it wasn't suppose to be like this...

chapter 1

Zoey was a happy child, her parents moved to california a year before her mum was pregnant with her. Zoey grew up in a strong loving environment.

Zoey's mum was a nursery teacher, and her dad was a doctor. Everything was going brilliantly, they were earning a decent sum of money and had a lovely big house to live in. Up until one night in the year 2000.

Zoey's mum had been asked to join a few friends for a night out, to celebrate her friends 30th birthday, zoey's dad agreed to stay home and look after zoey while she went out and enjoyed herself. Only she never returned.

Mr. Greene (zoey's dad) had a break down when the police came to their house the next day and couldn't bare to bring himself to believe what the officers were saying, to him Jennifer was still alive, but sadly her body was found slumped against a waste bin down a dark alley.

As the weeks went on, jordan, Mr Greene grew more and more depressed and unable to bring himself to go to work, he refused to let zoey leave his side incase she died next.

A month on and jordan hadn't left the house since the funeral, friends had come and gone to give their condolences and gave them food knowing jordan wouldn't leave the house, until one of Jennifer's friends came to check in on them.

"You need to get your act together jordan, I understand the pain you're going through, but think what zoey's going through, how she's feeling, she's lost her mum, and you're not exactly paying her much attention, your just cooped up in this room alone. You need to get out there and live your life, it's what Jennifer would want" she reasoned with him
"You don't understand, I look out the window, I expect to see jen running down the drive with zoey following behind, the pain is horrible, i can't handle it." He sobbed
"Well you know what you got to do? You've got to pack your stuff book a ticket to another country and try to get on with your lives, I'm not saying forget her but think about zoey, she needs to have a life, she needs to go to school jordan. It's not fair on you" she stated
"You're right, zoey needs an education, and I'm holding her back from it, when you leave I'll look up some countries that need a doctor and we'll move out there, thanks Sally" he nodded with his head in his hands still.

As that night went on, zoey sat down infront of the TV watching a programme while her dad did a bit of research on the other countries when one caught his eye.

*experienced doctor urgently needed in mullingar, Ireland. Experience and qualifications are essential in order to get the job*

He instantly began emailing the hospital that needed the doctor and included his CV and a print screen of all his qualifications.

As it was 8:00pm the hospital should be in touch within the same day as it would only be 1:00pm in ireland.

Half an hour passed and zoey had grown increasingly tired so jordan scooped her up in his arms for the first time in a month and took her to bed.

"I love you daddy" she whispered as she adjusted herself in her bed.
"I love you too zo, I'm sorry I've been so distant, I've been busy" he murmured
"I miss mummy too, but she's watching us now, so nothing can hurt us" she yawned
"Nothing will hurt us, I won't let it, and neither will mummy, now go to sleep zo, I love you" he kissed her forehead sweetly before leaving her bedroom.

As he walked into the living room he noticed he had a new email in his inboxes and scurries to check it.

"Dear Mr Greene,
We have looked through your application of the role of a doctor here in mullingar and have been quite impressed with your experiences and qualifications, we would gladly accept you as a part of the team, however we will require a meeting to discuss the job role and to see if you are good enough to be on our team, which we highly think you will be. If you could respond to this email as soon as possible so we could arrange a meeting that would be great.
Many thanks. Mr T banks."

As jordan read through the email his happiness increased. Both Mr Greene and banks arranged a meeting date which is due in two weeks.

Once the meeting had been set up jordan searched for houses for him and zoey to live in, after skimming through 6 pages of houses he finally found a decent one, it had three bedrooms, one for him, one for zoey and one for a guest. It was now 10:21pm meaning it was 3:21pm in ireland. He emailed the landlord who responded almost instantly. They discussed the rent and how much a deposit would be. Jordan gave his credit card details and the deposit was set there and then, the landlord said that the house would be able to move into straight away if he wanted, but jordan insisted he moved to Ireland in a weeks time as he had a few things to do before leaving america.

As he was still on his laptop and not feeling tired yet, he Searched schools for zoey to go to, luckily there was a school that was as few streets away from where they would be living. Jordan got in contact with the head teacher and talked about a possible place for zoey, the head teacher went through the number of students in year 2 to see if there was any places which luckily there was. Jordan told the head teacher the address he would be moving to and requested he filled the forms out once he moves.

With three major things ticked down jordan shut off his laptop and heaved himself up to bed, he laid staring up at the ceiling for a while before closing his eyes and easing himself off to a gentle sleep.

A/n so basically this is my second story, I know I haven't finished my first but I plan to just cut it off pretty soon, I know this chapter has alot going on in it but I'm just trying not to make into drag on like the other story does. So please, bare with me, don't give up on me, read it, share it and please vote so I know my stories are worth writing. Thank you.