The next morning, Mark had woken up before Steve and Jesse did. Seeing his small friend sleeping on a bed peacefully, he smiled and then decided to go out to make breakfast for the three of them.

Mark was busy in the kitchen when Steve joined him.

"Morning, Dad."

"Steve, how's your sleep?"

"Shouldn't I be the one who asks you that question?"

"Well, Jesse didn't do any actions that kept me from sleeping last night," Mark smiled.

"Hmmm," Steve poured coffee into his mug.

"Morning," Jesse suddenly appeared. Still with exhausted face, but better than the night before.

"Hey, Jess," both father and son said.

Jesse sat on one chair. Mark joined them, bringing pancakes he'd made to the table. Jesse seemed so quiet. Steve and Mark exchanged looks.

***

"Bye," Jesse said to Steve as Steve shut the door.

Both had gone. Mark had gone to work earlier and it was Steve's turn. Jesse felt bored. He wanted to go back to work, but Mark hadn't allowed him to. Jesse was going back to his room when someone knocked the door.

"Hi! You must be Dr. Jesse Travis," a girl appeared when Jesse opened the door.

"Yeah," Jesse nodded.

"I'm Kelly Jo. A daughter of Mark Sloan's friend," they shook hand. "Mark told me to come here to look a... I mean... maybe you need some companies."

Jesse frowned. Then, the phone rang.

"Excuse me," Jesse said, leaving the door opened behind.

Kelly nodded. She heard Jesse picked up the phone, arguing with someone... sounds like Mark, then went back to her.

"Hi again. I just talked to Mark, but... I'm sorry, I don't need any company," Jesse said as he shut the door behind him.

Jesse then walked back to his room. In his room, he saw the man he'd seen the night before. Jesse was a bit shocked.

"Don't be scared..." the man said.

"What-who are you?" Jesse asked, stepping back, shaking.

"You can call me Sam," he approached Jesse. "Kids used to call me Uncle Sam"

"No!!!" Jesse took a pillow and hit the man with it. Jesse failed. The pillow hit a lamp. Losing his balance, Jesse fell. His head hardly hit the ground and he passed out.