#Fiendish Friday – Reversal – Tell a tale backwards, from end to the beginning| Rating: T | Genre: Family/Hurt/Comfort
I remember the bang, then silence and a lot of sadness. Mom was gone and I didn't understand what was going on and, heck, I still don't understand what happened.
Dad told me to "be on the case" so I was "on the case". I was being Dad. I liked being Dad.
They said I kissed her and said I loved her. I wish I remember that. Aunt Pen said she could get me the phone record but I don't think I could listen yet.
This guy came in our house. He was meant to be one of the guys protecting us from the bad guys. He was nice, a bit weird.
I didn't like being in a house without dad, I was getting used to it but I still didn't like it. It was ok when the other men, agents, were there but they couldn't play like dad did when he was at home. They were still "on the job" not like when dad was at home.
Not that our home was dad's home anymore, we left. Mom said Dad had different priorities than her whatever that meant. It made her angry when I asked so I stopped asking and then we left.
Dad was never home a lot, see. He was trying to stop the bad guys but it made Mom sad and shouty. I understood, still made me sad but only the best people could stop bad guys and my Dad is the best.
That used to make Mom smile and give Dad sloppy kisses when he came home. Then I'd run to him and he'd swing me around until I got dizzy and then he hugged be tight. Sometimes too tight when he looked sad but Dad always said "I love you" and that made everything ok. Kind of like a fairy-tale, though I'm too big for them now, didn't you know?
They said Mom and Dad's story was like a fairy-tale, friends, then they got married young and had me, Jonathan Hotchner though no one calls me that.
Happy Birthday, Mom
Haley Brooks-Hotchner
July 16, 1974 – November 25, 2009
Beloved Wife, Mother and Daughter
Rest in Peace
