Hope not coming home for two weeks hadn't been a big deal. With Mora and Carter shaking up with their respective partners, and Dex caught up in wedded bliss with Abigail had them distracted. And no one else besides her friend April cared to look for her, and when April heard she was in the amazing hands of James she knew her friend was safe.
But it didn't last.
It was the week of the Belman Charity Gala. Plans needed to be made, and things needed to be set for the future. And so Carter needed to find his daughter and didn't have time for her dramatics.
Imagine his dismay to what he found.
On a nice Sunday morning, James was home and so was Jala and Hope. All still in their pajamas, eating breakfast as they watched cartoons, Hope had never been happier. She had never felt more conten
