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Chapter Three

It has been six months since her last session with Dr. Hunter and Serenity has finally put that part of her life behind her and began to enjoy her new life with her new family. Everyone was so proud of all Serenity has been able to accomplish.

Today is her first day of school and Hank is with her as she went to enroll at Domino High. Serenity is in the Tenth Grade and she is really nervous. After her initial meeting with the Principal, Hank kissed her and he had to leave.

Serenity was a shown to her first class and to her surprise it wasn't so bad. At the end of the day, she had made five new friends and she was really enjoying herself.

It did Hank's heart good to see his baby girl having fun like any other girl her age. She was laughing and always had a smile on her face, not like when she first got there and she was so afraid to show any emotion at all.

One day after school, she asked her father "if she could go over to her friend Lisa's house? They were having a sleep over and she was invited."

Hank smiled at her and said "you know that I have to call her mother first, but if it is alright then sure you can go." Hank called "Mrs. Templeton and found out all the details and he told her that Serenity would indeed be there."

Serenity jumped up and down and shouted YEAH!!!

When he hung up the phone he was attacked by his daughter and she was kissing and hugging him and it was all he could do not to fall to the floor. When she finally stopped, he told her "you better go and pack what you'll need because in about two hours I'm going to be taking you over there."

Serenity ran to her room and all Hank could do was to laugh. He was the happiest man in the world. His little girl was just that, a young girl having fun and enjoying life to the fullest, but what he didn't know that was about to change. He would be getting the phone call that would send all their lives into a nose dive again.

Joey and Seto came over to see if they wanted to go out to dinner with them. When Joey opened the door he was almost knocked down by his sister. "Where's the fire?" Joey asked through his laughter.

"I'm going to sleep over at Lisa's house and we all are going to have lots of fun" Serenity said as she ran out to the car. Hank laughed out loud and said to his son "be right back after I deliver your sister to Lisa's."

Joey and Seto waited inside for Hank to return. When he got back home he was still laughing. "Your sister nearly fell out of the car she was so excited" he said. Now what do I have the pleasure of your company for?" Hank asked.

"We came over to see if you and Serenity wanted to go out to dinner with us" Joey told his father.

"I'm hungry so lets go. Hank said. I never turn down a free meal." They all laughed and got into Seto's Hummer and off they went.

Hank always enjoyed spending time with his son and tonight was going to be a total surprise for him. As they ate, Joey seemed up tight about something and Hank asked him "what in the world is wrong?"

Joey nearly spit his coffee all over his father. "What do you mean?" Joey said as he wiped his face off.

Hank sat there looking at his son and finally Joey cracked and he said "Seto and I are going to get married, if it's alright with you?"

Hank got tears in his eyes as he said "that would make me very happy." He reached over the table and shook hands with Seto and then he told them "it's about time, I was wondering when you'd both decide to tie the knot."

Joey got a far off look in his eyes as he said "what will sis think about it?"

"Joey, your sister loves both you and Seto and I know that she'll be just as happy for the two of you as I am" Hank told his son.

Seto said "this calls for a celebration and he called over the Waiter and asked for his best bottle of Champagne."

Hank toasted them and then he said through his tears "may you both have years of happiness ahead of you." As they drank their champagne they all had tears running down their faces.

Joey could hardly wait till Serenity got home to tell her their news and he prayed that she would also be just as happy and the three of them were.

At Lisa's house, the girls were having the time of their lives. They were talking about boys and laughing. One of the girls asked "has anyone ever kissed a boy, other then your brothers?" This question made Serenity a little apprehensive and she tried to cover her fears. None of the girls had and they went on having a good time. They talked almost all night, but Mrs. Templeton finally had to tell them to go to sleep and the girls giggled but they finally did.

When Serenity called her father to come and get her the next day she was still on cloud nine. She told her father about all that they did, except she left out the part about kissing a boy because it still bothered her. Hank knew that something was bothering her and he decided to wait till they got home to ask her about it.

As he closed the door Hank asked "honey what's wrong?"

Serenity turned to her father and she had tears running down her face and she ran to him and he held her tight. "Please tell me what the matter is?" Hank said.

Serenity finally told him what it was about and his heart went out to her. But he decided to be truthful with her and so he said "listen you're going to be faced with a lot of different kind of question that any normal fifteen year old girl is and sometimes the questions will make you remember things that you want to forget, but you can't let that part of your life stop you from enjoying just being you."

Serenity smiled up at her father and she told him "I love you and I thank God every night that we are together."

Hank had tears in his eyes as he smiled at her and he said "I love you too and I also thank God for sending me the most beautiful and caring daughter." They cried some tears and they just held onto each other. Then Hank said "Joey wants us to go over there he says that he has something to tell us."

Serenity wiped her face and she said "lets go and see what he wants."

And they walked out the door. They didn't hear the phone ring. It was the call that would change everything, The answering machine kicked in and the following instructions were: You have reached the home of Hank Wheeler, I'm not able to come to the phone at this time so please at the tone leave your name and number and a brief message and I will get back to you when I can. BEEP, it was a call from the Prosecuting Attorney that represented Serenity's case against Jim Winter. Mr. Wheeler, I'm calling to inform you that Mr. Winter has escaped from the Police who was transporting him to the facility where he was to serve his term. The Police have an APB out and they are certain that they will apprehend him soon. Please inform your Police Department whom we have been in contact with if you receive any communication for Mr. Winter. My number is and he gave Hank his personal phone number and told Hank to call day or night if he had any questions.

Please R& R.