Chapter 26
When they got to Eddie's Phil nearly ran out of the house to great them. From the door he hollered "Janet? Are you back? Are you back for good?"
"Slow down phys." Eddie said as Janet headed to the kitchen with the food. "We're working on it. But yea. She's back and I'm gonna find a way to keep her." Phil hugged his friend with all of his might.
"I can't believe it. That's the best news I've heard all day."
"How's the commander? Owen said I had to be here." Eddie asked as Janet entered the room and grabbed his hand.
Phil initially ignored his question and hugged Janet. Janet looked at Eddie and sputtered, "Can't breath, can't breath."
All of the friends laughed as Phil let go. "I don't know, Nick didn't tell me. He just said get the guys together for band today, we need to talk about the commander."
One by one they showed up. Each more delighted then the next to see Janet. Nick brought Aubrey and that concerned everyone but she was trying hard to smile. Owen even brought Alison. Things were getting better for them. Owen knew Ikey would be there but he thought that if the news was really bad he'd need Alison to lean on. When Ikey arrived he kept his distance, sitting with Janet and Phil. Janet still held tightly to Eddie's hand. It was her life line to him and letting go was too scary for her.
When everyone was there Nick and Ronnie filled them in. The news wasn't horrible. The latest results showed that the cancer had not spread. It hadn't shrunk but it hadn't spread. There was still no news on a donor but they had expedited Ronnie's and Nick's blood. Neither was a perfect match. There wasn't much hope and the brothers were looking for moral support and love. And they got just that.
Owen sent Alison home to watch the kids so they wouldn't have to pay a baby sitter for band practice. They were going to have date night later and the sitter would be back in a few hours. Aubrey and Janet got some snacks together and the band had an audience for their performance.