Chapter •32•
Hey everyone if you're wondering what N.Y.P.R means it means (New York Police Department receptionist)
《Peyton》I just got to the police station to pick up Cole I get out of my car and walk in and walk up to the New York Police Department receptionist, hi I'm here to pick up my brother Cole
《N.Y.P.R》Oh um yes hang on and I'll see if he's ready to go, he nods I was about to call for Cole to come up from the holding cells when Jim comes up to the reception desk and looked at the man in front of me and he said
《Jim》Hey Peyton what are you doing here and how are the girls?
《Peyton》Hey Jim I'm here to pick up Cole and as for the girls they are doing better
《Jim》That's good let me go get Cole for you, Peyton nods and I walk to the cells to get Cole when I get there I walk up to the cell that I put Cole in and unlock the cell door OK Cole your free to go Peyton is here for you he nods and gets up and walks out of the cell Cole and I were about to walk back to the front of the police station when I was stopped by Marcy
《Marcy》Jim did you say that Peyton is here?
《Jim》Yes I did but he's only here to pick up Cole
《Marcy》Can you tell him I'd like to talk to him for a minute please?
《Jim》I'll see what I can do
《Marcy》Thank you
《Jim》I nod and Cole and I continue walking to the front of the police station once Cole and I get there I give Cole a Pat on the back and say alright Cole you can go now but I don't want to see you back in my police station again he nods and I look at Peyton and say and Peyton Marcy asked to see you for a minute
《Peyton》I can't today I have to get back to my daughters, my girlfriend, my friends and my brother Leyton at the zoo tell her I'll try to come see her tomorrow, Jim nods and Cole and I walk out of the police station and head to my car and get in, so Cole tell me why the hell you punched the dude in the face even though he deserved it?
《Cole》I don't know I was just so mad, I wasn't really mad at him I was more mad at Carol for cheating on me, Carol and I tried and tried and tried for years to get pregnant with no success but as soon as she meets this Jonathan guy and starts having sex with him she's pregnant, imagine being over the moon excited that your wife is finally pregnant but then now imagine the heartbreak that you get from knowing that the 1 year old little girl that you thought was yours turns out not to have even been your child, I wanted to be a father so bad you know?
《Peyton》I know man I know and you would make an amazing father, you can still be a father man
《Cole》How? I'm getting a divorce and that little girl is not even my daughter
《Peyton》Cole you don't have to have a woman in your life or even be married to be a father
《Cole》What do you mean?
《Peyton》Just look at our brother Leyton he's the father of a beautiful little girl that he adopted from an orphanage, if you want to be a father, just talk to Leyton he could help you get a child that needs a good and stable home
《Cole》OK thanks Peyton
《Peyton》Your welcome, hey do you want me to take you home or do you want to come to the zoo with me and Rowan, Jasmine, Josephine, Julie, Leyton, Sapphire, Carmen, Heaven and myself?
《Cole》Sure it would be better then going home who knows if Carol is still there
《Peyton》Alright and I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner
《Cole》It's OK Peyton it's better that I know now that Carla is still a baby then she won't know the difference, but the hard part was that I started really loving that baby as if she was my own
《Peyton》I know you did man, I started loving her as if she was my niece, when we get to the zoo we get out of the car and head to the front of the zoo I show my hand and tell them that I have one more person with me they nod and Cole and I walk in we walk around to look for the group when I spot them sitting at a picnic table so Cole and I walk over to them, hey what are you guys doing?
《Rowan》Oh the kids got hungry so we came here for something to eat, then I look at Cole hey Cole
《Cole》Hey Rowan
《Peyton》Well since you already know Rowan let me introduce you to the others, this is Rowan's sister Carmen and Carmen's daughter Heaven and this is Jasmine Rowan's daughter and you know Leyton and Sapphire
《Cole》Nice to meet you all, then I look at Carmen and there is just something about her that attracts me to her so I walk over to her and sit with her and her daughter so Carmen tell me about yourself?
《Carmen》Well there's not much to tell you, just that I'm a single mother who just recently a couple weeks ago got my daughter back, you see my daughter and my late husband were in a car crash when she was 3 I lost my husband that day and I also thought I lost my daughter so tell be about yourself?
《Cole》Well I work at the Ontario Disability Support Program I help cover some of the cost of things that people like Jasmine need, I'm actually Jasmine's support worker, I look at Rowan oh and by the way Rowan all you have to do is call motion specialties and have them come to your house one day and assess and measure Jasmine for a new power wheelchair
《Rowan》Thanks Cole
《Cole》No problem, I look back at Carmen, so what do you do for a living?
《Carmen》Well I own my own restaurant called Heaven/Jazz
《Cole》You own that restaurant? She nods I love that place the food there is incredible
《Peyton》Well kids are you done eating? They nod and I help Rowan, Carmen and Leyton clean up the girls once the girls are all cleaned up I look at everyone and say well let's go look at some more animals I take Josephine and Julie's hands and Rowan takes Jasmine's wheelchair Leyton takes Sapphire's hand and Carmen takes Heaven's hand and we walk around looking at the animals as we are walking to see the animals Rowan stops and looks right ahead of her, so I look at Josephine and Julie, hey girls can you go with your uncle's Cole and Leyton while I talk to Rowan for a minute OK? They nod and walk up to Cole and Leyton while I walk over to Rowan when I get to Rowan I look at her and say, Rowan are you OK? She didn't say anything all she did was stare straight ahead so with my eyes I followed where she was looking and I saw what or more like who she was looking at and it was Grant so I look at Carmen and say Carmen can you take Jasmine for me please?
《Carmen》Sure I walk over and take a hold of Jasmine's wheelchair and walk with her and catch up with the others
《Peyton》Rowan hey look at me, when she looks at me she says
《Rowan》What the hell is he doing here?
《Peyton》I don't know baby but here he comes, when Grant comes up to Rowan he says
《Grant》Hey Rowan where's our daughter I want to meet our daughter
《Peyton》Rowan didn't say anything to Grant all she did was slap him in the face, she was about to go at him again until I put my arms around her and I said Rowan honey stop he's not worth it think about Jasmine just think about your baby girl right after I said that she started to calm down that's it sweetheart just relax when I know she's calm and relaxed I look at Grant and say get the hell out of here before I give you worse than what Rowan gave you he looked at me and said
《Grant》You wouldn't hit me your my friend
《Peyton》I'm not friends with anyone that walks out on their children and or child before they were even born, he was going to say something until I cut him off and don't give me some bullshit about you had to walk away because you couldn't deal with the fact that your daughter was going to be born with spina bifida she's a little girl who needed her father to support her and tell her that everything was going to be OK but your no father, get the hell out of here and don't come back he starts walking away but then he turns back around to us and he said to Rowan
《Grant》Rowan tell Jasmine I love her and that I'm always thinking about her
《Rowan》HA you love Jasmine that's a joke just get the hell out of here walk away like your good at
《Peyton》Right after Rowan said that Grant walked away without another word, I look at Rowan and say are you OK?
《Rowan》Yeah I'm OK he just pisses me off, come on let's get back to the group he nods and we start walking hand in hand to find the group when we find the group we continue with the zoo trip for another hour
While Peyton, Rowan, Cole, Leyton, Carmen, Heaven, Josephine, Julie, Sapphire and Jasmine are as the zoo let's head over and see what's happening at the Cemetery
《Dixie》I'm here at the Cemetery getting the letters for Kevin, I take out the letters from Carmen and put them in my purse because I can't stand Carmen then I head to my car and head back to the hospital when I get to the hospital I park my car and get out and walk into the hospital and walk up to Kevin's room when I walk in the room I see him watching TV, hey honey I got you your letters I hand him Heaven's letters
《Kevin》Thanks mom, when my mom hands me the letters I open the 1st letter and read it when I get done reading the 1st letter I open the 2nd letter and read it when that letter is done I open the 3rd and read it when I get done with the 3rd letter I open the 4th and last letter when I get done the 4th and last letter that's when I noticed that the letters are only from Heaven so I put my daughter's letters on the nightstand beside my hospital bed and I look at my mom, mom did Carmen write me any letters?
《Dixie》No honey I'm sorry she didn't
《Kevin》It's been a few weeks since you found the letters on the gravestone and your telling me all that has been there was letters from my daughter Heaven?
《Dixie》Yes honey I'm sorry, anyway how is Heaven doing?
《Kevin》She's doing good she's back with Carmen, look mom I'm tired I'm going to sleep
《Dixie》OK honey I'm going to head out now I'll come back and see you later he nods and turns his head and goes to sleep when he's asleep I take Carmen's letters out of my purse and put them in the bedside table drawer then I walk out of the room and head to my car and head home