I’M NOT AFRAID

“ … soon. we’ll go soon. ” jo sighed as she looked down from her daughter. “your father wants to stay until he gets his memories back, and with everything going on with your uncle and your brother… we can’t leave just yet.” she added after a moment, finally looking up to look at her. “but maybe it’s best if you, jude and felix go home now…”

“i know to believe in your father.” jo offered, looking at her daughter. “we’ll always find a way… i promise.”

“Awesome, we can can be miserable together.” Kirsty gave Aspen a genuine smile.

“It doesn’t seem all that bad here. Well I guess it’s a little grim, definitely no Miami, but I’m sure with a little effort we could help brighten the town up. I wouldn’t call myself an expert, I’m an amateur enthusiast who wants to become one.”

“I don’t know what else we expected with basically our entire family in one town.”

“we won’t lose him aspen. he loves us, all of us, even if he can’t remember you right now.” jo offered gently. “i promise that no matter what happens, we will always love you, okay?”

“I didn’t find anything too uncommon for this region, no. Looking at night probably wasn’t the greatest way to find any either. I was simply busy unpacking all day today.”

“Even If she doesn’t want to be my mom anymore I couldn’t really blame her. It could always be worse, anyway.”

“what does it matter?”

“Good. Yeah, I heard he’d gone kind of wild too. That she is, although right now she’s off running around with your uncle. So who know if she still wants to be my mom.”

“Unfortunately you are,” she said with a sweet smile. “What are you doing out so late?”

“he remembers me.”

“ thank you. and you would be ? ”

“yes, he’s changed a bit too.” jo admitted, her smile slipping away at her daughter’s next question. “unfortunately, he wasn’t as lucky…”