With her design project now in the hands of the contractors and Jessica under Carol's wing to help her with HER latest project, Dawn was just going through the motions at work and trying her best to focus on her husband and son and not on Jeff.

The days flew by and before she knew it, there she was sitting nervously on the outside patio of Coffee Bean, feeling a bit nauseous and unable to drink her iced latte. She looked around and there was no sign of Jeff so she shot Sunny a quick text.

"I can't believe I'm here about to see Jeff."

"Hey Dawn" came a deep and unfamiliar voice and she looked up. Up and into the eyes of her brother.

She was a bit taken back by his appearance. He was still fair haired like her but his skin looked a lot darker. Almost a tan reddish color, like he had been spending a lot of time outdoors. He was also BIG. Not fat but meatier and more muscular, which she figured must be a side effect from his time in jail. He never grew tall like Dawn was and he only ended up being 5' 8, which only exacerbated his bulky appearance. She did notice he was dressed very nice, though and wearing a light blue polo shirt with khaki pants but his gold watch was what really caught her attention and she wondered how he was able to get that because it looked exactly like her husband's Rolex.

"H..h..hey Jeff " stammered Dawn as she mustered up a fake smile before standing up and giving him a bit of an awkward hug. She gestured for him to sit down and she did the same.

"It's good to see you" he said.

"You too" she said.

Over the next hour, they began getting reacquainted, Dawn filling him in on her life, her son, her business and even telling him about her recent trip to Connecticut for the reunion last year with all the girls from the BSC. Then he began filling her in on his life.

He worked in construction and that's how he met his fiancee. Her father was the owner of a huge construction company in San Diego, where he now lives, and he brought her along with him to a job that Jeff was working on. When he said she was interested in him right away and actually asked HIM out, Dawn tried to act happy for him but couldn't understand why a girl who clearly sounded privileged would go for a guy like Jeff. As he spoke, she noticed a good chunk of his front tooth was chipped away. That, unfortunately must have been another side effect from jail and she assumed it was broken in a fight.

Despite Dawn having several negative thoughts like that, it was actually a nice and pleasant visit and she became eager for him to meet her baby. Since Jeff was dropped off by Julie, Dawn drove him back to her house.

"So is she just going to hang out around here for the next few hours?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah. She said she'll be at your house at 4" replied Jeff.

"Hmm.." said Dawn. "I feel kinda bad. Why didn't you just drive down here yourself?"

"I, um..I don't have a car" he said, hesitantly.

"Oh. Sorry."

Dawn and Jeff walked into her impressive front entryway and were greeted by silence. "Ben must be upstairs with River" Dawn declared. "Well, let me show you around" as she took him into her kitchen.

"I actually designed this myself" Dawn began to say but Jeff interrupted her with "it's too dark in here."

A bit surprised, Dawn looked down at her terra cotta floor, then to her brown marble countertops and said "well yes. It's supposed to be. It's Spanish style."

"Julie's parents have a really nice kitchen" said Jeff. It's nothing like this, though. Everything is white and clean."

"Ooookay" thought Dawn to herself before adding "why don't you come upstairs with me? Let's see the baby."

"Hi Jeff" said Ben, coldly when he saw him.. He didn't know Jeff very well and only met him twice. He made eye contact for a few seconds before turning back to River, who he was sitting on the floor with and playing.

"Hello..doctor" he said, emphasizing a bit on Ben's title, almost sarcastically.

Trying to ignore that, Ben asked "Did Dawn show you around yet? She designed this house herself, you know. She did an amazing job."

Completely oblivious to River, he answered flatly "yeah, she showed me the kitchen but I like lighter colors better" and then repeated himself and said "my fiance, Julie? Well, her parents have a really nice kitchen. Its bigger than yours, actually."

Ben just shook his head in disgust before declaring "so this is your nephew."

Turning his attention to the baby, Jeff knelt down to him and awkwardly said "hi."

"You can pick him up if you want to" said Dawn, looking at her son who actually seemed very content playing with his blocks on the floor.

"Nah. I don't hold babies. I only like playing with Julie's nephews. They're really cute" he said.

"So is River" thought Dawn as she looked at her beautiful chubby cheeked son, with his dark blonde hair and the Schaefer blue eyes he inherited from her. She got a comment on how cute he was every time she took him out. It seemed to her like Jeff was implying her son wasn't cute but of course, she didn't say anything because Jeff kept talking.

"I feel like they're my real nephews too. I hope they start calling me Uncle Jeff as soon as we get married" he stated.

Dawn couldn't help but think how weird this conversation was. She asked "should we be expecting her soon?"

Jeff looked at his fancy gold watch and said "probably in the next hour."

"Why don't I start getting dinner ready, then? Jeff, would you like to help?"

"You aren't taking us out for dinner?" he asked.

"Um, I thought a nice home-cooked family dinner here would be nicer" she said.

As they walked out of the room, Jeff said to Dawn a bit rudely "well, I guess I'm just used to going out for dinner. Julie's parents take us out all the time. To NICE places too." As they were reaching the bottom of the stairs, Jeff said to her with a smirk on his face "they're really rich, you know."