*Picks up from Visiting Dad*
Hank had gotten out of jail, he was walking and pulled his phone out calling someone. "Erin it's me".
Meanwhile
Erin was at her apartment with Jordan, she had the day off so she decided to spend it with her sister. She knew that the eleven year old was still having a hard time dealing with having Hank and Justin in jail. She was pulled from her thoughts by hearing her phone ring.
-Lindsay. Erin answered.
-Erin it's me. Hank's voice came on.
-Hank? You got out?
-I'm out, would you mind meeting me somewhere I wanna see Jo.
-Of course. Where?
She wrote the address of a diner then went to see her sister, Erin saw the door of Jordan's room was ajared and saw her laying on her bed reading something.
"Jo get dressed we're going somewhere". Erin says.
"Where are we going?" Jordan asked, looking at her sister.
"It's a surprise".
Jordan got up from her bed and went to her closet and decided on a purple shirt, a pair of blue jeans and her sneakers. Once she was finished she asked Erin to do her hair.
"Erin can you give me a hint". Jordan said.
"Nope, it's gonna be a surprise". Erin replied.
Erin took the brush and began brushing Jordan's long brown hair, she parted the hair into two even sides. She was brushing one of the sides and began braiding it and did the same thing to the other side. Once Jordan's hair was finished Erin grabbed her wallet and keys, the two girls left the apartment heading to the diner.
After arriving at the diner the two stood outside waiting, Erin had Jordan in front of her keeping her hands on her shoulders scanning around looking for Hank. She knew this would be the best surprise Jordan will get, her phone buzzed with a text message.
-Look to the left, I'm walking down the street now. Hank.
Erin looked to the left and saw Hank walking down, she smiled then bent down to whisper in Jordan's ear. "Jo look to the left to see who's coming".
Jordan got confused but complied she looked to the left to see a bunch of people but one stood out, a huge smile appeared on her face.
"Daddy!" Jordan yelled excitedly.
The eleven year old ran as fast as she could, Hank saw his little girl running straight towards him he got down on one knee holding his arms wide open. Jordan crashed into her father hugging him tightly.
"There's my baby girl". Hank said.
"I missed you so much daddy". Jordan says.
"I missed you too sweetheart, I missed you so much".
Hank hoisted his little girl up holding onto her, the past few months have been hell for him. Not being able to see either of his children that's worse than being in prison, he wouldn't see Justin for a while longer but to be with his young daughter that had gave him some comfort.
Jordan held onto her father with no intentions of letting him go, it may have been a few months but it felt like a year without him. There was so many things he missed out on the past few months and she was excited to tell him.
Erin watched as the father and daughter held onto each other, a smile appeared on her face. She was glad that Hank was out of jail and he'd be there for Jordan now. After what seemed like hours, Hank pulled away from his little girl setting her down. Jordan had taken a hold of her father's hand, she was afraid if she let go of her father he'd disappear again or go back to jail.
"It's good to see you Hank". Erin said.
"It's good to see you too Erin. I can't thank you enough for taking care of Jo the past few months". Hank replied.
"Not a problem".
They all went to the diner and had lunch, while they waited on their food Hank looked over at his little girl and tucked some hair behind her ear. He couldn't believe in just a few months how much she's grown up.
"Dad I'm on the soccer and basketball team at school". Jordan said.
"Are you now?" Hank replied.
"Yup, our soccer games are every Saturday. And this Saturday if we win we go to the championships".
"I'll make sure to be there sweetheart".
"There was a science fair at school and I got first place, I can't wait to show you my ribbon".
"I'm so proud of you sweetheart".
"Also I got straight A's on my report card".
It killed Hank on the inside to hear how much he missed out on the past few months, he wanted to be there for Jordan. He wanted to watch her grow up and to make sure she didn't make the same mistakes he and Justin made, Hank will make damn sure he's there for Jordan no matter what he had to do.
After they ate lunch the trio went back to Erin's apartment and Jordan rushed to her room to grab all her stuff she wanted to show her father. Erin made a pot of coffee as Hank sat down.
"Erin I can't thank you enough for watching Jo these past few months, it means a lot to me". Hank spoke.
"You're welcome besides I got something for you". Erin said.
She went and got a stack of dvds giving them to Hank, he looked at the stack and then to his surrogate daughter.
"Here is everything I recorded for you, every soccer game, every basketball game, the science fair, all of it. I made sure to record it for you to make sure you saw how amazing Jo is and so you wouldn't miss anything. There's a few of her shooting the winning goal at her games".
Jordan then emerged from her room with the ribbon from the science fair along with her recent progress report and report card from school. "Here dad I got it for you".
Hank took the ribbon and the two pieces of paper from his daughter, he felt his heart ache with pain. He wasn't there to see his daughter win the science fair or to see her basketball or soccer games but after today he was.
"I am so proud of you sweetheart, I'll be at your other games I promise". Hank said.
"Can we watch the dvds when we get home?" Jordan asked, her voice full of excitement.
"You bet we can".
After a little while Hank had took Jordan home, he left some of her stuff at Erin's but took the set of dvds. Once the father and daughter got home Jordan was excited about watching the dvds with her father so she can show him everything. Hank entered the house and breathed in the air of freedom, he saw his daughter in the kitchen making popcorn. He then went to the fridge and pulled a couple sodas out for them, he also saw that he had to go to the grocery store soon.
Once the popcorn was finished and the drinks were set out, Jordan popped in the first dvd of the set. It was of her first soccer game of the season. Hank threw his arm around his little girl pulling her close to his side as they watched it. It was the last half of the game and with the final seconds on the clock Jordan shot the winning goal.
"I shot the winning goal here dad". Jordan told her father.
"That's my girl". Hank praised her.
She put in the next one which was her first basketball game and pointed out her winning shot of that game. Jordan ended up falling asleep curled up into her father's side so Hank took her up to her room and laid her down, he then covered her up with the comforter.
"Sweet dreams baby". Hank whispered.
He then kissed her head and quietly left her room leaving the door ajared, Hank went back downstairs and continued to watch the dvds. As he watched the videos he couldn't believe how many games he missed, how many winning shots Jordan scored, what made him smile is what Jordan said at the end of all the videos.
"This is for you dad! This is you Justin!" Jordan's voice came on.
The eleven year old smiled on the video and was cheered by her team mates and Erin, he wished he could have been there for her all those times.
Once he finished all the dvds he put them away in a safe place, before Hank went to bed he locked the house up and went up to check on Jordan one last time. He peeked in the room to see the blanket on the floor so he quietly went in and covered her with the blanket. Jordan stirred a little and was able to see her father through blurry eyes.
"Dad?" Jordan asked sleepily.
"Shh go back to sleep Jo". Hank whispered.
"Stay with me? Please".
"Ok sweetheart".
Hank laid on the bed just as Jordan laid her head on her father's chest, he then put a protective arm his little girl. He kissed the top of her head and held her as she slept peacefully.