Heal My Wounds | Frank Castle, The Punisher

Things aren't as they seem

Last night, a dog stayed hospitalized, and it was Newt's turn to stay the night there. When Jenny arrived, she found him having breakfast in the kitchen. She greeted him, as he waved his spoon at her as he kept eating his cereal.

"How was your night"

"Pretty okay. I woke up three times during the night, one for medication and two to make sure the dog was still alive" he said. "How about yours?"

Jenny didn't answer right away. And newt immediately know something was up. He looked at her, as she looked through the window into the street. Thinking.

"Everything all right?" Newt asked.

"I-I...I don't know" she said. "Do you remember Pete? He came here three days ago, I don't know if you saw him"

"That guy who looked like a lumberjack?" Jenny chuckled at Newt's comment. "What about him?"

"I saw him yesterday, after work. His dog has sensitive skin and he wanted to know what to do about that..." Jenny began, "then we had dinner..."

"Well, I think I know the end of this story" newt joked smirking at her.

"Nothing happened" Jenny said. "I think..." Jenny scoffed awkwardly "I think I'm starting to like him"

"You met him three days ago" He snapped.

"I know...we just...three days ago, the appointment lasted way more than a regular appointment, but that was because we were talking" Jenny lied, the appointment did last longer than usual, but it wasn't because they talked. Frank did the talking, she heard what he had to say. "Like, we naturally have chemistry" True, Frank and Jenny did.

"What about him?" Newt asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Is he being particularly flirty with you or something like that?" Newt exchanged states with Jenny, as she remained quiet.

She thought about the hand holding and the forehead kiss earlier that day. Also about how he called her baby girl.

"Maybe" Jenny whispered.

The rest of the day went by, almost normally.

*
Frank went to a diner for breakfast. He left Jenny's apartment shortly after Jenny left. He left behind Chucks stuff, as well as chuck and a post it note on the door saying he was going to pick Chuck tomorrow. He still didn't know how the whole Micro hunting would end, and didn't want to compromise Chuck's life.

In the diner, he sat on one of the tables, and ordered the first thing he read on the menu, scrambled eggs and bacon. He knew Micro would contact him eventually, so he waited patiently. A waitress reached him, asking him if he wanted more coffee, to which Frank agreed. The lady poured coffee into the into the small mug, as he ate his scrambled eggs.

"Thank you, ma'am" he told the lady, as she nodded and returned to the bar.

He took a sip of his coffee when his phone started ringing. He looked at it amused, put his cup down and grabbed the phone. He let it ring a couple of times before he flipped it open.

"So let me guess here, you're outside, sunbathing on a roof" he told Micro.

"Now that's funny, almost" Micro answered on the other end, as he typed on his computer, tracing the call. "Let me ask you something, Frank. How are the eggs in Pete's Diner and a Grill in Sunnyside? Any good?"

"Smart work, Spook"

"You know" Micro stuttered "I-I gave you this phone so I could contact you, you understand that, right?"