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Chapter Twenty-Four

Wade, Zoe, and Jack were all in his Suv heading to Mobile for Zoe physical therapy appointment. Zoe was setting next to Jack in the back like she had done since meeting the toddler. Yesterday had been unreal with her Mother trying to sue Wade for custody of Jack. Thank goodness George was handling everything legal for them, he was such a good friend to Wade and her. Zoe hated to think what they would have done without George there to lean on to know what steps had to be taken to fix this mess her Mother was trying to make.

"I thought I might take Jack to get a Icee while you are in physical therapy" Wade said breaking the silence they had been in for over ten minutes "I don't think he's up for going to the park just yet"

"A Icee would be a good treat for him but only a small one we don't want him having to much sugar" Zoe supplied thinking of her baby hyped up on sugar and being locked in to his carseat.

"I hear ya Doc" Wade laughed loving how much Zoe was a mother hen when it came to Jack. He himself was overprotective of the little guy it was nice having Zoe be as well. "I'm going to call your Dad also see if he's still coming this weekend"

"I had forgotten he was supposed to be coming" Zoe muttered with all that her Mother had done the visit her Father was supposed to be making had slipped her mind completely. "It would be nice to know if he's coming, not have another surprise visitor on our doorstep"

"He's really been good with Jack" Wade said as they passed the Welcome to Mobile sign "He always brings Jack a stuffed animal, Ethan said it was something he used to do with you when you where little and he had to go away on work"

"Yeah I do remember he used to do that when I was little" Zoe said in aww that her Father would do something so heartfelt for his grandson. If he did show up this weekend maybe he had changed, and he really did want to be a part of Jack and hers lives.

"Doc I've come to know your Dad some, and he loves ya" Wade announced as he looked at the address signs making sure he was going the right way. "He regrets not being there for you"

"I just hope your right Wade, it would be nice to have one sane parent" Zoe stated watching Jack sleep he was acting better today.

"Well you can always adopted Earl if you want, he's sober now has been since Jack entered his life" Wade said laughing hoping to brighten Zoe up some. "I'm sure he would drop me as his son if he could claim the pretty Doctor Lady as his daughter"

That did get Zoe laughing she hadn't seen Earl yet but knew she would sooner or later he was her son's grandfather after all and did live in BlueBell. It was good to hear that he wasn't drinking anymore. Zoe wondered what the man was like without having a drink in him. She guessed she was going to find out.

"I wonder why Earl hasn't stopped by" Zoe asked as Wade turned onto a street from the main road.

"He did call me a few days ago asking about Jack he heard he was sick, Earl said he wanted to give you time to settle in before he came visiting" Wade informed Zoe as he pulled into the physical therapy parking lot. "Where here Doc you what me to stick around a few minutes make sure they didn't double book your time slot or anything"

"Wade they would have called by now if they had done that" Zoe replied "but given what has happened lately I can see where you would think that was possible. Just go get Jack a Icee and keep our little man happy"

"Will do Doc, just call me if something comes up. I will be back in a hour" Wade said as Zoe got out of the Suv closing the door behind her. Wade didn't leave the parking lot until he seen Zoe enter the physical therapy building. Jack was still sleeping like he always did on long rides in his carseat.

Wade just drove around for awhile to pass the time looking to see what was around the physical therapy building, he seen a few restaurants that he would like to take Zoe to on a date at a later time. None that he wanted to take Jack to because while he loved his little boy he knew the baby would not fit in at those restaurants. Also he wanted to spend sometime alone with Zoe wine and dine her get their romantic relationship start up again.

Wade was trying not to think about how George was right now, finding out if his petition to drop Mrs. Hart custody suit was being granted. He knew Zoe would not take Jack from him but he wanted a end to the game Mrs. Hart was playing. Wade was thinking of having George draw up custody papers for him and Zoe to sign so Mrs. Hart could not do this trick again.

Wade did not want Zoe to think he didn't trust her not to try and take Jack from him, but he did not want this to happen again. Of course he would have to ask George if they did sign a custody agreement if Mrs. Hart could try her suit again. Wade knew before this was over with Mrs. Hart was bound to show up once again in person.

Pulling into a fast food restaurant he knew sold Icee Wade pulled into a parking spot deciding he would try to call Ethan Hart before getting the Icee from the drive-thru.

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Zoe was so glad when the hour was up the physical therapist had worked her hard to evaluate what she still needed to work on next week they would work on her endurance when walking. Walking out the door she smiled when she saw Wade's suv parked a few spots down from the door.

Wade smiled when he seen her and motioned for her to get in the front passenger seat, opening the door she laughed when he held up a fast food bag and there was two fountain drinks in the cup holder. She looked in the back to see that Jack was wide awake drinking a small Icee.

"I got you a grilled chicken sandwich and onion rings, thought you might want something different then a hamburger" Wade informed Zoe as he handed her a wrapped sandwich then pulled out the onion rings. "If I didn't have to get back to the Rammer Jammer we could have went and ate somewhere. Sorry about that"

"Wade that's okay I'm wore out anyway I just would like to get home put the tv on and hope Jack watches it so I can lay around" Zoe replied as she unwrapped her sandwich "Thank you for getting us lunch"

"Well Doc, I could not let you and our boy go hungry could I?" Wade asked as he unwrapped his own Fish sandwich it was friday after all. He pulled out a small sack of fries from the take out bag after taking a few bites from his sandwich.

"How did therapy go?" Wade asked after taking a sip of his drink and looking towards Zoe.

"It was good" Zoe responded with "We have a plan in place to build up my endurance in walking hopefully soon I will be able to push Jack's stroller into BlueBell"

"Ya know Zoe if you need to ever use the Suv you can anytime" Wade said hating that Zoe felt like she had to walk into BlueBell.

"I know that" Zoe answered back between bites of her sandwich "There are certain days though you need your Suv, I will have to get another car."

"Do you have a certain car in mind?" Wade ask after he ate a french fry "are you looking for new or used?"

"Depends on price" Zoe answered then ate a onion ring before continuing "right now I don't know what my Mother has done with my saving. I'm going to ask George if he could help me look into that"

"You never asked her about that when you were living with her?" Wade asked thinking that was something he would have asked about right away.

"Money wasn't really something I thought a lot about, she told me my card credits were all paid off. So many thing were going on and I only saw my Mother one day a week when I was in the nursery facility. Then when I had got out I told you all about not leaving my room for a week over thinking I miscarried Jack." Zoe explained "I was just starting to look for a job when I found your letter. My Mother was paying for everything I needed"

"Sounds to me like she was trying to control you" Wade blurt out not being able to stop himself not that he really wanted too.

"I know I should have been smarter then to fall for that" Zoe moaned out mad at herself for allowing her Mother to have that much control over her life and not realizing it right away. Or for not being more angry when she learned about how her Mother had alienated her from all her friends. Of course she had been recovery from a brain injury which might have something to do with that.

"Don't beat yourself up about that Doc, you were hurt and injury of course you wasn't thinking about money at a time like that" Wade said not wanting Zoe to feel bad about it. Turning his head he seen Jack was still drinking his Icee he had to smile at the toddler he sure enjoyed a cherry Icee.

"I did get a hold of your Dad" Wade told Zoe looking at her "His plane lands tomorrow, he's going to rent a car then drive out to the Carriage house"

"Oh" Zoe replied she was a little shocked he was coming back until she actually seen him in person she wasn't going to truly believe it. "That's good"

"Jack you what a chicken nugget?" Wade ask his son trying to change the subject seeing as Zoe did not sound like she was happy that her Father was coming to visit tomorrow. The baby looked up from his drink and shook his little head 'No'.

"After I finish this sandwich I'll switch seats and feed Jack the nuggets" Zoe said then took another bite of her food.

"Or you could drive us home and I feed Jack the nuggets?" Wade suggested.

"No I've never been to this part of Mobile before I would get us lost" Zoe replied right before shoving the last part of her sandwich into her mouth wanting to get into the back seat next to Jack all the faster now. Once she had finished chewing she took a big sip of soda then opened the door jumping out.

Wade just laughed as Zoe ran around the front of the Suv to get to the driver's side passenger door. Once she was inside he handed her the bag with the nuggets in them. He knew Jack would put up a fight to not have his Icee taken from him. But if Zoe wanted to do the great Icee battle that was all on her, he had offered to take care of that but she wanted to set back there.

"Jack look what Mommy has" Zoe said pulling a chicken nugget out of the bag. Then she brought it closer to Jack's face asking "Do you want to eat it?" The toddler looked at the nugget then at his Mother then at his Icee. Zoe could see his little brain working out how this would work.

"Mommy will feed you the nuggets if you want, and you can keep your Icee" Zoe offered to her baby boy. Jack liked that idea and said "Yes" right away.

"Got to hand it to ya Doc, you know just how to handle Jack" Wade said as he throw his sandwich wrapper into the take out back.

"Bucket up we're moving out"

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George was smiling as he walked up to the Carriage house finally he could give some good news to Zoe and by extension Wade, he hated being the bearer of bad news to Wade all the time. Well not all the time just it seemed to George some of the most important things he found he had to tell his friend was bad news. Of course George had been the one who told Wade he was going to be a Father which was good news, but he had thought he was telling him that Zoe was pregnant by another man so that was bad.

Today though as George waited for Zoe and Wade to return from Mobile he had good news so he was happily waiting for the small family of three to appear. What he hadn't expected was one Candice Hart to drive up. And with her arrival that good day George had been having seem to just disappear.