Bless the broken road

Chapter 4: Truth's Discover

About 2 months later...

Tommy sat at the kitchen table enjoying his coffee. It was the weekend and the Oliver household was enjoying an unusually lazy morning. The kids were in the den watching their morning cartoons Kimberly was sleeping in just a little bit and he was, as usual up with the dawn. This had been his daily routine since highschool; it had been a way for him to stop being late for school not to mention that Kimberly had gifted him with that digital watch. Usually, when he woke up, he went into the back yard to practice his katas before taking a shower and preparing for the day. Lately, though, Dylan had taken to joining him. After the death of their parents, Joey and Samantha, Dylan who had gone through a rough grieving period had taken to Karate as an outlet for his angst and grief. Tommy had been a careful teacher and the boy had flourished. Now, as he was getting into his teens, the boy had really begun to take the sport seriously and had started joining his adoptive father in his morning routines. This morning had been much the same, though it had ended when Michelle woke up and asked him to go watch cartoons with her.

Tommy was glad that the two had such a strong sibling relationship.

But now, he sat at the kitchen counter, enjoying the coffee and the brief silence.

Suddenly in the other room, he began to hear his baby daughter beginning to cry. He set down his coffee cup and started to rise from his chair when he saw the door to their bedroom open up and Kimberly emerge heading for the nursery.

Gosh, she was just so damn beautiful! She yawned softly and opened the door and Tommy set down his coffee again and followed her into the room, shutting it behind him. He watched with love sick eyes as Kimberly gently lifted their daughter out of her crib and settled down in the rocking chair to nurse her.

It was a sight that Tommy couldn't get enough of. Through the years of their marriage, she'd gone from being his beautiful princess to his sexy goddess and this simple sweet moment was enough to make him feel all kinds of warm fuzzies.

"Take a picture Handsome, it might last longer."

Tommy chuckled evilly. "Oh but I have plenty of those, I actually prefer the real deal."

Kimberly grinned up at him. "You are insatiable, Handsome."

"Only for you, Beautiful. I really need to kidnap you, take you to my fortress and ravish you....again; soon.

Kimberly chuckled at him. "Hmm, and what a weekend that was...and if I'm not mistaken, that was how this little one was conceived."

Tommy laughed at her. "I have no regrets, Beautiful. Not a single one."

Kimberly shook her head and looked down at her sweet baby girl. "Me neither."

Tommy was about to walk further into the room when his cellphone went off. He sighed when he saw the number, and backed out of the room closing the door before answering it.

"Hello? Dr. Oliver speaking."

"Hello, Dr. Oliver, this is Conner's mom. I'm sorry to be bothering you on the weekend, but I'm trying to find my son. I know he likes to spend time over at your house, so I was wondering if you've seen him."

Tommy shook his head. "I'm sorry. Ms. Mcknight. But I haven't seen him since yesterday when he showed up to teach his class at the dojo."

There was a pause. "I thought he was working at the soccer store, Nets and things. I wasn't aware he'd taken up a job with you guys."

Tommy frowned. "He's been teaching the tumbling class for the younger kids since last year. He's one of the favorite teachers. I didn't know he held two jobs. I thought it was just the one. I don't understand why he'd need a second one."