Closing the House

"Probably," Robert shrugged, "What choice is she going to have? She gave that boy all of herself. Her whole heart. Everything she was. But she won't do it twice. He'll have to earn that. He won't be able to charm that out of her twice. Mark my words. She will shut part of herself away from at least Rob, and maybe from all of us. He has no idea how badly that wounded her and the worst part for her was knowing that he just bloodly well didn't care. I suppose I will eventually go and get her. I'm just not sure. But I won't let her be alone very long. I'm afraid she could get self destructive if the pain continues to eat at her like a poison. I don't want it to kill her. I'll have to put a stop to it before it gets that far. Sort of like when I had to let Jess face her fears for her to be whole again. I have to let Khaat deal with this for awhile. She knows where I am, and she always knows how to reach me. I'll just have to keep an eye on her in the meantime."

Jack could only stand and listen "yeah with jessica it turned out ok but Khaats a bit more stubborn than her what about the kids whos going to take care of them , they can't just go on the street again and jessicas lost a good freind and birthing partner too" he nodded to him "yeah, she was going to ask her when her time came so she'd feel a bit less worried about her own birth, guess its just me now" he shivered "oow hope you know how to mend broken hands" he said is face ligtening slightly at that thought.

Jack worried how jessica was taking all this the one person she could talk to otehr than him had gone he hoped she would not do anything sliily, like go after her, not in her condition.

"Jess is going to be fine. She'll have probably more people available than she really wants in that room. She's not thinking about that now. And we don't know if Khaat will be back by then or not. There's still time. Oh, and yes, I have fixed broken fingers and hands before. Not a problem. The kids are here. I have them here. I wouldn't let them just be cast out on the streets again. And I told Jen I expect her to get that deadbeat back in the kitchen at the bistro when he gets over his hangover. If he doesn't, then I'll fire through the fastest divorce through that the ministry has ever seen. and if Rob thinks I don't have the power to do that, he is sadly mistaken."

Jack noded "good, but you know jessica shes like Khaat , good to know there here because i'd have taken thiem in if you couldn't thre all good kids who deserve a good home" he paused for a moment then thought before he spoke again "Robert would you let me and jessica and andrew live here , it would give jesica something else to think about other than losing her feind, i'd feel happier too if she ws under your care again" he asked his concern clearly setched on his face.

"Of course. Perhaps it would do the kids good to have some younger people around for now anyway. Might be good for them. You know Khaat would not have done this if she were thinking. She'd have never left those kids. Never. It showed me right away where her mind was. And I don't know that I've ever seen her mentally in this place before. The more I feel from her, unless I start feeling some relief soon from her, I'm going to have to go get her. Not yet, but if it doesn't clear up, I won't wait much longer."

Jack felt slightly better about jessica "I'll be coming with you to get her if she dosn't come back her self, I don't mind the kicks and bites, besides its better to have back up " he said "and don't you stop me ether" he said "these kids she took on need a stable home enviroment , even though we've had our ...difficult times both jessica and I stuck together I could have run off when she disapeared but i didn't, I think Khaat need to unstand not all men are like rob there are a few who would think of her and that baby first. "he said " I think having the kids around jessica would keep her so busy she'd not think about the babies or the fact Khaat wasn't there" he loked around the room taking a cloth he draped it over the chir "ok well lets get this hosue closed so the kids can settle in at the farm then I'll get jessica and Andrew nd we can work on giving them back a home." jack looked at Robert now he was going to have a family of , well a lot but he also knew when the time came for jessica she'd have many hands to help with not just the birth.