Chapter 5 (Chris Feldman)

I was asleep until I heard a shriek from somewhere in the house. It wasn't Cecilia because she was with me in our bed and she would wake up, if she did, then she would proceed to wake me up telling me that she just had a nightmare, so it must come from Sam Benson, who's having the nightmare.

I opened my eyes seeing my wife's head on my chest, which made up my mind to stay in bed with her. Absentmindedly, I started to play with her hair, which woke her up. She looks at me with unshed tears in her eyes then glances at the digital clock on my bedside table, and she groans into my chest. It was too early to be up and I knew tonight will be a rough night for all of us. Suddenly, we both heard a scream, which got us up from our bed, and Cecilia forgot to take the covers off before she tumbles, face first, onto our bed.

"Ce, you okay?" I ask my wife quietly.

"We need to get to Sam," she said getting out of the blankets.

When she was standing, I gave Cecilia her slippers before grabbing my cellphone to use as a flashlight.

She grabs my hand when she got her slippers on commanding me, "Let's go!"

My wife dragged me downstairs. When we got downstairs, I flicked on the entrance way lights, so they could flood the living room with some light, for that purpose, we weren't going in there blind. Sam was on the floor trying to reach for something. I move the coffee table, closer to where I had it before watching the movie last night, and sat down on top of it. While I was doing that, my wife decided to lay down on the couch and starts to poke Sam to wake him up from his nightmare.

"Sam, wake up, please," she said gently and begins to play with his hair like I did with hers earlier.

"Please, Sam," she pleaded.

I leaned over to the end of the couch, by my wife's head which she was passed out from exhaustion, where we had put a small bookcase that she had put a small lamp, when we were newly married and decorated the room. I turned on the lamp, which cause Sam to come out of his nightmare and wake up. He was confused and looked around the room before he questions, "Where am I?"

"Sam," I called out to him while resuming my spot on the coffee table.

"Mr. Chris," he sighed in relief rapping his arms around my waist.

I notice that Cecilia hasn't moved since Sam came out of his nightmare, which got me thinking about how to wake her up by being gentle and bring her out of dreamland. I could wake her with a gentle kiss on her forehead, but I couldn't continue with that thought because Sam started to moving, which brought me back to my task to make sure he wasn't hurt.

"Sam," I said to get his attention.

"Yes?" he responds politely.

"You're not going anywhere right now," I said before Sam interrupts me.

"Why not? Because I got to use the bathroom," he stated.

"I will let you use the bathroom in a minute, but after you answer my question," I told him to wait and be patient.

"Okay, fine," he sighs.

"You fell off of the couch, does anything hurt?" I ask checking for anything that was hurt on his body just using my eyes.

"No, nothing hurts, I just need to use the bathroom. Could I go now?" Sam begged.

"May or can, and go ahead," I said letting him go to the bathroom but only after I could correct his question.

"Thank you," he said before leaving me to give my full attention to my sleeping wife.

She had her left arm dangling over the edge of the couch, and her right was underneath her head as a pillow. Really, I didn't want to wake her, but I knew she would wonder if Sam was okay, or not. So, I kneel in front of her, and took her left hand lacing our fingers together. When I kiss her forehead and said her name softly, she finally opened her eyes.

"Dang it. I fell asleep on you, didn't I?" she wondered.

"Yes, you did, but don't worry. Sam's alright and using the bathroom now," I said.

"Really, he's alright?" Cecilia questioned sitting up on the couch.

"That's what he said…," I said before she finishes, "…yet you don't believe him."

"I trust him but I don't really believe that he was telling me the whole truth. There is something more and it's bothering me," I told her sitting right next to her on the couch.

"What time is it?" Cecilia ask yawning.

"It's two AM, right now," I read out loud showing the lock screen on my cell.

"It's still too early to be awake. I'm tired," she stated tiredly, and I was yawning this time.

"I agree, so let's move to the stairs and wait for Sam there," I suggests.

"Sure," she sighs, and gets up from the couch with me following in suit.

We went to the stairs and sat down, with my wife sitting in front of me on the step lower. I begin to comb her hair with my fingers, while she leans into me. A moment later, Sam comes toward us and we all head upstairs to the bedrooms. Sam picks the bedroom across the hallway from the master bedroom, which was Cecilia and my room. Cecilia stayed with Sam across the hall until he fell asleep so he could be comforted while falling asleep. I fell asleep before she came back to bed, so I didn't even know if she did so or not.

The next morning, I woke up to someone poking my arm. I saw that it was my cousin, Lindsey, who was poking me. I was wondering why she was here and why didn't she call me before barging into my home.

"Linds, why are you here?" I ask sitting up.

"Can I visit my cousin and best friend whenever I want without having someone question my actions?" she retorts back.

"I can question you whenever I want because I am older, plus yes, you can visit us whenever but I would like a little warning before you barge into my house. Also, what time is it? It can't be too early because you're here," I stated.

She takes her phone out of her back pocket of her slacks, "It is 8:20am, Chris. I did call you but I got your answering machine. Why did you ask?"

"Dang it, Linds, I need to get up. Ce, needs to meet Amanda at 10 and I was going to take Sam shopping," I express my plan for today to my cousin before getting up and begin my morning routine.

"You're going shopping with Sam? Where is my best friend, cuz?"

"Let me get dress while you go downstairs to make some coffee. I will answer your questions after I'm changed," I commanded getting some clothes out of the dresser. Lindsey went downstairs to do what I hope to make some coffee for us because Cecilia doesn't mind the smell but hate the taste, so only Lindsey and I will be drinking the coffee.

I got dress and walked over to the room that Sam was using for the night. I saw my wife on the opposite side of the bed with Sam on the other side. That explains why both, Lindsey and I didn't see Cecilia in bed with me. I believe that Sam fell asleep and my wife was too exhausted to get up and come to bed with me.

"You ask for a cup of coffee, so here it is," Lindsey said handing me a cup of coffee.

"Thanks. You got bored at home because Kyle is teaching today and not off like us?" I ask knowing that Kyle teaches at a private high school and doesn't have the same schedule as our public school.

"Yeah, I woke up right when he was saying bye to me and I got up to get some things done, but before I knew it, I completed most everything on my to-do list for today. I got bored, lonely without anyone to keep me company, so I decided to call you, but you didn't answer. So I came over to see you and Cecilia," she said before I interrupted her because I didn't need to hear her tell me what she did step by step. I took a sip of the coffee and it wasn't tasting right.

"You don't need to explain everything to me. I get it. What's in this coffee? It tastes different," I comment.

"Umm, it is coffee, cream, sugar and I just thought to try adding a little, tiny bit of butter to it and try it. I like it, do you?" Lindsey stated to me the ingredients that she put into my coffee.

"Butter? Seriously Linds, that is crazy idea."

"Well, I thought Cecilia might like it," she said hopeful.

"Really?"

"Yes, because I understand what Cecilia doesn't like about coffee. Coffee tastes bitter and doesn't go down smoothly for her. I thought the butter will make it go down smoother than without it," she remarked.

"Okay, let me get Ce and Sam up, and all of us can sit down and have some breakfast. Have you had anything?" I ask wondering if she had anything to eat before heading over here.

"I had some toast before leaving home because I was lonely," she confessed.

"You are so use to having Kyle around, you both sit down having breakfast together every day, and before him, it was me that kept you company," I added giving her a hug.

"I'm not so use to having no one around, and I hate the silence in my apartment when nobody is in there with me. It reminds me when my mom left me at your parents' home, and I was scared and lonely," she admitted.

"Don't worry about being alone today because I won't let that happen. I suggest that you come with me to shop for Sam's clothes. Also, let me get these two up and ready before we have breakfast together as a family," I offered.

"Thanks, Chris. You know what to say to me to feel better. What about going shopping with you for Sam's clothes? I will leave you to get your wife up and ready to go before we all sit down to have some breakfast," she said more confident.

"I will tell you later, and go downstairs and make yourself at home. Have a cup of coffee that you make so strangely," I said and my cousin went downstairs with the cup of coffee that I handed back to her.

I walked into the room and went to my wife, she was sleeping deeply and suddenly her dream went dark because her eyebrows were pulled towards each other and creases on her forehead. Also, her hand had bunch up the comforter. I slowly grabbed her hand out from the bunch comforter and kissed her too. She wakes up startle and looks around the room before her eyes lock onto me.

"Shh, I'm right here, Ce," I whispered into her ear as I hug her into my chest. I kept on holding her and rubbing her back.

When she finally calms down enough, she says, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Want to tell me about your nightmare?" I asked her wondering about her dream was about.

"I will, but I would like to get up and have some breakfast first," she said getting out of bed with my help by pulling back the covers.

"Would you like to get dress while I start making breakfast?" I wondered.

"I'm fine with you making breakfast if I get to make lunch and supper," she commented.

"Don't you want to get dress?"

"I will get dress before leaving our house, but please let me have a moment in the bathroom. Also, don't wake Sam up just yet, let him sleep in," she said heading into out bathroom.

"Okay, I won't. I'll be downstairs then," I respond and went downstairs.

I got downstairs, turned the corner and saw my cousin sitting on the couch drinking her strange coffee watching the nine o'clock news. I went over and sat down next to her.

"Hey," I said trying to start up a conversation.

"Hi! Is Ce up yet?" she questioned.

"Yeah, she's up and using the bathroom. She doesn't know that you're here, and I want to see what her expression will be when she see you," I answered giving more information than needed to be told.

"Why didn't you tell her?"

"I didn't have a chance to tell her because she kept telling me that she needed to use the bathroom," I answered.

"Chris, have you started making breakfast yet?" my wife asked while coming downstairs.

"No, not yet because I was keeping my cousin company," I replied, letting my wife know that we have a guest over this morning. Also, I got up from the couch to greet my wife properly.

"Cecilia, I think you need to see this," Lindsey called from the couch.

Cecilia and I went over to my cousin and looked at the news. They were talking a recent house fire around where Hannah and Jonathan live.

The newscaster said, "This house fire happened last night and two casualties were found dead this morning when the fire department got in at 3am."

"The casualties could be Sam's parents," Cecilia comments looking up at me.

"Possibly, but we won't know for sure until the autopsy happens, or someone who has claim the bodies," Lindsey replied with her own thoughts.

"That's a short story without enough information on what happened," I stated.

"I think that they wanted to report this house fire as soon as they could to inform the public if anyone had any other information for them," Lindsey thoughts were spoken out loud.

"I believe we need to table this discussion for a while and focus on what we are going to have for breakfast," my wife demanded.

"I second that motion," I said.

"I think we should have some proteins, some fruit, and some carbs," Lindsey suggests about her health food kick that she been having about a few months now.

"I suggest omelettes to make," I offered.

"I like that idea, Chris," my wife agreed.

"Then let's get to work," I proposed and heading into the kitchen.

Before we could start on making breakfast, there was a knock on the door. I went over and open the door seeing two men in uniforms.

"Good morning! We're looking for the Feldmans?" the one in the red jacket said.

"Good morning, I'm Chris Feldman and this is my wife Cecilia," I answered bringing my wife into a side hug with my arm.

"Good morning, gentlemen. How can we help you?" my wife also greeted them.

"I'm Detective Bill Avery and this is my partner, Constable Jack Thornton. We're here to ask you about the Bensons," Detective Avery introduce himself and his partner.

"Please come in then, Detective and Constable. We were just about to make some breakfast," my wife welcome them into our home.

Author's Note

Hey, my fellow Hearties! I am back with another chapter today. I hope you enjoy finally having our beloved Jack Thornton and Bill Avery in this chapter. Next, chapter will be in Cecilia point of view again and will see why Bill and Jack are at her house. Do they have information about Sam's parents? Or something else had happen?

Now that the season 4 has begun and ended by the time I edited I this chapter and would love to heard how you like or dislike the all episodes that have aired, or which episodes that your have watched.

I only own my MTC characters and this storyline not any of the When Calls the Heart characters, which they belong to the creators at Hallmark.

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Thanks again for reading! Love Debbie