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Gut wrenching
Jackie smiled as she watched the kids playing with one another in the living room.
It was a Sunday and everyone was in a great mood. One more week and it would be summer vacation and Jasmine and Houston were really excited because both of them had field trips during the last week of school.
Today though was just going to be a nice and lazy day, if it didn't get too hot maybe she'd take the kids to the park a little later.
Nick called a couple hours ago, he'd be late getting home, he, Morgan, and Catherine still had some work to finish up on their case.
The sound of a baby's squeal snapped Jackie out of her day dream.
She looked over and saw Karlie playing peek-a-boo with Boone while the infant sat in his swing and if his reaction was anything to go by he was loving it.
After a while the kids wanted to paint so Jackie got out their water colors and set it up for them in the kitchen. She then prepared the babies' bottles and was just about to feed them when Jackie heard the sound of a car pull up into the driveway.
"Daddy's home." She told the infants with a smile.
Soon though she heard the sound of the doorbell.
"That's odd, why wouldn't Nick use his key?" She thought to herself.
She peeked out of the window.
Her heart dropped out of her chest.
Standing on the porch was not Nick, it was two highway patrolmen.
"Oh God." She whispered out loud.
She glanced into the kitchen to make sure the other kids were still in there and none of them was coming into the room, she didn't want them to hear what Jackie thought she was about to hear.
The kids were contently still painting so with wobbly legs Jackie walked to the door and opened it.
"Hi, are you Mrs. Stokes?"
"Yes." Jackie said, her voice barely a whisper.
She took a deep breath and braced herself for what she knew she was about to hear.
TBC…..