Derek reached for the phone and dialed Nick's cell phone number, then waited trying to be patient both with Nick and Julia.  She had every right to be hysterical, but Derek was certainly not prepared to see her like this.
And she had flinched, hard, when he had touched her shoulder.  "Put... " she never once thought that Nick wouldn't recognize the old code she had used in the past to let him know it was her calling and so whispered it now, almost hollowly "6...07764"  It was hello backwards and 6 for n... hello nick... she remembered it like it was yesterday -- and the realization it was years ago -- what had happened to her??
 
She continued to rock back and forth, not caring she looked like she was losing it - hell let someone be gone for years and find out and see how well they took it - and she ran the fingers of her right hand shakily through her hair.. and stopped, slowly bringing her palm before her and staring at it.
 
Years.  She had been gone for years.  How....... ?
 
Surely the Legacy looked for her...? she frowned, her clear blue eyes clouded as she tried to piece everything together even against her emotional duress.  She closed the fist and laid her head back on her knees... Hadn't they??
 
[to be continued...]

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