Chapter 7.
Disclaimer in Chapter 1
After Lunch.
" Hello Sydney" Ms. Parker greeted.
" Ms. Parker. How are you doing ? " he asked.
" Well, I'm not dead. So I guess everything is fine." she smiled.
"I'm glad" Sydney said.
" Sydney?" she sat conscientiously on his couch. " What ever happened to Jarod? " she asked.
" I heard from him, just a couple of days ago, he's fine" he said. It seems that the Parkers forgot to inform Ms.Parker about Jarod.
" So do you see him sometimes? " she asked.
"Yes, I see him sometimes" he chuckled. Parker smiled sadly. " I …uh..I have some pictures of him, if you'd like to see them." Sydney offered.
" Sure" she smiled. " You know being back here, just brings back so many memories." she said.
" It seems like just yesterday you children were running around in mischief, scaring the sweepers and such. " Sydney smiled
" We had fun." she lowered her head ." Until I had to leave….. I didn't want to Sydney." she looked up at him. Her eyes seemed to be pleading for him to understand. " I didn't have a choice." Sydney nodded in response.
" I would have come by to say goodbye but, I had no time." she sighed. "Jarod probably hated me from that day on? I'm I right." she asked. Sydney looked at her sadly.
" I mean I wouldn't blame him. I didn't keep my promise. Before I left, I had a sweeper bring you the letter, remember." she looked at Sydney who looked back at her sympathetically. Only if you knew, child. Sydney thought.
" I couldn't do anything at the time. He had told me to go straight to the car and the sweeper was going to drive me to the airlift. I would never had dreamt of defying my father. " she shook her head. " I didn't want Jarod to think that I…that I had just blown him off. That I…... didn't love him." she whispered.
Sydney reprimanded himself inwardly for helping Mr. Parker bring the both of them such pain.
" That day when I came to see him in the morning, he told me that he loved me." she smiled at the memory. Sydney smiled " He asked me if I felt the same way." she closed her eyes. " But, I just couldn't say it back. I froze. I was so scared. I don't know why I was, but I just was scared." Sydney sat beside her.
" When that sweeper came in to tell me that it was time for me to leave." she laughed. " I was so relieved. I couldn't stand the look of hurt on his face. I mean he was pretending as if he wasn't but…I could tell."
" So, did you tell him?" Sydney asked.
" I told you, I couldn't." " Before I left I told him that I would see him later that day. I promised him that I'd see him later that day. I told him that I'd have his answer." she smiled sadly.
" We all know, that didn't happen. I couldn't stop thinking about him all day, I couldn't wait to get back to the Center."
" That night when I didn't come back, I could only imagine what he though of me."
" He thought that, you didn't love him anymore." Sydney said
" I wrote to him that night and many other times, but I guess he didn't care." she sighed
No Parker, it was your father who didn't care. Sydney thought.
" I'm almost thirty and I'm still frustrated over not saying goodbye. It's being a long time. I need to see him Sydney, I need to make things right." she said.
" I can't assure you seeing him but, here are the pictures I was talking about." he handed her the pictures.
She stared at the picture in disbelief. " I've seen him before." she said.
" Really?"
" Yes, I saw him in California, about 3 weeks ago. He was asking me about Jawbreakers" she laughed.
" That would be Jarod." Sydney laughed.
The next picture was of him and Zoë. " Who is she?" Parker asked.
" Oh, that is Zoë. She's his current girlfriend." he said.
Parker sucked in a breath. You didn't really expect him to wait around for you, did you? she asked herself.
" He seems well." Parker said.
" I'm sure he is." Sydney said.
She sighed heavily as he got up from the couch. " Thanks for the talk Syd." she said as she leaned over for a hug. Sydney was caught a little of guard by it. She smiled at him then walked away, she opened the door almost bumping into Broots.
"Ummm, sorry Ms.Parker" he mumbled.
" It's okay Mr. Broots" she smiled then walked off.
Broots stared after her smiling comically. Shaking his head, Sydney resigned to his seat.
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" What are you doing?" Zoë asked over Jarod's shoulder. He moved over on the bed.
" I'm trying to find out what going on in the Center and checking my mail.." he said.
" Why?" she asked. " Just want to keep them on their toes. And us as far away from them as possible." he leaned over and kissed her.
" So, what did you find.?" she asked
" Apparently there is a new employee in the Center. I'm trying to find a description." he said.
" Interesting." she said as he slithered up on the bed. "Jarod ?" her voice dropped into a low seductive tone. Jarod smiled as he put his laptop away.
"Zoë" he whispered her name as he captured her lips in a searing kiss. His hands traveled down her body leaving trails of heat on her skin. She moaned his name as his hands dipped beneath the band of her underwear, she gasped into his mouth. He kissed down her neck. Doing a catlike licking motion on her pulse point. Her breath quickening with every beat.
Then someone knocked on the door. " Room, service." the person said.
" He gets no tip." Zoë growled as Jarod got up. He leaned down giving her a passionate kiss. " We'll finish this later" he said as he went to get the door.
He pushed the cart in after giving the boy a tip. Zoë sat on the bed waiting.
" And for the lady tonight, we have lobster tail, shrimp scampi, oysters and
the piece de résistance". he opened the top of each meal. "For dessert we have a strawberry shortcake." he smiled then added " All courtesy of the Center" Zoë laughed.
" Oh, they shouldn't have" she said. They laughed. The mail signal came on.
Jarod went to open it. It was from C.J. "It's from Angelo" he said.
"Daughter is back." It read. He scrolled down to a picture. He held his breath as he did. He was going to see Ms.Parker. His breath caught as he saw the picture. It black and white photo of Ms.Parker and Sydney . " Oh my god, that was her!"
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Disclaimer in Chapter 1
After Lunch.
" Hello Sydney" Ms. Parker greeted.
" Ms. Parker. How are you doing ? " he asked.
" Well, I'm not dead. So I guess everything is fine." she smiled.
"I'm glad" Sydney said.
" Sydney?" she sat conscientiously on his couch. " What ever happened to Jarod? " she asked.
" I heard from him, just a couple of days ago, he's fine" he said. It seems that the Parkers forgot to inform Ms.Parker about Jarod.
" So do you see him sometimes? " she asked.
"Yes, I see him sometimes" he chuckled. Parker smiled sadly. " I …uh..I have some pictures of him, if you'd like to see them." Sydney offered.
" Sure" she smiled. " You know being back here, just brings back so many memories." she said.
" It seems like just yesterday you children were running around in mischief, scaring the sweepers and such. " Sydney smiled
" We had fun." she lowered her head ." Until I had to leave….. I didn't want to Sydney." she looked up at him. Her eyes seemed to be pleading for him to understand. " I didn't have a choice." Sydney nodded in response.
" I would have come by to say goodbye but, I had no time." she sighed. "Jarod probably hated me from that day on? I'm I right." she asked. Sydney looked at her sadly.
" I mean I wouldn't blame him. I didn't keep my promise. Before I left, I had a sweeper bring you the letter, remember." she looked at Sydney who looked back at her sympathetically. Only if you knew, child. Sydney thought.
" I couldn't do anything at the time. He had told me to go straight to the car and the sweeper was going to drive me to the airlift. I would never had dreamt of defying my father. " she shook her head. " I didn't want Jarod to think that I…that I had just blown him off. That I…... didn't love him." she whispered.
Sydney reprimanded himself inwardly for helping Mr. Parker bring the both of them such pain.
" That day when I came to see him in the morning, he told me that he loved me." she smiled at the memory. Sydney smiled " He asked me if I felt the same way." she closed her eyes. " But, I just couldn't say it back. I froze. I was so scared. I don't know why I was, but I just was scared." Sydney sat beside her.
" When that sweeper came in to tell me that it was time for me to leave." she laughed. " I was so relieved. I couldn't stand the look of hurt on his face. I mean he was pretending as if he wasn't but…I could tell."
" So, did you tell him?" Sydney asked.
" I told you, I couldn't." " Before I left I told him that I would see him later that day. I promised him that I'd see him later that day. I told him that I'd have his answer." she smiled sadly.
" We all know, that didn't happen. I couldn't stop thinking about him all day, I couldn't wait to get back to the Center."
" That night when I didn't come back, I could only imagine what he though of me."
" He thought that, you didn't love him anymore." Sydney said
" I wrote to him that night and many other times, but I guess he didn't care." she sighed
No Parker, it was your father who didn't care. Sydney thought.
" I'm almost thirty and I'm still frustrated over not saying goodbye. It's being a long time. I need to see him Sydney, I need to make things right." she said.
" I can't assure you seeing him but, here are the pictures I was talking about." he handed her the pictures.
She stared at the picture in disbelief. " I've seen him before." she said.
" Really?"
" Yes, I saw him in California, about 3 weeks ago. He was asking me about Jawbreakers" she laughed.
" That would be Jarod." Sydney laughed.
The next picture was of him and Zoë. " Who is she?" Parker asked.
" Oh, that is Zoë. She's his current girlfriend." he said.
Parker sucked in a breath. You didn't really expect him to wait around for you, did you? she asked herself.
" He seems well." Parker said.
" I'm sure he is." Sydney said.
She sighed heavily as he got up from the couch. " Thanks for the talk Syd." she said as she leaned over for a hug. Sydney was caught a little of guard by it. She smiled at him then walked away, she opened the door almost bumping into Broots.
"Ummm, sorry Ms.Parker" he mumbled.
" It's okay Mr. Broots" she smiled then walked off.
Broots stared after her smiling comically. Shaking his head, Sydney resigned to his seat.
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" What are you doing?" Zoë asked over Jarod's shoulder. He moved over on the bed.
" I'm trying to find out what going on in the Center and checking my mail.." he said.
" Why?" she asked. " Just want to keep them on their toes. And us as far away from them as possible." he leaned over and kissed her.
" So, what did you find.?" she asked
" Apparently there is a new employee in the Center. I'm trying to find a description." he said.
" Interesting." she said as he slithered up on the bed. "Jarod ?" her voice dropped into a low seductive tone. Jarod smiled as he put his laptop away.
"Zoë" he whispered her name as he captured her lips in a searing kiss. His hands traveled down her body leaving trails of heat on her skin. She moaned his name as his hands dipped beneath the band of her underwear, she gasped into his mouth. He kissed down her neck. Doing a catlike licking motion on her pulse point. Her breath quickening with every beat.
Then someone knocked on the door. " Room, service." the person said.
" He gets no tip." Zoë growled as Jarod got up. He leaned down giving her a passionate kiss. " We'll finish this later" he said as he went to get the door.
He pushed the cart in after giving the boy a tip. Zoë sat on the bed waiting.
" And for the lady tonight, we have lobster tail, shrimp scampi, oysters and
the piece de résistance". he opened the top of each meal. "For dessert we have a strawberry shortcake." he smiled then added " All courtesy of the Center" Zoë laughed.
" Oh, they shouldn't have" she said. They laughed. The mail signal came on.
Jarod went to open it. It was from C.J. "It's from Angelo" he said.
"Daughter is back." It read. He scrolled down to a picture. He held his breath as he did. He was going to see Ms.Parker. His breath caught as he saw the picture. It black and white photo of Ms.Parker and Sydney . " Oh my god, that was her!"
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