"Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Sugg," Frank greeted as I opened the door, "Sorry it's a bit late."
"No worries, welcome, and you can just call me Joe," Joe nodded.
"And Minx, yeah," I grinned, "Come on in."
Priscilla and Frank came inside, carrying a manila folder.
"How's Noelle fitting in?" Priscilla asked.
"Good, you know, she has her up's and down's, but overall she's getting on great," I nodded.
"How are you two getting on, having another child to look after and all?"
"We're adjusting too, yeah," Joe smiled, "I think it's all working out though."
"That's good. So, we have some good news, Noelle's case has been moved up in court and your court order is next week," Frank informed us.
"That's amazing," Joe grinned.
"Um, I know this is a long shot, but are you two allowed to tell us what happened with Nora and Eric now?" I asked quietly.
"Since the investigation is closed now, except for Noelle's sake, we are allowed to give out a bit more information. As you know, they had commited suicide."
"Yeah, but why?" I asked further.
"I guess no one will really know, since there was no suicide note left behind, but our scientists have learned it was because of a drug overdose, which fits the scene, and our psychologists predict it was their inability to cope with any changes or abundance of stress and pressure. Through other sources we were able to tell that Nora and Eric owed someone a large sum of money, and that could have easily played a part, however, that number was found untraceable and lead to a dead end. But that's all we are able to predict and there doesn't seem to be any further evidence from the case, so it was case closed after that."
"Oh, uhm, okay," I nodded.
"Here is your appointment notice and information for the court order. We'll also be there, so the next time we'll see you is there," Frank nodded.
"Alright, thank you," I grinned.
"It would also be better if you brought Noelle to the court," Priscilla added, "And Noah too."
"Okay," I nodded.
"Well, thank you for everything," Joe grinned.
"No problem! See you next week!" Frank grinned, shaking Joe's hand as they got up to leave.
"Mummy," Noelle giggled, as she climbed onto the sofa.
"Be careful," I warned, pulling her up the rest of the way.
Noelle sat on my lap and held her blankie.
"Aw look at my favourite girls," Joe grinned, carrying Noah.
"And my favourite boys," I laughed lightly.
Noelle wiggled to now get down, I lifted her and put her on the ground.
"Walk to me," Joe encouraged crouching down, still holding Noah.
Noelle took a few wobbly steps towards Joe and then gave up and sat down.
"She's getting better," I shrugged.
Noelle crawled to her toy bin and pulled out some toys to play with.
"F.uck!" Joe yelled as he hit his foot against the side of the coffee table.
"Oh my God!" I laughed.
