All On Contract

Chapter 136 - Lost And Broken

"I tried to tell her not to go back since it's only going to upset her but she refuses to listen." I shrug. "There's no stopping her." I add.

"What's gotten into her?" Nick mumbles and shakes his head once again.

"I don't know." I sigh. "You know she still hasn't cried over Karla and Chris yet?" I say. "It's like their still alive and she goes on with her day like nothing even happened." I throw the  cigarette down on the floor and step on it. "I'm worried about her man and she won't even talk to me." I say as I bury my numb hands into my pockets to shelter them from the cold.

"Tessa has been through a lot. She's a strong woman. She'll probably get through this too." Nick says, making me shake my head.

"Na." I sigh. "She's holding her feelings in and blocking out everything around her. She doesn't want to talk about it. She pushes the people she loves away from her. She acts like everything's alright and bottles up all her emotions." I say and look up at Nick. "She's like a ticking time bomb. It's only a matter of time before something goes wrong and she has a break down." I say and watch Nick nod slowly in agreement. "I just have to prepared for it." I shrug.

***

"What are you doing here?" My wife shoots up out of her seat. I walk past the air hostess and towards Tessa. I sit down across her and watch her fold her arms across her chest. "Marshall." She sighs.

"I'm coming with you." I shrug.

"No you're not." She tuts. "Iris and Ryder need you here in Detroit." She adds.

"And you need me more with you in California." I state. "Iris and Ryder are mature and sensible enough to stay at home without us. Plus Proof will stay with them." I add.

"I don't need you to come to LA with me." She says. "Get off the jet and go home." She adds.

"You can't do this on your own." I say.

"Well I have no other choice but to since Christopher's dick of a brother went back to Canada." She says and drops down next to me. "I'm their god mother. I have to do this." She says and places her head on my shoulder. I wrap my arms around her and pull her closer to me.

"Nick is also their god parent-" I state and get cut off.

"Nick said he can't come." She says.

"You talked to him?" I ask.

"No. Alex did." She says and moves her head away from my shoulder. She stands up from the seat next to me and walk towards her bag before she takes her phone out.

"He said he's not stable enough to adopt the kids." She tells me.

And you are?

Instead of saying anything, I stay quiet and watch her sink down in the seat across me. The air hostess instructs for us to pull on our belts before she walks away, leaving me alone with Tessa.

Tessa types away on her phone before she flips it close and places it next to her in her bag. She covers her face with her hands and lets out a long sigh. I sit foward in my seat, making her clear her throat as she crosses her legs together before she sits up straight in her seat.

"You okay, baby?" I ask, making her glance at me before she looks away from me and out of the window again.

"Why wouldn't I be?" She asks.

You just lost your best friends a month ago and adopting a baby and a 8 year old, why would you be?

Alexander's P.O.V:
I look around Chris and Karla's house as Marshall and Tessa rush around me and collect Milo and Jameson's belongings. Tessa glances back at me and lets out a sigh.