Boys, Meet Twitch

Chapter 16

"Uncle Joe?" Twitch walked into his office
"Hello, Lindsay." He said
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yes." He said
"Did you issue the restraining order against Oscar?"
"Yes, actually. Took you long enough to figure it out." He said, "How's your baby?"
"It's fine. What'd you do it for?" She asked
"I noticed your twitching has gone down. Lindsay, I may have upped the price for papers for you, but I'm still your uncle. I'm still a father, too. If someone had done that to Katherine, I would have killed him on the spot."
Twitch smiled. "Has my mom asked about me at all? Do you talk to her?"
Pulitzer sighed. "I'm sorry, Lindsay, she hasn't. Bridgette is a stubborn character."
     Twitch sighed. "I'm not surprised. She yelled at me when I started twitching, and she kicked me out for this. Joe, I didn't want this to happen! I-I-I... never mind. How's Katherine? Haven't seen her in a while."
     "She's well, Lindsay. What are you and Jack doing tonight? Anything?"
     "We're going to Medda's theater. Haven't seen a show in a while."
     "You got tickets?"
     "Well, Jack paints the sets for her. I've been helping him recently. She lets us go backstage and watch."
     Pulitzer studied her. He didn't understand how she could be so happy and hardly have anything. "Well, Lindsay, just remember: you may be a newsie, but you're still a Peterson. And if you want your printing press back, you can have it."
     "Is it still in the basement?" She asked
     "Yup. You can see it if you want. I have to fill some things out, but I trust you alone."
     "I think I'll go look at it." She said
     Twitch walked downstairs. And who did she see laying down on her printing press? Oscar. "What the heck are you doing here?" He asked
     "I was just looking at my printing press, but, I'll go." She tried to leave
     "Hold up!"
     "What?"
     "Come here. I wanna see you."
     "No, you know the restraints my uncle gave you, I really shouldn't-"
     He stood up and cornered her. "You miss me. Don't deny it." He said
     "No. I don't! Now, if you'll excuse me, I-"
     He kissed her by force. She slapped him. "Get away from me!" She ran
     "You can't hide from me forever, Lindsay!" He yelled as she ran away