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Julie stared at the woman that was at her front door almost not believing what she was asking her…
"I am asking you...is my son here" she asked again getting frustrated
"I don't know what you are talking about Julie said, I have no children my only child died at birth" said Julie trying to make her lie sound believable
"I don't believe you…I know that you adopted one of my sons and I demand to know where he is" she said almost to the point of yelling
Julie was about to tell the woman another lie when Kyle came up the driveway in his car, after parking the car he walked up the sidewalk and reached the front step where his wife was talking to the woman.
"Is everything okay here" he said asking Julie
"I'll be inside in a moment let me just show her out" said Julie fake smiling
Kyle walked inside the house and put his work belongings in the living room as Julie who was frustrated with the woman slammed the door in her face and looked out the window as it got dark to make sure that she was gone. The woman looked at Julie once again and started walking towards the sidewalk and away from their home.
"What was that all about?" Kyle asked wondering
"I was about to call you at the office to tell you that Jimmy is safe at Eric's and he's coming home tomorrow…but then she came along and started asking if her son was here" said Julie
"Wait…you are telling me that, that woman was our son's real mother?" Kyle asked shocked
"I don't know…she seemed a little mentally unstable" said Julie almost sympathetic
"What do you expect, she had an abusive boyfriend and twins at 16" said Kyle
"That's not something that you want your child to know" said Julie
"He probably already knows…."said Kyle "he's been investigating"
"I know that he has been investigating…I think that it is his right to know" said Julie yawning
"I don't know…" said Kyle looking at his wife
With that Julie said goodnight to her husband and walked upstairs to go to bed waiting for the next day that her son would be home and back to his normal life in Metropolis. After flipping on and off the game to check the score for a while, Kyle went upstairs to bed trying not to think about what his son might have seen if he wasn't adopted by them.
The Summers House-The Next Morning
Before the sun was even fully up Jimmy was already up, showered, and was on Eric's computer while Eric slept soundly in the living room. He spent two hours flipping through the articles about their birthparents that Eric had sent him though email that he wasn't able to read while he was in Belle Reve. Eric rolled over and fell off the couch,
"Are you okay?" asked Jimmy laughing
"Yeah...I'm okay" said Eric getting himself up and sitting on the couch
"I hope I didn't wake you...I was just looking at the information that you sent me" said Jimmy looking over at Eric who was yawning
"Yeah, you know…same old, same old. Nothing new to report" said Eric
"That's what makes it even tougher" said Jimmy
Rebecca came down the stairs quietly and looked into the living room and noticed that Jimmy and Eric were up
"Mom? Are you okay?" asked Eric noticing that she wasn't saying anything
"What? Oh I'm fine…I wanted to ask you if you talked to your father lately?" asked Rebecca looking at Eric strangely
"No…why have you?" he asked realizing that the subject had changed very quickly
"No, of course not..." said Rebecca honestly
The last thing that Eric wanted to do was go to the prison and have a screaming match through the glass separator with his father. Rebecca went back upstairs to get ready for another long weekend shift at work. Knowing that his parents would him home as soon as they could, Eric turned to Jimmy.
"I'm not kicking you out or anything but I think that your parents are dying to see you" said Eric getting up off the couch
"I think your right…I guess I have to go" said Jimmy rolling his eyes
"We'll stall for a while have breakfast, then I'll get ready and then we can go…sounds good?" asked Eric getting up from the couch
Eric and Jimmy walked into the kitchen and prepared themselves breakfast, Jimmy sat at the table and noticed a college application that had the Metropolis University logo on it. Eric sat down and noticed that he was looking at it…
"Very subtle mom!" Eric said to Rebecca as she came into the kitchen
"I thought so..." said Rebecca laughing "I just want you to go to a good school"
"I will mom…relax" said Eric
With that Rebecca said "goodbye" to her son and Jimmy, and went to wrong for the rest of the morning and afternoon.
"I didn't know your mom was so interested in where you go to school" said Jimmy
"I didn't think that she was either, they used to barely knew that I was alive and now since she's gotten out and he's in jail she cares about my every move, and that's just strange" said Eric
Jimmy knew that his parents weren't exactly the best but a least they were around for him, well at least his mother was while his father made all the money. They finished up their breakfast and Jimmy went back into the living room while Eric went upstairs to shower and get ready. Jimmy looked at the bookshelf in the living room and picked an older looking book about adoption and opened it up. He noticed that the book had been away for quite some time because all the pages were warn, it was clear that Eric's parents hid his adoption just like his parents hid his.
"Are you ready to go?" Eric asked looking in the living room 20 minutes later
"Yeah, I guess" said Jimmy putting the book back
"I looked at that book so many times after my parents told me I was adopted, It was no help" said Eric as he grabbed the keys to his mother's car…she had been driving Roger's car to work
Jimmy and Eric exited the house as Eric locked up and then they made their way to the car. Jimmy sighed as they got in the car and Eric started it up and started down the driveway.
"What's wrong?" Eric asked Jimmy
"Nothing, I just don't want to end up back there" said Jimmy looking nervous
"You won't…don't worry I won't let them take you again" said Eric smiling
"I know…" said Jimmy smiling at his brother
Metropolis/The Olsen House
Eric had reached Metropolis and was now on his way to Jimmy's house when he was able to look at the city closely for the first time. It was different from his quiet life in Smallville and maybe that's why his mother wanted him to go to school there, she wanted him to experience something unusual because clearly for her their wasn't enough strangeness in Smallville. They reached the house and Eric pulled in the driveway and turned off the car, he and Jimmy started up the driveway and reached the front door at the same time, before he could open it the door flung open.
"Jimmy! I'm so happy to see you again" said Julie hugging her son tightly
"I'm happy to see you to mom, where's dad?" he asked
"Working of course, you'll see him soon though" she said
Jimmy shook his head and walked into the house with Eric right behind him who Julie just noticed
"Eric I'm glad that you are here to…there is something I need to tell you both" said Julie gesturing towards the living room couch
"Yesterday…your mother came here" said Julie
"WHAT?" Jimmy said practically screaming as Eric looked at her shocked
She began the retelling of what happened when the battered looking woman came to their front door. Julie looked at Jimmy and Eric after telling them what happened, she gave them a piece of paper that she found in the mailbox after their mother had left and it had her first name and home number on it. Jimmy took the piece of paper from her and without hesitation called the number that was on it, after a few rings a woman answered the phone.
"Amanda? We're your sons" said Jimmy and Eric over the phone
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