xliv. thrill of it

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BITTERSWEET
::  xliv. | thrill of it



A little over a week had gone by. Vanessa's still job hunting, Cole, her, and jj are talking about school, and out of all days, today was the team's day off. When was the last time they had that? Well, it's been a long minute.

It was around noon when jj began putting Henry down for his nap, Vanessa was making lunch, and Cole was just bored out of her mind.

She walked into the kitchen slouching with annoyance which Vanessa noticed when she turned to the source of the footsteps.

The young teen thought she would be relieved or feel some kind of revelation about everything. What came to her attention was that they heard nothing of her father's whereabouts since they been back. . . that alone scared her.

"Um, mom?" Cole walked a little closer to Vanessa, "Where's jj?"

"In the nursery with Henry." She glanced at her daughter, "Everything ok?"

"Yeah." Cole nodded reassuringly, "I just got to go talk her. Nothing important." Cole then left the kitchen to the nursery where jj was. She saw the door was slightly opened, so she took that as an invitation in, however, she found jj breastfeeding. "Sorry, I should've knocked."

"No worries, what's up?"

Cole's hands were fidgeting, she was kind of nervous to ask but had to know regardless, "Do you know where my dad is?"

"He's locked up. He's doing serious time."

"Good." Cole nodded, "That's where he should be."

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