“I’m a little worried about Killian.” Jade admitted softly.
“Why? What happened?” Sophie asked, perking up slightly.
“Nothing happened, per se.” Jade sighed. “He… just got some bad news about his mom. She’s been… missing for a long time and his cousin, Alex, confirmed something about the case.”
Killian didn't know what to do about this. "Fucking hell."
Sophie's eyes widened at the information. But before she could say anything else, Jade stood up. “I don't want to go into it too much. It's personal too him and I don't know the whole story.” she explained. “I… just don't really know what to do.”
“Well, if I were you, I'd call him. Make sure he's alright. I don't know if there is anything you can do but sometimes just talking can help.” Sophie encouraged gently. “And I’m guessing that you were there for the news…” Jade nodded a little at the unspoken question. “Then he trusts you a lot to let you in on a hurt like that. Now, get in your room and call him. I’ll turn on the TV or something out here.” she said, playfully showing the other woman away.
Killian closed his eyes. This was…a lot to deal with, really.
Jade managed a soft chuckle, dodging the push. “Alright, alright. I’m going.” she smiled faintly. “And thanks for the advice.” she said walking towards her room and dialing his number.
“No problem.” Sophie called back, staying true to what she said as she turned on the tv.
Killian answered his phone pretty quickly. "Hey." He greeted.
“Hey.” Jade smiled as she closed her door. “Are you… How are you doing?”
"I…don't know." He said slowly.
She nodded understandingly. “Do you want to talk about it?”
He sighed. "I…don't know."
“I… Ok.” she sighed. “I don't want to push you but I want you to know that I'm here for you. If you ever want to talk, just call me.”
He nodded a little, and was quiet for a moment. "I just…ever since I was a kid, I always…people always said "oh, she's an adult, she has a right to be missing". Y'know? And…and they always believed my dad, when he said she ran off."
Jade was a little surprised when he actually started talking but kept quiet and listened. She opened her mouth, tempted to say that his father was a professional liar and a manipulative SoB… but she quickly bit her tongue on that. “I… I understand.” she said softly, hopefully encouraging him to continue.
"And…" He closed his eyes. "I don't know. It's just…I always knew…that she was probably dead, but nobody would ever believe me."
She sighed softly and nodded. “You have good instincts. I would probably think the same thing. And if it makes any difference, I believe you.”
"I know you do, I'm talking about when I was a kid. Before my dad got arrested and thrown in prison and whatever. Once he was arrested, people were a little more likely to believe me, but they still kept saying "oh, she ran off, it's fine, she probably has a new family now". Stuff like that."
“I know.” she nodded, knowing when he meant. Not a lot of people believed kids on things, even when they're right. Personally, she didn't think that it was “fine” that someone, a mother, would just up and disappear with no logical reason for it.
He sighed faintly, shaking his head. "Sorry. I…"
“No. Don't be.” she told him. “It’s ok to talk about it. If anything, I'm sorry that you had to go through all of this.”
He nodded, though he knew she couldn't see him. "Yeah."
“What happened to you was not alright and you should have never been put through that.” she told him, even though she had no doubt that he knew that.
He closed his eyes for a moment. "Yeah." He said again.
She sighed softly. “You know if you need any help with this… You can ask me for just about anything. As long as it's legal.” she added as a little joke, though she was serious about helping him.
He laughed faintly. "I know, Jade." he replied in a quiet voice.
She smiled a little at his laugh. “I… I really care about you, Killian, and don't want you to feel like you have to do anything alone.” she admitted just as softly.