By the time Kate arrived at Jack's house it was sunrise and she was having trouble keeping her eyes open. Even trailing up to the house she was unable to pay much attention; she was so emotionally and physically wasted. She was given Jack's single bed for the night and found sleep easily, being comforted by the masculine scent that emitted from the sheets.

Kate never awoke till the afternoon and was finally able to process information after a goods nights rest. She firstly observed her surroundings; she was in a small boxed room about the size of a tent with not much room for more than a single bed and a set of drawers. In size it was nothing compared to her room back home but it did have homely touches that Kate could appreciate, there were pictures, with three in total.

One was Jack with Sawyer as children at possibly a birthday party; it had Sawyer with his arm around Jack shoulder and childish grins on their face but what made the picture perfect was both of them had chocolate coving there mouth and their clothes.

The second was Jack as child again, but this time he was with Margo at a beach. He was sitting on his mother's shoulders with the look of an excited seal clapping its hands. The picture was one of the most precious pictures Kate had ever seen.

The third and final one seemed recent; it was all three of them together, with Margo in the middle. They all looked genuinely happy, a perfect family portrait. Kate noted that not one of the pictures included Jack's father and she remembered what Margo revealed about his abuse and what Jack mentioned about his drug use and suicide. It was understandable why he never had any pictures.

It was time for her to explore the house now, and for the foreseeable future her temporary home. It wouldn't take long; she knew because she saw how small it was from the outside when she came in the previous night. So she made her way to the kitchen and was greeted by Margo who had a big stack of clothes ready to give her.

'Now I don't know if these will fit but I got them from a good friend who has a daughter called Sarah, your age and same size , hopefully they will be ok for the mean time. So if you pick what you want to wear, go have a shower and then I will have breakfast ready for you when you get back and after that we will go to the hospital'

'You really shouldn't have, look I have money in the bank left over from my Father and will be able to support myself financially and I don't want you to go more out of the way for me more than you already have, but thank you so much'

Margo understood Kate's desire to have independence

'After seeing Jack today I'll get a taxi into town to pick up a few things'

'Ok dear, I understand, so if you follow me I'll show you the bathroom'

Kate was lead into the only bathroom in this small bungalow and given a towel. She was looking forward to the shower because after the previous day of sweat and blood she felt unclean, that and she wanted to look good for Jack. The shower itself wasn't that great because the pressure sucked and the temperature kept on changing, but it was a shower none the less.

So after a brisk shower Kate got dressed in a cotton white shirt and a pair of tight jeans that belonged to Sarah, they were a reasonable fit but she was still going to go on a shopping trip later. When she entered the kitchen she received a dog whistle from Sawyer who was only now realising how attractive she was.

'Damn you scrub up well, sugar'

Kate was about to give a witty remark back until she realised Sawyer was only in his boxers, which would have been ok as Kate never embarrassed that easily. But it was the fact that the tip of his penis was showing, it was because the button in his boxers had been left open, his flaccid dick was on full view to Kate.

'Quite the exhibitionist aren't we'

It took Sawyer a second to realise, which just added to the embarrassment, that along with laughter from both Kate and his mother. He just quickly dismissed himself in an awkward fashion. Then Margo presented Kate with a plate with an appetising omelette on it.

'I told that boy to put some clothes on but he wouldn't listen, it seems like both him and Jack have an obsession to parade around this home naked for all to see'

The thought caused Kate to full on shiver, she tried to pull it off as if she was just enjoying the omelette but Margo knew. After she was finished, her and Margo both discussed her life, Kate for the first time admitted the full scale of the abuse she received from her Mother after her father died, which lead to Margo restating to herself she had made the right decision taking her in. After the heartfelt discussion all three of them got in the car to go to the hospital.

It was a hard thing to admit but this was starting to feel more like a family than Kate had ever had.