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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:36 pm

"He made an offer and I took it," Jeremiah glanced over to Zac, finally deciding that he was done with what he was doing and moving on to the next one.

"I couldn't continue the way I was."

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:49 pm

Zac dropped the branches he was holding and just stared at Jeremiah.
He shook his head slowly, it wasn’t a frown on his face, but his brow was furrowed. Concern, hurt.

He closed his eyes and shook his head.

“… I can’t.” He shook it again “You - GOD.”
“I can’t believe you did that. After everything that they went through, and that was the… the only way you could ‘fix’ whatever the hell you thought was wrong?”

He ran his hands through his hair, fingers tangling and he simply yanked them free though it must have hurt.

“I-“ He shook his head. “- I don’t think I can talk to you right now. I need to think about this.”

He sat down on the grass amid what he’d dropped of the clippings.

“I can’t.”

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:09 pm

Jeremiah stopped almost immediately. Calmly the shears were put back down and he turned entirely to look at Zac.

"It's fine. Take the time you need," he said quietly. "I'll be there to talk when you're ready."

There was no counter what he said, no argument for him, just Jeremiah accepting what he said. He approached him, a hand briefly resting on his shoulder and squeezing. "Please come find me when you're ready to talk."

... and then Jeremiah was leaving him because it was clear he was making things worse when that was the last thing he wanted to do.

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:19 pm

Zac rubbed at his eyes. Sometimes he wished he could turn off his emotions, just think … clearly, logically.

But he couldn’t.

“Tonight, or tomorrow. I just need a little time.”

Jer might not be wearing it on his sleeve, but he knew the push away couldn’t feel good.

“I just need-”

He glanced up sharply at the sound of breaking glass and metal. He couldn’t see the crash, but there had just been an accident , maybe a few streets over.

“… s**t.” He said after a moment, because The Farnack’s car was missing. “You don’t… think.”

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:30 pm

Jeremiah stopped almost immediately at the sound, letting out a breath. "They didn't keep her in the house." It was obvious. Mrs Farnack was very particular about who drove her car and was not even supposed to be driving. Her license was suspended for a reason.

His phone was pulled out and he was already putting a call in to report a possible car accident. He stayed on the phone. "I need to check it out, alright?" They would be alright but for now he had to deal with this.

Giving Zac one last squeeze to the shoulder he was sprinting down towards the end of the block where the crash had sounded from.

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:35 pm

“Yah… yeah.” Zac nodded numbly. He knew better than to run and see himself, as much as human nature made him want to go. He’d be underfoot with no medical training. He might not be overfond of the old woman, but he hoped she was alright, and he hoped if it was her, that whomever she hit was alright too.

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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:12 pm

It was Mrs Farnack's car at the crosswalk and Diane with her husband were just a few beats behind Jeremiah. There was a woman on the ground, Mrs Farnack standing over her and poking her with a cane.

The color of skin, the dark of her hair-

"I need an ambulance here now!" Jeremiah turned to look to the married couple. "Get. Your. Mother. Now. Do not leave, do not go anywhere." They nodded and quickly moved towards the old woman while Jeremiah was crouching to check on the woman that had been hit.

It was Zac's mother. She was breathing, but there was blood and he looked up sharply to see if his son had followed him.

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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:16 pm

He saw the look, He hadn’t gone close, but he’d just wanted to make sure Jer wasn’t going to do something stupid. He seemed to favor doing things Zac thought were ill advised. But that look.

That look.
He couldn’t move closer, he couldn’t move back.

Get an ambulance, get it now.

His mother had gone out.

“….Jer?” He said carefully, like saying more might make things fall further apart.

But if Jer answered all he heard were the incoming sound of sirens.

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