Understand

Jason moves a little bit as Katie puts the blanket over him, and for several minutes he drifts back to sleep, though not as heavily. Finally awake enough to hear noise in the kitchen, he yawns and sits back up again, opening his eyes wide and blinking, trying to get his bearings. He was at Laura's...he'd been with Katie... it was the strangest feeling not to wake up in his cell.

Putting the blanket aside, he gets up and ambles to the kitchen where Laura's back is turned. "Hey, stranger."

Laura whirls around in surprise, a smile immediately spreading. "Oh, Jason." Setting down the bowl of salad, she goes to give him a big hug.

Jason returns the embrace warmly. "Long time no see."

"Too long." Laura withdraws, a tear behind her eye. "It's so good to see you, Jase... Are you doing alright?"

Jason shrugs, hooking his hands in his pockets. "I'm...a little dazed at the moment, I guess." He forces a dry chuckle. "Still keep thinking I'm gonna wake up and be back behind bars, but...pretty soon here I might figure out this is reality."

"Well I, for one, am glad that it is." Laura throws him a wink. "We've all missed you something awful."


Scott grabs his phone and flips it open as he drives back home from work. "Oh, hey, Katie... Naw, that's okay...I understand." He pauses as he stops for a red light. "I, um...well Reese told everyone that Jason got back, and we're all dying to see him. How's um..." He pauses again, though this time it isn't because of his driving. "How's he doing?"