Homecoming
Reba Nell "Hart" Morgan sat on the couch in her apartment in Boston Massachusetts. She was waiting for Jack to return from the office. He has more clients in Massachusetts than he ever did in Texas. Anyhow, Reba needed to talk to him about something important. Just then, Reba heard a cry over the monitor in the living room. She got up and walked into the nursery. She picked up her 14 month old little girl, Jennifer Dawn Morgan.
"Shh… Don't cry. Mama's here honey." Reba said to her. Almost immediately Jenny stopped crying. "That's it, just close those little eyes and go back to sleep." Reba said using her baby talk soothing voice. She didn't put Jenny back in the crib, but she carried her into the living room with her.
"We're just going to wait for your daddy to get home. Yes we are." Reba said to her. She looked up at the clock. It was a little after 7. Jennifer just cooed in her mother's arms. Reba looked down at her and remembered everything that had happened with the other kids in Houston. Cheyenne, Kyra, and Jake. Reba remembered offering Kyra and Jake to come move in with them; but Kyra wanted to stay in Houston and go to college, and Jake didn't want to leave his dad. It hurt Reba that she left her children several states away, but she needed to go with her husband and their infant. Reba just sighed and laid her head back on the back of the couch. If she closed her eyes she could hear her grandchildren Elizabeth and Ethan running around laughing and playing. Reba was glad that Van and Cheyenne offered to take over the house; she would have hated to sell it because that house had been a part of her for the last 29 years. Just as she takes a big breath the front door opens, and Reba looks at the door. It's Jack home from a hard day of work. Reba stood up and walked over and kissed his cheek.
"This is what I like to see. My wife and daughter waiting for me when I get home." Jack said. He kissed Reba's soft lips, and just looked at Jennifer.
"I just got her to go back to sleep. She was awake, and I talked her back into sleep." Reba said.
"That's fine. Can I hold her?" Jack asks.
"Of course you can. She's your daughter." Reba says to him with a "what are you thinking" look on her face. Reba very carefully hands Jennifer to Jack. Jennifer stirs but doesn't wake up fully. Reba and Jack sit down on the couch together.
"You look like you've got something on your mind Ms. Reba. What is it?" Jack asks her straight up.
"I need to tell you that…"
TO BE CONTINUED…