The Secret
Jessica Knight x Alden Parker
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It passed two days after Parker’s escape, but for Jessica, it seemed like a million years. Her children kept asking for their dad, and director Sweeney began to suspect her and Parker’s marriage. All was awful.
“Mommy, look! I made this for daddy. Do you think he will like it?” Ayse told her.
“Oh my baby girl, I’m pretty sure your daddy’s gonna like it,” she smiled at her daughter, “Even more because you made it,” she winked.
“I’m pretty sure that daddy’s ok, and he will be by your side soon,” Jessica tried to sound optimistic.
But in reality, she didn’t know if that was true, but she wanted it to be.
The team and Parker hadn’t made much progress in the investigation but were optimistic, at least, she was. She started to look further into her husband’s old job, and she finally found something.
A hacker called Maxwell knew about The Raven, and even if he refused to help them, she knew that Parker had something planned.
Meanwhile, her kids hadn’t stopped talking about their dad. They missed him a lot.
“Mommy, will daddy be here for my first school day? He promised me he isn’t leaving me alone,” Ayse cried.
“Mommy, is the bad guy chasing daddy found?” asked Matteo.
“Mommy, do you believe that daddy is a bad person?” asked Selim.
“Why do you ask that, honey?” Jessica asked, confused about that particular question.
“There is this boy in my school, he is one year older, and his dad works for the FBI like daddy used to, and he says daddy is a bad person because he killed someone,”
“What? No, no! Honey, that’s not true, your daddy hasn’t killed someone. The truth is that the bad man, who is chasing daddy, killed his ex-partner in the FBI and now everybody says that is your dad’s fault, but it isn’t,” she tried to explain. She was shocked to hear that. She knew children could be ruthless but not that cruel.
“Is he a bad person?” asked Ayse.
“No, no, honey, no, daddy isn’t a bad person, he just… He’s isn’t in his best moment right now,”
“Jess,” McGee called her.
“Just a minute, my loves,” she told her kids, “Is everything OK? Have you heard from Parker? Is he ok?”
“He’s ok. We have a plan,”
Jessica left the kids with Kassie and reunited with ther team. Among them was Parker… and his ex-wife. No, she wasn’t jealous, but she didn’t know what to think.
They were in the prison that Maxwell calls home. That was the plan: use him as bait. But it didn’t happen as planned. Sweeney came for Parker in the middle of the road, and The Raven’s people came for Maxwell, too. There was a shooting, and Vivian got shot, and Parker didn’t move by her side, not even to say “hello” to her. That was the first time Jessica felt jealous in her eight years of marriage.
Not much longer, she was on a flight to Hawai’i with Jane Tennant, Ernie and Nick. She only said goodbye to her children and left. Parker was still with Vivian. There wasn’t a “goodbye, love”, or “good luck,” or even a “take care, I love you,” No. It was only Parker’s boss mode telling orders and orders. Although she wasn’t so happy with that, she didn’t flinch, but deep her, she only wanted to hit him in the face. They were going to talk once she got home.
Fourthly, they captured The Raven, and after a little celebration in Hawai’i, Jessica was back in D.C. with her children waiting for her at the airport.
“Mommy, I missed you so much,” Selim hugged her.
“Daddy said that you were going to be back yesterday,” said Matteo.
“I was, but we had problems with the flight, but I’m here now, and I’m not going anywhere for a long time,”
After hugging her children, she caught Parker’s glance. He was smiling, happy to see her again.
“I missed you, too,” he told her.
“It didn’t seem like that,” she replied jealously.
“Are you saying this because of what happened with Vivian?” he asked with a little smirk.
“Maybe. I’m your wife and the mother of your three children, but I didn’t get a “Hi”, she accused him.
“I love when you’re jealous,” he smiled.
“I’m sorry. I love you so much, my queen,” he hugged her and whispered in her ears.
“I love you, too, Alden,”
“Can we go home now?” Selim asked.
“No! I want a hamburger! Daddy promised me to have one!” said Ayse with her arms on her hips.
Parker and Knight laughed and decided to fulfill their daughter’s wish. On the way home, Jess took her husband’s hand and smiled. Finally, they were together again.