Julie Cooper stood in front of her coffee maker watching the machine percolate come out. She was late getting ready to go visit Caleb's attorney. She could not understand why his will could not be read, thus, why she was having the meeting with him. Julie was anxious for it to be read because without his money, she and the family would have to move and start over, which was something she did not want to go through again.
Jimmy walked into the kitchen just then. He had just woken up, and was hungry. He asked, "Hey, Jules, why are you so dressed up... so early?"
"Well, if you must know," she told him. She poured herself a cup of coffee. "I have a meeting with Caleb's attorney. This is some confusion about when the will can be read."
"Oh. Did he leave you anything?" Jimmy asked. He sat down at the table. He thought the question was appropriate, considering he had given her divorce papers before his death.
"Honestly, Jimmy, I don't know. I hope so, but I really don't know," Julie replied between drinks.
"Well, I guess you'd better go and find out," Jimmy told her. He picked up a copy of the paper, and began to read it.
"Actually, speaking of finding out, do you know what's wrong with Marissa. She seems awfully upset, and she seemed to be doing great just yesterday morning. I figured since you are closer to her, you might know," Julie said, wanting to know.
"She hasn't said anything to me yet. I mean, I noticed that something was wrong, but I wanted to wait for her to tell me, it works better that way," Jimmy replied. He put the paper down and looked at his ex-wife. They still were not sure that they wanted to be married again. Both of them were afraid of what it would do to the girls if it did not work out, again.
"You don't think it is her and Ryan, do you?" Julie asked. "I mean, I was never a fan of him, but he seems to make her happy."
"I hope not. Maybe it's school, or something," Jimmy shrugged. He started to read the paper again.
"Maybe, well, I need to get going to see his attorney. I'll see you later," she said, waving to Jimmy as she walked out the door.