There really is quite a bit packed into this short entry with lots of fatherly influence that will make you smile, a little sad briefly but in the end you'll walk away happy. I don't really see saying that as a spoiler because knowing the emotions of the ending in no way spoils the journey. Once again Frank W Butterfield's glimpse into Nick and Carter's life makes me bump his original Nick Williams Mystery series another notch on my TBR list.
It only seemed fitting that I found these wonderful stories this year, especially Father's Day, 2005 as Dad's Day 2022 also falls on June 19, perhaps fatherly fate is at work😉. There really is quite a bit packed into this short entry with lots of fatherly influence that will make you smile, a little sad briefly but in the end you'll walk away happy. I don't really see saying that as a spoiler because knowing the emotions of the ending in no way spoils the journey. Once again Frank W Butterfield's glimpse into Nick and Carter's life makes me bump his original Nick Williams Mystery series another notch on my TBR list.
October 10, 2020
Excellent
I absolutely loved this novella! It’s 2005 and it’s hard to believe that Nick is 82 and Carter is 84. Wow! This short story starts out as Nick thinks back to his early years of his dad teaching him how to shave when he was 12 and segues into much more. He pays homage to his father in the most unique way.
I absolutely loved this novella! It’s 2005 and it’s hard to believe that Nick is 82 and Carter is 84. Wow! This short story starts out as Nick thinks back to his early years of his dad teaching him how to shave when he was 12 and segues into much more. He pays homage to his father in the most unique way.
September 10, 2025
Well Written
A warm, touching tale supporting those fathers who do care but manage to get lost somewhere along the way. Not everything can be in dad’s control, doesn’t matter how right he thinks he is, sometimes the universe has another plan.
A warm, touching tale supporting those fathers who do care but manage to get lost somewhere along the way. Not everything can be in dad’s control, doesn’t matter how right he thinks he is, sometimes the universe has another plan.
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