A Christmas party that almost went down the drain

It has been almost a month that we have shifted to Charlotte from Virginia. The Neighborhood around here is that everyone would wish for but at least this new place is better than where we used to live. My wife and I thought of moving to Charlotte as a fresh start. We would be making new friends, there would be more job opportunities here overall it would be a great start for our newly married life. 

It was Christmas month, my wife and I thought of throwing a house warming party for the neighbors. This is the only way we could interact with them all. Every morning, whenever my wife went out for a jog, she would also invite the neighbors for the party. I invited few of my colleagues from work too. It was going to be wonderful. We started to decorate the house, decided the menu and thought of some card games for the men. A week before the party, my wife complained about a leakage in underneath the kitchens sink, the drain pipe was leaking. I simply wrapped a duct tape around it and it was just good as new. It was not a permanent fix but I thought that no one at this time of the year would be available to just fix a leaking drain pipe. My wife was not fully satisfied but as long as the leakage wasn't there, she could not say anything. 

At last the big day was here, tonight we were going to host our first house warming party. Little did I know what horror stood before us? My wife was in the kitchen preparing dinner and I was cleaning the house and re-arranging the furniture. Few moments later, I went in the kitchen to wash my hands, I turned on the tap and started to wash my hand. The sink seemed to be filling with water. Instantly I tried to close the tap but it won't turn off. 

With only few hours left in the party we really could not afford a messy kitchen. Soon our house would have become a wading pool because the tap won't turn off. Suddenly our door-bell rang. I went to open and to my surprise it was one of our neighbors. He saw the worried look on my face and asked if everything was OK? I told him about the internal situation and that I had no idea what to do, no plumber would be open in this week. That is when he took out his wallet and handed me a visiting card of a professional plumbing company in Charlotte NC, He knew that I was new here and didn't know the places around here. I called on that number and they requested me to cut the main water supply of the house so that no more water is wasted and one of their workers will be visiting my house in less than an hour. 

Frankly speaking, I did not trust what he said but just half an hour the plumber rang the door-bell. I brought him inside and made him look at the situation. He diagnosed the issue, he said that the drain pipe was clogged and because of the pressure it started to leak, after you kept on using the drain, it clogged fully and now the water won't. I asked him "Can you fix it?" he said most certainly I can. He went outside, took out his gear from his truck and without wasting another second he started to work. 

Soon he had completed his work, packed all his gear. I paid him his dues and he went out. My wife and I started to clean the kitchen floor as it was still wet. My neighbor was also helping us by setting the dinner table. To be honest, if it wasn't for the plumbing company to send his worker on such a short notice. The housewarming party would have been a nightmare party.