Rising Tide

Chapter 12

The next morning Em woke Harry up complaining she was hungry, quietly slipping out of the bed Harry picked the girl he was falling in love with up and put her on the counter beside him while he started breakfast for everyone. About 5 minutes into his cooking her felt another set of arms around his legs so he scooped her up and sat Tia beside Em and continued what he was doing. When he got the main breakfast done he started on something lite he thought Autumn might be able to stomach consisting of yogurt and fresh fruit. Harry was just finishing that up when Tia spoke up.

"Mommy, Uncle Curly made breakfast." Tia says pointing.

"Of course he did." Amy yawns. "That's why we keep him around. He cooks better than I do." She chuckles.

"Remember you said that, not me." Lou laughs, walking into the kitchen scooping both girls off the counter and sitting them in a chair.

Autumn was watching from the doorway with a smile. "You should have woke me up. I could have helped." She says, causing Harry to spin around and rush to her side.

"What are you doing up?" Harry asks her picking her up then walking to the table to put her in a chair.

"Harry I feel better after sleeping all night. I'm fine really." Autumn tells him.

Harry looks at her with a raised eyebrow. "Okay." He said as put the breakfast he fixed her in front of her.

"Well that sounded believable." Autumn chuckles, picking out the blueberries.

"Hey, those are good for you." Harry snaps at her, a little upset she wasn't more thankful for him fixing her something special.

"Harry, they may be good for you and everyone else, but they will kill me. I'm allergic to them." Autumn sighs. Wondering what his problem was this morning.

"You know what fine." Harry says scooping up the bowl and throwing it in the sink then stomped out of the kitchen.

Autumn blinks back the tears that were once again threatening to fall free from her eyes. "Amy can you please watch Em for me while I go home and get Steven dress uniform and take it to the funeral home?"

"Of course I will, but are you sure you'll be okay on your own Lou can take you." Amy says and Lou nods.

"I'll be fine, I've been this thin before while training. I was just really tired yesterday." Autumn tells them. Standing she kisses her niece. "Be good okay, I'll be back soon and then we'll go home."

"Okay Aunty Rainy." Em says and kisses her aunt's cheek.

Autumn grabs her purse then walks across the street and into the house she hasn't been in for months. Going straight to Steven room she opens the closet and let's the tears she's been holding back free. Her brother unique smell hit her as soon as the doors were opened, taking a deep breath Autumn pushed most of the clothes to one side until she came to what she was looking for. Grabbing the garment bag and laying it on the bed she unzips it to make sure it's all there, deciding it was because the shoes were in the bottom of the bag she zips it back up and walks to the garage. Getting in the car she hasn't driven in probably 6 months she stuck the key in it and hoped it starts. Smiling when she hears her one indulgence purr to life she clicks the the power door opener and back her baby blue Bentley out of the garage only to see Harry standing in her way.

Harry was pacing back and forth in the bedroom he shared with Autumn the night before. He still didn't know what pissed him off about her picking the blueberries out of what he fixed her, it wasn't that big of a deal. Harry kept going over in his head this mornings conversation then it hit him, what Autumn had said. She's deathly allergic to blueberries, and what did he do, he threw her breakfast in the sink. She probably skipped eating another meal because of him. Running out of the room he goes to the kitchen.
"Where is she?" He asks.