Chapter 2:The Half Way House
3 hours later Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Simon Banks and little beauty Jazz arrived at Jim and Blair's loft apartment in Oxford
"So how did you track the kid's brothers down then Jim?" Simon Banks asked his best detective
"He didn't, Jo did"
"How did you know that Jazz?"
"Because she'd been acting real weird for ages and now it just kind of makes sense"
"You're really smart for your age, I'm David by the way and this is Martin"
"How the heck did you know we were coming to the door Davy?"
"Blair two things, one NEVER call me Davy and two you lot don't exactly whisper"
"Oh alright alright, can we please go in? I'm frozen and starving"
"Typical Jim!" Blair, Simon, David and Martin said in unison
Jim walked in after everyone else, closed the door and headed straight for the kitchen
"Well we can't really blame him, I mean the last time he had something to eat was all of 2 hours ago, that's a very long time for Jim's stomach to go without food! Actually I think I'll go help him, we can't have him poisoning you all!" Blair said to a room of hearty laughter
"And I think I'm going to go back to the station, bye guys see you later beautiful, oh and Blair, Jim god help you both, bye!" Simon said as he walked out of the loft door.
David sat on one side of the sofa and Martin sat on the other side with Jazz on his lap. David turned on the news to see a scraggly looking man in his his late thirties or early forties, with black hair and glasses staring back at him. when Jazz saw the man she screamed and ran into Blair on the way to the kitchen
"Wow slow down beauty" Jazz sank to the floor buried her head in her hands and started crying
"Sshh its ok sis he can't hurt you, I promise" Martin said holding his sister protectively
Jim walked into the room and dropped the mugs he was holding "Oh my god, Wally what in the world"
"Sshh he's saying something!" David said pointing to the TV
"Oh I would like to say something to Jo's foster daughter, I'll find you, you can't escape me now"
"Oh no, I'm dead!" Jazz moaned
"Mr. Ryde how did you know that Miss Cawthorne has a foster daughter?"
"How did I know, I KNOW BECAUSE I'M MISS CAWTHORNE'S EX-HUSBAND!" Wally Ryde shouted
"Damn it" Jazz cursed
"Jazz come here a moment, Jim and I need to talk to you" Blair said walking into his room and sitting down on his bed, Jim walked in and sat next to him and Jazz sat on Blair's lap.
"Is that the man who beats you up?"
"Yeah"
"He's my younger brother, for gods sake, I can't believe Wally, he just gets worse and worse!" Jim said disbelievingly
"I've got a really horrible feeling that isn't the end of this Jim, I'm right aren't I beauty?" Blair said
Jazz nodded
"Ok I don't want to ask but what else does he do?"
Jazz didn't answer, she was staring blankly at the TV as if she'd just seen a ghost
"Jazz... Jazz... beautiful are you O.K?" Blair asked nervously
"Jo" was the young girl's only reply
"Oh no, please no" Jim said walking over to Jazz
"Oh yes I don't believe it, my brother is now officially a murderer"
"Murd... you mean you're brother, Jo and now?"
"yeah" Jim said leaning against the wall