||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 134: Family Round For Easter||

"I think he's getting use to it."
Aaron smiled,"Animals were never Dad's thing, made him nervous or tense; Think he's more use to your cat, Delory's dog which are both calm and Ike's pup is full of energy.", Nicky nods, Mya had a skip in her step.
"We got so much to look forward to-"
"MYA!"
Mya ran to Lucy and Maritza, Maritza jumping with excitement as Enzo followed close behind like he lost his soul on the way here.
"DID YOU SEE THE PILOT EPISODE FOR THE MAGICAL GIRL!?!?"
"YES IT WAS SO PRETTY!! I'M SO EXCITED!!"
They gushed about dressing up as Magical Girls.
Enzo paused,"Wouldn't. . . I thought you guy would want to dress up as The Powerpuff Girls, you know?", they look at him,"Yeah, but we're not into it as much.", Lucy then lit up again,"Oh! Knights Of Quinevere; The Princess!", Mya gasped,"Yes! OHHH SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TOO!!!", as they gushed about it.
Aaron turned to Nicky,"I'm more looking forward to The Gaslight District, but there's so much to look forward to; A new musical is being made based on King Arthur.", Aaron smiled at him, Nicky returning it as Aaron snapped his fingers.
"I should teach you how to make costumes, and we can cosplay together."

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Saul stood in the kitchen, looking at his older brother; Still tired, but he was better though the breathing tube and oxygen tank. . . Was new and getting use to.
"I know you're staring, what's up."
Jimmy sipped his coffee.
"I just-. . . I've been thinking and, looking back. . ."
Saul leaned against the counter,"All those times you had an injury from the factory or, came home wanting to not talk about it. . .", Saul shook his head,"What happened Jim. . .", Jimmy held the cup, gripping it a bit hard.
. . .
"I wanted to quit."
. . .
"So desperately. . . But I couldn't. . . When I first started working there, it was. . . Amazing, but the problems mainly came from Leith; Elliot's partner and he, and I didn't get along. . ."
Jimmy rubbed the back of his neck, putting the cup down,"Admittedly sometimes it would get physical. . . Jabbing me in the chest, to grabbing me by the collar. . . Reminding me, I was powerless. . . And I couldn't quit, not cause of the money. . . Because they'd have hurt you all, especially Nicky.", Saul listened in horror, Jimmy continued,"They threatened you all any time, to remind me. . . It wasn't just Leith, Eddie nearly choked me out, Sawyer was. . . Sawyer and we were all just stuck-", then time seemed to slow down.

This wasn't the kitchen.
Now Jimmy stood in the factory, Sawyer's domain; The bots staring at him, Sawyer's laugh ringing in his ears and he could almost smell the smoke.
"Jim."

Jim tensed, Saul took the cup from his brother and directed him to the sofa,"Let's put it down. . . And sit down. . . Stay with me, stay grounded. . .", Jimmy nods.

Saul and Jimmy sat in silence,"Look. . . I don't know the full details of what went on, or what happened but. . . I feel at fault for it, that we didn't find you sooner. . .", Saul admitted, shaking his head,"Jay could tell, even if you always told him you were okay, he wanted to go check on you but I told him to leave you be. . . If I had shown the concern he had, maybe you would have been found sooner.", Jimmy shook his head,"Thank you for stopping him. . . I couldn't imagine if Sawyer or Leith found him. . .", Saul looked at his brother, so many years of being at odds with one another.
"We'll get you through this."
Jimmy nods.
Saul promised if he ever saw this Sawyer Guy or Leith; he would kill them.

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They watched as Nicky showed off his picture to Stella, Jay making Dinner as Jimmy relaxed. . . Finally was he at peace with Stella, away from the factory.
. . .
And Nicky was safe.