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Chapter Eight

Lavon Hayes thinks he shouldn't have cooked dinner tonight for Zoe and Wade. He had thought coming at five with dinner all cooked would give him time to talk with Zoe and play with Jack. Instead Wade had decided to take off early from the Rammer Jammer to start clearing out the spare room so he could move into it. This way he didn't have to take a full day off tomorrow from the Rammer Jammer. Wade would just take the morning off he had already told Lavon they would be moving the bed frame and mattress from the Gate house into his new room in the Carriage house. Also Lavon wasn't to tell Zoe that he was taking the room next to Jack's and letting her have her old bedroom down stairs he wanted to surprise Zoe with that.

So instead of getting a good home cooked meal Lavon was busying moving things to Wade's Suv then drove to the Gate house which was being used for storage at the moment. They had already done this three times and were now on their fourth and hopefully last trip then they could go eat the meal he had brought earlier as long as Zoe hadn't let it burn up on the stove. Jack had already been feed a small helping of the chicken noodle soup Lavon had made. He was happily playing with his Mother the last Lavon saw him.

"That's the last of it" Wade said coming out of the Carriage house door holding a box in his hand "Once we unload all of this we are done for the night"

"Thank the good Lord for that" Lavon responded "I volunteer to cook dinner not manuel labor"

"Yeah sorry about that, but I just couldn't take off all of tomorrow" Wade said it was a lot of work running a bar/restaurant even with Wanda being the manger everything always fell on him if something went wrong. "Zoe needs to have her own room after everything she been through. This was the only way I could get it done for her by tomorrow"

Lavon couldn't say anything about that Zoe had been through a awful ordeal but so had Wade. Lavon was proud of the man Wade had showed himself to be, he had really stepped up to be a good Father. He was someone you could count on, not that you couldn't before Zoe and Jack had entered his life. It was just now you knew that a pretty head wasn't going to make him late, unless that pretty head belonged to one Dr. Zoe Hart. Wade loved his son and everyone knew how much he loved Zoe it wasn't a secret he had never gotten over her. Everyone had agree not to mention dating to Wade because they knew where his heart laid.

"Since I love Big Z so much and this means she's staying I will overlook it this once but man do not do this to me again. I'm really hungry" Lavon said knowing that after this he had to look forward to getting all of Zoe's things from his attic. That would take a day or more to get them back to the Carriage house. At least they were all boxed up so they would be easy to transport back to the Carriage house.

"Zoe told me she is heating the soup up for us so it should be hot by the time we get back from dumping this load at the Gate house"

Wade said getting into the driver's seat as Lavon got into the front passenger seat. "Let's just hope she doesn't burn it" Lavon laughed out.

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Zoe looked at the clock on the microwave it read eight thirty five the chicken noodle soup wasn't boiling over and she had followed Lavon's orders to stir it once in a while to make sure it didn't burn on the bottom. The only reason she was able to follow his instructions was because Jack had fallen to sleep she had laid him down on Wade's bed she didn't want him to far away from her while she was cooking.

Wade and Lavon should be back soon then they could set down and eat the delicious soup Lavon had made she had already eaten a couple of bowls. Being around Lavon and his cooking was sure to help her gain back all the weight she had lost that man could cook.

Zoe stirred the soup pot again then got a spoon to check and see if was warm enough tasting it she had almost burned her tongue it was hot enough now. So she turned off the burner and stirred the soup once more before going to check on Jack. The baby was still sleeping so Zoe slide in behind him hugging him to herself. Her feelings for Jack were so clear she loved him with all of her heart. Today had been a workout Jack had not taken it easy on her, he was just so full of energy she was glad for their afternoon nap. Zoe had needed it badly she had woke first from the nap and snapped a picture of Jack on her phone that she had texted to Jess. The first text she had sent to her friend since she told her she had arrived in Mobile and Wade was Jack were picking her up.

Jess had texted back a few minutes later how cute Jack was. Also she had informed Zoe that Mrs. Hart had called demanding to know where Zoe was. The doorman had seen them leave the apartment building together and ratted them out. Jess had told Mrs. Hart, Zoe wanted some time to herself and would get in contact with her Mother soon. She also let the woman know Zoe was fine.

Knowing her Mother she wouldn't take Jess' word for her good health and would be calling the police soon to investigate where her daughter took off to. Zoe did not want to think about that tonight though if she never heard from her Mother again she would be happy. But it seemed her Mother liked to control her life so Zoe knew it was unlikely she would just disappear from her life quietly.

Zoe kissed her baby's sleeping head not understanding how her Mother who claimed to love her could keep this little boy away from his mother. It felt like her Mother had stabbed her into the heart, she knew how much pain Zoe had been in when she thought she had miscarried Jack. How could she let Zoe believe that lie, what her Mother had done was the worst betrayal she had ever felt in her life. She had trusted her Mother a hundred percent, not like with Wade when he had cheated Zoe had always held a part of herself back afraid they wouldn't work out. She hadn't given her all to their relationship Wade knew it too, that's why when drunk he did the one thing they both thought she never could forgive.

Because he had felt she wasn't completely invested into their relationship that she was just waiting until she decided enough time had past to get together with George. It was easy looking back to see just how her actions could have caused Wade to think that. But she had forgiven Wade months ago and even if she hadn't seeing how great a Father he was to Jack would have caused her too.

It was plain to see that Wade didn't put himself first any longer his world revolved around the baby she was holding. Zoe had not been snooping earlier after her nap and texting with Jess she just had looked around her former room a little there was no evidence of a woman's touch at all. The bedspread was all dark manly colors, and the dirty clothes where all Jack's or Wade's. Not that she would have faulted Wade if he had a girlfriend but all signs pointed to that not being the answer.

Especially given on Wade's nightstand was a college picture frame full of pictures of Zoe. In some she was smiling, there were a few with Wade and her, the biggest picture in the frame though was one she wanted to asks Wade about. It was picture of her in a hospital bed unconscious and a tiny baby who had to be Jack laying next to her. When had this picture been taken it had to be right after Jack had been born.

Holding her little boy closer Zoe closed her eyes she would rest for a few minutes before Wade and Lavon got back.

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It was too quite was Wade's thoughts upon entering his home Jack should be running and jumping and making all kinds of noise. Was it later then he thought, had Jack already fallen asleep for the night? Lavon was right behind him both men looked at each other then headed for the kitchen the pot of chicken noodles was still on the stove but no sign of Zoe anywhere. Wade went in search of her into his bedroom and sure enough he found both Jack and Zoe fast asleep on his bed. Smiling he just walked back out to the kitchen Lavon already had a bowl for each of them full.

"Their passed out on my bed looks like I'll be taking the couch tonight" Wade said grabbing his bowl of soup "that way we can get up early and get my old bed into my new room"

"How early are we talking about here?" Lavon asked after taking a bite of his soup. It was just warm enough Zoe must have been warming it up for them before she had fallen to sleep Wade had mention she was going to. "Because Lemon does not like getting up before dawn"

"Also when is Zoe telling people she's back, I know you told me she's not ready yet but I can not keep this a secret from Lemon"

Wade understood Lavon was in a hard place right now keeping a huge secret from the woman he loved. He hated putting Lavon in such a place. But Jack and Zoe came first to Wade and Lavon would just have to beg Lemon for forgiveness later. In fact Wade himself would beg for Lavon if Lemon didn't forgive him right away.

"As soon as she ready I will call you first and you can bring Lemon" Wade said in between eating his soup.

"What have you told Zoe about what happened in New York? She was asking about it earlier and I didn't know what to say" Lavon asked getting himself another bowl of soup, he really made a mean pot of chicken noodle soup.

"I just told her the truth in cliff notes, I plan to tell her everything about what her Mother did when we get time" Wade said getting himself another bowl of soup his lunch break seemed like it was days ago instead of just this afternoon. "So what did you tell her?"

"She asked who the 'we' you mentioned going to New York with you was. So I told her it was You, George, and Me. I also told her I didn't know a lot of what happened because I couldn't stay long being Mayor and all" Lavon informed Wade.

"Thanks for that man, I want to be the one to tell her about just what Mrs. Hart did. She deserves to here it from me" Wade said knowing the full story of everything Zoe had been through he hated having to add to that pain. But Zoe had a right to know how her Mother had just written Jack out of her life like he didn't matter at all.

"Zoe is all Harley" Lavon said thinking about the kindly old Doctor he knew that everyone in BlueBell had loved "Thank God for that"

"She does have his heart" Wade agreed thinking about the times Harley had been there for him as he grew up after his Mother had died. There would have been a few nights Jesse and him would have went to bed hungry if it wasn't for Harley. Zoe was a lot like him Wade hoped that Jack would also inherited Harley Wilkes heart and not Candice Hart's. That woman was a nightmare none so more then to Zoe how she treated her daughter was a nightmare.

"I'm glad she's does but I'm happier she doesn't look just like him" Wade laughed out Lavon joining in.