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This chapter has some strange stuff toward the end, so I hope you like it.

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The following morning Jordan awoke in her new bed to the wonderful smell of coffee and something else she couldn't quite put her finger on. She rubbed her eyes and slowly lifted herself out of bed. Looking down at herself she couldn't help but laugh at her pajama's, kittens and puppies how cute. She reached for her very comfy looking red fleece robe and headed out to find out what's cooking.

"Morning sleepyhead, is the bed comfortable?" He asked flipping pancakes.

"Best night's sleep I've had in a long time, something sure does smell good" she responded.

"Oh that, it's probably just me" he couldn't help but grin as she narrowed her eyes at him. "I think I figured out what your full of…." ,she sharply replied, then she too started to smile.

They both shared laughs during breakfast. Jordan couldn't help think to herself that she could get used to waking up with a man in the kitchen fixing her pancakes.

"So I guess you have to work today huh?" she asked at the end of their meal.

"Afraid so, I better go in, I kind of took off and didn't tell anyone where I was going, Nigel covered for me thank goodness. We would definitely be in trouble if I got fired, I guess you would have to be my 'Sugar Mama'". They both laughed and he got up from the table and dropped a kiss on the top of her head as he headed in to the kitchen. "Do you want me to drop you off at the morgue or do you want to just hang out here today?"

"Hmm, I'll probably go to the morgue, I need to get everything ready for Dad's funeral today, I figured that Lily could help. Oh and I need to get started trying to get a new drivers license since I lost all of my id's in the fire. By the way what happened to my car since your offering me a ride?"

"You don't want to know"

"That bad huh? Just tell me".

"Part of the building fell on it the night of the fire"

"Perfect"

Jordan got up and headed to the shower herself. She thanked God for Lily again as she got ready, she had thought of everything from shampoo to makeup. She slipped her robe back on before she left the bathroom, 'Don't want to give Woody a heart attack' she thought to herself.

She hurried up and got dressed so Woody could get to work, although she got the impression earlier he wasn't in a big hurry to get there.

"You ready?" She called into his bedroom. He was sitting on the bed tying his shoes.

"Just one second and I'm ready". His quickly stood up and Woody noticed a funny look on Jordan's face.

"What?" he asked as he walked by her.

"Ugly Tie!"

"Oh stop it, let's go before I make you walk to the morgue" he called back to her from the doorway.

After he pulled up in front of the morgue, she reached over and grabbed his hand, "I don't know if I can tell you this enough but thank you". She then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He pulled her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles.

"Call me if you need anything" he told her as she opened the door of the car.

"Will do, see you this evening, how bout Chinese?" she asked stepping out of the car.

"Sure, the place on 5th ok?"

She nodded and waved goodbye to him. After watching him driveway she turned and looked at the building. 'No place like home' she thought to herself as she made her way inside. Part of her was so excited to see everyone but her heart was filled with dread. She knew what she had to do today, see her father and make his funeral arrangements. Slowly she took a deep breath as the elevator doors opened.

It was still early and things appeared to be quiet until…

"Jordan!" Lily screamed as she ran up and hugged Jordan. "What are you doing here? I tried calling you last night but Woody said you had already gone to sleep. Is everything ok?"

"Easy Lil, calm down. Everything is ok, I just need a little help getting arraignments made, and…and I would like to see him" she responded pulling free of Lily's embrace.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Lily quietly asked, Jordan simply nodded.

"OK" Lily lead Jordan down the hall to the crypt and told where to find him. She tried to follow her in but Jordan quickly put her hand up to stop her.

"If you don't mind I would really like to have a few minutes alone" she said with a sorrow filled smile.

Jordan slowly made her way in to the crypt and found the drawer. She held her breath as she pulled out the stainless steel tray. As she pulled back the sheet the tears started to flow down her cheeks.

"What do I do now daddy? What do I do with out you" she whispered thru her sobs.

"……Live you life Jordan….." a shadowy voice called from the dark corner of the room.

"Whaa…" she could barley speak as she scanned the room trying to focus on the location of the familiar voice. "Dad?"

A large shadow seemingly stepped out the corner and began to speak. "Shhh, Jordan. Now I want you to listen to me, I only have a moment. Don't dwell on this, on what happened. Everything is going to be ok, your going to be ok. You're a strong girl, you'll be fine without me.

I want you to move on with your life, marry, have a half a dozen kids if that makes you happy. I just want you to be happy. You've wasted so much time on searching for your mothers killer that life has slipped by you. You now have the truth, so let it set you free. I love you sweetheart, take care of yourself".

Jordan couldn't believe what she was seeing or hearing but she whispered "I love you too" In that instant the shadow was gone. She stood there staring at the corner for a long while before returning her eyes to her fathers body.

"Good bye Dad" she spoke as she covered his face back up with the sheet. She shut the drawer and walked toward the door. Quickly she glanced to the corner, but it was empty this time.