hardy boys fan fiction

LOSING GRIP

hardy boys nancy drew fan fiction

by

Kellie Moonlight

Chapter 8

hardy boys fan fiction

THE CHAPTERS

INTRO

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

Chapter 8 – Epilogue – 13 years later.  

Liam Hardy sat in his eighth grade class; he was studying biology and was waiting for the teacher to continue his lecture on the digestive system, when the bell rang.  

Biology was his last lesson of the day so he headed out to the school parking lot and across the road to meet his little sister Katie at the bus stop.  

Once they where on the bus on their way home they began discussing idle things…like what time their father would get home tonight and how things at ‘Everything You Need’, their father’s charity organisation was going.  Recently a new department had been added that handled child entertainment, so people could hire ‘EYN’ workers to hold children’s parties.  

They were home fifteen minutes later. Kayley watched them come in and thought they looked tired, although she knew tomorrow was the last day of school before summer vacation.  She knew that Liam was being prepped for next year, while Katie and her classmates were tidying up their lockers and classroom.  

“Hey kids, how’s your day been?” Kayley greeted her two older children as she placed James, the youngest child, into his playpen.  

“All right…be glad when schools over though;” Katie said with a sigh.  

“Yeah…I used to hate the last week.” Kayley grinned, remembering her own school days.

Laughing, Liam looked over at his mother. In recent years, he’d come to realize that his parents had been through a lot, but both had come out on top. His father, Joe, co-owned the charity ‘Everything You Need’ with his ‘uncles’ Jack Ryder and Tim Thompson.  

“Do you know what time Dad’s going to be back?” Liam asked as he glanced at his mother.  

“Well, he came home for lunch, then left again.” Kayley shrugged. “Said he’d try to be home for 6:30 but he’d have to see how long the meeting dragged on for.”  

Liam sighed, feeling a moment’s loss. His dad had been very busy this last week with the new department opening and he hadn’t seen him much. He understood why but he did wish that his dad could have a reliable time to be home.  

“Liam, are you okay?” Kayley asked. Liam was her oldest and she could always sense when he grew melancholy.  

“Guess I just miss Dad,” he said and sighed as he looked at the clock “It seems like ages since we’ve seen him.”  

“I know, he’s thinking of taking the next week or so off, and taking us all on vacation somewhere.” Kayley smiled.  

“Cool!” Katie cried as she picked up her school bag and carried it to the cupboard under the stairs.  

Liam followed suit and was startled when the phone rang. He grabbed the receiver and put it to his ear. “Hello?”… “Hi Dad.” Liam’s face lit up. “Yeah, we’re okay, you?”  “Dad…you’re coming home early!” Liam grinned even wider. “Okay, we’ll see you in thirty minutes then. Okay, bye….love you too, bye.” Hanging up, Liam smiled and Kayley smiled back, glad to see her oldest son happy again.  

“Well, lets go run a bath and get everyone cleaned up so we can have a family night…no use putting on PJs but at least we’ll be clean.”  

Nodding in agreement, Liam and Katie headed upstairs to get ready. A little while later, Katie came out the bathroom after her shower and pulled on a baby pink t-shirt and a pair of loose combat pants that she had been given for Easter. Once his shower was done, Liam came out, dressed in a blue T-shirt and light blue jeans. Kayley was dressed in a pair of cropped jeans and a white blouse.  

As she ran the bath for James, Liam went upstairs and pulled out the essay he’d written for English. He’d gotten an A+ for it, but had never gotten to show his father. The assignment had been to write about a person Liam admired, explain why and tell the story that had made him realize why he admired that person. Liam had wrote about his parents. As he’d gotten older, he’d realized that it hadn’t been easy for his parents to make a go of it as they’d struggled to raise him and keep the bills paid and such. Now with Joe as a business owner and Kayley as a Nursery nurse and in training to be a midwife, he knew his parents deserved his admiration. 

Liam tucked the essay in his back pocket and paused in the doorway of the bathroom to watch his mother and sister and the baby. He knew that bathing James was always a laugh, because the baby believed that if he splashed enough, he could empty the tub all over the bathroom.  

As Kayley, Liam and Katie where just finishing washing James’s hair and letting him have a few minutes to play, they heard the front door open…just as James made an almighty splash and water drenched the three of them.  

“Dad!” Liam called out.  “James drenched the bathroom again.”  

Liam watched as his dad entered and looked around. Liam saw his father’s eyes shone slightly and he was smiling. Liam smiled widely in return. Joe cleared his throat. “You know, it might be better if we all wore swimsuits during James’s bath time,” Joe said, smiling at his wife.  

“You’d like that wouldn’t you,” Kayley teased as she stood up to kiss his cheek.  

“Hmm, you in a swimsuit, yeah I believe I would!” Joe teased back.  

Kayley laughed and then smiled at him when he pulled James out of the bath and on to the towel that she had placed on the floor.  “Good day at work?” she asked.  

“Yeah, Jack’s wife, Samantha came in after her eight month scan. Everything’s fine, Jack’s really excited.”  Joe said as he dried James off and put him in his pajama’s.  

“Daddy!” James squealed.  

“Hey, kiddo!” said Joe, and then he smiled at his daughter and gave her a hug.  “How has your day been?” he asked Katie.  

“Great!” Katie said as she launched into an excited explanation using hand gestures to demonstrate what she was saying.  Kayley laughed and said,  “She’s your daughter Joe!”  

                                                ****

Liam smiled, somewhat tired, as he leaned into his dad’s side that night. He couldn’t shake the uneasy feeling that something was going to go wrong. “I love you, Dad,” said Liam softly.  

Joe looked at his son, and felt an overwhelming rush of love for his eldest son. “I love you too.”  

Joe always made a point of telling his children that he loved them. It was something he’d picked up from his parents and he knew it gave them comfort. Joe looked out the window…and like every day, for the past thirteen years he made a wish. “I wish I could see everyone again…that they could see me now.”  

Joe just didn’t realise that this time his wish was going to come true…just not in the way he wanted…

                                                The End…

Continued in ‘Everything you Need’

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