"Pop's is there wheat flour in these Mass potatoes." Nicky asked.
"Why they don't look right," Henry asked.
"No, I'm just trying to go gluten-free," Nicky said.
"Why." He asked.
"Just am." She said.
"You got a condition. She got a condition, Erin." He asked.
"Not that I've heard of," Erin said.
"No, I don't have celiac disease or anything I'm just trying it." Nicky said.
"So who's the guy," Jack asked.
"What makes you ask that," Danny asked.
"Wait for it," Jack said.
"I have a friend with celiac, yes," Nicky said, blushing Alison gabbed her in the side.
"Told ya," Jack said.
"And what made you ask that," Linda asked.
"Buddy of mine gave up drinking at parties because the girls he's going with doesn't drink," Jack said.
"What," Danny said.
"Big Mouth," Sean said.
"What," Jack asked.
"Read the room, bro," Sean explained.
"Does this buddy of yours know that the legal drinking age is 21," Danny asked.
"Yes, dad," Jack said, the regret apparent on his face.
"Ah, how much and at what partied," Linda said.
"Mom, please," Jack begged.
"As a wise man said, what you don't know cant hurt you." Frank said.
"I think it's a little late for that," Linda said.
"Yeah, well, there's no need to dig deeper, not just now." Frank replied.
"You know I never got that saying if you don't know getting hit by a bus hurts, then you can play in traffic without fear doesn't mean you're not gonna get slammed," Jamie said
"That's a bit literal," Erin said.
"But true," Alison said.
"You know that the original saying was so long as I know it not it hurteth me not. British writer George Pettie 1500s." Frank said.
"And you know this how," Danny asked.
"Well, I had an idle moment once and look it up, and I agree." Frank said.
"Really," Erin said.
"Sure, take this table. I'd call us a pretty open bunch, but you don't think there's things we don't know about each other we're better off not knowing. Sleep better at night, not knowing." Alison and Greg shared a smile.
"Like how mom and dad were better off before they knew that big mouth here drank at parties," Sean said.
"You're on a slippery slope Sean but if you take that idea and expand it out over say the 8 million people walking around this city. Not all of them look to do good." Frank said.
"There probably is a lot of things that I'd rather not know about," Sean said
"You got that right," Henry said.
"You mean what you guys know the near misses and stuff." Nicky said.
"Not just us, but sure," Frank said.
"I'm with Sean," Nicky said.
"Sometimes ignorance is bliss," Erin said. Alison and Greg share a smile.
"How about a little less ignorance," Alison said they all turned at looked at her.
"What are you talking about," Danny asked. Alison smiled.
"Greg and I bought an apartment." Linda smiled.
"You mean you finally moving out of that small dumpy apartment," Danny said Greg glanced at Alison.
"Well, it's only a block away. From the lab." Jamie looked up at that. "You bought the Billing's apartment." Alison shrugged her shoulders.
"It was cheap and much larger than half the places we were looking at." Alison defended Erin looked over at Jamie.
"Why was it cheap." Jamie looked over at Frank.
"Because there was a double murder there." Linda almost choked on her water.
"What." She said, looking at the two of them.
"That was over a year ago. It just went on the market last week, and we snacked it up." Alison explained.
"But what about the blood," Sean asked, looking at them.
"Oh, Flack Messer, and I have one month to fix it up before our lease runs out," Greg explained.
"Well, I, for one, am happier for knowing," Frank said with a smile.
Alison sat on the counter, helping Jamie do the dishes. Greg was looking over Nicky's chemistry assignment. Erin walked into the kitchen, putting her hands on her hips.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were thinking about moving I would have helped." Alison took a plate drying it. Jamie glanced at her.
"It was sorta sudden." Alison shrugged her shoulders. "Flask got the call that it was going up for sell and call Greg." Erin took a step forward.
"Why, Greg." Alison rolled her eyes.
"Greg worked the case with Flack and mentioned that he liked the building. So he let him know." Jamie handed her another plat.
"I could have gotten you a better deal with a nicer apartment." Alison clenched the plate in her hand.
"We wanted to do this on our own." Erin shook her head.
"I picked out your last apartment." Jamie slammed his hand on the counter, making Alison jump.
"Erin, leave Al alone. It's not you're life." He looked at Alison.
"I got this if you want to go help, Greg." Alison smiled, slipping off the counter, heading out of the kitchen. Jamie turned looking at Erin.
"What was that." She asked.
"You need to leave Al alone, Erin. I get the need to protect her, but you can't protect her any more than when she was first taken." Erin ran her hand through her head.
"Don't you worry about her." Jamie closed his eyes.
"Every day, but that doesn't change anything. But you have to let her live her life."