LIFE WE LIVE (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 5

"GUYS? WE'RE BACK!!" Chance yells as he, Austin and Avi walk in carrying food from Taco Bell. Avi had just gotten home from work and had driven up the same time Chance and Austin did.

"How's Kelsey?

"Did she have the baby?"

"What was it?"

"AVIIII!!"

"YOU BROUGHT FOOD!!"

Chance chuckles at all the questions they were bombarding him with.

"Kelsey is fine. She and the baby will get to come home tomorrow. She had a little girl, Lydia Marie. Yes, we brought food and I'm glad the kidnappers let you go, Adam. Tim, it's nice that you got dressed for dinner." Chance smiles as he takes the food out of the bags.

"Oh, okay?" Tim says with a slight nod. He had forgotten about his conversation earlier with his cousin. He rolls his chair into his spot at the table. "So her name is Lydia? That's actually a pretty name."

"She's so pretty. They actually let me hold her." Austin says with a huge smile.

"How's Rob? He didn't pass out, did he?" Tim asks with a smirk as he reaches for a taco.

"No, they said he did really good. He was grinning from ear to ear." Chance replies.

"He'll be a great dad." Avi says.

"So, what have you two been up to while we've been gone?" Chance asks. He couldn't help but notice a slight freeze of action from the two. And a quick glance between them.

"Oh, nothing." Tim answers with a head shake.

For some reason, Chance didn't believe them.

"For some strange reason, I don't trust you two." Chance says as he props his elbows on the table.

"You don't trust us? That offends me, dear Cuz." Tim says as he straightens up in his chair.

"We're angels." Adam adds.

"Angels my ass." Chance laughs.

"Should you say that? That don't sound very nice using angels and ass in the same sentence." Austin states.

"It wasn't very nice. And what happened to, innocent until proven guilty?"  Tim asks with a raised brow.

"Not anymore." Avi chuckles. "I believe now it's, guilty until proven innocent."

"Well, we haven't done anything." Tim sasses as he turns his chair around to leave. "Yet."

"I heard that." Chance calls out as Tim leaves the kitchen.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but Tim is acting differently than he has been since Chris passed away. Kind of like the old Tim." Avi says as he leans his arms on the table.

"You're not wrong, Avi. I've noticed it too." Chance says as he notices Adam becoming uncomfortable. "Would you happen to know anything about it, Adam."

"No." Adam answers a little too quickly, shaking his head.

"You're not lying to me, are you?" Chance asks with a chuckle.

"Uh, no." Adam says before jumping up from the table. "I have to go to the bathroom."

Chance, Avi and Austin watch as Adam runs from the room.

"He's lying." Thay say in unison and start to laugh.

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"Yeah?" Tim calls out, not looking up from the book he was reading, as he hears a light tap on his bedroom door.