Siblings Reunited
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 77
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
After a while the three siblings stopped crying. The emotional release was something they all needed and being in their house while they did it felt right. Still they knew they had to get back to the motel. Their Dad and Beth would be knocking on their door in a few hours and hopefully they'd have a plan for that day.
"Okay you two ready to head back?" Derek asked his sisters.
"Yep! How about you Nikki?" Lisa asked.
"I sure am. Let me just grab one thing." Nicole responded before shuffling off back into her parent's bedroom.
"Got it." Nicole said now holding a small family picture frame.
Okay let's get going. It's long walk." Derek said.
The three Jordan made their way out the door together. All three took one last long look at the dark space before leaving. Each hoped it wouldn't be the last time they saw the house.
The walk back to the motel was the longest uninterrupted time the three kids had spent together in a very long time. Unlike the last few months conversation flowed freely and so did honesty.
"So what do you guys think about Beth?" Derek asked.
"She's very pretty and nice. Daddy seems happy when she's around." Nicole said happily.
"She does seem to mean well. I'm bit jealous that she gets to spend all that time in the lab alongside Dad. Why couldn't that be me?" Lisa said.
"Because Dad doesn't want you in the lab with him and Beth." Derek responded back to his older sister.
"What do you mean?" Lisa asked.
"Aren't you guys at all worried that Dad and Beth might be getting a little too close?" Derek asked trying to tip toe around his real concerns.
"I think she's just trying to be nice and help support him and us through this difficult time." Lisa said.
"She can at least cook better than him. That's for sure." Nicole chimed in.
"Lis, you know more than I do how many times Dad has called saying he was going to spend the night working in the lab with her." Derek said.
"Don't be an idiot Derek. Ever since the first giantess attack Dad's work has been all over the news. He's under a lot of pressure to redeem his name and make up for all the chaos before. It's no surprise he'd be super busy at work. And Beth's been on the project since the beginning so it's only right she be involved with any further research." Lisa explained.
"Get your mind out of a science book Lisa and join the rest of us in the real world for a second. No one is spending that much extra time with their boss unless their working on a little side project together."
"You're gross Derek. Be real. Dad would never do that to Mom or to us. He's a good man." Lisa said.
"I want to trust Dad. I don't know if I trust Beth." Derek admitted.
"You're just tired and don't know what your saying. Let's just get back to the motel before they find us missing." Lisa said picking up her pace.
"Well Lisa, you don't find at all strange that Beth is sharing a room with Dad back at that rundown motel right now instead of home in her giant mansion." Derek said silencing Lisa.
"If she is trying to steal Daddy, Mommy's not going to like that. She'll probably be pretty angry with her and Daddy" Nicole said to which all the Jordan children agreed.
They were back to bickering like siblings do. It was normal. They were talking again. None of them realized how drastically their world would shatter once they made it back to the hotel.
"Okay you two ready to head back?" Derek asked his sisters.
"Yep! How about you Nikki?" Lisa asked.
"I sure am. Let me just grab one thing." Nicole responded before shuffling off back into her parent's bedroom.
"Got it." Nicole said now holding a small family picture frame.
Okay let's get going. It's long walk." Derek said.
The three Jordan made their way out the door together. All three took one last long look at the dark space before leaving. Each hoped it wouldn't be the last time they saw the house.
The walk back to the motel was the longest uninterrupted time the three kids had spent together in a very long time. Unlike the last few months conversation flowed freely and so did honesty.
"So what do you guys think about Beth?" Derek asked.
"She's very pretty and nice. Daddy seems happy when she's around." Nicole said happily.
"She does seem to mean well. I'm bit jealous that she gets to spend all that time in the lab alongside Dad. Why couldn't that be me?" Lisa said.
"Because Dad doesn't want you in the lab with him and Beth." Derek responded back to his older sister.
"What do you mean?" Lisa asked.
"Aren't you guys at all worried that Dad and Beth might be getting a little too close?" Derek asked trying to tip toe around his real concerns.
"I think she's just trying to be nice and help support him and us through this difficult time." Lisa said.
"She can at least cook better than him. That's for sure." Nicole chimed in.
"Lis, you know more than I do how many times Dad has called saying he was going to spend the night working in the lab with her." Derek said.
"Don't be an idiot Derek. Ever since the first giantess attack Dad's work has been all over the news. He's under a lot of pressure to redeem his name and make up for all the chaos before. It's no surprise he'd be super busy at work. And Beth's been on the project since the beginning so it's only right she be involved with any further research." Lisa explained.
"Get your mind out of a science book Lisa and join the rest of us in the real world for a second. No one is spending that much extra time with their boss unless their working on a little side project together."
"You're gross Derek. Be real. Dad would never do that to Mom or to us. He's a good man." Lisa said.
"I want to trust Dad. I don't know if I trust Beth." Derek admitted.
"You're just tired and don't know what your saying. Let's just get back to the motel before they find us missing." Lisa said picking up her pace.
"Well Lisa, you don't find at all strange that Beth is sharing a room with Dad back at that rundown motel right now instead of home in her giant mansion." Derek said silencing Lisa.
"If she is trying to steal Daddy, Mommy's not going to like that. She'll probably be pretty angry with her and Daddy" Nicole said to which all the Jordan children agreed.
They were back to bickering like siblings do. It was normal. They were talking again. None of them realized how drastically their world would shatter once they made it back to the hotel.
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