"Jonny, are you sure about this?" Kennedy asked her very nervous husband.
"Ya Jess, I'm ready. As ready as I will ever be." Levi gave her a small smile.
She smiled and pulled him onto the bed to sit with her. "Relax, all will be well. Mom is here, after all." Kenney tried to reassure him.
Levi nodded and looked around the private room, trying to get his mind off the impending meeting.
Estella lead the two men up to the room, after getting directions from the front desk, and stepped into the room. She smiled at Jonny and Jessie. "Now that we are all here, lets begin."
Levi chuckled. "Always straight to the point, right mom?"
Estella gave him a sheepish look and seated herself in one of the comfy visitors chairs.
Race watched the exchange of words and interaction between his ex-wife and the new father. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, back up a minute. Did you just call her mom?" He directed his question to Levi/Jonny.
"Of course I did." Levi admitted.
Looking directly at Estella, Race growled. "Care to explain why there is a eighteen year old boy calling you mom when your only child is dead?"
"Oh come off your high horse, Roger. It's not what you think." Estella only called him Roger when she was angry or annoyed. At the this moment she was both.
Doctor Quest stood off to the side watching the exchange of words. His gaze drifted over to the young couple, who are looking amused. Something about them felt so...familiar. Something that he couldn't put his finger on. The argument between Race and Estella was heating up. He is brought out of his thoughts when Kennedy begins to speak.
"Would both of you just stop it? God, I'm reliving my childhood." Kennedy didn't sound too happy.
Estella stopped and moved to sit on the end of the bed. "Sorry." She muttered.
Race looked at Benton then to the bed.
Doctor Quest spoke up before Race could. "Can someone please tell us, tell me, what's going on?"
Staying quiet, Estella looked to Jonny/Levi.
Levi stood and walked over to Doctor Quest. "You want to know what's going on? Then I guess we should enlighten you." He walked back to the bed and sat down. Looking directly at Race he began to speak again. "I called Estella mom because she is like a mother to me. If you want the more lengthy explanation it's because she is my mother-in-law."
Jessie/Kennedy spoke up. "She's his mother-in-law by marriage...to me."
Race looked furious. "How dare you! Our daughter died, tell them Estella!"
Estella looked at the floor, avoiding her ex-husbands infuriated gaze.
Kennedy slid out of bed, ignoring the protests of both her husband and mother. She moved over to where Race was standing. "You say that your daughter was killed? Why were you so quick to rule out that maybe, just maybe, she ran away? That both of them did?" She glanced at Doctor Quest then back to her father.
Sighing, Race tried to control his temper. 'Neither of the kids would have ran away. They would have never quit school. They were happy with their lives."
"What if I told you that they both finished school and graduated with honors? That they are both working for a company that appreciates their talents and lets them use their skills? I can assure you that they are very much alive and well." She turned and walked back to the bed where she lets her husband help her to lay back down.
"How can you know that about them? You act as if you know them. If they are alive, like you say, I want proof!" Race crossed his arms over his chest.
Benton blinked and slowly sat down. "Jonny's alive?" He whispered. "How could they put us through that pain? I lost my wife then I had to mourn the loss of my only child." He can't mask the pain in his voice.
Estella looked at Race. "You want proof that they are alive? Open your eyes, Race." She stood and stormed out of the room unable to take anymore of the drama that was unfolding.
Race blinked. "Open my eyes and look at what?" He was confused.
Doctor Quest was looking at the young couple.
Levi sighed. "She left one thing out, their happy. But if you want proof then I'll give it to you." He looked at his wife who nodded in encouragement. He dug into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, takes out his drivers licence, then took off his watch. He walked over to Doctor Quest and hands him the items. "If that isn't enough proof for you, I have more."
Benton's eyes widened seeing the watch. A green Q was centered on the face with black numbers around it. Only people close to the Quest family had a watch such as the one he was holding. He feels his heart stop for a moment when he reads the drivers licence. They were Maine issue and very much Jonny's. How did this stranger get his sons things? Had this young couple been the ones to dispose of Jonny and Jessie? He felt sick.
Seeing the skeptical and questioning look on Doctor Quests face, Kennedy sighed. "A little over two years ago Jonny Quest and Jessie Bannon ran away from home. They took nothing with them except for the wedding ring that had belonged to Jonny's mother."
