Whitney woke up early enough to at least jump in the shower before anyone else woke up, but she knew it wouldn't be long before the rest of the them started waking up & needing in the only bathroom.  She hurried as fast as she could to shower & put on a little make-up, just enough to make her presentable & get her through the day.  A clean pair of blue jeans, green t-shirt & she put her unruly hair up in a pony tail.  done!  now for some coffee!

She had barely cleaned up her mess in the bathroom & was just putting her things in her bedroom when she heard someone moving around in the kitchen.  The door was still shut for the room Ben was sleeping in & she could see the boys still sleeping.  Whitney thought to herself how she should have known it would be Ginny getting breakfast started in the kitchen.

"Good morning little miss sunshine, how about some coffee?"

"Thanks Ginny, bathroom is empty, if you hurry"

Ginny just smiled at her, "really?"

Whitney took a good look and realized Ginny had already showered & put herself together.

"oops, my bad Ginny.  I should have known you'd already have been up, for what at least an hour?"

"yea, about an hour or so.  I'm going to treat the boys & let them pick what they want for breakfast, pizza or waffles.  What can I get for you?"  

"You don't have to do that Ginny, I'm a grown woman, I can make my own breakfast"  

"Umm, you forget, I've seen & tasted your culinary attempts.  You are going to need a good sturdy breakfast to get you started today, now what will it be?  bacon & eggs?  sausage & omelet?  you name it, this kitchen is well stocked."

Whitney smiled & thought for a moment, Ginny was the best friend & 'sister' she'd ever known, "actually an omelet sounds really good, thanks Ginny"

Whitney took her coffee & went into the living room.  She saw there was a new guard sitting in the chair by the door & offered her some coffee but "Amy" declined, said she'd just finished off 2 cups.  Observing that Amy was one of those buttoned up, serious types, she left her be & went over to the little sofa where she & Ben had sat working on their notes last night.  She sat her coffee down & got her lap top out of the bedroom. 

She'd been reviewing her notes for about 20 minutes when she heard Ben's door open.  She turned just in time to see him slip into the bathroom.  she noticed he'd changed into jeans & a white t-shirt, he was barefoot, with his hair slightly mussed, he definitely made her pulse race a little bit!  the t-shirt showed off his muscular biceps & well formed shape.  

Smiling a little, enjoying the idea of Ben waking up in the same house as her, she let her imagination think of the possibilities of a future?  

It wasn't long before the smell of food woke the boys.  Ben & Sammy (who finally woke up from the big sofa) joined the rest of them for breakfast, omelets all around and they enjoyed each other's company, savoring both the flavor of the food Ginny had so graciously prepared for them, and the distraction it provided from the task at hand.  Figuring out what happened to that poor man and why.  All of them were wondering when they could go back home again.  

Whitney & the boys helped Ginny clean up the kitchen while Ben put his head together with Sammy & the guards to put together a plan for the day for guard duty.

Ben walked back into the kitchen & nodded at Whitney.  

She put the dish towel on the counter top & stepped out into the livingroom with Ben.  

"So, what's the plan for today Ben?"

"Since I'm still waiting on a report back from the lab for prints on the picture & more info from the crime scene," he saw her cringe a little when he called her kitchen the 'crime scene' & put his hand on her arm for some assurance, "I've sent an unmarked vehicle to go over & pick up your mom.  She's already called the station twice, so whatever it is, it must be important.  They will bring her over here & we'll see what she has to say.  I don't understand what she could have to add about this, but something is definitely bugging her.  In the mean time I need to ask the boys some questions.  It might be hard, and I know Ginny might not like it, but I will have to show them a picture of Mr Dobbins to find out if they've seen him around before."

"I don't like it Ben, but I know you'll be careful with them so do what you have to do.  And you two need to learn to talk a little quieter."  Ginny had appeared at the door with the coffee pot and poured more coffee into their cups while she gave Ben the go ahead.

They all sat in the living room & Ben explained to the boys as much as he thought was needed for them to understand what had happened & as little as possible to shield them from any gruesome details.  Then he showed them a picture of the man's face,  it almost looked like he was just sleeping and there were no wounds showing, so Ginny breathed a little sigh of relief.  

Kaci & Neal sat quietly listening to Ben explain what had happened, as vaguely as possible.  When he was done he showed them the picture of Mr Dobbins & asked if either of them had seen him before?

Kaci just shrugged his shoulders & shook his head a little bit, "Naw, I haven't seen that guy before.  We don't know anyone with those kind of fancy dud's"

Neil took the picture from Ben & looked at it carefully.  
"I don't know, he kind of looks like that guy I saw in the principals office the other day.   He was talking to Miss Parkin's, the secretary.  He showed her some pictures & she was telling him 'no' I guess, cus he left.  I remember because as soon as he left the office, she got a real worried look on her face & made a phone call, to Grama"

Ben, Whitney & Ginny all looked at each other at the same time.

"Think carefully Neil," Ginny said quietly, "are you sure that's the same man and that's who Miss Parkins was calling was your Grama?"

"Yea, I'm sure.  This guy has the same letters on his collar and Miss Parkins called her 'CeeCee', just like she did at dinner at Grama & Grampa's last month.  Why?  Is it something bad?"  Neil was almost 5 years old, but smart as a whip when it came to his letters and numbers.  And apparently when it came to 'reading people' since he picked up on the looks going back & forth between the 3 adults. 

Ginny gave her boys a hug & let them go play video games in the bedroom.  

Whitney & Ben were just going to start talking about what Neil had just said when there was a nock on the door.  

Amy got up & checked through the peep hole & checked with Ben before opening the door to Whitney's mom.

Before they could say anything Celia grabbed both Whitney & Ginny, hugging them as tight as a little 5'2", 110 pound Irish Grama could hug, and started crying.

"I'm so sorry my girls, I'm so sorry.  This is all my fault.  I can't believe this is happened, oh my, I'm just so sorry!"

Whitney, took hold of her mom's arms & looked at her, "Mom, what are you talking about?  How in the world is any of this your fault?"