One Time Only

Chapter 32

"You sure you'll be okay?" Andi asks Jerica as she throws a few more of her things in her bag.

"I'll be fine Andi. The villa is huge, you should know this, we stayed there for vacation last year." Jerica says. "I've already called Rico, he and his wife will be there waiting for me to get there."

"Well at least you're taking Anne's private plane this time." Andi says, giving her friend a hug. "Louis and I will fly to visit as soon as we're able."

"Hey, Jeri, you ready to go?" Dan asks. "Louis just called and said Harry left the hospital. If you don't want a major fight on your hands you might want leave now."

"Yeah, Dan, let's go." Jerica says as she grabs her bags and son. "I'll never be able to repay you guys for everything you've done for me."

"Don't worry about it. As Jay said, you're family now, it's what we do." Dan says as he turns into the private airstrip. "Call when you get there, otherwise momma bear will worry." He smiles, then kisses Jerica's cheek. "Be safe hun."

"I will Dan. I love you guys so much. Thank you." Jerica says, kissing his cheek, grabs her things, picks up her son, then run and boards the small plane.

Dan is just parking his car in his normal spot when he sees Harry jump from a taxi and run toward the house. "You won't find her in there." Dan calls out, causing Harry to turn and look at him, and everyone in the house to step outside.

"Where is she?" Harry asks as Louis parks his car in his mom's drive. "Where did you take my girl and son, Dan?" Harry yells.

Dan laughs, provoking the young man in front of him. "Your girl? Oh that's funny. She came running in here and started packing so fast we had no clue what the hell was going on. And the way she begged for a ride to the train station, just to get away from you? Hell son she isn't your girl. Jeri hates you, wants nothing to do with you." Dan smirks, then ducks when Harry throws the first punch. When he stands up straight Dan grabs Harry's arm, twists it behind his back, then wraps his other arm around Harry's body. "Enough Harry." Dan whispers calmly.

Harry chokes out a sob as he slumps against Dan. "I love her." He cries.

"I know son, just give her time. You've hurt her, she needs to heal." Dan says, hugging Harry to him.

"She'll never forgive me, Dan. I've lost her." Harry sobs as he turns and buries his head in Dan's neck.

"She will son, she'll have to. Jeri is to kindhearted to keep your son from you for to long." Dan whispers. "You have to stay away from the drugs, clean your act up. Be the you she fell in love with."

Harry just nods as he let's Dan lead him inside the house. Once there his mom took him to Louis' old room and put him to bed, where he cried himself to sleep.
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Jerica jogs across her livingroom to grab her phone so her ringing phone doesn't wake up her sleeping son. "Hello?" Jerica says quietly.

"He's out." Andi says, in lue of a greeting.

"Oh, when?" Jerica asks as she sits down on the sofa, curling her legs up under her.

"This morning, Lou went and picked him up." Andi says as she rocks her daughter.

"Does he look okay?" Jerica asks.

"He's lost weight, but he looks healthier, if that makes since. Hang on, I'll send a picture, his hair is so long now." Andi says. "It looks good on him."

Looking at her phone when the picture come through, Jerica's eyes widen. "Oh." Is all she can say.

"Yeah, and I love my husband." Andi laughs. "He's been asking about you, Louis had to beg him to go take a nap to shut him up."

Jerica sighs. "I guess it's time to come home, I can't keep Timmy away from him forever. That's not fair." She says.

"Jeri don't rush things, please. Make sure he stays clean." Andi says.

"I don't know, Andi, Timmy will a year old soon. Harry's already missed so much, his first words, steps. I don't want to be the reason he misses his first birthday also." Jerica chokes out.

Andi sighs. "I guess you're right, but Jeri, it wasn't your fault Harry missed all those other milestones. It was his, if he does miss Timmy's first birthday, that's on him too. You tried, more than you should have, to hold things together." She says.

"I know, but I think it's time I came home. I miss Addy, I want my family around me." Jerica says.

"When?" Andi asks, not seeing Harry standing in the doorway.

"I'll start packing tonight, and call Marcus to have the plane ready tomorrow." Jerica says.

"Okay, be careful. I'll see you in a few days Jeri. Give Timmy a kiss for me." Andi says.

"Will do, hug Addy for me." Jerica says as she hangs up her phone, then stands to go and ask Rico to have Marta help her pack.

"Would you have let me speak to her if I had asked politely?" Harry asks Andi.

"Probably not." Andi says as she stands to put her sleeping daughter in her bed. "Look Harry, regardless of what you think, I don't hate you, I hate what you've done to my friend, I hate what you turned into because of the drugs. But you as a person, the one I got to know first, the one Jeri fell in love with, that Harry I could never hate."

Harry nods and blinks back tears. "Andi, that's the Harry I want to be. For Jeri, my son, you and the rest of my family, but most of all for me. I don't like the other Harry."

Andi smile and gives Harry a hug. "I don't like the other Harry either." She says as she smiles at her husband.