“Fair enough.” Penny gave me a look and smirked. We both knew how Kristen was and found it funny it was his turn to deal with her. There wasn’t any sympathy but we shared a look that said we might poke the bear a few times for our own personal entertainment.
I was surprised as we pulled up to our house. It was decorated in pink and blue streamers and there was a very large sign that said, welcome home. “What’s all this?” Penny asked.
“Sherry.” Alec muttered as he parked the car and got out. Opening my door first, he then moved to help Penny out. She didn’t require assistance walking so he walked beside her.
Alec opened the front door for us and I was not as surprised to see a very large bassinet sitting against the wall with a little changing station that had taken over the living room. It was almost like they just get it up with a fresh pot of coffee, snacks and even a blanket folded over the recliners.
“This was nice…” I said as Penny helped me set the babies down.
“When did she do all this?” Penny asked Alec.
Alec looked at his watch and shrugged before closing the front door. “They must have just left. Jacob was here with her. He knew you didn’t want her in your house without someone with her. He is working on building that trust up again so this was her trying to get brownie points.”
“Penny, why don’t you go upstairs and shower or go to bed. You can take a nap and relax. I’ll handle the babies for awhile till you get up.”
Penny immediately turned and headed towards the stairs. “You won’t get an argument from me.”
We watched her go up the stairs and waited until the door shut before Alec brought up anything else. “The center is completely leveled now. They are finishing up the cleaning and then will be leveling all the other structures on the property.” He moved to one of the recliners and sat down.
Since the babies were still sleeping, I took the coffee cup and the other recliner. “That is for the best. Do we know how many survivors there was?”
“Not yet. A few dozen anyway. Most have track marks and said they have very little memory from their life before. The doctor thinks they were given a drug to make them forget so they wouldn’t resist as much.”
“Damn. We have a list of girls that were kidnapped and or missing. Hopefully they will be able to match them.” Taking a sip of coffee, one of the babies instantly started fussing. Not wanting them to wake the others, I got up instantly and picked little Elijah up.
“Kristen wanted to schedule the party for in a few days. That way they will get out as soon as possible. However, we still needed their help with cleanup so it was a compromise.” Alec watched me as he rocked in the chair.
First thing I did was check his diaper and he had a little blue line that I was 90% sure meant he was wet. Putting him on the changing table, I started to get him undressed. “I don’t know to where even go from here. What do we even do with that land?”
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