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Kristoffer's Redemption

Chapter 6

The little things give you away.

Jennifer was surprised by Kristoffer's reaction to the news of his new sister, she had figured he would be surprised and a little startled but, the fact that he seemed so shocked and surprised was somewhat concerning for the caretaker, she had seen him surprised before but never anything like this, she was actually quite worried that maybe the whole sister thing might be a bit too soon and too much for Kristoffer, "Kristoffer, everything will be fine honey, no need to be so upset." Jennifer tried to calm down her startled kit, Kristoffer, quickly regained his composure and was soon back to his normal self.

"So, who is this sister going to be? And why is she in this program?" Kristoffer, inquired of his caretaker who only smiled a little bit but did not answer so Kristoffer tried a different approach. "So. Umm I didn't know you had a girl's nursery in the house as well." Kristoffer stated hoping to get some more info about his new sister from Jennifer whom was well aware of how Kristoffer could play these kind of games and how good he was, as much as she hated showing him up at this she needed to make sure he understood that these games were not going to get him anywhere in his situation and that he needed to realize that these short of tactics caused more harm than they did good. Kristoffer needed to learn this if he wanted a shot at graduating this program.

"Yes, I have 2 nursery's, the one you occupy and the one that your sister will be taking up residence in. and Kristoffer, You will not be able to get any information from me about why your sister is here... you will have to ask her that yourself. But I encourage you not to do that. Also the only information you are entitled to about her is her name, which is Shila. That is all I can tell you sweetie. Sorry." She said ruffling his hair. She was going easy on him on this, because she didn't like hurting him, yet Kristoffer persisted, "So, Shila, that sounds umm Australian." Jennifer cut him off "actually the name is much more common than many others think." Kristoffer smiled and yet again he persisted, "oh I see, I hadn't realized that. Umm what does she look like?" Kristoffer inquired, Jennifer sighed and looked at him sternly. "Kristoffer, If I had told you that she and I have already met, and she inquired about you and asked all about you, and I told her everything that I know about you, then she got here and started telling you stuff or asking about stuff that I had told her, how would you feel?" Jennifer asked him very sternly, this comment make Kristoffer stop asking these things and lowered his ears, he realized that Jennifer did not like his little info games at all, Jennifer, sighed and put her paw on Kristoffer's, and looked at him sadly

"Kristoffer look, I understand that you have had to learn how to play these short of 'games' to get info from people in the past. But here you don't need that. Here you need to trust me, if I say I can't tell you something then you need to understand that I can't tell you anything on that topic. Understand? I don't like putting you down like this but you need to understand, that this will happen each time you try to play these games with me. Alright sweetie?" Jennifer, said and kept track of how his ears seemed to lower more and more each time she told him what he had to do, it was evident that he was not angry but rather put down in ever sense of the term. By the end of her lecture, his ears were flattened to the point one could barely see them. "Alright, I understand Jennifer, and I'm sorry, I guess you're right. I should learn to trust you." Kristoffer said still looking down, Jennifer smiled and gave him a soft hug and light scratch behind the ears, "Kristoffer, listen. Your little games like that, while they worked before, you need to understand that they really often do more harm to others than the good it dose you. Do you understand me pup?" Jennifer asked him using his favorite pet name. "Alright. I understand, but old habits die hard mum." Kristoffer said his ears still flat but you could see them easing up again, "KRISTOFFER!" Jennifer exclaimed making the Reynard jump in surprise. "What did you just call me?" Jennifer asked him softening her voice, and turning his right arm over and tracing out the scars on it from his self-abuse. "Umm mum, I umm I guess?" Jennifer nodded and stood up and undid the tray on his high chair and unbuckled his harness and set him down, "Kristoffer the play room is through the living room, it's an umm sliding glass door with block decals and stuff on it. Go in there and play for a while. I need to go make a phone call." Jennifer, said as she disappeared behind a door. Kristoffer was worried he was in trouble so to avoid further trouble he did as he was told and went to the play room.

Meanwhile, Jennifer had went into her office and sat down in her desk chair, she pulled out a drawer and took out a photo, it was of her and her 2 kids, Jasmin and Joshua, she sighed and then picked up the phone and hit the speed dial, after a few moments Blaze's voice came over on the other end. "Blaze here, what's up Jennifer? Kristoffer finally being a little hellion?" he asked with a chuckle until he heard Jennifer's sniffle then the line went silent. "Blaze are you there?" Jennifer, asked into the phone trying to hold back her tears and keep her voice and breathing even but she wasn't doing a very good job of it. "Jennifer what did he do?" Jennifer was quite for a bit before she answered and had to force herself to say it. "Blaze. I need you to come out here. He's not being a bad puppy. But. He did do something that hit much too close to home, I need you to come out here and keep an eye on Kristoffer for a bit. I need to umm I need to be alone for a few hours." Jennifer said as she was finally breaking down and crying. Blaze was upset but he trusted Jennifer's judgment. "Alright Jennifer, but when I get there you and I will have a talk about what he did, Alright?" "Alright. See you soon." And then she hung up. Blaze sighed and got into his company SUV and drove out to the house. When he got out there he went to Jennifer's office to find her sitting in the dark staring at the picture of her and her two kids. Blaze walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder making her jump and look up to him with red eyes and tear stained fur.

Blaze sighed and knelled down and give Jennifer a tight hug and rubbed her back a little bit. "Alright Jennifer, what did Kristoffer do that hit so close to home? Hmm?" Blaze asked genuinely concerned, Jennifer took a deep and shaky breath before she looked at him and smiled weakly. "He called me mum. That's just what Joshua used to call me. Before he cut that vein and bleed out while I was at work that night." Jennifer said with a smile as tears filled her eyes again, "would you spend some time with Kristoffer while I calm down please Blaze?" Jennifer, asked looking back to the photo, it was then she realized how alike Kristoffer and Joshua looked. Blaze nodded and got up and went to the living room and seen Kristoffer in the playroom. Though he had broken a rule and didn't close the door, so blaze went on over to the door and closed it as he entered, he knew it would lock behind him but he wasn't too concerned, he had a key, after all, so he walked over to Kristoffer and sat down with him and join him in stacking small wooden blocks with pictures and letters and numbers on them.

"So how dead am I?" Kristoffer, asked Blaze when he'd sat down, he didn't look up from what he was doing. "Well Kristoffer, I think you just caught her off guard when you called her mum." Kristoffer then stopped and growled a little. "My ass. She was crying. I didn't merely catch her off guard!" Kristoffer, shouted angel balling up his fists. Blaze sighed and looked down and pulled Kristoffer over his lap and gave his rump 6 brief yet very painful smacks to his rump, targeting that sensitive sit spot as only he could, Kristoffer yelped and whined and struggled soon on the verge of tears when Blaze stopped the spanking and set him back down and went back to stacking blocks. "Kristoffer your right, you didn't just catch her off guard, you said something that struck a chord close to her heart. Now listen, I know she can here this but you need to understand something. Jennifer had some kits of her own, but she's sterile so she adopted them. She had an arctic fox name Joshua, he had markings in his fur that were native to the eastern tribes like yours. You don't know it. But your almost the spitting image of Joshua, he committed suicide, he cut that vein to the left in his wrist one night while Jennifer was working late. And bled out in the basement. Her daughter, a red fox, and Jasmin she overdosed on pain killers because she felt that Jennifer didn't really love her. No one knows why Joshua chose to cut his vein but he did. The very last thing he ever said to Jennifer was four words. 'I love you mum' that was the first, last and only time he ever said he loved her and called her mum. That's why that word hit so close to home with her." Kristoffer's ears flattened and his tail tucked tightly between his legs. "I'm sorry I shouted....and I I I didn't know." Blaze cut him off. "It's alright pup. I know you didn't know, and it's fine. You were a bit angry that I was talking to you like the pup your being treated as, and I understand if that's taking it a bit far in your first days. But you will get used to it." Kristoffer nodded and looked down feeling bad for Jennifer his ears lowered and his tail still tucked but he sighed a bit and hugged Blaze tightly. "Blaze?" Kristoffer said with a soft gulp. "Yes pup?" "Blaze....can I call you dad?" Blaze let out a light chuckle and ruffled Kristoffer's head fur and smiled. "How about papa? How's that sound?" Kristoffer blushed a little bit but nodded and hugged tightly just then blaze smiled and patted Kristoffer's head and got up. "I have to go check on Jennifer. It's been about an hour since she asked me to spend some time with you. I haven't seen her so in a little bit worried about her. You stay here and play. Alright pup?" Blaze said reaching the door then Kristoffer sighed. "But papa, the door locked when you closed it." Blaze smiled and pulled the key out of his pocket and unlocked it then he grabbed a small magnetic bar that Kristoffer had thought was a curtain string rack. To tie the curtain string to, but then he saw that it was a magnetic handle that enabled Blaze to open the door, he also too the handle with him as he left and slid the door closed and then smiled a bit as he heard it lock knowing Kristoffer knew it had locked again.

A few hours later Blaze and Jennifer both came back out and entered the play room. Kristoffer ran to Jennifer and threw his arms around her and wrapped her into a tight hug making her gasp a bit and she smiled and hugged him back. "I'm so sorry! I didn't know and I I I I didn't mean to bring up painful memories! I swear it will never happen again. Honest!" Jennifer laughed and rubbed Kristoffer's head and scratched between his ears as she hugged him back. "It's alright pup! It's alright.....you know.......in guess Jason was right." Kristoffer looked up confused and Jennifer went on with a warm smile. "It really is the little things that give you away." Then Blaze walked over and kneeled down and put his paw on Kristoffer's shoulder and smiled. "Kristoffer listen and take this to heart pup, Time is a valuable thing, watch it fly by as the pendulum swings, watch it count down to the end of the day the clock ticks life away." Kristoffer looked at Blaze confused and Blaze continued. "Kristoffer, I want you to think about this. In the end, what do you want out of this?"