Remember Your Worth | Jackson Avery

bonus chapter: nine

"I love you, Avery, but your Scorpio is showing and I'd like you to stop."

He groaned, moving the camera closer to his face.

"What do you mean my Scorpio is showing? I didn't do anything."

"You did, and I'm gonna let you think on it. I gotta go but I love you."

"I love you too." He replied, ending the call as I opened the front door.

"Tuck!" I shouted, walking through Aunt Mir's house.

I found him in her and Ben's bedroom, holding his hands behind his head.

"Okay. One more time."

"Ma.. we've done this too many times already. I know what to do." He complained.

Aunt Mir scoffed.

"I appreciate that but it doesn't calm my nerves. Again, please."

He looked to Ben for help.

"This is the last time. You know how she can get."

I quietly chuckled, watching her glare at Ben before turning back to Tuck.

"I am William George Bailey Jones. I have nothing on me..."

While he spoke, they nodded, grinning to each other when he finished.

"Good. Remember, you need to be in control of your emotions. You can’t fight back, you can’t talk back... Your only goal is to get home safely."

"I'll remember." He assured.

"No matter what, you can never ever run."

"I know, guys.

"Tuck, everything we’re saying is because we want you to come home again. We want to see our amazing and perfect son every night.. that's all."

Tuck nodded.

"I'll remember, guys." He genuinely said.

"Okay. You are free to do whatever but tell Jada to stay out of my closet."

"Cool. Hey, Sage." He laughed, fist bumping me and he passed.

"Stay out of my closet?" I repeated.

"That girl either has my jewelry, one of my shirts.. I don't know why. And I don't even care at this point."

"What are you doing here?" Ben asked, lying in bed with his wife.

"I'm here to pick up the heathens, actually. I agreed to let the kids have a sleepover at my house unfortunately."

"No, I'm telling you, Sage is cool. She's nice, funny.. you'll like her."

I turned, seeing Joey enter with three younger children. My mind pieced together that those were his siblings; it also wondered what they were doing here.