She is at her wit's end. Having to fill out the same fire insurance forms for the third time is making her go batty. She's grateful for the last month that she's been spending with her parents and she knows that her son loves being here as well, but there really can't be so much red tape in order to get reimbursed for the contents of her loft. She filled out the same forms three times now and the insurance company still kicks it back for some stupid mistake. Actually, it's not a mistake it's more about punctuation. A missing comma here, a wrong address, or a missing decimal point there. She is fed up with the whole process of getting reimbursed for her belongings. She thinks that the insurance company is doing it on purpose so she won't be paid. This is a conversation that she has had with her parents many times over the last two weeks and they keep telling her that big companies sometimes lose the little people. That's fine, but it doesn't help her get her stuff replaced. She can't believe that she can be swept under the carpet that easily.

When she was at work last week she saw a little girl with red hair waiting in the emergency room seating area. She is automatically brought back to Alexis and how she looked when she drove them back to their temporary home four weeks ago. She knows that Rick had something to hide. Maybe something he wasn't ready to talk about yet, but his daughter spoke volumes to her without saying a word. She hopes that they are adjusting to life in Dallas. It can be a vast undertaking in itself. She realizes that they are now most likely in the same situation, they're both homeless. Rick and Alexis are looking for a place to live and now, and so is she. Maybe they could be neighbors. Hey, anything is possible so she won't disregard the possibility.

"Katie, are you going to get down here anytime soon? We only have a half an hour before your father blows a gasket." Her mother shouted out in the general direction of her room upstairs.

"Mom just keep him busy. Eli an I will be down as soon as Eli finds his mitt." Kate yelled back at her mother.

That boy! He could lose anything in the span of two seconds. Johanna is happy that her daughter is back living with her and her father. Cramped as it may be, they find a way to make it work. In a way, she does not want either of them to leave but she knows that she is wishing for the impossible because one day they will be where they were over a month ago, alone.

"Mom could you not have him wanting to prod Eli every two minutes? The last time they went to a Rangers game he went without his glove and it was just fine." Kate yelled back.

"Honey you need to remember that we have changed our seats for this game to the first base line to be able to catch a foul ball for Eli. So, he needs his glove in order to do that." Johanna yelled back.

"Baby you need to find your mitt. Your grandfather is going to be upset if you don't."

"Mom come on he won't be that upset!"

"You do know who you are talking about right?"

"Yeah, I know. I'll find it I promise." Eli tells her knowing that his grandfather would be a little upset if he could not find his glove.

Kate leaves him to it as he tries to find his glove. It's been a weekend ritual that they've been doing since Kate moved back with her parents. Every Saturday they treat themselves to a Rangers home game if they're in town and she can't say that she doesn't like it. Because it is so much fun when they all get to go together.

It had been a while since she had been able to get time off from work to go with them to a game. But her mother and father had taken Eli religiously to every Saturday afternoon game in the last month when they had a home game at the stadium. This was the first time in two weeks that she had been able to attend a game with them. Kate had made an agreement with her mother and father after the first game they went to. He made them promise that they would never buy all the souvenirs they bought at the first game they went to. Eli's room was already filled with foam fingers, pennants, and every imaginable type of baseball paraphernalia that the stadium vendors sold. If they didn't curb their spending on their grandson she promised that there would never be another Saturday game altogether and so far, it's worked. But she wouldn't put it past her father to buy something for her son and give it to him later when she didn't see him giving it to him.

"Hey, Mom I found it! It was lying in the bottom of my closet. I can't really imagine how it got there since I just used it last week with Grandpa. But I did find it." Eli shouted out.

Kate hears this as she passes his bedroom door and wonders the same thing.

"Come on and get a move on then Eli. We've got a game to get to."

Xx

It didn't matter if she was still waiting for her insurance check to cover her losses from the fire she still needed to find a place to stay. She's very appreciative of her parents giving her room to stay with them but she is independent and her son is a bit hesitant around her parents' home. That's why on Saturday she has an appointment with a realtor to look at houses that would fit her and Eli's needs. She'll be able to take him for tomorrow's appointments but on Monday she'll have to do it on her own. The money she has saved and the money she hopes to get from the insurance company should be able to pay off at least half of a house in the Dallas area if she plays her cards right. She wants to look at the house she noticed on Zillo. It has at least four bedrooms one for her, one for Eli and maybe a third one will be an office or an entertainment room and the last one well, who knows what she'll do with that one. More bathrooms and the garage would be nice this time around. It's the one thing she didn't have at the loft. But now it's time for fun so she will go with her parents and her son to hopefully watch the Texas Rangers beat up on the New York Yankees.

It turns out that the day was that much better then she could have imagined. Her father and Eli had both come out of their seats and lunged for a foul ball hit by Joey Gallo and Eli was the one to come away with it. She watched as the smile on his face got wider and wider until her dad told him that he was just lucky. After a second to think about they all started to laugh.

They left the stadium with a caught foul ball and a win. The final score was Rangers 4, Yankees 3. It was a good day to be a Texas Rangers fan.

Xx

Kate and Eli waited for the realtor to come out of her office with the listing for the house they were going to see. It was in a better part of Dallas and she was happy that they could be in a better area.

"Kate, Eli this home at 6839 Walnut Hill Lane is a buyers delight. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a three car garage. The deck was just redone and it's got a neighborhood that is amazing."

"Okay. Let's go see it."

By the time Kate Eli and the realtor had arrived, they noticed a 2017 Cadillac CTS sitting in the street at the address as they pulled up to it.

"Kate, I'm sure that these people are just lookie-loos. They can't be seriously thinking about putting an offer in on this home." Kim the realtor said.

They all got out of her new Lincoln MKz and watched as the people walked around to the back of the house taking in every small detail of the house they were looking at.

"Kate, Eli what I think we should do is take a look at the interior of this home. This way it'll give the other realtor time to finish up their tour." Kim suggested.

All Kate could do was nod. But something was bothering her. She'd seen the people heading to the back before. She could never forget that red hair. So, to prove her theory correct she broke off from the realtor who was holding on to Eli's hand making sure he was safe and she followed the path they took around the back of the house. It was like a game of cat-and-mouse by the time she enters the backyard they were heading back towards their car as she met Kim by the back door she could have sworn she knew the man standing next to the little girl with red hair. Kim gets the key from the lockbox and they enter the home. It's everything they want and more.

"Kate the seller is motivated and wants to sell to a person who wants to raise a family. That's what they did when they first bought this house and they would like to see it put to the same use the way they did."

"Kim, is there any way you can find out who was just here looking at this house?"

"I'm sure I could, but why?"

"It's just that I think I know those people," Kate said still unsure.

"Mom? Who were they?" Eli asked.

Just as Kim was going to answer the door swung open revealing the first realtor they just saw outside. His head was turned towards the interior of the house not realizing that there were clients standing in the kitchen, then a deep voice sounded from behind the realtor,

"Alexis honey you need to be quick. I'm sure the bathroom has toilet paper but if it doesn't just yell out and I will find you some….." But his voice trailed off as he finally saw who was standing there in the home.

Kate watched as a red blur fly past her. By the time the bathroom door slams closed the realtor notices that they're not alone.

"Sorry to intrude. Nature called." The realtor said looking a bit bashful.

It wasn't until Rick walked into the kitchen and noticed that the lady who helped him a while ago was standing in front of him.

"Kate?"

"Rick?"