If A Tree Falls

Christmas Day

Jacob
This is the best Christmas I have ever known. I am sure we have siblings out there. They invited a few friends today and I was playing with Mia Grace and the other children when a beautiful young lady came in and played with the children too. Hannah Stewart she introduces herself to me and we continue playing the children until dinner is called.
Hannah
Jacob is definitely related to Anastasia and Leila. I am a reporter and photographer for GSW, I go on all kinds of calls the latest was a gruesome killing that I stumbled onto and got photos along with the CSI team. I blended in and then disappeared until I saw someone watching and I was just trying to figure out who he was and why he was there.
Collins
I asked the young lady if she got good clean photos and could I buy a copy to see if it is the person my boss has been trying to find before anyone else could, but it's too late for that if she's dead. We needed the picture for verification. We exchanged information and I got the pictures after sending money to her Zelle account and soon over a hundred photos came through in small groups at a time. A usb drive would have been better.
Nina
Marvin disappeared and so did I, it's done and I am going home again. I can now rest easy that Charlotte can't hurt me or my grandchild. I know Evan has him hidden somewhere and I don't want him to know me and glad he doesn't and hasn't known Charlotte.
Evan
I hear the laughter of my son David Allen Lockhart and know he is once again safe from his mother. This time for good. Elsa brings him in to eat breakfast with me in his Armani suit. It's a big day for us and our flight to Seattle is getting scheduled. I take him after breakfast and we brush our teeth and fix our hair and grab our suitcases. The mannies have theirs and security grabs theirs as well the staff is bringing his favorite toys and his iPad. My briefcase and iPad are all in my hands. Elsa has made sure her assistants are well aware of what their duties are while we are gone. Christmas Day was pretty quiet here, but we were together and that was what counted. Elsa had her bags put in the trunks of our cars last night. There are cars waiting for us in Seattle. A home was available to rent during Christmas vacation so we took it. Security and staff included but paid double time.
Elsa
Collins said Nina flew back to her home state. Evan told me to have him fly back to Seattle. David is holding my hand and his daddy's hand as we get on the flight. We look like a perfect family. I wished we were, but I doubt Evan sees me other than his personal assistant. I am a live assistant, my salary is about triple of a regular assistant would be paid.
Collins
I jump on a flight back to Seattle and meet Mr Lockhart at his rental home. The realtor already has everything we asked for ready. I beat the rest of teams by five minutes.
Evan
I will need to see if I can find another place for after the holidays. I don't when they will release Charlottes body for burial or cremation yet. Plus I guess I should find out who Jacob Lambert really is. David is anxious that Santa won't be able to get his presents to him in Seattle. I ask Elsa to see that things are ready for Christmas for David.
Elsa
Already taken care of sir. He will have what you planned waiting for him. Luckily David was busy on his iPad and failed to hear us.
Evan
I decide to give Elsa a nice raise in salary for everything she has done for us. David was a miracle baby, I was told when he was born that Charlotte had been told she couldn't have a baby, but I got a different thought when she gave birth to David. Nina Ford wanted to prevent me from making the biggest mistake of my life. She decided to tell me about her daughter's diagnosis about being infertile. It was true, but somehow we had David. I had a DNA test done on him and I and he is definitely mine. Charlotte lost her mind completely after David's birth. She missed cutting her mother's jugular by a quarter of an inch. Nina had to stay in the hospital for a month because of the knife her mom used and the various plastic surgeries she had to have to assure the wound would stay closed. She was not allowed to talk because of it. Her mother lost acting jobs including the one she was doing when it happened. No wonder she wanted her daughter dead. I can't blame her for that. Nina lost everything after that. I had to settle out of court with her and Charlotte was placed in a mental institution at the judges insistence. Dahlia and I were dating casually when Charlotte became pregnant and I married her so I could gain custody of my son. Then Dahlia was pregnant. Birth control fails more than we know about and for reasons we aren't aware of. I decided to do a lot of research after that. Elsa just shook her head and got me the information and explained all of it as I listened intently. Sometimes fate intercedes and birth control is useless.
Elsa
Evan has been in deep thought while David is sleeping in his car seat. Who knows what the man is thinking about. I watch as we arrive at a huge mansion that will no doubt have staff running to and fro getting ready for our arrival. The Christmas tree and presents are waiting in the front of the house. Various people are welcoming us and giving us their names. David is checking out the presents.
Evan
Let's get settled in, eat and then open the gifts okay?
David
Yes daddy.