Caylee sat on the plane and listened to her music. She closed her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Hey Caylee!" shouted Murphy.
Caylee looked up from her doll and saw Murphy and Connor walking up the driveway. She smiled and the looked back down at her doll. Murphy sat next to her on the porch while Connor picked up a few rocks and started tossing them. After a few minutes all three of them looked at the house. Caylee's parents were shouting. Caylee frowned but didn't say anything. This prompted Murphy to say something.
"What they fighting for?" he asked.
"Don't know," said Caylee shrugging her shoulders. "But I have to leave with da."
"Where you going?" asked Murphy.
"Boston. That's in America," she said. "He said he's going back home and he's takin' me with him."
"Do you want to go?" asked Connor.
"I don know. Never been before," said Caylee. "But mum says I have to go with him even if I don't want to."
Murphy was fixing to say something when Caylee's dad walked out of the door.
"Come on baby girl. Time to go," he said walking to the car.
Caylee stood up from the porch and started to walk to the car. She stopped and turned around and waved at the boys. Before she could start to walk again Murphy came over and hugged her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged tightly.
"See ya, kid," he said stepping.
"Yeah," she said walking to the car.
She closed the door and turned around and watched as her house got smaller and smaller. She turned around and sat down in her seat. Her dad looked at her in the rearview and smiled.
"I'm sure you will come back soon," he said.
Caylee nodded her head but didn't say anything.
Caylee opened her eyes and looked around. She saw that the people around her were starting to get their things. She flagged down a flight attendant.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"We are nearing Logan International. We will be landing within the hour.
Caylee nodded her head and looked at her watch. It was earlier in the day in Boston than Dublin. She reset her watch and grabbed her bag from the compartment above her. It wasn't long before the plane was landing and they were leaving the plane. She stopped off at a coffee shop and grabbed a cup before she walked out in the cold Boston air.
She pulled her coat tighter around her as she hailed a taxi. Once she was inside the warm car she told him the address and settled back into the seat for the ride.
Murphy was standing out of the fire escape watching the traffic that went by the opening of the ally. He had lost count of the number of taxis that had gone by. He sighed and snubbed out his cigarette as climbed back in the window. He grabbed his coat and walked out the door. Connor was still asleep and probably wouldn't get up until after noon.
As he walked out the side door he lit another fag and kept walking. He had his hands in his pockets for the majority of the walk. He knew this part of town like the back of his hand. He had figured out where Caylee's dad was living before they left Ireland. Unfortunately by the time he and Connor got to Boston they were both gone. Before he knew it he was on that street. He took another puff from his cigarette before he flicked it away. He was about to turn around when a taxi pulled up in front of the house. He stood there a moment and watched. He was about to walk away when a brunette stepped out of the back of the taxi. It wasn't until she flipped her hair from her face did he know who it was.
Caylee grabbed her bag from the taxi and paid the man. She turned and walked towards the house. She was digging for her keys when someone walked up behind her. She froze on the spot and looked at the door. She moved to grab her keys when they put a hand on her shoulder. Without thinking she slammed her elbow back into their face. She heard him grunt and fall back down the stairs. She shoved her keys in the locked and barreled into the house. She was going to slam the door when she saw the guys lying back on the ground holding his nose. When he moved his hand she gasped. It was Murphy.
"Oh, god! I'm sorry!" she shouted as she jerked open the door.
"Tha's one hell of an elbow," he said.
"You shoulda told me it was you. I wouldn't have done that then," she said moving his hand. "I don't think it's broken."
"It sure as hell feels like it," he chuckled.
"Come on. Let's put some ice on it," she said standing up.
Murphy stood up and followed behind her into the house. She closed and locked the door and steered him towards the kitchen. He sat down on the stood next to the bar while she walked over to the fridge. She opened the freezer and grabbed a few handfuls of ice and dumped it into a bag. She closed the bag and handed it to him. She sat down across from him while he held the ice.
"I'm really sorry about your nose," she said.
"It's okay. Connor hits harder than you do," he said chuckling.
"He outside somewhere, too?" she asked.
"No. he's still asleep, the lazy bum," said Murphy.
"What were you doing here anyway?" asked Caylee.
"I was walkin around and I just ended up here," he said.
'But why here?" asked Caylee.
"We figured out where yer da was living. But when we actually got here he was already in the ground and you were gone back to Ireland," said Murphy. "I always thought you'd come back."
"Back where? Here or Ireland?" asked Caylee.
"Ireland," he said. "There was no keeping you from your home."
"Yeah. I was back for a few months when mum sent me back here," she said shaking her head.
"What you mean?" asked Murphy.
"Plane tickets here were an early present for me. Yer mum wanted me to check up on you, in a way," said Caylee.
"Check up on us?" asked Murphy.
"She said it was more for y'all than her. She said that y'all might want to see me," said Caylee.
"I got to remember to thank yer ma for that present," he chuckled.
Caylee shook her head as she stood up. She walked over and took the ice from Murphy and looked at his nose. She chuckled as she touched his nose before she tossed the bag in the sink.
"It's not broken, but it's going to sore for a while," she said turning to walk away.
Murphy reached out and grabbed her wrist. She stopped and turned around to face him.
"What?" she asked.
Murphy didn't say anything. He stood up and kissed her.
And that's chapter 3! I'm working on chapter 4, but to build the suspense I'm not going to post it until tomorrow (9/12). check back then to see what happens next! ~Kat
