One Wild Night

"What are you doing?" Desmond asked when he joined Evelyn in the den and noticed she was watching Cartoon Network.

Evelyn smiled as she turned to him, "I thought I should get familiar with the cartoons they show these days," She explained and Desmond chuckled.

"It's not like the baby has been born already or you are going to be spending that much time with the baby…"

"I plan to spend that much time with my grandkids," Evelyn said, and Desmond shook his head as he picked up the remote and changed the channel.

"By the way, do you really think we should let Tom let that girl go just like that?" Evelyn asked and Desmond gave her a pointed look.

"If he said let it go, then you should let it go. Don't go looking for trouble when there is none," Desmond said, and Evelyn eyed him with displeasure as she picked up her phone and rose.

"I'm not looking for trouble, but she did look for trouble. I see no reason why we should let her go," Evelyn said before walking away, leaving Desmond alone in the Den.

He shook his head as he watched her leave, wondering how they had both been able to live with each other for years despite their differences in personality.

Not bothering to take Desmond's advice, Evelyn dialed Harry's line the moment she walked into their bedroom.

Tom had not given them any details on the lady in question and since she could hardly call Tom to enquire about it after he made it clear he didn't want to pursue the issue, she knew she could ask Harry since he would know the silly girl who had dared to pull such a prank on her son.

Something like this could not have happened to Tom without Harry's knowledge, of that she was confident.

Harry who was driving him, raised a brow the moment he saw Evelyn's call. He briefly considered ignoring the call so he could call Tom and find out what was up before talking to Evelyn, but on second thought he decided to take the call.

"Hello, Mrs Hank!" He greeted politely.

"Harry, you are my son's best friend and my daughter's boyfriend now? When will you ever stop calling me that and call me just Evelyn?" She asked, and Harry's lips twitched.

If only she and her husband knew that he referred to them that politely mostly because he knew it irritated them and made them uncomfortable.

"Soon. I'm working on it," Harry promised, and Evelyn laughed softly.

"How have you been? And how is your father?" Evelyn asked, and Harry raised a brow wondering if she had called to make small talk or if there was something she wanted to know.

"I'm fine and my father is well. I hope you are fine too," He said politely.

"Yes, I am. How are things going with Jade?" Evelyn asked and Harry almost sighed.

"Everything is going quite smoothly," he said with practiced patience.

"I know you didn't call me to make small talk. Is there something you need me to do?" Harry asked smoothly so she wouldn't beat around the bush any more, and Evelyn smiled.

"You hurt my feelings, Harry. Do you mean I can't call just to check on you?" She asked, and Harry almost snorted.

"My apologies. I guess you called to make small talk. On that note, congratulations on Bryan's engagement," Harry said, deciding to just play along with her until she was ready to get to the subject.

Something told him it had something to do with Kimberly and she was beating around the bush because she was about to ask him to do something that Tom wouldn't want.

"Thank you. Harry…" Evelyn said, and then cleared her throat.

Here it comes, Harry mused as he waited.

"Uhm, Tom discussed something disturbing with us before we left. I believe you know about it. I mean some random girl claiming she had a child for him," Evelyn said, and Harry's lips twitched.

"That has been resolved. I trust he told you the DNA paternity test result came back negative," Harry said since Tom had told him about his conversation with his grandfather, Kimberly, and his parents before leaving the office.

"Yes. Thankfully so. I was just curious. Do you know who the lady on question is? I mean, did you look into her?" Evelyn asked carefully, not wanting to give away anything that would make Harry suspicious enough to inform Tom about their conversation.

"Yes, I did," Harry said, not giving any more information than was necessary.

"What did you find? What's her name?" Evelyn asked, and Harry shook his head.

"I think Tom is in the best position to be telling you that not me," Harry said politely.

"Harry, you are family, and we should all look out for each other. Do you think we should let her get away with doing something like this? She needs to be cautioned, and if Tom wouldn't do it, I should as his mother. You don't have to tell Tom you told me anything. And I won't get you involved. All I need from you is her name and contact details and I will handle the rest," Evelyn said, and Harry smiled wistfully.

Even though her approach was almost always wrong, Harry admired Evelyn because her intention was always right and her heart was in the right place. She was a very loyal and protective mother, and she made him wish he had a mother like her and not Sara.

"I think you should listen to Tom and not do anything," Harry advised since he knew that Evelyn would feel terrible if she realized this had happened in a way because of her meddling.

"Why not? Why are you all willing to let it go? Even you, Harry? Isn't he your best friend? If he won't do anything, shouldn't you do it?" Evelyn asked irritably.

"I wouldn't go behind Tom to do anything unless I thought it was necessary. And in this case, it's not necessary to do anything. We got the DNA results and that's all that matters," Harry said, and Evelyn hung up angrily without saying another word to him.

Before Harry could decide how to feel about that, his phone started ringing almost immediately and he chuckled when he saw that it was a call from Jade.

"I think your mom might oppose our relationship now," Harry said as he received the call, and Jade raised a brow.

"Why would she do that? Did something happen?" Jade asked as she stepped on her brake pedal when the traffic light turned red.

"I might have just got on her bad books. But not to worry, I'm sure she would realize sooner than later that it was for her own good. So, how is my favorite girl in the world doing?" He asked and Jade rolled her eyes.

"I'm sure you also refer to Candace and Lucy like that as well," she said, and Harry chuckled.

"Alright. How are you doing, esquire? I don't call them that," He said, and she scowled.

"I'm fine! Very fine, thank you!" She said, making him grin.

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"At least one of us is fine. I'm not fine. I'm missing the love of my life terribly," Harry said, and her lips twitched involuntarily.

"Want to see her?" She asked hopefully since that was the reason she had called, because she wanted to see him.

"I didn't say you were the one," Harry joked, and laughed out loud when Jade hissed.

"I didn't say I was the one either. Harry, you better not get on my nerves!" She warned testily as she resumed driving.

Harry smiled, "I always want to see you. I'm on my way home from work. Want me to stop over at Tom's before going home?" He asked, thinking that he could see her and Tom as well so he could tell Tom about his conversation with Evelyn.

Jade shook her head immediately even if Harry could not see her, "No. Why don't I come see you instead? If you come over here there is every possibility that you and Tom would want to talk about something or it would become a group hangout. I want you to myself," Jade said, and Harry chuckled.

"I won't have any privacy with you if you come over to see me too. I want you to myself. And I don't want you driving all that distance. Why don't we meet halfway instead? We can have dinner together at a restaurant not far from Tom's place or mine…"

"You mean Philip's restaurant?" Jade asked since that was the only restaurant she knew was comfortably between both places.

"Yeah. If you want us to go someplace else we can do that," Harry assured her.

"No. I'm okay with that. I'm that far away from there. I should be there in ten minutes," Jade said, and Harry glanced at the time on his car's dashboard.

"You will most likely get there before me. I hope you don't mind waiting?" He asked, and Jade shrugged.

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"I might not be there until an hour…"

"An hour?" Jade exclaimed and Harry grinned.

"Is an hour too much to wait for someone who waited years for you?" He asked, and Jade cleared her throat.

"Of course, not. I was only surprised. I mean, you said you were on your way home so I didn't expect you would take that long to get here," she explained, and Harry chuckled as he pulled into the parking lot of Golden Lotus Restaurant.

"I will try to be quick. I will inform them you're coming so they direct you to a table. You can go into the restaurant when you get there and wait for me at our table," Harry said as he turned off his car.

"Alright. Just so you know, I will order the most expensive drink on their menu. See you soon," Jade said before hanging up.

Harry got out of his car immediately and walked in quick strides to the entrance to request a table for their impromptu date.

No sooner had he gotten seated, before he saw Jade approaching, and they both grinned at each other when their gaze met.

"You sly bastard," Jade said once she got to where he was, and he kissed her lips softly.

"I didn't keep you waiting, did I?" He asked with a grin as he held out her seat, but instead of sitting down Jade embraced him.

"God, I missed you. I missed your scent," she said as she buried her nose on his chest, making him chuckle.

"People are watching," he whispered as he kissed the side of her head, and she reluctantly pulled away and sat down.

"I missed you more," Harry said as he sat down across from her and they both picked up the menu when a waiter approached them to take their orders.

Once they had sorted that out, they smiled at each other once they were alone again.

"How did you day go?" Harry asked, and listened as Jade told him all she had done and her meeting with Rebekah.

"I'm psyched about tomorrow. Can't wait t see that bitch in cuffs," Jade said, and Harry nodded in agreement as the waiter came to serve their drinks.

"What about you? How did your day go?" She asked after the waiter left, and he shrugged.

"It was hectic and I spent most of it missing you," Harry said, not going into details since he didn't want to be the one to tell her about Tom and Kimberly.

"Really? What did you miss most?" Jade asked excitedly and Harry grinned.

"Getting on your nerves," he said making her giggle.

"By the way what were you saying about my mom earlier?" Jade asked curiously and then looked behind her when she noticed that Harry was looking behind her with amused eyes.

She almost gasped in surprise when she saw Sara walking to a table with Crystal.