Chapter 2

It was weeks later and Lucy was still thinking about what Mary had said. Could she really leave her family? Of course not she loved them. But then again she could use the break. Maybe she could just talk to Kevin. "Ring Ring"

"Hello?" Lucy said as she answered the phone.

"Hey darling, how are you." She heard her mother's sweet voice say on the other end. "Would you like to come for…."

"MOOOMMMM!" She heard Lexis' voice beam from the top of the stairs.

"Let me call you back." Lucy said as she slammed the phone down. She ran up the stair to find Lexis lying on the floor holding her arm. And Savanna sitting on her bed across the room looking horrified. Lucy Picked Lexis up and said "Shh, Shhh, your brother is asleep. Just calm down." She said rocking Lexis back in forth in her lap. She looked up at Savanna. "What happened?" she asked clearly knowing that Lexis' arm was broken.

"Well, we were playing this game where we were jumping on the bed and…."

"That's enough, I have heard enough, you know the rules about jumping on beds and I have told you over and over somebody was going to get hurt. Did I not? Lets go we will discuss this on the way to the emergency room."

Many hours later Lucy walked out of the emergency room to find Savanna, Sam, David, Annie and Eric in the waiting Room.

"Uncle David" Lexis said as she ran and jumped into David's Lap.

"Be careful" Annie replied not wanting her to break her other arm too. She turned to Lucy, "Where's Kevin, I figured he was back there with you."

"I don't know, I have called his cell, paged him called the station, nobody knows where he is. Then I called Sergeant Michaels and he said that Kevin has worked one night shift in the past two months, and I am going to get to the bottom of this. So will you take the Kids and get them to school in the morning. I will call you tomorrow."

Finally when Lucy returned home she sat at the kitchen counter for an hour in half before Kevin arrived, earlier than his supposedly shift ended. "Luce I am so sorry how is Lexis?"

"It's a little to late for sorry's and you have a lot of explaining to do!"