I told everyone that it would be faster! Hope that everyone is still enjoying the story. ~CinderLaw
SLAP!
Then before Jared could even react to the slap she jumped back into his arms wrapping hers around his neck. "You're such a jackass Jared!"
"Next time can you just tell me that instead of smacking me?" he asked holding her tightly to him.
"Why did you walk out? I thought that I would never see you again. Do you know how bad that hurt?" She cried.
"Baby, I never intended to hurt you; I was just worried about getting Chloe back to you. Besides, if I hadn't had you held back from me I would have never been able to leave you." He told her.
"So it is over now?"
"No, sweetheart. I still have to go to the pier." He said.
Olivia stepped back from him, "What do you mean? We have the children can we just forget about it?"
"Just because we got the children back does not mean that he'll not try again, Liv. Next time you could be very pregnant with my baby except when the baby comes he may try to hurt him or her, not just kidnap them! Liv, I've got to try and finish this thing so you're all safe."
"Jared he is going to kill you! Does that not mean something to you?"
"Baby I am not going into this blind, we have the children back and he does not know that so we have the advantage. Ty has some guys in strategic places around the pier so that we can bring him down. I am not going to get hurt - hell Jason has already ordered me not to get hurt by doing anything stupid."
"Okay - I don't like it but okay. Jason," she turned to look at her brother in law, "please don't let anything go wrong."
"Don't worry Olivia, nothing is going to happen. I have enough men there that will have guns trained on Tom that he'll not be able to draw without getting shot. Plus I am making Jared wear a vest so if he pops off a lucky shot." Jason told her.
"Yeah just don't do the whole pretend that you're dead thing. It doesn't have a good following." Laysea threw in.
Jerry and Bret stayed in the living room area waiting for Callie to come out of the bathroom. A few minutes after Jared and Jason took the kids to the nursery she came out. She had made it a few steps out into the living room when she suddenly stopped and looked up at Jerry and Bret sitting on the sofa.
"Hi mom." Bret said not showing any indication that he wanted to get up. He stayed sitting right beside his dad that he looked so much like. Callie was taken back for a moment, how many times she had thought of this very thing.
"Hi. What are you doing?" She asked more to Jerry, who she had maintained eye contact with so far, then to Bret.
"Me and dad is just sitting here waiting on you to come out of the bathroom. Man what took you so long mom?"
"You told him?" she asked Jerry.
"He first told me what you had told him about me then added in what he was supposed to do if Scott hurt you too bad. Then I told him my name. Hey buddy why don't you go into the playroom where the other kids are at? Mom and I need to talk some adult talk." Still never losing eye contact with Callie. Jerry figured if she wanted to hold his then he was going to hold hers.
"Okay but remember dad - you were going to take care of Scott." Bret told him as he stood up.
"What?!?" Callie raised her voice in questioning.
"Don't worry Bret I have not forgotten." He finally turned and smiled at his son. Bret ran from the room towards the nursery and as soon as he was out of sight Jerry turned back towards Callie. "What?" he asked her in question to her look that was something between shock, fear and gratitude.
"What did Bret mean when he said you would take care of Scott?"
"Why would you run away from me to a loser who beats the crap out of you?" Jerry asked a little harder then he intended but damn he was hurt by her choice.
"I met Scott about a year ago. I had not dated anyone else and I was tired of being alone. For the first few months he was great but then he started drinking heavy, I guess that he always had but just never showed me that side of him. When we first started dating Scott asked about Bret's dad and I told him some things about you but not who you were or specifics about you. I didn't want a whole bunch of people knowing because it would get back to you and someone that hated you could hear it then come after Bret. When I moved here to help mom I told Scott to leave me alone that I didn't want to date him but he followed anyways then he forced me to let him move in with me in mom's basement."
"Why are you telling me all of this?"
"Because Jerry I know you - you'd just keep asking questions of me or Mom or whoever until you found out whatever you wanted to know. I found it easier to just tell you every thing and let you sort through it all." She told him with a sigh.
"Why did you run?"
"Because I was scared. I knew the laws you all live by. I know the chances that you will get shot or that some crazy ass bullshit like this would happen. I remember the day I found out that I was pregnant was the day that your friend Fred, his wife and their little girl were all gunned down. I freaked - I am sorry but I had no ability to think and then you came home and you were so upset so I stayed. I just didn't tell you I was pregnant. When you had gotten over their deaths I was four months pregnant and knew that if I didn't leave right now that I would never leave. So I left. I walked out of this building knowing that Jason would probably be so pissed at me for hurting you that I would have a hit out on my head. So I took off to Maine. I stayed low keyed and I didn't do anything to bring attention to myself. When people asked about my husband I told them that he had died tragically in a car accident leaving me pregnant and penniless. I worked at a local café and worked hard to save money so I could take off a couple of weeks when Bret was born. A couple of years ago I moved to North Carolina where I met Scott. My intention was never to hurt you but I knew that was something that would happen anyways. I just wanted to keep Bret safe - that's all." She told him in a defeated voice.
"Did you ever think that maybe I could've help more than hurt you and Bret? Hell you didn't even go to your own dad's funeral!"
"I did go! I saw you there but I sat in another part of the church that couldn't be seen from the main section then I parked my car across the grave yard until everyone was gone. I saw you there, Jerry - I knew that you would be there. I'm not stupid! You knew how important he was to me, but in order to keep this little boy out of harms way I had to grieve on my own! That's the price I paid for running away from you! So you can judge me all you want but I always had my - our sons best interest at heart."
She stood up walking away as tears began to burn at her eyes. She suddenly stopped, "You know the worse thing about it? I know you would never harm me or Bret but Scott using my fear that something will happen to Bret in order to keep me with him. I have to be used by a man who has no problem threatening the life of a sleeping boy while making me beg him to stay and never leave because I can't live without him. Now he has me in a position that I can't get rid of him or Bret really will get hurt. So I in fact ran from you for the potential danger that could come and now am stuck with a man that is a real danger to my son. I literally started dating my own worse nightmare."
"Do you still love me or did you ever love me?" he asked her from the couch.
She gave him a weak smile, "You were my knight in tarnished armor. I loved you then and I still love you. You're as much a part of me as Bret is - I can't just simple turn the feelings off. Besides, when you were chasing me I always liked you but figured once you got a piece of ass you would be gone. That's why I lost my virginity to a dildo. So if that was what you wanted then there wouldn't be any strings attached." She told him as she turned again. Jerry reached out and grabbed her arm when she turned back toward him she saw that he had a shocked look on his face. "What?" she asked him.
"What do you mean that you 'lost your virginity to a dildo'? Had you ever been with a guy before me?" He asked her.
"No, Jerry but I didn't want you to be obligated to have to stay with me. Therefore, I removed the obstacle so either you could get it out of your system or we would end up together. What's the matter with you? You look pale."
"Damn it Callie! Why would you do that?"
