Summer Lovin |Jeremiah Fisher

five: stop, you're losing me

When Delilah and Jeremiah pulled up, Belly wasn't too far behind.

The girls helped the boys bring in the groceries when Conrad had come out to talk to Jeremiah, they figured they should have some space to figure out everything..

"Being back here is honestly so healing and stressful at the same time," Delilah confessed as she and Belly packed away all the supplies in the kitchen. Delilah took the fridge while Belly took the pantry.

"Tell me about it. Being around Conrad makes my heart feel like it's just getting ripped into pieces over and over again." Belly muttered. Delilah threw her a glance.

"Have you guys talked?" Delilah frowned, closing the fridge. Belly shook her head as she placed a pack of Doritos in the pantry.

"About us? No. Im not exactly looking to start a conversation about it either." Belly sighed, closing the pantry door.

"What about you and Jeremiah?" Belly asked. Delilah shook her head.

"We sort of mentioned it here and there but no, we never really talked about it in depth. I think we're avoiding it too." Delilah said, tracing random patterns on the kitchen island.

"Well after we sort this all out we get to go home. We just have to be there for them through the end." Belly nodded. Delilah smiled and squeezed her hand.

"Yeah, we'll get through this."

Once Conrad took a shower since he had been out surfing all morning, the Fisher boys sat at the dining table ready to call their father. Delilah and Belly walked in unsurely, watching the brothers.

"Do you need us to go?" Delilah asked, glancing between them.

"We can wait upstairs." Belly nodded.

"No of course not. Stay." Jeremiah said sincerely.

"You both helped me and J get this far. Plus it's you guy's house as much as it's ours." Conrad said. The girls exchanged looks as Conrad's phone started to ring.

Belly quickly took the seat beside Conrad and Delilah took the seat beside Jeremiah.

It all reminded Delilah so much of Thanksgiving.

Conrad answered the call and placed it on speaker.

"Dad hey." Conrad greeted.

"Hey con I only got a few minutes here." Adam Fisher replied.

"Hey, Dad," Jeremiah said.

"Jere? You're in Cousins too?"

"yeah, just got in last night." Jeremiah tried to smile but everyone saw through him. You didn't need to be Delilah to see how hard of a front he was putting on.

"Alright look, I got a heads-up from the bank that you're trying to access your trust. That's not gonna happen. " Adam said.  Delilah watched helplessly as Jeremiah's gaze hardened, his expression became guarded.

"So you already made up your mind? " Conrad asked.

"Yeah I mean, that money's for your future. Im not gonna let you blow it on a beach house."

"It's not just a house Dad," Jeremiah said desperately.

"You want me to beg Dad? Because I will, I will-"

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The call came when Delilah had been in the middle of a late-night burn.

And im not talking candles.

She knew it was bad news, she had gone through it all before with her mother. Peter had to admit her at 2 a.m., he had come back for them at 3 a.m.