Chapter 59: Safe, Part 1

Jack balanced the tray of food on one arm and slid the door open to his cabin. A small light illuminated the room from the nightstand and an eleven-year-old girl looked up from her book where she sat on the bed.

"Hey kiddo," Jack greeted.

"Was your mission good?" Lexi asked.

Jack set the tray of food down on the table across from the bed and pushed the stack of books out of the way with it. "Yeah, we saved a bunch of huge women."

"Huge women?" Lexi asked and set her book down in her lap.

"They were all the way out to here." He gestured as if he had a very large stomach.

"How'd you fit them through the door then?"

"We all ganged up and pushed them through." Jack sat at the little table on the bench seat.

Lexi quirked her lips to the side in thought. The expression reminded him of Alex and a small pang struck his heart.

"You're messing with me again, aren't you?" She asked.

Jack nodded. "You caught me. But they were all pretty big, very pregnant."