Just before her flight Jordanna had texted her younger brother Zach to tell him what was going on and that mom would probably be all pissed when they got back and to probably hide. Zach know about her and Cary yes, but he was supportive and a great little brother. He had been keeping their secret for quite a while now.

Jordan was surprised when she got off of the airplane and towards getting her luggage when she saw Cary and Zach waiting for her. She practically sprinted to Cary, just to breathe again. She wrapped her arms around Cary fiercely and he lifted her off of the ground. "It's gonna be ok baby." He whispered against her ear.

"Thanks." She gave him a half ass smile and then went to hug her baby brother. "Thanks for picking me up."

I wanted to ask if you would need any help with moving to Dianes?" Jordan looked at Cary, ne nodded indicating that he had told Zach the plan. "We have at least ten hours before mom and Will get back. We should be able to get everything we need."

Jordan smiled, "Thanks for helping out Zach.

"No problem sis, we kinda knew this might happen. Grace will be really upset though; you actually moving out."

"She'll be devastated." Jordanna said. "Maybe I'll pick her up from school and tell her?"

"Good idea" Cary agreed. "But we should get moving, I don't think Will and Alicia are against breaking any speeding laws right now."

"You're probably right." They all piled into the car and headed for the apartment.

Once they got to the apartment Jordan started packing up her stuff, not all of it, but enough. She had always used the guest room at Dianes when she went there. The closets were empty and it had its own bathroom. Jordanna, Cary and Zach were so caught up with packing that they didn't hear the front door opening. "Zach?"

They were all in Jordans room, "shit" Zach said. "That's Grace."

"Zach, are you home?"

They all looked at each other again, "that's Peter." Jordan said. "What the hell is he doing here?"

"He must have picked Grace up from school." Zach said. "I'll get rid of them."

"Jordan, I know you're here!" Peter yelled.

Jordan sighed and walked into the living room, where Peter was standing. "What do you want Peter?"

"You don't get to talk to me like that young lady." Peter said. Both Zach and Grace were silent, waiting to see what would happen. They knew that their half-sister never really liked their father; they never got along.

"I don't get to talk to you like that? How about you don't get to talk to me like that! You're not my father. Why would my mom even call you?" Jordan was pissed. How dare her mother call her step-father and tell him about what had happened.

"Your father called me." Peter said. Jordan was stunned into silence. Her father had called him? Why? Will and Peter had never gotten along. "He wanted me to know that you'd probably be here, doing this."

"Why would you care if I was leaving? You should be glad I'm getting out of here. You can finally have your perfect family." Jordanna was ready for a fight.

"Oh believe me, I don't care that you're leaving. I just didn't want my children involved in this." Peter said calmly. "I've come to get them away from this. And I wanted to let Cary know, because I know he's here to let him know that once he's fired from Lockhart/Gardner, he'll find it very difficult to ever find a job in Chicago, let alone the state of Illinois again." It all made sense to Jordanna. Her father called Peter because he wanted this to happen. He needed Peter to say this. He was State's Attorney after all. He was a powerful man who knew powerful people.

Cary heard this from Jordan's room and came out to stand by her. She didn't need to take this on alone. They were in this together. "You don't scare me Peter." Cary said defiantly.

"Dad, I said I'd help Jordan pack." Zach said, "plus, I don't really want to go anywhere with you right now, you're being an ass." Jordan tried to hide a smile.

"Will someone please tell me what's going on? Jordan why are you leaving?" Grace asked with tears in her eyes.

"Oh Grace." Jordan made her way to her sister. "I'm sorry. I didn't want you to find out like this." She stared at Peter, hating him more than she ever had. "I need to get out of this house for a while. I'm going to be staying with Diane. You can visit me any time ok?" She hugged Grace, "I'll tell you everything later." She whispered in her ear.

"Grace, Zach, lets go." Peter said sternly. Both Zach and Grace knew he meant business and turned to leave.

In one last act of defiance Zach walked over to his sister, "do you want me to carry down some boxes?" He asked her.

Jordan hugged her brother, "I think we can manage. Thanks Zach." She didn't want them to get into any trouble, even though Zach was probably already in trouble. Zach nodded and left with Peter and Grace.

The door shut behind them and Jordanna lost control. She started sobbing so hard that Cary had to hold her up before she collapsed on the floor. "It's going to be ok Jor." Cary said, his heart breaking for the woman he loved. Her family had turned against her and he couldn't imagine how she had been so strong earlier.

"I didn't think it would all fall apart like this." She mumbled through her tears. "I can't believe my dad would do this to you."

Cary held her tightly, "you'll just have to get into Georgetown now won't you." His plans to open his own firm in Chicago might have to be put on hold, or change all together and he was ok with that. "Let's finish up and head to Diane's ok?"

Jordan nodded and followed Cary back into her bedroom.

END CHAPTER