<span style="font-size: 15px">When he had received a call from an unknown number he was hesitant to take it, mainly because he hadn't sent the letter out yet, and the idea that Edith was already needing help scared him, but he answered anyway only to be greeted by Mr. Taylor. Immediately he thought something was wrong, entirely terrified that something had happened to Brock and left the office to take the call outside away from all the other paper pushers who didn't like him much (it wasn't his fault that he actually worked and therefore made more money than them considering they sat on the cell phones all day fretting over Facebook) and felt his heart beat stop pounding out of his chest. Brock was safe, that was very good. But then he remembered writing a note, a very messy note that was full of his anger and sadness and desperation for someone to help because he didn't expect Edith to leave, he just expected her to have an affair or something (which he was entirely comfortable with). <br/>
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"I am so sorry. I didn't realize he had taken it, I just thought I had lost it in the couch cushions or something," he tried to explain this but then Finn was offering to help him. Just, he wasn't sure why this bothered him. It wasn't that it bothered him, from what he could tell, Finn really did care about keeping kids safe, Brock included, but he didn't know what he could possibly do to repay him for his help. He'd have to find rates of a normal sitter and double it or something. He also felt his face flush because that note had been full of personal and embarrassing admissions. <br/>
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"No, no, that's, that's more than I can ask for. I'll pay you, I promise, I just, I don't want you to feel like you have to take care of him, I can take time off from work," he said. It was a lie, he wasn't being permitted time off from work because nobody else did the paperwork correctly so now because he actually did his job he was being punished it seemed. what could they do? Fire him? If he left then who'd do the paperwork? All the people that just sit around to get paid for doing nothing? <br/>
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"But, if you could do that, then that's amazing and I'm so sorry for such a short notice. I'm mortified you got that letter, I remember writing it but it wasn't meant to be seen by anyone. Venting a bit, you know? Anyway, I can, uh, I can come pick Brock up when I'm off of work. I uh... shit. I have paperwork to make up from not going to work yesterday, but I'll try to be there by eight. I'm so sorry but thank you. Thank you so much." He was sincere and it hurt because Finn was so nice, and he didn't want to make the man feel like he was manipulating him into doing what he wanted. He'd pay him, he'd pay him a lot because he knew that he would take care of Brock with actual care. He wasn't sure what Edith had done, or rather not done, but he felt like an idiot for not checking in and looking. He should have been on that, but he hadn't, he had failed. "I've, uh, got to go, but once again, thank you." He hand to hang up and when he walked back into the office, he felt a weight off of his chest, even though now he felt like he was taking advantage of Finn's generosity. He sat back down and tried to read and fix these reports, pull the cases without enough evidence to be filed away, and others that would be run over by the Assistant County Attorney and then possibly to the County Attorney herself. <br/>
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He kept checking the clock, he wanted to get this all done by eight, but it was very often impossible to take on the work of the other three people in the office who everyone knew did nothing, but overtime paid well, and, the others certainly never worked overtime, so it wasn't too terrible. It was ten to eight and he had just gotten through two thirds of the papers that needed his attention and so he sent a text apologizing, but assuring him he'd definitely be there at nine. Jeez, he was a horrible person. He really was using this man, and Finn was just too nice, he didn't want him to be used, he wanted him to be appreciated because he was such a caring and generous person. He was... he was who he wished he could be. Or be with. He missed actually liking people beside Brock, and it was nice because he was growing to like Finn, or well, liking him beyond a baser desire that could absolutely never be acted on. </span>