Silence

By: MysticFantasy

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Disclaimer: (I own no part of this movie or the characters in it.)

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Chapter 1

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Silent.

He was always so silent.

Even after being adopted and being in the Mercer house for nearly a year, ten year old Jack had yet to say a word to his new family.

He came into Evelyn Mercer's care when he was close to nine years old. He had been rescused from another abusive foster home and it was decided he should be placed somewhere where he really would be safe and loved.

Jack arrived in the house as a traumatize child, too scared to even make eye contact. What scared him most was that Evelyn had three older sons.

Bobby, Jeremiah and Angel.

The three had heard from their mother all of the horrible things that Jack had endured in each foster home he had been in. They each felt their hearts go out to the little boy the second they first saw him. They wanted to help him forget his past and accept that things are now better for him.

Even though they tried every means of communication there was never a sound made from the child.

At first they didn't press the matter because they had an idea of how traumatized Jack must feel. They let him be for a while to adjust to being in his new home for a few weeks but nothing in him had changed.

He still kept his distance from everyone and still hadn't said a word.

It wasn't until the seventh month that he was in the Mercer home, and his tenth birthday, that Evelyn announced she had officially adopted Jack and made him part of the family.

Bobby, Jerry and Angel had been thrilled to learn that Jack was now officially their baby brother and they had believed that hearing he was part of a family would make Jack open up more but no such luck had occured.

If anything, Jack became even more distant.

It almost seemed like he was afraid to accept that this was real. Like if he did accept it than something would happen to tear him away from any chance of happiness he could have.

It was already the fifth month that Jack was now a Mercer and the one year anniversary of him coming to the Mercer house was close at hand.

Bobby, Jerry and Angel wanted to hear Jack talk before that day came. They didn't want to remember their baby brother as the one who didn't talk for an entire year.

There was only a week left before the one year mark arrived and the three were determined to use that time to get Jackie to say at least one word to them.