Scene 6 The Next Day

Jordan had moved her stuff over to Evelyn's house that night and she had gotten to get to know the brothers a little more. They really were quite the group. She was happy Jack had them. Despite the constant jibes and the teasing you could tell that they had an easy comradery and they all cared deeply for each other.

Jordan had been at the house for most of the day. The boys had left that morning to go check out the convenience store where Evelyn had been shot. While they were out she had gone to the store and picked up some food and cleaned up a bit. She had seen a little of Sofie earlier but she had tried to steer clear of the crazy bitch. Finally Sofie had gotten fed up with being alone all day that she had fled the house. It was now well past dark and Jordan was having to bite back her worry. No news was good news, right? If something had happened she definitely would have heard something. At least that is what she kept telling herself.

Right now she was distracting herself by going through some old photo albums that Evelyn had. When she had visited that summer Jack had absolutely refused to let Evelyn show them to her. Well he wasn't here now, was he? Jordan laughed to herself as she saw pictures of Jack as a small boy. Was his hair ever not a mess? She saw a picture of all four boys standing awkwardly in their Sunday finest in front of the house. You could just tell they were itching to go cause trouble somewhere and posing for that picture was taking all of their patience. Just then she heard a car rumble up.

She heard the guys approaching the door and went to meet them at the door. Jack, Bobby and Angel all walked in the door. Jack was obviously all shaken up.

"Hey babe you ok?" She looked him over and helped him out of his coat. He winced and rubbed his left side.

"Yeah, just tired" he said with his eyes slightly glazed over. She looked in his eyes and immediately knew something big just went down but she knew not to press him about it right then.

"Come on up stairs" She offered instead. Jack just nodded, too tired and emotionally worn out to do anything else and followed her upstairs. Once in his room Jordan saw that his side was all bruised. It looked like he had been forcibly thrown against something.

"Cracker Jack, Angel and I are going to take care of the car, don't leave!" Bobby yelled up the stairs at him.

Jordan turned to him as a look of understanding swept over her face "You want to tell me what happened?" From the sounds of the car when it pulled up it had obviously been through hell and now that she thought about it, his bruises looked like they could have come from a car accident.

"They are dead. The guys that killed mom are dead" Jack looked down, his eyes full of conflicting emotions. Jordan walked over and took his face in her hands and looked him dead in the eye.

"They got what they deserved." She said forcefully and she kissed him on the lips "Now let me look at you, are you hurt bad?"

"No just a little banged up. Nothing to worry about. I am just glad you are here." He hugged her and they kissed. "Me too" she replied.

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