Jackson sat on the ground, holding his son. "I missed you Sev. So much!"

Sev sat in his daddy's lap. "Why did you do away fow so wong fow?" He asked his daddy. "I missed you. Awe you home fow dood now to wive wif me fowever and ever?" He asked, holding his daddy tight.

Jackson smiled, all pretense of evil had disappeared. He was as he was, potionsmaster and loving man. Not brainwashed and Imperiused. He held his baby boy tight. "Sev, son I can't explain why I was gone so long. But I can promise you that I am home for good and that I want to be part of your life, if your mother will let me.

Connor cried, He should have figured that Joey was the only person who really loved him. His own mother didn't even stop her ex-husband from saying those mean things about him. He beat his hands on the bed and cried.

Jackson blinked. Still recovering from the imperius curse. "Connor was here? I hurt his feelings? I didn't mean to if I did." He held his aching head. "I don't know, I think it had something to do with some sort of plan to pass the Riddle legacy on to Sev. But I can't remember it all. All I know is whatever it is is so horrible I can't do it! I can't do it to my baby." He whispered

Connor heard his mother, but refused to come down. She was going to have to come up and be a mother to him. He needed the kind of mothering from her that he had never had, except from His Mom Joey. And he waited for Rosa too. He needed her now.