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7. A helping hand
Two months later. Kirsten had told Caleb and he had called his lawyers. He had sworn to put Jefferson behind bars no matter how. His little daughter had been hurt and he wanted the man, who had done this to her, to pay for it. Julie had moved in with Kirsten and took care of her.
"Are you sure, that he's in town?" Kirsten asked Julie. Seth had told her that Sandy would be in town for a couple of days, but Sandy could change his mind. She was in her fifth month pregnant and now she was ready to tell Sandy the truth. Maybe he would come back to her. Maybe her life would be a little more like in the past. Maybe he would accept her being pregnant from somebody else.
"Yes, darling. But we gotta go to work now. It's past nine. We're late." It was a Friday. Julie and Kirsten were going to work together since Julie had moved in with her. She had tried to convince Kirsten of quitting or at least taking a break from work but she hadn't listened. And since that day they were doing everything together.
"Okay, then let's go." And with those words she took Julie's hand. The hand that had helped her through the last two months. The hand that was holding hers every day when they went to work. The hand that was holding hers when she had told Caleb. And when she had told Seth and Ryan. When she had faced the police officers and the doctors in the hospital. The hand of her mother.
Lunch break.
"Are you sure that you want to eat this?" Julie gave Kirsten a disgusted look after she had seen Kirsten's lunch. Chinese rice with chocolate sauce. Ew.
"I mean, I was eating disgusting things, when I was pregnant, but what you're doing is just –" She didn't finish the sentence. Kirsten smiled at her. I know it is gross. She thought.
"Yes, Julie, I'm sure. So, I – I heard you talking on the phone. Was it Sandy?" Her face changed from smiling to sad. He had to come back to her, but he refused talking to her. She had tried to talk to him on the phone but he didn't want to listen. Julie hesitated with her answer but Kirsten gave her a pleading she couldn't resist.
"Actually, yes. I've made an appointment with him for tomorrow. But he –"
"Doesn't wanna talk to me. I know." Kirsten sighed. How could she tell him the truth when he didn't want to listen?
"I told him, that it would just be the two of us. But you will be coming with me. No matter what he says." Julie explained her intentions and waited for Kirsten's supporting nod. She's just so strong. Julie was proud of her 'daughter'.
"You really wanna come with us?" Caleb asked Seth and Ryan. Seth was much more a man and he, Caleb, liked Ryan much more since they had to stick together as a family. For Kirsten and her baby. Even Marissa and Summer were now a steady component of the Cohen-Nichol-Cooper-family. Marissa was getting along with Caleb and her mother. Seth and Summer weren't fighting as much as usual. And they were helping everyone where they were needed. Kirsten was not alone. She had a family that cared for her. The only thing she still needed was her husband.
"Yeah, I mean, she's our mom, isn't she? So we'll help her with Dad. She doesn't have to do this alone. And apart from that, he will want to leave when he sees her, so maybe Ryan and I can prevent him from leaving again." Seth said wisely. He had become an adult in the last two months and like an adult he acted.
"Yeah, Seth's right. We're a family. And we should also stick together in difficult situations." Ryan told Caleb. They had buried their differences and were now grandfather and grandson. A thing that had drawn a smile on Kirsten's face.
"Okay, then maybe we should –" Caleb stopped, because Julie and Kirsten had entered the kitchen.
"We're ready to go." Julie took Kirsten's hand once again and smiled into Caleb's face. We are ready to show Sandy that we are a family and that he has no right to leave this family.
Julie wanted to see Sandy at her house. When he drove on the driveway of the Nichol mansion, he could see only two cars. The red one, that belonged to Marissa and another one, which had to be Julie's. He had agreed to a meeting with Julie. He didn't know why. Perhaps he wanted to come back to his old life. Julie had been a part of his old life, so this would be the first step. Or perhaps he wanted to build a new life. A life without problems and the question 'Is my shirt clean enough to wear it again?' He stepped out of his car and went to the front door. He rang the bell and the door opened within seconds.
"Sandy, nice too see you." Julie welcomed him with a warm non-Julie tone. She let him in and led him to the living room. Caleb, Marissa, Summer, Ryan, Seth and, of course, the most important person, Kirsten, were waiting upstairs, just waiting to come downstairs.
"Julie, I appreciate this appointment. Really. I hope you understand me, but –" He wanted to finish the sentence but Julie shut him up.
"Wait, I – we first have to tell you something serious." She went to the stairs where the others were waiting. She took Kirsten's hand and brought her to the living room where she and Sandy saw each other for the first time in two months.