A soldiers family
Chapter 1: Strange phonecall
"Mummy!" my four year old twins shout, running towards me.
"Hey" I smile and bend down to their level.
Amber wraps her arms around me from the left while Liam wraps his arms around me from the right.
"Are you ready to go home?" I ask, hugging them.
"Yes" Amber answers.
Liam nods, making his blond locks bounce, with his fore-finger between his teeth.
"Have you put away all the toys you've played with?" I ask.
Amber proudly nods her head but when I look over at Liam he's shaking his head, still with his finger in his mouth.
"Well if you go and put those toys away I'll go and tell Pam we're going home, okay?" I say and he nods before running away. "Amber you can go put your clothes on."
"Okay" Amber says, puts some of her auburn hair into her mouth and runs the other direction.
I walk into the next room where I find the teacher, Pam.
"Hi Pam" I smile.
"Ho Theresa" Pam says and looks up at me. "Found the kids?"
"Yeah. Amber's already putting her clothes on while Liam's putting away some toys. Did anything unusual happen today?" I ask.
"Liam's been pretty down today. I don't know why. He haven't talked much today" Pam answers.
"Okay. That's strange" I say. "He always talks a lot."
"Yeah. Is there something going on? I mean is there anything going on at home that could upset him?" Pam asks.
I start thinking about what's happened lately. "No. Nothing unusual" I then answer.
"Have you heard from Logan lately?" Pam asks.
"No, I haven't heard from him in a couple of days. Nothing unusual" I answer.
"You mean it's not unusual that you don't hear from your husband in days?" Pam asks in disbelief.
"He's a lieutenant in the marine. What would you expect? That he call home every night?" I ask, rudely.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think..." Pam starts.
"Mummy? Mummy? Mummy?!" I hear Liam cry.
I run out of the room and find him in the middle of the room crying.
"Baby I'm right here" I say and hug him. "I'm right here sweetheart. Shh. Mummy's right here."
He takes a hard grip on my white shirt and cries into my shoulder.
"Shh... Baby calm down. What's wrong?" I ask and kiss his cheeks.
Liam just keeps crying and moves his hand from my shirt to my dark red hair.
"Liam please tell me what's wrong" I beg him.
"Mummy" he sniffs.
"Is he okay?" Pam asks.
"Yeah. He'll be fine" I answer, looking up at her.
"Pam. Hi" another mum says.
"Hi" Pam says looking away from me and Liam.
"Have you seen Jake?" the mum asks.
"Uhm... I think he's in here" Pam says and leaves the room after one last look at us.
"Come on Liam. Let's go home" I say in hope that he'll calm down.
He nods his head and calms down. I pull out a handkerchief and make him blow his nose. Then I dry some tears that still comes from his dark green eyes.
"Come on sweetheart. Let's go" I say and stand up.
He grabs my hand and we walk out to Amber and I help him put on his jacket and shoes.
"Mummy I'm hungry" Amber pouts.
"We'll eat when we get home sweetie" I answer. "Come on. Let's go to the car."
We walk out of the building and reach the car.
"Me first, me first!" Amber shouts and starts bouncing, her moss-green eyes glittering.
I look down at Liam and then nod.
"Come on" I say and open the car door.
She climbs in and sit in her car-seat. I start buckling her in and all the time I feel Liam's tiny hand holding onto my pants.
"There. All done" I say and smile. "Come on. Let's get you in too Liam."
"Okay" he whispers as I close the car door.
We walk over to the other side of the car and he climbs in when I open the door. I buckle him in while thinking about what would make him so quiet.
"Done" I smile at him.
Then I close the door and walk to my own seat. I buckle myself in and start the engine. When I drive out of the parking lot my phone starts beeping. I pull the phone out of my purse.
"Tess" I answer, put it on speaker and put it down.
"Hey Tess. It's Chris from work" my brother-in-law and college, says.
"Hey Chris. What's up?" I ask.
"There was a strange phone call for you just now. They wouldn't tell me who it was. But they told me it was private and asked for your cell number so I gave it to them. I just thought I'd tell you so you're prepared for when they call. It sounded urgent" Chris answers.
"Okay. So no message? They would just call me?" I ask and take a right turn at the mall.
"Yeah. I just thought I'd tell you" Chris answers.
"Thanks" I say.
"You're welcome" he answers. "The house on 40th street, did you sell it today?"
"It's not a sealed deal" I answer. "Yet."
"Okay. So it's still out for sale?" he asks.
"Yes" I answer.
"Anything from Logan?" he asks, lowering his voice.
"Not in a few days" I answer with a sigh. "You?"
"No. And if I would have heard anything so would you have. The first one he calls is you Tess. I'm just his brother, you are the love of his life" he says.
"Yeah" I sigh. "But you're an amazing brother. You're his best friend. And a very good friend of mine."
"Well who wouldn't want to be a friend of yours. I miss him you know" he sighs.
"Yeah. I miss him too. Well I have to go now. Have to see what that phone call was about" I say. "I'll see you tonight, okay? You are coming over for dinner, right?"
"Yeah. I'll be there" he answers. "Bye."
"Bye" I say and we hang up.
"Mummy?" Amber asks when I put my cell down on the passengers seat.
"Yes sweetie?" I answer, hoping she won't ask about Logan.
"I wanna talk to daddy" she says.
"We'll talk to daddy soon. He's working right now" I answer.
"Promise?" she asks.
"Yes I promise" I answer.
All of a sudden Liam starts crying.
"Liam, honey, what's wrong?" I ask, worriedly, looking at him in the rear view mirror.
When he just keeps crying I pull over to the side of the road, get out, open his car door and hug him.
"What's wrong honey?" I ask.
He just cries. Then my cell starts beeping. I hurry to my door, lean in, which makes me put out my left foot, since I'm not that tall to be able to grab it.
"Tess" I answer and walk back to Liam.
"Is this Mrs Theresa Jackson?" a mans voice asks.
"Yes. Who am I speaking too?" I ask with a confused look in my chocolate brown eyes.
"Hello Mrs Jackson. This is the president" the man answers.
A/N: This is my first story here.
I hope you'll like it. I apologise for future errors.
I got the idea to write this story when I read one of tiger002's stories. Amazing story called "My brother, the soldier".
So I decided to write on of my own and here it is.
Tell me what you think =)
// I'll Be Watching