Lucky Chapter 3
"Great work guys, as usual!" Mayfair said as she rose from her seat at the conference table
The others were sorting out the paperwork that they brought to the meeting. Zapata was looking mischievous.
"So Weller, how is Britney doing? Is she going to be Sawyer's Aunt soon?"
Kurt was already out of his chair but paused to give her a scathing look.
"Is that what you really think of me? That I would take advantage of someone in my employ and someone who is nearly half my age? Really? She's just turned twenty two!" said an indignant Kurt
Zapata got up quickly to stand in front of her boss, the best boss she's ever had and placed a hand on his arm.
"Hey, I was just messing with you. I know what kind of guy you are. Plus I know that you prefer dark haired ladies that happened to be covered head to toe in tats!"
This seemed to appease Kurt.
"Sorry, I…I just…have some things on my mind."
Reade was looking at him speculatively whereas Zapata, Patterson and Mayfair all shared a look and Mayfair took the reins of the conversation.
"So Kurt how is Britney?"
Kurt hesitated, he opened and closed his mouth a couple of times as if he was going to say something but then changed his mind about it. This was not the usual confident man that the others knew and they were concerned about him.
"Kurt, take a seat."
Kurt looked at Mayfair and was debating ignoring her 'suggestion' when she repeated the statement but this time letting him know it was an order not an option.
"Tell us what's going on."
Again they all watched as the usually self-assured agent hesitated.
"Kurt?"
"Look, this is going to sound weird but I'm not too sure about Britney…"
"Why?" asked Patterson
"I got home early one day a couple of weeks ago and …and…"
"And what?" asked Reade
"Britney was in the kitchen…"
"Okaaaay?" said Zapata
"Why is that weird?" asked Mayfair
"She was wearing one of my shirts."
There was silence after his admission.
"Why?" asked Zapata
Kurt looked at her in confusion.
"Well, she said she spilt something on her top and the laundry was right there so she put my shirt on instead…"
"and you don't believe her?" clarified Mayfair
Kurt rubbed his hand over his face.
"Look, she's there for Sawyer, to look after him. I do his laundry and mine. She's not a maid…"
"Okaaaay?" added Patterson
"You've all been to my apartment, her room isn't that far away and I'm pretty sure that shirt was in my room…"
"How sure?" asked Reade
"99%"
"Get rid of her!" stated Zapata
"Sawyer likes her."
"She's a psycho!" declared Zapata
"But Sawyer…"
"Kurt, you need to be comfortable in your own place and Sawyer will get used to someone else!" stated the ever clear headed Patterson
"Has anything else happened?" asked Mayfair
"The shirt thing freaked me out so I started locking my bedroom door, but I swear things were moved in my room…"
"Find someone else, now!" reiterated Zapata
"How has Sawyer been?" asked Reade
"I would have said fine until last night…"
"What happened?" asked Mayfair
"I thought I heard something so I went out to have a look and there was Sawyer just outside my room as if he was going to come inside…"
"and?" prompted Zapata
"And, when I was going to step back to let him in, the living room lights were switched on, Britney was standing there. She wasn't anywhere near him but I swear the atmosphere changed and Sawyer just…I don't know…"
"Hey, Sawyer, are you coming to sleep with me tonight?"
Sawyer didn't make eye contact but shook his head.
"So why are you awake?"
Sawyer shrugged his shoulders.
"C'mon Sawyer, I'll take you back to your room." Said Britney
"It's ok, I'll take Sawyer back."
"It's no trouble, after all it is my job!"
"Britney, thank you but you can go back to whatever you were doing; I'll take care of Sawyer now. Goodnight!"
He guided Sawyer back to his room but the preteen seemed subdued and no amount of coaxing would get his nephew to talk to him albeit non verbally.
"…there was something about it that …I don't know…I was going to pick him up from school and talk to him. It was just weird."
All the others were just thinking about what they had just heard.
"Kurt, trust your instincts. You know Sawyer, we all know Sawyer and that's not his usual behaviour. Even when he stopped talking he was still the same Sawyer, a little sadder for obvious reasons but essentially the same." Declared Zapata
Kurt looked around and everyone was nodding their heads in agreement.
"Has Sawyer said anything to you the last few times you took him out?" Kurt asked Reade
"What are you talking about? I haven't seen him for a while."
Kurt looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean that you haven't seen him in a while?"
"Well the last couple of times he's cancelled because he had too much homework and because he wanted to spend time with Jane!"
"What?! He never told me. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you knew…"
"Kurt…" Mayfair began, she waited until he looked at her "…call Jane."
They all watched as he pulled out his cell and called Jane, he checked the time and it would be her lunch break, he put the call on speaker.
"Hey speak of the devil Weller, I was just going to call you…"
"Hey Jane, is everything ok?"
"Well, I know I'm overstepping the mark and everything but…"
"Jane, what is it?"
"I know Sawyer loves Edgar but don't you think it's too much him spending every spare moment with him? I know Edgar is his second dad…"
Kurt and everyone else in the room looked at Reade in confusion; Reade shrugged his shoulders in confusion.
"Er Jane, what are you talking about?" interrupted Kurt
"Well Sawyer cancelled the last few times we were supposed to meet up, which is fine, I understand that he may not want to spend time with me but Weller he shouldn't give up soccer and swimming to spend all of his time with Edgar… Oh my, Edgar is ok right? I mean he's not injured or terminally ill or anything is he?"
"What?"
"Is Edgar ok?"
Kurt was looking bewildered and wasn't talking.
"Jane, you're on speaker and we all heard your conversation. Have you noticed anything different about Sawyer recently?"
"Oh, hey, hi guys, look Edgar I'm sorry if I stepped on your toes…"
"Jane have you noticed anything about Sawyer." Edgar demanded
"Jane it's important…" Kurt began
"Kurt, what's going on?"
"Reade hasn't seen Sawyer in ages; Sawyer has used you and homework as an excuse not to see him…"
"And I'm assuming Edgar as an excuse not to see me? Why? He loves Edgar."
"We don't know you know he also loves you too. How do you know about soccer and swimming?"
"Well, I heard Andy you know Mr Peterson say in the staffroom that it was a shame that Sawyer quit soccer. He asked Sawyer if he was still swimming and Sawyer shook his head…"
"I haven't signed anything to say he's not taking part anymore, as far as I know he's still going to practice."
"What's going on Kurt?" concern in Jane's voice
Kurt was shocked by what he heard. He didn't even hide the tears that began to roll down his cheeks.
"I think…something happened last night…I think…I think…"
"We think Britney may be mistreating Sawyer." Injected Zapata
"WHAT?! But…she loves him…doesn't she?"
"I thought so but there have been a few things that have been weird…"
"Kurt, send me a text so Sawyer knows to leave with me after school, she's not coming anywhere near him. Don't forget to include your code word. I'll text you as soon as I know where we're going."
"You don't have to…"
"Yes I do. You need to get her far away from Sawyer as soon as possible."
"Thanks Jane."
"Just make sure she can never be anywhere near him ever again."
"See you later."
Kurt ended the call and looked at his family.
"Patterson you need to do a deeper background check on Britney. Reade and Zapata you two are going with Kurt to his place and searching it, see if you can find anything on the young lady!"
They all moved out. They were on coms and Mayfair was breathing down Patterson's neck as she did her research.
The other three arrived at Kurt's place in record time.
"Where is she at the moment?" asked Reade
"I don't know and don't care!"
"We're taking her down. No one messes with Sawyer!" said an emphatic Zapata
They walked into the apartment and Reade went to check Kurt's bedroom door only to find it open.
"Kurt, did you lock your door this morning?"
"Yeah."
"Well, it's not locked anymore."
Kurt looked at his bedroom door.
"Hey boss, why don't you check to see if anything is missing? Reade and I'll check out the psycho's room."
The three went to the relevant rooms and began to look through everything. Kurt came to the other bedroom with a puzzled look on his face.
"I swear there are some shirts and …"
"Boxers missing?" Zapata questioned
Kurt looked surprised.
"How did you know?"
"Well, I have four of your shirts here hanging up with her clothes and your boxers mixed with her panties…"
"WHAT?!" screeched Weller
"Look…"
"I…I didn't…I've never been in here since she moved in, this is her room…"
"Kurt relax…we know you didn't put any of those in here…"
"I don't think you should relax…" said Reade
"Why? What did you find?" asked Patterson on the coms
"I found the family album."
"Huh?"
Reade brought over the first of three scrapbooks and what they saw freaked them all out. There were photos of Kurt with Sawyer and Britney had stuck a photo of herself by them as if they were a happy little family. She had also superimposed her face onto Allie's in every photo, including the ones of Allie holding Ella, even adding Kurt's face to the photos of Allie, Connor and Ella. There were even some intimate photos of different random couples and she had stuck her and Kurt's faces to all of the images.
"Fuck!" said Kurt
"That's what she was hoping for." Said Zapata
"What's going on?" asked Patterson
"I'm sending you a video of what we've found…" said Reade
"Oh my! Wackerdoodle seems like an understatement!" replied Patterson
"Kurt, I'm sending a team to collect evidence…Kurt?"
Reade and Zapata looked at their friend, their boss and saw the devastation on his face.
"He's a little stunned at the moment. On the bright side the photos of Sawyer haven't been defaced or anything…" said Zapata
"Thank goodness for small mercies I suppose." Muttered Mayfair
The crime scene techs scoured the entire apartment. They collected the evidence, all the clothes, the photos and they found Britney's diary. Everything was transported back to the lab. By the time his apartment was cleared it was the end of the school day so he sent Britney a text.
"Jane is spending time with Sawyer after school. She'll bring him home."
He left Reade and Zapata in the apartment to bring Britney in. As he was sending the text when he received one from Jane.
"Meet us in our favourite place?"
Jane and Sawyer arrived at their favourite pizza place; they selected a booth and sat facing the door with Sawyer on the inside. Jane turned to face Sawyer who had his head down.
"Hey Sawyer I need to ask you a question and I need you to be honest with me ok?"
Sawyer nodded his head.
"I noticed the marks on your arm; did your Uncle Kurt make those marks?"
Jane already knew the answer but she felt she had to ask it just in case she was accused of being biased. Sawyer vehemently shook his head.
"Did Britney make those marks?"
Sawyer didn't move at all not to deny or confirm and that was enough for Jane. It took all of her strength not punch the wall she didn't want to freak Sawyer out. So instead they (meaning her) talked about what they could order, 'they' decided on an extra-large sausage, pepperoni and mushroom pizza with extra cheese and a side order of fries. About 15 minutes after Jane placed their order, she saw Kurt walking in to the place and their eyes locked, he looked so defeated she was shocked. Jane got out from the booth and went to talk to Kurt.
"I saw some finger marks on his arm; I asked him if you made them…" Jane held her hands up in defence before Kurt could say anything "he shook his head 'no' then I asked if Britney made them and he was completely and utterly still, which gave me the answer."
Jane touched Kurt's arm.
"Let's not get into it here, let's enjoy the meal and we can talk about it after ok? This is not the place. Or do you want to leave straight away?"
Kurt took a deep breath and shook his head as he watched his nephew who looked so scared, they made their way back to the booth, Kurt sat next to Sawyer while Jane moved to sit on the opposite side.
"Hey buddy, I love you. So many people love you and you have nothing to worry about or be scared of ok? We have your back. You haven't done anything wrong. We're going to enjoy our dinner then we're having a sleepover at Jane's, you're going to love that right?"
Sawyer nodded his head. Kurt couldn't wait, he grabbed Sawyer and pulled him into a hug and kissed his temple and whispered 'I love you' to him again and again. Once Kurt was calm he let Sawyer go and ruffled his curly hair which made the youngster smile. Kurt raised his eyebrows when he saw the pizza arrive as well as the fries.
"What? We were going to order one each but we didn't want to embarrass you if you couldn't finish yours so we settled on sharing one and having fries."
Sawyer managed to eat half of one slice while the other two barely managed a slice each.
"Hey, at least we have breakfast for tomorrow. C'mon let's head out, actually give me a minute, I need to head to the ladies."
Kurt put an arm around Sawyer and the young boy leaned into him. Jane came back with their leftovers boxed up.
"I'll just sort out the cheque and be back in a minute." Said Kurt
"No need, I've paid."
Kurt stopped and looked at her.
"Excuse me?"
Jane looked at him in confusion about his tone.
"What?"
"You've already paid?"
"Yeah, when I went to the ladies, on the way back I paid. Why?"
Kurt just gave her a look as if to say 'seriously?'.
"I was going to pay…"
"Does it matter?"
Kurt took in a breath and counted to ten in his head.
"I didn't expect you to pay for the meal, I was going to."
"Again, does it matter?"
"It's the right thing to do!"
Jane tilted her head to the side.
"Because….?"
"I'm the man."
Jane stood there with her mouth open; it took her half a minute to close it.
"Kurt, we're in 2017. Don't you think it is a bit unfair for the 'guy' to pay for everything?"
"No!"
"Kurt, I invited Sawyer and you out, I should pay…"
"Nope!"
Jane looked to Sawyer to see if he thought his Uncle was being crazy. Sawyer looked back and forth between his Uncle and Jane and decided retreat was the best option and then studiously looked at the menu.
"See, Sawyer agrees with me." Said a triumphant Kurt
"He's ignoring both of us because he doesn't want to get involved in this ridiculous debate!"
"Oh please! You're wrong."
"I think we're going to have to agree to disagree. C'mon let's go or should I wait for you to bring the car around?"
When they arrived at Jane's place, Kurt took out his and Sawyer's 'go bags' and carried them in to Jane's place refusing her offer help, Jane just rolled her eyes.
They were all subdued when they entered as they knew that their earlier conversation was going to continue.
"I'm going to grab a quick shower; you remember where my room is so you two can share that."
Kurt watched as Jane went to her room then heard the bathroom door close. He turned to his nephew who was refusing to look at him.
"C'mon Sawyer, let's put our bags in Jane's bedroom and we can have a talk."
Sawyer knew it wasn't really a suggestion it was more of a statement so he followed his Uncle. Kurt sat on the bed and patted the space next to him and Sawyer sat next to him.
"So…Jane tells me there are marks on your arm, can I have a look?"
Kurt watched as Sawyer kept his head down but slowly pulled his left sleeve up to reveal the hand print. Kurt saw red and really wanted to do some harm to the woman who he intrusted his nephew to. He counted to thirty in his head as at ten he was still too mad before he spoke.
"Sawyer, you know this is not your fault, right?"
Sawyer kept his head down.
"Right?"
There was still no movement from the youngster.
"Sawyer, no one, absolutely no one has the right to hurt you like that. I trusted Britney and I know you liked her as well, we all did but she had no right to hurt you. Did she hurt you anywhere else?"
Kurt watched as Sawyer began to breathe a little more deeply and then he watched as Sawyer took his sweater off and his t-shirt to show the hand prints in his shoulders. Kurt knew why Britney had stopped taking Sawyer to swim practice as she wouldn't be able to hide the bruises.
"Anywhere else?"
Sawyer shook his head.
"Did she ever…ever erm see or touch you when you were in the shower or when you were in bed?"
The time it took for Sawyer to look him in the eye and vehemently shake his head felt like hours to Kurt but it really was a tenth of a second. He let out the breath that he didn't realise he was holding when Sawyer shook his head.
"Are you sure? It's nothing to be embarrassed about and remember you didn't do anything wrong. Did she touch you anywhere else?"
Another vehement shake of the head and Kurt breathed easy.
"Ok, ok, I'm going to have to take some photos so people know what she's done to you ok? They will be used to make sure Britney doesn't hurt you again and that she doesn't hurt anyone else, ok?"
A quick nod was the answer.
Kurt took out his phone and took a few photos, a close up of each bruise, a front and back view as well. Kurt sent them to Patterson and Reade. He knew that his team were collecting as much evidence to make sure that Britney was put away for a very long time. He heard Jane exit the bathroom and told Sawyer to get his stuff ready as it was his turn for a shower.
"D…do you need any help?"
Sawyer hadn't needed 'help' in the shower for years they both knew that so the young boy gave him an incredulous look and shook his head then turned and made his way to the bathroom. Kurt made his way back to the living room and saw Jane was in the kitchen, her hair was damp. Jane turned around when she heard someone behind her; she wasn't really surprised it was Kurt. He looked exhausted.
"How did it go?"
"Well, he showed me the bruises on his arm and the ones on his shoulders…so that's something. I still can't believe it. I had to take photos of him and send it to Patterson so she could have it as evidence and Reade as like you said he's Sawyer's second father."
"How is Sawyer otherwise?"
"I don't know. I tried to reassure him that he's not in trouble and that no one has the right to hurt him but I don't know if that went in or not. I asked him if she ever saw or touched him when he was in the shower or bed, god, I never thought I would ever have to ask him that sort of question…"
"What did he say?" whispered Jane
Kurt smiled.
"He shook his head so vigorously that there was no doubt in my mind that we don't have to worry about that. I even asked him if he needed help in the shower and you should have seen the look he gave me." Kurt said with a smile
"So that's good then. So what are you going to do?"
"Well, we're staying here the night, sorry for springing that on you. Is it ok? We could always go to a hotel for the night if that's better for you…"
"I'm not even going to answer that stupid question, let's put it down to you being highly stressed at the moment."
"Thanks Jane."
"Don't mention it. I think the bathroom is free if you want to…"
"Yeah, I will thanks. Will you be ok with Sawyer?"
"Yeah, we can watch another film that 'I must see' and he can help me make the hot chocolate…"
"With marshmallows?"
"What sort of question is that?"
Jane turned to see Sawyer standing in the kitchen.
"Hey Sawyer, your Uncle was actually asking if we're going to put marshmallows in our hot chocolate, isn't that a silly question? Of course we are. We'll have it ready by the time he finishes his shower, won't we?"
Sawyer nodded his head.
"Fine, but I better have the same number of marshmallows in my mug as you two!"
"You'll have to wait and see."
Kurt shook his head and left to go have his shower while Jane and Sawyer started to make the hot chocolate.
There were three steaming cups on the coffee table when he came back downstairs. All three had a mountain of marshmallows. Jane and Sawyer came back into the living room with some snacks and Jane stopped and kept on looking back between the two Wellers. She put the bowl of popcorn down and got her phone and took a photo of the 'Weller men'.
"That's just too cute, matching pyjamas."
They were both wearing checked pyjama bottoms and blue t-shirt. They smiled at her comment and watched as she did something with her phone, presumably sending the photo to Reade and Zapata. He was right as not five seconds he received replies from the whole team. He showed Sawyer the messages which made him smile.
None of them managed to sit through the whole film; they were all asleep on the sofa. Kurt was the first one to wake up, Sawyer was slouched against him and Jane was asleep on the other side of Sawyer. He leaned forward to switch the DVD and TV off, the movements waking the other two.
"Hey, looks like we'll have to watch that another time. C'mon, time for bed."
Kurt pulled a sleepy Sawyer to his feet and began walking them towards Jane's bedroom, he turned around to look at Jane and saw her get comfortable on the sofa.
Something was wrong she could feel it. She looked up from her space on the sofa and saw someone sitting at the kitchen table, she knew it was Kurt and got up to sit by him. He was nursing a cup of hot chocolate and there were tears running down his cheeks. Jane put her hand on his arm to comfort him.
"Hey, do you want to talk about it?" whispered Jane
She watched as he struggled to take in a breath and waited, she knew he would open up when he could.
"I still can't believe this has happened. I mean I let her into our home. I left her with Sawyer. I chose her and she hurt him. How could I have not seen it?"
"Kurt, you trusted her, she came with good references. You did all the background checks; there was nothing else you could have done."
"You're wrong; I could have got rid of her as soon as I saw her wearing my shirt. I could have asked Sawyer if he was comfortable with her…"
"Kurt, you can't keep on second guessing yourself…"
"Why not? I brought her into our lives. I brought her into our lives and she hurt Sawyer. I will never be able to forgive myself for that."
"Kurt, when did you realise something was wrong regarding Sawyer? Last night?"
Kurt nodded his head.
"Exactly, and I bet you didn't go back to bed, you slept on the sofa didn't you?"
Kurt chuckled in a sad way.
"Not quite, I stayed up watching TV…"
"Did you actually see what was on the screen?"
"No…"
"No, you did that so Sawyer would find you if he needed you and Britney wouldn't be able to go to Sawyer if she tried. As soon as you thought there was something amiss you made sure that she wouldn't be able to get to him. I'm betting that if I called Reade or Zapata right now they would tell me that you were late to work this morning because you took Sawyer to school, am I right?"
Kurt nodded his head.
"You didn't leave her with Sawyer for one second when you thought there was something going on. You did everything you could."
"But supposing Sawyer wants to leave and live with Edgar? Supposing Sawyer feels safer with Edgar...?"
Kurt jumped when he felt two arms wrap around his neck from behind, he brought his hand up to steady the arms, then they moved and Sawyer was by his side and managed to sit on his lap and rest his head on his chest. Kurt's arms came around to surround this precious boy and he kissed Sawyer's head. Jane smiled at the scene.
"I think that's your answer!"
Kurt smiled.
"So has Sawyer got school tomorrow?"
"No, he's coming with me to the office."
Sawyer looked up into his Uncle's eyes with a question of his own.
"We need to clear a few things up and the rest of the family want to see you; I've been ordered to bring you to the office by EVERYONE."
"Cool, so that means we can have a movie marathon and we have pizza, it would be a shame to waste it…"
"I thought the pizza was going to be for our breakfast?"
"Well we could have your famous chocolate chip pancakes instead, it would be hard but I think me and Sawyer will be able to choke a few down."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, really what do you say Sawyer?"
Sawyer nodded his head and shared a 'hi-five' with Jane which left Kurt shaking his head in defeat.
"Fine, I'm outnumbered. C'mon buddy you choose the film and I'll get the pizza ready."
Sawyer jumped from his lap and took Jane's hand and dragged her back to the sofa while he chose another film. They watched one while enjoying their midnight snack and fell asleep during the second, Kurt was sitting with his feet on the coffee table on the right hand side of the sofa with Sawyer's head in his lap while Jane's feet were against his thighs. Jane was sprawled out on the left side of the sofa with Sawyer's socked feet in her face.
Kurt took a photo of the other two once he woke up. He didn't want to move, he wanted to stay there forever. Eventually he did move and went to clean up for the day. By the time he was back in the living room Jane was moving as carefully as possible so she wouldn't disturb Sawyer, not that anything would. He watched as she checked her phone with a puzzled look.
"Everything ok?" Kurt indicated to her cell
"Yeah, just an impromptu meeting at school, I best go get ready."
As promised they had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and all three headed out at the same time, Jane declining a lift to school.
"Thank you so much for yesterday and last night Jane."
"You don't need to thank me."
"But I want to, so THANK YOU."
Sawyer just wrapped his arms around her waist and held on for a while; Jane wrapped her arms around him and looked over his head at Kurt who had a small smile on his face.
When they arrived at the office Sawyer was gathered up by everyone in the team. Kurt was given an update while Sawyer was otherwise engaged.
"She admitted to physically using force on Sawyer…" Mayfair began
"Did she say why?"
"Sawyer saw her coming out of your room in one of your shirts and she knew he was going to tell you about it. She tried to tell him that you two were a couple and that she was going to be his new Aunt but she knew Sawyer didn't believe it so tried to make him stay quiet. She first touched him on Monday and then again on Tuesday. She is delusional, apparently you two are really a couple, and you cook her romantic meals…"
"WHAT?!"
"Well, you two were keeping your relationship a secret because you were worried people would talk about you taking advantage her living under your roof. Her diary entries were very… explicit."
"Ma'am, I never…"
"Oh, hush Kurt! How long have we known each other? I know your character. If you did have a relationship with her you would never keep it a secret. The fact that she's a few years older than Sawyer is reason enough for you not to start anything with her but as Zapata said I'm pretty sure she's not your type. Anyway, we've disproved the majority of her diary entries…"
At his questioning look Mayfair elaborated.
"Well it was easy enough to do, when you two were supposedly 'intimate' you were either here or on a on a mission, you weren't even in your apartment. I would advise you to get a new wardrobe though; I dread to think what she'd done to your clothes and other things."
The team took a half day on Mayfair's orders and Kurt was able to head back to his apartment and start to clear all of Britney's stuff out of the apartment, he knew Sawyer was safe with the rest of the team.
By mid-afternoon, it was agreed that there would be an epic sleepover at Edgar's place and they all wanted Jane to be there so Kurt facetimed her. When she came on the screen she looked a little agitated but tried to hide it.
"Hey Jane, we're all sleeping over at Edgar's tonight and we want you to join us…"
Kurt showed Sawyer next to him nodding his head enthusiastically.
"Oh, that sounds great but unfortunately I'll have to give it a miss, next time maybe?"
Sawyer looked disappointed and gave the cell back to his Uncle. Kurt was looking at Jane intently, trying to figure out what was wrong but she wasn't giving away a thing.
"Ok, next time then. Take care!"
"Bye." Whispered Jane
Sawyer and Kurt spent all weekend at Edgar's; Kurt didn't want to go back to the apartment yet. On Monday morning, Kurt took Sawyer to school and it was hard to leave him. Kurt made sure he was there at the end of the day to collect him. Sawyer rushed out to him almost in tears, it took a few minutes to figure out what made Sawyer so distraught but when he did he took Sawyer's hand and headed to the Principal's office.
"Mr Weller, how can I help you?"
"You can explain why Jane Doe was dismissed!"
"Mr Weller, she took your nephew without our knowledge, we can't condone that. His nanny was distraught and Miss Moore had to comfort her. It was Miss Moore that brought it to my attention…"
"I gave Miss Doe my permission, why didn't you ask me? Why, if it was a problem wasn't I notified that Sawyer was taken off of school property?"
"I…I…I cannot answer that."
"Let me tell you something, Miss Doe loves my nephew and she had my permission to take Sawyer off site. She did it because we just learnt that Sawyer's nanny was mistreating him and she didn't want him to go with her so she kept Sawyer safe and she's been punished for it. And for your information I sent the nanny a text saying that Sawyer was with Jane and not to worry!"
"Oh I did not know about this…"
"I'm going to complain to the school board about the treatment of Miss Doe!"
"Mr Weller? Mr Weller?" the principal called as Kurt and Sawyer walked out
In the SUV Kurt could feel Sawyer's eyes on him.
"I'll sort it out buddy, I promise. How do you feel about having dinner with Edgar tonight?"
Sawyer nodded his head in agreement. Kurt made a quick call to Reade who, without any questions, accepted having Sawyer, they were still staying with him anyway so it wasn't a problem. He knew both Sawyer and Kurt would tell him what had happened when they could.
The pounding on the door was starting to annoy her, she really wanted to ignore it but it was obvious that that wasn't going to happen so she reluctantly went to her door and opened it to find a really annoyed Kurt who walked right by her into her home.
The next day after Kurt had picked up Sawyer from school he had to have a serious conversation with him. They arrived at their apartment, the first time since everything came out, Kurt turned the SUV off and they sat there. Kurt turned around in his seat to speak to Sawyer.
"Hey buddy, you know I love having you at the office with me after school but we can't keep doing that. So I hired a new childminder and they're waiting for us…"
Kurt saw the petrified look on his nephew's face and wanted to do anything to take that away.
"…I want you to promise me something. If you feel uncomfortable or this person does anything, you need to tell me, Edgar, Aunt Tash or Aunt Patterson ok?"
Sawyer looked into his Uncle's eyes and stared for a while then nodded his head slowly.
"Great, c'mon, I'm sure you two are going to get along."
They got out of the SUV and walked hand in hand to the elevator, on the ride up and then walked to their apartment where Kurt opened the door and told Sawyer to go in first. Sawyer took a deep breath and stepped into the apartment and was shocked to see Jane standing there waiting for them. Sawyer was confused for a moment and then looked back to his Uncle and noticed the smile on his face. Sawyer opened his eyes wide and looked back and forth between Jane and his Uncle and he must have seen something he liked because the next thing he did was run to Jane and hugged her tight, Jane just had enough time to get to her knee to catch him and wrap her arms around him just as tightly. After Sawyer had finished hugging Jane he ran to his Uncle who was still by the door and hugged him as well.