¹ Snipes || Reacher

09. Papier

"You look strangely happy." Finlay remarked as Lizzie shrugged, before she was shaking her head.

"Kliner's dead." She said with a shrug.

"It's the station house." Finlay said and then, his phone buzzed in his pocket. "The dung has officially hit the fan." At the alternative to a curse word, Lizzie looked like she wanted to slam her head into the picnic table.

"The dung." Reacher scoffed at the words and Lizzie stood up, stretching as she was shaking her head. "Just curse, Finlay." He said and Lizzie was nodding, before she was following Reacher.

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Joe was listening on the other side of the door with a gun in his hand and then he was ready for a fight if he had to. If he had to protect Charlie and the kids, he would do anything since he had already decided it by himself.

Then the familiar knock came at the door as Joe was putting the gun swiftly back into the holster on his leg, before he saw Picard standing in the doorway after Charlie had opened it.

"Is it over?" Charlie asked almost automatically and Picard sighed at the words, before he shook his head.

"No. But, I brought some backup." Picard motioned to somebody else that was coming to the door.

Joe was hoping that it was his mother and when he saw Roscoe, he felt crestfallen and it must have shown on his face and Roscoe was nodding. "She is with your dad." She explained and then Joe quietly sighed with relief at the words, before he was hugging her as well.

"I'm not as good at hiding my emotional states as my parents are, yet." Joe admitted freely as Roscoe chuckled at him.

"They were in the military and you are barely an adult, Joe. You have got plenty of time to get there." Roscoe said and then, he was looking at her.

"About that, I've decided that I'm going to change my name." Joe said and then she was looking at him. "My full name is Joseph Jackson Borden." He said and Roscoe was narrowing her eyes. "Jackson was my grandmother's maiden name, on Mom's side of the family." He said and she was nodding.

"So... Then, what are you officially going to change it to?" Roscoe asked as they were checking out the security system, Joe for his standard loop and Roscoe to learn about it.

"JJ Borden." Joe said and then, she was looking at him. "I need to know that when people are talking about me, they aren't going to get all sorts of confused with me and my late uncle." He explained and then at the words, Roscoe nodded really quickly in understanding.

"I get it. So, how do we play "Settlers of Catan" anyhow?" Roscoe asked as Joe was chuckling quietly and they went over to the table.

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"Hand me some jerky, will you?" Lizzie asked and then Reacher held some out to her, Lizzie was grabbing some quickly as she threw them into her mouth quickly.

"So, what is the deal with the 110th then?" Finlay asked and Lizzie was looking at him from the backseat, before she was silently shaking her head.

"Long story." Reacher replied shortly.

"You got somewhere to be?" Finlay asked as he was gesturing to their surroundings as Reacher tossed another package of beef jerky back to Lizzie, who was eagerly ripping into it.