*Picks up from Break In*
Jordan- 8
Late one night in the Voight household it was dark and quiet through the house, all of a sudden a loud cry had startled Hank awake. When he realized the crying was coming from his little girl he ran from his room to her room, Jordan was tossing and turning in her bed while crying she then sat up in her bed and cried for her father.
"D-D-Daddy!" Jordan cried.
A second later Hank ran inside the room to see his baby girl crying uncontrollably and reaching her arms out for him, Hank immediately brought her into his arms holding her tightly he then began rocking her back and forth.
"Shh Jo, shh sweetheart it's ok it's alright. Everything's alright baby shh it's ok, I'm here sweetheart daddy's here. Daddy's got you sweetheart, you're safe". Hank soothed her.
He gently rubbed her back soothingly and stroked her hair back, Jordan gripped her father's shirt tightly in her small fist afraid he might disappear.
"I-I don't want t-the ba-bad men to come back". Jordan whimpered.
"They're not gonna come back baby they're in jail, they won't ever hurt you or scare you again I promise".
By this point Justin was standing by his sister's door hearing her cry and hold onto their father, it was all enough to break him. He went downstairs and started to drink a beer.
Jordan remained in the safety of her father's arms she had stopped crying and sniffed for a couple minutes. There was a huge damp spot on Hank's shirt that came from her crying he didn't mind at all.
"Wanna talk about it sweetheart?" Hank asked.
"T-the bad m-men came back and t-they hurt us". Jordan replied softly.
Hank held his little girl tighter to him and gently stroked her hair back and kissed the top of her head. "Don't worry baby they won't ever hurt or scare us again I put them in jail they won't get out".
Jordan was slowly going back to sleep but jolted awake, the eight year old was losing her fight to sleep but she fought it hard and Hank had noticed.
"Go to sleep baby I'm not going anywhere, you're safe. Nobody's gonna hurt you".
After a moment Jordan's eye grew heavier and heavier till she was fast asleep, her breathing had evened out. Hank had noticed her grip on his shirt loosened so just as he was trying to lay her down her hands gripped his shirt a little as she sensed she was being moved so he laid next to her and she curled into his side.
Hank laid wide awake for an hour and a half once he knew it was alright to move he carefully slipped out of her bed and she turned on her side holding her stuffed rabbit close to her chest. He kissed her head then left the room, just as he was going to go to his room the older man had seen the kitchen light was on so he went to go check.
Justin was on his sixth beer and he was feeling a little buzzed, he kept wiping his eyes from the tears that were building in his eyes but soon after they began to fall. As Hank got closer to the kitchen he heard soft sobbing he then entered the kitchen to see his son sobbing and beer bottles on the table.
"Justin what's wrong son?" Hank asked.
"I-I screwed up Pop and n-now Jo Jo is scared to death". Justin cried, his word slurring.
"You didn't screw up and what happened isn't your fault".
"It might as well be!"
"Lower your voice, I just got Jo back to sleep".
"It might as well be my fault Pop, I should have never left her alone not even for a second".
"You wanted to back out of something that could have sent you to prison, you didn't know Miller would do that".
"The second Jo's name left his mouth I should have ran back down here but I didn't. I didn't protect my own sister and now she's scared".
"Hey I don't blame you for any of it alright, and Jo will be fine she's scared right now but give it some time and she'll go right back to normal".
"I can't tell you how sorry I am Pop".
"Justin I don't blame you for what happened, none of it was on you".
"Can you ever forgive me?"
"I already forgave you Justin".
Hank then got up and hugged his son after that the two had headed to bed.
By the next day Jordan was still a little scared she begged her father not to go to work, he assured her that she'd be alright. Justin walked his sister to school, from how tightly she held her brother's hand he knew she was still a little afraid.
"Justin". Jordan spoke softly.
"What is it Jo Jo". Justin replies.
"T-the bad men they won't come back will they? Daddy said they're in jail but what if they get out and come back? I don't want them too".
"Hey hey calm down Jo Jo".
Justin took a deep breath and got down on one knee and gently put his hands on his sister's shoulder and looked at her, he gave her a soft gentle look when he looked into his sister's eyes and saw the fear behind them it made him furious but he was able to move all that to the side for the moment.
"Jo Jo, the bad men will never bother us again. Dad will make sure they stay in jail. Nobody will ever hurt or scare you again not if me, dad, Erin, or Uncle Alvin has anything to say about". He took a deep breath and went on. "And I'm really sorry for not being there to protect you and to keep you safe like I should've, if I had been there then they wouldn't have hurt you".
"It wasn't you're fault Justin, you didn't know".
He chuckled and hugged his sister then kissed her temple. "I love you Jo Jo".
"I love you too Justie".
When she used his nickname it made him hug her tighter and kiss her head one more time.
"Can we get ice cream after school?"
"Of course we can Jo, whatever you want".
The rest of the day had went smoothly after Jordan got out of school the two siblings headed to the ice cream parlor, they were eating their ice cream just when Erin walked in. She hadn't checked in on her surrogate siblings since the break in she wanted to know how they were doing.
"Hey guys". Erin greets the siblings.
"Hey Erin". Justin says, hugging her.
"Hi Erin". Jordan said next hugging her.
"So what are you guys having?"
"I got vanilla ice cream with hot fudge and sprinkles".
Erin looked at the young girl with a happy expression, so far she was glad that Jordan was happy. "That sounds delicious".
"I'll be right back I'm gonna go to the bathroom".
The eight year old then hopped down from the chair going to the bathroom leaving the two adults to talk.
"How is she really?" Erin asked quietly.
"She's a little scared still I wouldn't blame her, that'll scare any kid". Justin replied, twirling the plastic spoon in the cup of ice cream.
"You know this wasn't your fault right, you couldn't have known James was gonna do that. None of us blame you for what happened".
"I blame myself Erin, dad told me to watch her and I left. I left Jo by herself unsafe, unprotected, I'm just glad she was able to call you just in time. If anything happened to her I would never forgive myself I'm surprised dad forgave me".
"He's your dad he'll always forgive you besides it was an accident".
"No an accident is Jo tripping and scraping her knee, an accident is forgetting something at home, what I did wasn't an accident. I just wanted out of a deal that could have went bad for me I never expected for James to go as far as he did".
Before Erin could reply someone had walked into the ice cream shop and when Justin had seen him he was pissed. He saw red, his nostrils flaring, he was about to kill this guy.
"Justin I was hoping we could talk". Mark said.
Jordan then came out of the bathroom going back to her brother and Erin when she had seen Mark, her brown eyes went wide with fear. In a flash Justin got up went to get his sister and took her over to Erin, he then stormed over grabbing his old friend by the back of his shirt as they went outside they got out of sight so Jordan doesn't see.
"Justin I know you're pissed right now-" Mark was cut off by a hard shove from Justin.
"Pissed?! I'm beyond pissed you put you're hands on my little sister you son of a bitch!" Justin yelled.
"I didn't wanna do it alright".
"Really? So why in the hell did you do it? Did James offer you more money? Protection? What humor me please".
"Yes James did offer a little more money but I swear to god I didn't wanna do it but I need that money".
Justin the swung knocking Mark down on the ground, blood began spewing out of Mark's nose and it began going down his face and clothes. He was then roughly picked up off the ground by an angry Justin who was giving him a death glare that matched his father's.
"If you, James, any of you ever come around my sister ever again I'll kill you myself". Justin's voice was low and dangerous.
The way Justin was talking sent chills down Mark's back it was like dealing with another Hank, he then ran away leaving Justin there to cool off before he went back to see his sister.
Erin stayed with the eight year old the whole time, Jordan was slightly shaking. Had her father and brother lied? Why was one of the bad men out of jail? She wrapped herself around Erin, the woman held the young girl close to her. Jordan's cheek rested on Erin's vest as she was rubbing the back of her head.
"Why was the bad man out of jail? Daddy said they'd stay in jail". Jordan spoke.
"I don't know honey". Erin answered.
"He's not gonna hurt me is he?"
"No sweetheart".
"Can we go see daddy before we go home?"
"Of course we can let's go".
They then got all their stuff leaving when Justin saw his sister he immediately pulled her into a hug and kissed her head.
"You ok Jo Jo?" Justin asked.
"I'm ok, why was the bad man here? I thought he was in jail".
"I don't know but I know one thing he won't hurt you ever again".
"Promise".
Justin smiled at his young sister. "I promise".
"Were gonna go see daddy at work you wanna come?"
"I gotta head home to start dinner kiddo".
"Can we have macaroni and cheese please".
"Of course".
He then kissed her head and sent her with Erin, Erin and Jordan were driving down the street on their way to the District to see Hank. As she was driving Erin glanced over at the eight year old and kept her eyes focused on the road.
"Jordy you don't have to be afraid anymore, nobody's gonna hurt you ever again". Erin tells the young girl.
"Why was the bad man out of jail? Daddy said he'd stay in jail". Jordan replies.
"I don't know sweetie".
The rest of the drive was quiet the two girls finally arrived back to the District and headed inside, when the detectives saw the eight year old nobody dared to look at her the wrong way not without dealing with Hank. Hank was in his office when he heard knocking, he looked up to see his little girl and Erin.
"There's my girl, how was school sweetheart". Hank says happily.
"It was ok". Jordan replied.
Hank noticed the sad tone in his little girl's voice and wondered what was wrong he then looked over to Erin and she gave the 'I'll explain later' look he then turned his attention back to Jordan.
"Anything happened at school today".
"I got an "A" on my spelling test, my math test, and my science test".
"That's my girl".
"Daddy how come the bad man got out of jail?"
That completely caught Hank and Erin caught off guard, the older father then knew why her voice sounded sad.
"I thought you said he was staying in jail, how come he got out?"
Hank had a soft look on his face as he got down on one knee and looked at his baby girl, he saw the sadness and fear in her eye.
"I don't know how he got out baby but he won't ever hurt you again, nobody won't ever hurt you again".
"Are the bad guys scare of you?"
He chuckled. "Yeah sweetheart bad guys are afraid of me". He then pulled a couple dollars from his pocket giving them to her. "Why don't you go to the lounge and get a snack sweetheart".
"Thank you daddy".
"You're welcome sweetheart".
Jordan skipped out of her father's office heading to the lounge leaving Erin and Hank lone, the woman sighed as she saw the look on her surrogate father's face change from soft to hard.
"What happened". Hank's voice was dangerous. Erin knew the tone and it was one he used when he meant business.
"Justin took Jo to the ice cream parlor then Mark walked in and Justin took him outside, they….talked".
"Well me and Mark are gonna have another talk".
"Hank I know that what happened it rattled everybody but don't do something you're gonna regret you have Justin and Jo to think about".
"Jordan's scared to death from what happened, she can't sleep without having a nightmare. She's scared thinking one of those assholes will come back. Justin blames himself for what happened".
"Give it some time I'm sure soon enough Jo will go back to being her normal self it's gonna take her some time to feel better again. That's not easy for any kid to handle".
"You should have seen it this morning Erin, Jo begged me not to leave her".
"Like I said give it some time she'll eventually come around they all do".
"I hope so".
After Jordan got her snack she went back to hug her father Erin then took her home, Hank stayed back at the office thinking after a moment he left. The older man began driving around till he spotted Mark walking down the street he then parked the SUV and got out.
Mark was walking down the street he had pulled some used tissue out of his nose and the white tissue was bloodied, it took a while for his nose to stop bleeding. His shirt was still covered in the blood after a moment Hank roughly grabbed him on the back of his shirt taking him to a nearby alley. Mark was about to swing at who grabbed him but his fist lowered when he saw Hank, chills started to do down his back, nothing but fear filled his body.
"H-Hank...um...what's up". Mark stammered out.
Without saying a word Hank had sent a hard sucker punch to Mark's midsections then spoke. "If you ever come around either of my kids again you're gonna be going for a ride".
"I...didn't...wanna...do it".
"So why did you?"
"James...he offered a little more money. I needed the money but when he said to do something to Jordan I wanted to back out but you don't say no to James".
That caused Hank to send another hard punch to the midsection again. "So that gives you the right to put your hands on my daughter?!"
Mark was gasping for air when Hank had punched him in his midsection, he was taking in deep breaths. "It...it was to...only scare Justin into doing the job".
"News flash jackass you didn't scare Justin, you scared my daughter! Everywhere she goes she looks over her shoulder scared to death thinking you'd go back after her".
"I'm sorry".
"You're gonna be sorry".
Hank punched him one more time and then kneed him in the stomach a couple times, Mark was now on the ground gasping for air and holding his sore midsection and stomach. He looked over to Hank with a look of fear in his eyes, he shut his eyes tightly thinking the older man might kill him, Hank then roughly pulled Mark up by the front of his shirt getting nose to nose with him.
"Come around my house or my kids again you're going for a ride".
"Understood".
"Good".
He then threw the injured man onto the ground and headed back to his SUV going home for the night.
Jordan, Justin, and Erin were sitting at the table eating the mac and cheese that Justin made, the two adults quickly glanced at the eight year old and saw that she was in a much better mood. Soon after Hank had arrived back home the eight year old looked to see her father she ran to him and he effortlessly picked her up.
"Hey sweetheart". Hank greeted her.
"You wanna eat with us? We have more". Jordan replied.
"Yeah let's go".
Everyone then sat down and ate dinner, after a half hour Jordan was feeling sleepy so she headed upstairs to get ready for bed. The adults then headed to the kitchen Erin had a feeling that her surrogate father had done something.
"We don't have to worry about Mark anymore". Hank spoke.
"Pop you didn't do what I think you did, did you?" Justin replies, looking at his father.
"I talked to him that's all".
"How was this 'talk'?" Erin asked.
"It was fine".
"Mhmm".
After a minute Hank went to go check on his baby girl, Jordan was now in her pajamas and getting into her bed just as her father walked in. "Alright sweetheart time for bed".
He tucked the blanket around her just as she held her stuffed rabbit close to her chest and settled back onto the pillow, her eyes began to grow heavy but she woke up but was losing her fight to sleep.
"G'night daddy". Jordan says sleepy.
"Sweet dreams baby".
The older father kissed her head and cut the light out he quietly left her room and stood outside the door watching as she turned on her side going into a deep sleep for the night. He'd do whatever it took to keep her safe and protected from anything and everybody.