At time in the morning after breakfast while on the walk to the library, Mollianne dropped her letter in the mail box. Upon arriving at the library, Mollianne realized that it was closed.
"What kind of library is closed?" Mollianne wondered. She had wanted to find a few books to read.
"It's always closed." Henry replied
Mollianne furrowed her eyebrows, "That seems a little weird, don't you think?"
Henry shrugged his shoulders, "Never really thought much of it. Can we go to the park now? You promised that we would."
"Yeah. Of course." Mollianne agreed
Upon arriving at the park, Mollianne watched Henry play on the structure while she just sat on the swing. They weren't there for very long when Mollianne's phone suddenly rang.
Henry groaned, "Ugh. It's not mom, is it?"
Mollianne looked at the caller ID, "No Henry, we're safe." She answered her phone with a smile, "Hey Hero, what's up?"
"Hi Monkey." Jesse, or Hero as his friends call him, replied "I'm calling about Buck."
"Wait what?" Mollianne asked concerned as she stood up from the swing and walked a little bit away. "What happened? Is he okay? Why didn't he call me?"
Henry watched his foster sister walking away. He was worried because of the concerned look on her face. 'What's wrong?' He wondered to himself
"Mollie, he's in the hospital. It's bad." Jesse told her
"Just tell me what happened." Mollianne pleaded after a short silence.
Jesse sighed. He could hear from her voice that she was about to cry and that broke his heart. "Okay well Trixie called me. I wasn't there to protect them because we got separated, but Buck...he protected Trixie. She's okay, but he got it bad. Worse than anything I've gotten in the past."
"Stop beating around the bush, Jesse. Just tell me." Mollianne demanded in a shaky voice as she sniffled "This is Buck we're talking about. He's everything to me. I can't lose him."
"Okay. According to Trixie, she pulled a prank on their foster parents biological son after he'd been messing with her for days. The dad was going to punish her, and that's when Buck butted in. He told Trixie to go hide, which she did." Jesse explained "Buck's unconscious so I don't know what happened to him. Trixie didn't see anything."
Mollianne nodded solemnly to herself, "Okay. Just keep me updated. If he gets worse, I'll try to find a way to get to you. Is Trixie there?"
"I will." Jesse responded "And she's here. She's exhausted, but doesn't want to sleep until she knows that Buck is going to be okay."
Mollianne smiled to herself as she thought, 'Stubborn Trixie.' She spoke, "Can talk to her?"
"Okay course." Jesse stated.
Mollianne heard Jesse call Trixie to the phone and then she heard the younger girl's voice. She smiled, "Hey Trixie."
"Monkey, I miss you." Kathleen, or Trixie informed
"I know." Mollianne replied "I miss you too. I need you to get some sleep though. Hero will wake you when he gets news about Buck or if anything changes. We can't have you getting sick, now can we?"
Kathleen sighed, "No. I guess not. I'll try to sleep."
"Have Hero sing to you. He's a pretty good singer, even though he'll never admit it." Mollianne admitted
"Okay." Kathleen agreed "Bye Monkey. I love you."
Mollianne smiled to herself, "I love you too, Trixie."
When Mollianne got off the phone, she walked back over to the swing and sat down.
"Who was that?" Henry questioned as he slid down the slide and then walked over to sit on the swing next to Mollianne's
"It doesn't concern you, Henry." Mollianne told him as she wiped her eyes.
Henry looked at her face, "You're crying. It was bad news, huh?"
"Henry, just drop it." Mollianne snapped
"Fine. I'm sorry for being concerned about my sister." Henry told her sarcastically.
Mollianne sighed, "Look I'm sorry. I'm just scared. My boyfriend's in the hospital. He's unconscious."
"I'm sorry about your boyfriend." Henry replied
"It's okay." Mollianne assured. She checked the time on her phone, "It's almost lunch time. We should head home."
Henry threw his head back and pleaded, "Five more minutes. Please?"
"I'll give you two." Mollianne negotiated "No arguing. Or else we go home now."
"Fine." Henry agreed as he went back to playing.
Hope you enjoy. Comments are greatly appreciated.
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Sorry for the delay. I had writer's block. Plus I've been busy with college and life. Summer is coming up and while I'll still be busy with life I'll try to write as much as possible.
