The Older

Whilst Time Repeats

As Time was repeating itself all over again in Fate's head. Time was not stopping for Stephen or five year old Anna Lynn.

Although Stephen was still in much grief and mourning, he was also in the process starting to look for a new job, and he wanted to go ahead and try looking for a new bigger house on some land like Fate and him had dreamed about. He thought it would be good for both him and Anna and even Fate to start over in a more out of town, country, setting, where there wasn't so much going on all around. He was hoping maybe if he could find something affordable and in his price range it would be good for Anna to go ahead and have a new start in school and in life hoping she would even make some new friends.

He was afraid of being in that house, where the murder had occurred in. Even after he redid the carpets, he still felt as if that house was holding him back somehow and his family as well.

As for those neighborhood thug boys. Tommy and James and the other two boys were pretty much freaking out about what had happened. James still couldn't even believe that Tommy had been carrying a gun on him and then he used it, he just knew they were all in deep shit. A few days after the funeral they met up at James House to discuss the issue.

"Dude, what are we gonna do?" James said as he paced back in forth in his bedroom with Tommy and the other boys.

Tommy who was acting as if it was no big deal like he hadn't just shot a three year old, was just staring at the television pretty much ignoring James. Which just pissed him and the other boys off.

"Dude." One of the boys, Jordan said..." we were just the look out and this isn't the Brady bunch we are not all in this together."" We are out of this. Tommy is the one who shot him, and it was an accident right....? It's not like he meant to shoot him? Either way if y'all don't go to the police and tell them what went down, me and Blake are going too." This boy was serious, they all were except for Tommy who after hearing the last part was now all ears.

Tommy then said sternly, loudly, and staring straight at all of them. "Actually this is just like the Brady bunch, Jordan, you are so stupid you don't think the cops are gonna find you guys just as guilty? I may have had the gun and done all the work but you guys are apart of this like it. Or not."

"Oh, God! And You guys are sure nobody else saw you...? I dunno about this." Blake said as he was so nervous he had all most bitten all his nails off.

"Well we could just go back and finish the job?" Tommy said with a laugh then he added, " Just in case, you know to be sure."

" What!? Who are you? Are you crazy? We can't go back!" Jordan screamed, he was furious now but Tommy was starting to scare the hell out of him.

"Stop screaming, Jordan, geez... Okay Look, Tommy, it was an accident right? I dunno maybe for now we should just stay quiet and act like shits normal." Said  James in a stern voice. " Everybody got it.... no one saw us. There is no way they can trace this shit back to us."

Things didn't go back to normal though for any of them. They all had the death of three year old Noah on their consciences, especially Tommy, and although he was a freak who felt no remorse, everything you do catches up with you all in good timing.

For some reason, Stephen did Not feel safe at all leaving Anna Lynn by herself in the morning. Thankfully though the nurse was there to help out with Fate. So her Aunt Alyssa, a long time friend of Fate's came in for a bit after she heard what was all going on and volunteered to keep an eye of everyone, as he looked for a nurse.

After what had happened to Fate, he spent a few days looking and interviewing different nurses. He wanted someone young and hard working, and someone kind and gentle, someone could be patient with her as he was gone. He also wanted a girl nurse so that Anna would feel more comfortable. He didn't know how long it would take for Fate to awake, and he didn't imagine at that time it would take years, but just in case it would be a while, he needed someone to be loving to his little five year old Anna. He was even hoping to find someone that she would look up too, someone with good morals and values.