To Those in the Know

[father_peter]

Joe Littleton is in my hospital. He was shot in the leg, during a break-in at his house. He'll be alright, though he's currently getting about a dozen stitches.

Apparently two men broke in and attacked Jordan. Joe had gone to drop off Aislinn and Jaida at Lavinia's (so thankfully they were not present) and only happened to return because he says he forgot his briefcase. He found one of them in the living room and managed to pull him off Jordan, but then there were guns involved. The men asked questions about me.

I've spoken to the police about it, though Paul is understandably busy at the moment. Joe had to give the men the account numbers to the hospital to keep them from hurting Jordan (which I fully condone, of course). I've changed everything now, though I don't know if they had already gotten the information they wanted. I have no idea what they were looking for, but I have an inkling as to who they were.

Comments

[virtuosic-flair.livejournal.com]

Peter, is my baby still at my grandma's house? She's not answering!

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Lavinia's here, Julian. Aislinn and Jaida are currently playing in my office playpen, and I think Aislinn is gnawing on the written word of one Aleksandr Pushkin...

She's safe, I promise. And I'll have your parents call you when they're finished up, okay? Would you like me to call you so you can hear Aislinn's voice?

[virtuosic-flair.livejournal.com]

Oh god, yes please.

Thank you, Peter.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Of course, Julian.

[deirdre-ionuin.livejournal.com]

You have an office playpen?

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Seven kids, Deirdre.

[deirdre-ionuin.livejournal.com]

Ah, right.

[deirdre-ionuin.livejournal.com]

This is fucked up shit.

Who was it, Peter? Can I kick some arse?

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Why, yes it is.

I don't think so. Not yet. I think I need to speak to Johan first.

[deirdre-ionuin.livejournal.com]

JOHAN DID IT?!

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

What? No!! That's not what I meant!

[deirdre-ionuin.livejournal.com]

Oh...okay then.

[and-in-between.livejournal.com]

Am I reading between the lines correctly in assuming you believe this to be a Family Matter?

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

You are, yes.

[and-in-between.livejournal.com]

Well I don't think you're necessarily wrong there.

I'll have tea on when you're finished there, Peter.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, Johan.

Do you mind if I...Greta...she wants to see you.

[and-in-between.livejournal.com]

She does? Of course I don't mind, Peter. I'd be glad to meet her.

[empress-tasha.livejournal.com]

I'll give us much time to this as I can, what with the Lorelei case. I promise. These are both personal.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I think the Lorelei case is more pressing than my bank accounts. It's alright, Tasha. I think this is more a 'conversation with the Boss' thing...

[empress-tasha.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodie.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Well I suppose it was bound to happen some time. I'm not really looking forward to it either. Aleric is such a...

No no, I shouldn't be petty.

I so am. He's a dickhead.

[empress-tasha.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll happily agree with that. Still, better him than Arkady or Vladimir. What happened with Joe and Jordan is actually quite a step down in violence from what things were like before.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

It is. Which is exactly why I think it's a message, not a threat.

Pretty fucking rude message.

[empress-tasha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no kidding.

[twilightrobe.livejournal.com]

I just can't believe Didi Ravensdale's got me hanging out with his bitch wife. She's actually nice to Didi. Must be a money thing.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

I don't know a think about his wife.

[twilightrobe.livejournal.com]

Well, she used to room with Allanah a while back. Accused me of sleeping with her when I crashed there one night. As you can imagine, neither we nor Kay were particularly impressed with that.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Oh, how charming.

[twilightrobe.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh.

[in-spectre-mors.livejournal.com]

Oh my stars, poor Joe and Jordan. I'll be there right away, Peter, and I'll lend a hand with the girls too, if necessary.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

They're chirping away happily in the corner being no trouble at all, though if you want baby snuggles I can certainly understand that! I've been telling them all about Anna's cat in between typing here. And we're making cat sounds now!

Joe and Jordan will appreciate your presence, I'm sure.

[in-spectre-mors.livejournal.com]

On a day like this, I think baby snuggles and cat sounds are very much in order.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Well I know Adrian-presence is always in order for me.

I have big hugs waiting.

[in-spectre-mors.livejournal.com]

As it is always a pleasure to see you, Peter. Oh, how there shall be hugs.

[seminalsemiotic.livejournal.com]

Oh no, that's horrible! I can't believe they'd go to the length of going after Joe and Jordan to get to you. That's intense. We're really going to have to watch ourselves... again.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

I can. I have a feeling I know exactly what they're doing. They went after someone I loved to force me to talk to them because they know I have no interest in it otherwise.

[seminalsemiotic.livejournal.com]

Do you really think it's just the money they're after?

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Yes. Well, they wanted information on the hospital too.

I don't believe hurting people is their penultimate goal. If it was, they wouldn't have survived this long.

[seminalsemiotic.livejournal.com]

As long as they don't find out any of the important stuff. I just hope this can be dealt with without any more bloodshed.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

I'll see to that, Renee. I certainly have no intention of letting anyone else be endangered because my family doesn't know how to send a fucking invitation.

[seminalsemiotic.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean, come on. Even a horse's head would have been more subtle.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

But it's okay it wasn't that!!!!

[seminalsemiotic.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is true.