"Where did you go?" He shrugged his shoulders at her and looked away sheepishly."Jason where did you go?" She's a persistent little thing he didn't stand a chance. I squeezed her trying to send a private message to ease up but she just squeezed my hand and kept at it until she got what she wanted."I moved around a lot at first but when I thought things calmed down enough I came back to Blue Haven." That's all he would say but I was getting the picture; the kid had been living on the streets. I'm guessing like me he knew my wife's heart and didn't want to divulge that information because he knew she would feel guilt over it since he'd been on the run because he'd tried to help her. I made up my mind then and there; it wasn't hard. He was just another victim of these assholes and he'd basically given up his life trying to help her. Just a fucking kid, I didn't want to think what would've happened to him if his old man had gotten ahold of him. Or if the senator had ever known that

I got Jason settled in a room upstairs while Blossom fussed around him making sure his every need was met."That's enough Blossom I don't think he needs four blankets and don't try lifting that chair again.""Yeah about that, I meant to ask earlier Ash but got sidetracked; what the heck happened to you anyway?""It was an accident." She brushed it off with a slight wave of the hand, I'm sure she didn't want to get into it with him not on his first day back; smart and considerate."There's something else I didn't tell you." From the wide grin on her face I knew what was coming next."What's that?" He was testing the mattress and looking around the room; probably checking for an escape route.She reached back and took my hand before answering him."We're having a baby." She looked at him expectantly almost as if expecting to be rebuffed. I saw the flash of surprise that was quickly covered before he smiled at us."Congratulations Ashley. Man time sure does fly huh you're married

We entered the house through a secret compartment into the underground office. My heart hasn't stopped beating me to death since I got the news but I was steady as a fucking rock. According to what I found here someone might very well die in the next five minutes. She had to be okay, I won't accept any less, I hadn't found her only to lose her like this a scant few months later, life couldn't be that fucking cruel.Gage motioned to me with a finger to his lips; there was movement beyond the door. I made my way cautiously over to the cameras to see what was going on. There was no camera feed in the panic room, a stupid oversight on my part; I'd just always thought I'd be on the other side and didn't necessarily want anyone else looking in. That would be first on my agenda.I heard him before he appeared on screen. "Come out, come out wherever you are. Here little Ashley I have a message from the doc, remember him?" He was feeling around the walls looking for a hidden panel I guess. Th

When enough time had passed that I thought the coast was clear I led the two prisoners from the room. Not that anyone could mistake the panic room for a prison. It had been built with every comfort in mind and after meeting and marrying Blossom in the last few weeks I'd made doubly sure it had everything needed. She was leaning heavily against me like all the air had been knocked out of her, too much. I kept a tight rein on my anger though not willing to add to her distress.I exchanged a knowing look with Jason when I caught him removing the headphones that he'd had plugged into the monitor. That could only mean one thing, he'd been shielding her from what the men were saying, but he himself had been listening in. Chances are he heard them make mention of his father and his part in what had taken place here today. It was a fucked up situation in more ways than one. More so because I'm gonna have to sit this kid down at some point and explain to him why I offed his old man, but fi

"I had to do it." The kid started to shake and I put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. My head started to pound, I'd had enough. "It's okay Jason. Where's the body?" I directed my question to Gage and the others."Already taken care of." Fine now I just had to figure out some lie to tell my wife when she came back into the room. "You don't ever tell her what you did you hear me Jason?" He just looked up at me trying to be brave but he was just a little boy. A little boy who'd just killed his own father. Will the evil these men set off ever end? I heard her coming back down the hallway and braced myself.She walked right over to him her eyes searching him for injuries. "Jason what happened? Were you in an accident?" He looked to me to take over. I was still trying to come up with something plausible. "It was a deer baby nothing to worry about." That seemed to calm her a little bit and she started fussing at him to go clean up and get out of his ruined clothes.I was pretty much