Kaylee Jaymie Halstead

Talk

I was on FaceTime with Zach until dad walked in.
Dad: sorry Zach I need to borrow her for a second
Zach: hi mr halstead. Bye Kaylee
I ended the call
Dad sat on the edge of my bed
Dad: I think we need to have a little talk
I sat up and just looked at dad
Kaylee: is this about the lady I saw?
He just nodded
Dad: the lady you saw was Monica and the guy was her on and off partner Frank
Kaylee: Monica? As in my mom Monica?
Dad: yeah
Kaylee: how did she recognise me? She hasn't seen me since I was like 3
Dad: I have no idea
Kaylee: what do I do if I see her again?
Dad: whatever you want. If you want to talk to her, tell her where to stick it or even just ignore her. I'm not gonna tell you to talk to her if you don't want to.
Kaylee: does she have any other kids?
Dad: yeah she has 6 other kids
Kaylee: I have siblings?
Dad: you do
Kaylee: did she leave them too?
Dad: yeah she did. The oldest looks after all the kids.
Kaylee: have you met them?
Dad: No when I met Monica she said she was single and had no kids
Kaylee: how old was you both when you met?
Dad: I was 16 and Monica was like 34
Kaylee: urgh that's gross
Dad: she lied about her age said she was 23. Even though it wasn't right I liked her and she liked me. Looking back at it I now realise that it was wrong but I don't regret it because otherwise I wouldn't have you
Kaylee: do you think I could meet them?
Dad: who?
Kaylee: her kids
Dad: maybe. You got anymore questions?
Kaylee: what was Monica like?
Dad: she was wild and impulsive and that's what I loved about her. She would do things without thinking about the consequences. She loved to party, drink and do drugs she did it so often that eventually I got into it too.
Kaylee: you did drugs?
Dad: yeah I did for abit but Hank saved me.
Kaylee: I remember you said she got clean before I was born
Dad: that was only because DCFS was gonna take you away if me and Monica couldn't get clean. She stopped the drugs but not the drinking.
Kaylee: why did you break up?
Dad: like 6 months after you were born, she got back with Frank. He never knew about us until I took her to court to get full custody of you because Frank got her back on the drugs.
Kaylee: do you think she regrets what happened?
Dad: I don't know Kaylee. For your sake I hope she does but Monica cares about no one but herself.
Hailey: Jay!
Dad: yeah!
Hailey: can you come and help me move this?!
Dad: peach I'll be downstairs okay?
I just nodded. I got out my phone and called kelly
Kelly: hey kiddo
Kaylee: hi
Kelly: what's going on?
Kaylee: did you know my mom?
Kelly: everyone in Chicago knows her but not for a good reason
Kaylee: what do you mean?
Kelly: she used to scam money out of people for drugs
Kaylee: do you know her last name?
Kelly: erm Gallagher I think
Kaylee: is she from Chicago as well?
Kelly: yeah she used to live on the south side but no one knows where she went when she left
Kaylee: she's back in Chicago
Kelly: what?
Kaylee: I went on a date with Zach and I saw her. She was staring at me like she knew me. It was weird
Kelly: was she with anyone?
Kaylee: some guy. Dad told me his name was Frank
Kelly: what are you gonna do?
Kaylee: I don't know. I don't want to know her but then I do. I want to ask her why she chose that life over me
Kelly: only you can decide
Kaylee: do you think Kev and Ronnie will know where she is?
Kelly: I don't know kiddo
Kaylee: okay never mind
Kelly: is there anything else you wanna talk about?
Kaylee: I went on a date with Zach
Kelly: how was it?
Kaylee: it was nice. It really was. We went on a double date with his sister and her boyfriend
Kelly: where did you go?
Kaylee: we went to the fair and then five guys
Kelly: so Zach
Kaylee: mhm
Kelly: is he good to you?
Kaylee: yep I really like him kelly
Kelly: he breaks your heart I'm coming after him with a baseball bat
Kaylee: yeah yeah
Hailey: Kaylee Zach's here

Zachs pov
I went up to Kaylees room and she was on the phone. She then passed it over
Kaylee: Kelly wants to say hi
Zach: hi?
Kelly: Zach you listen okay you seem like a really nice guy but you hurt her I'll come for you okay? You best treat her right
Zach: of course Kelly
Kelly: when you next coming to the firehouse?
Zach: after school Monday well I finish early so probably 12 same as Kaylee why?
Kelly: well I thought you might like to go through some fire drills
Zach: yeah thank you
Kelly: no worries I'll see you soon. Pass me back to Kaylee
I gave her back the phone. She started talking to kelly so I just turned her tv on and put on Netflix. I went downstairs and Jay was making dinner.
Jay: you staying for dinner kid?
Zach: no it's okay
Jay: you sure? We have plenty to go around
Zach: oh okay sure
Jay: Chicken and egg fried rice
Zach: thanks
Jay: what's Kaylee doing?
Zach: she's on the phone to Kelly. He gave me a warning
Jay: that's kelly for you
Zach: can I help you make it?
Jay: sure just wash your hands first
I washed my hands and Jay let me wash and season the chicken and put it in the oven. After we finished making dinner we plated it up and Kaylee came downstairs
Jay: you okay?
Kaylee: yeah I'm fine
Jay: what did kelly have to say?
Kaylee: we were talking about Monica then about school. He threatened Zach as well but as a joke. Kind of
Jay: well we've made dinner whilst you ladies just laze about
Kaylee: as it should be
We ate dinner then had a movie night