Edmund sat, watching Tammy asleep next to him. She was so beautiful that it almost took his breath away. Even when she was sleeping. Especially when she was sleeping. Her face had this serene expression of calm, a stark contrast to what she had been in his arms less than an hour ago. His mind raced with worry. Though he tried to silence his thoughts. He stroked her hair softly as he sighed to himself. He hadn't heard the other end of the conversation. Hadn't heard Sandy's voice. Hadn't heard the exact words that he'd used. He hoped that Tammy had just overreacted. No. He knew that she had. As much as he loved her, she did have a tendency to do that at times. Everything would be fine. Perfectly fine. Cassie would be fine. She had to be. He couldn't lose her. He loved her too much. Sure, it wasn't the same kind of love that he had for Tammy, but it was still love. It wasn't what it used to be. It wasn't passionate. But still, it was deep. He needed her too much to lose her, and his heart ached at the thought. He sighed to himself again before he moved his gaze from Tammy's face to her chest, watching the rise and fall that it took with her every breath, the sight so peacefully hypnotic that he could slowly feel his eyes starting to close, his thoughts of worry finally slipping away as he began to drift off, though it wasn't very long before he was awoken by the rumble of the jet landing. He stroked the side of Tammy's face softly before kissing her cheek. He moved his hand to her shoulder and shook her lightly.
Tammy's eyes slowly fluttered open as she awoke.
"We've landed…" Edmund said softly, his hand on her face again.
Within a few minutes, Tammy was fully awake. "Come on, Edmund…" she said, pulling away from him. "Hurry up…"
"Just… Let me get our stuff, ok?" Edmund said.
Tammy sighed as she stepped off of the plane. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed Sandy's number.
"Hello…" the voice on the other line answered, completely foreign to her.
"I'm sorry…" Tammy said. "I think that I have the wrong number."
"You were trying to call Sandy Foster, right?" George said. "Are you Tammy?"
"Yes…" Tammy said. "Why? What is going on? Why do you have Sandy's cell phone?"
"I'm an FBI Agent…" George said. "Sandy Foster has been arrested…"
Tammy breathed a huge sigh of relief without even realizing it, pausing for a few moments before finally asking the question. "Arrested for what?"
"If you really want an answer to that…" George said. "I suggest that you get down to the police station as soon as possible…"
"What do you…" Tammy sighed frustratedly as she heard the line go dead before she could finish her sentence. She stuck her phone back into her pocket and turned to Edmund.
Edmund put the last of their bags into the car before wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close to him. "What is it?" he asked. "I couldn't tell if that was a sigh of frustration or one of relief…"
"It's both, I guess…" Tammy said.
"What do you mean?" Edmund asked, looking into her eyes.
"Well, Sandy's been arrested…" Tammy said.
"That's it?" Edmund asked, a grin crossing his face. "That was the big commotion? That was the thing that he couldn't tell you over the phone?"
"Yes…" Tammy said, the word almost coming out as a sigh. "And as much as I'm worried about him, I'm also relieved… Because I really thought that it was going to be something a lot worse."
Edmund chuckled slightly. He pulled Tammy closer and kissed her on the head. "I'm sure he'll be out by the end of the day…" he said, pulling back to look into her eyes again. "Just like last time…"
Tammy sighed again before shaking her head. "I think that it's more serious this time…" she said. "Some guy from the FBI picked up the phone and told me to get down to the police station… He wouldn't even tell me what he was arrested for..."
"I wonder why he didn't just call Reva…" Edmund said.
Tammy shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know…" she said. "But I really need to get down there soon…"
Edmund gripped her hand. "I told you that your mother was fine…" he said, smiling. "See, you were all worried, and it turns out that it's not even about her…"
Tammy nodded. "I know…" she said, flashing him a bright smile of her own. "I just worry too much, I guess…"
Edmund kissed the back of her hand before loosing it from his grip. "Well…" he said. "Let's go see what mess your cousin's gotten himself into this time…"
