"Hi, it's nice to meet you." Jackie said as she shook the two officers hands, Nick did the same.
"Mrs. Stokes, what can you tell me about the accident?" Officer Mobley asked.
"Honestly it all happened so fast. I remember everything going fine and then all of a sudden this car was swerving into my lane, there was nothing I could do to avoid it. It hit my car hard."
"Uh-oh." Karlie said as she sat on Nick's lap playing with a couple toys a nurse had brought her to keep her occupied while Jackie had to stay in the hospital.
The officers laughed.
You can say that again kiddo Jackie thought to herself.
"Do you know the type of car?"
"All I remember is that it was just a regular looking compact car, dark in color, like a dark blue or black maybe?"
"Did you happen to get a license plate number or a partial license plate number?"
"No, I'm sorry."
"Do you like my balloon?" Karlie said as she hopped off of Nick's lap and shoved the balloon in officer Mobley's face.
"Karlie come here sweetheart, he has to talk to mommy." Nick told her.
Karlie scowled at him, she had something very important to talk to the cop about, and that topic was her balloon.
"That's a very nice balloon." Officer Mobley told her with a smile.
Karlie grinned and then went over and got back on Nick's lap.
"The car broken." Karlie informed them.
"I know, but it's good that you and your mommy weren't broken." Officer Mobley told her, this little girl was adorable, she reminded him of a younger version of his own daughter.
"My mama was broken, her head was beedin."
"Yep, but the doctors fixed her huh?"
"Yeah." Karlie said happily shaking her head.
Nick smiled and stood up.
"Come on Karlie girl, let's go see the fishes again." He told her as he grabbed her hand and led her out of the room so Jackie could talk to the officers in peace.
Jackie talked to the officers for a few more minutes, really there wasn't much more to tell.
A couple hours later Jackie was aloud to go home. She was happy to go home and see the other kids and her mother.
Her mom had watched the kids ever since Nick had rushed to the hospital, Jackie's dad happened to be out of town on a short business trip and had offered to rush back home when he heard of the accident but Jackie assured him that wasn't necessary.
Since she had to watch the kids her mother hadn't had a chance to go to the hospital but she had threatened Nick with his life if he didn't call her the second he heard anything.
He took the threat seriously and had called her immediately, he really was a smart man.
"Mama." All the kids said happily the second she walked through the door.
"Hi guys, mommy loves you so much." Jackie told them as she leaned down and gave every one of them a kiss.
After they'd been home for a while Nick ordered a couple pizzas for dinner.
The pizza had just arrived when the doorbell rang.
When Nick opened the door officer Mobley and officer Treston were standing there.
"Hi, come in."
"I hope this isn't a bad time." Officer Mobley said.
"No, not at all." Nick assured them.
He introduced Jackie's mom to the police officers.
"The reason we are here Mrs. Stokes is because we found the woman that hit your car."
"You did, how?" Jackie asked.
"A witness came forward and supplied the license plate number. The woman that hit your car was named Julie Richards, she admitted to us that she was playing a game on her phone at the time of the crash and the reason she drove off was because she knew she'd be in big trouble for using her phone while driving."
"Wow, you know, had she stopped I wouldn't even had cared that she was on her phone, of course driving while using your phone isn't a good idea but people don't always make good decisions and I'd be willing to forgive her, but the fact that she didn't even stop to see if we were ok is what irritates me." Jackie said.
"I understand, I'm very glad that you and your little girl are ok, since it's her first offense and no one got seriously hurt she'll probably end up just paying a fine and doing community service, but again, I'm glad that you and your daughter are alright."
"I'm very grateful for that as well, that's the only thing I care about. Thank you for coming here to tell us in person. We were just sitting down to dinner, would you care to join us?"
"Thank you for the offer but we can't, we're still on the clock, have a nice evening and if you have any questions, here's my card, feel free to call me." Officer Mobley said as he handed Jackie a card.
"Thank you." Jackie said and then walked both officers to the door.
After they left the family sat down to dinner, more than grateful that they were all still together!
The End!