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Chapter 10: Where's The Justice In That?
When Jess woke up, the first thing she did was look down at her hand where it rested on Becker's chest. She could see the diamond of the ring glittering faintly in the sunlight that streamed through the curtains.
Jessica Becker, a small smile played at her lips at that thought. She glanced at the clock and realized she was also behind schedule, she shook Becker gently.
"Mmm, what's wrong?" he asked blinking groggily.
"We've got to get ready, it's Elise's day to see Lexi," she said.
"Right," he said, looking more coherent.
Jess climbed out of bed, and began digging for something to wear. She finally pulled a short sleeved red dress from the closet and disappeared into the bathroom to grab a shower. By the time she got out and dressed, Becker had disappeared from the bedroom. Going out into the hall, she heard him rattling around in the kitchen, as Elise talked excitedly.
"Morning sunshine!" she said coming up and giving Elise a hug.
"Good morning, almost mommy!" Elise said happily.
Jess smiled as Becker came over with a large plate of pancakes, Elise's favorite, and set them in the middle of the table before leaning down and giving Jess a quick kiss. Almost mommy, almost Mrs. Becker, how had she gotten so lucky?
When they got to the center, Elise took off at a dead run inside, Becker and Jess following after, hand in hand. They found Lexi and the other kids in the rec room as usual and Elise hurried over.
"Lexi! Lexi! Guess what!" she cried excitedly.
"Elise!" she cried, running over and hugging her, "What is it?"
Diane was supervising again and walked over to Jess and Becker.
"I've never seen Lexi take to anyone like she has your Elise, she's normally very socially awkward because of the Autism."
"How long has she been here?" Jess asked quietly.
"She's seven now, she was brought in at 18 months, so five and a half years," Diane replied.
"And no one's adopted her?" Becker asked, looking shocked.
"No, it's never easy getting kids here adopted out, most people, when they go to adopt, don't want children with impairments, whether that impairment be physical or mental, autism especially makes them reluctant, because of the special care you have to take with them."
Jess watched Lexi sadly, "She can't help the hand she was dealt," she murmured, "None of them can. Doesn't she have family that could take her?"
"None that are willing," Diane replied.
Jess shook her head and sighed, "I'll never understand it…" she muttered before turning to Becker, "Can you stay and watch Eli, I need to go make a phone call."
"Of course," he replied, looking concerned.
"I'll be right back, I'm sorry," she said to Diane, before shooting Becker a small smile and hurrying out.
She had the number dialed before she'd even gotten outside, sitting down on a bench she waited for an answer or voicemail. She got the latter.
"Xavier, it's Jess, since you haven't bothered calling I thought I'd call and let you know how Elise was doing, you know the daughter you abandoned? You remember Eli right? Call me Xavier."
She flipped the phone shut and closed her eyes briefly, it hadn't been Elise's fault she got paralyzed, it wasn't Lexi's fault she was autistic, yet they'd both been abandoned by the people they needed most, where the hell was the justice in that?