Chapter 243: 243. I'm ready...

"What happened to her?" Jason asked as Tony stepped out of the car.

"What do you think?" He asked lightly, not willingly to give him any cause for alarm, goodness knows Jessie would have his neck on a pike if he dared tell Jason about her financial problems. "She fell asleep." He finished, as Jason brows rose in question. "When did you get home?" He asked quickly to prevent Jason from asking anymore questions.

But he wasn't easily deterred. "Earlier than you both. She didn't tell me she was leaving." He said. "Where did you go, and what did she do to tire herself out like this?" He asked.

A question that would leave most stuttering for answer, not Tony. He also wasn't easily deterred, and if he was being totally honest he didn't have a slightest clue that she would cry like that. But then again, she always pretended she was strong in front of him.