Losing a Life (jo)

[Josiah]

She handed him a pen from his coat, she knew his pockets almost as well as he did he could not help but find it sweet. As the sorry excuse of the man took both Josiah backed away a step making sure he had a good shot should he need one incase fatty tried anything. Josiah was not normally a gun fan, he enjoyed his katar claws much more, they had become his signature in L.A but today he was not leaving a thing to chance. When he seemed reluctant to sign Siege stepped forward and took matters into her own hands.

It did not take much convincing to get him to sign and soon enough Gregorio caught them. His eyes immediately looking them over for any mistakes as any good lawyer would. His blue eyes looked to Josiah. as Siege threated to mutilate her tormenter Mr. Collins.

“Everything is signed and is in order…officially Sage Westerhaus was adopted last night by one Ms. Kathryn Summers who is now her legal guardian slash mother” Gregorio said as he closed his briefcase with the papers inside “And since I am to old to watch this kind of stuff I will make sure our friend is still sleeping in the other room” He said before he turned and left the room.

Josiah let out a genuine smile and came to Sage who kept her little tormenter at bay devilishly his free hand came to her shoulder.

“I don’t think me and Gregorio even know the meaning of mercy anymore” Josiah said softly “But …I do know the meaning of an eye for an eye!” he said suddenly

Before it was even realized Josiah pulled his gun and three shots were fired one landing in each of his shoulder joints and the last finding the bastards good knee. If he howled Josiah seemed deaf to it. He was just like the other one, only instead of hurting Josiah himself he had hurt Sage, and so many other countless girls. He leaned to Sieges ear

“There…he can’t move his arms or his legs…he’s basically helpless my love” He said into her ear “Do what you wish to him…make him feel how he has made you and so many others feel...let him know what it like to struggle without hope” Josiah whispered before kissing her neck.

“I’ll be right here with you baby”

[Siege]

“Everything is signed and is in order…officially Sage Westerhaus was adopted last night by one Ms. Kathryn Summers who is now her legal guardian slash mother”

Siege pulled back for a moment, turning at her waist to look at the two men dressed so alike. And Jo had wondered why she called him Pops. She looked over at him. He had gotten her adopted. She looked into his eyes with such softeness, she didn't need nor want a mother. To Siege she had never actually had one, the family she had was with Jo, and that was the only one that she needed.

"Your.. English teacher? Kathryn Summers?"

Siege was in shock. What kind of relationship did they have going on?! he told her that the woman was helping him keep up with his studies and now suddenly she was adopting his girlfriend. Siege's face was utterly confused as Gregorio took his leave of them. She turned back to the little bastard that lay crying on the floor only now realizing that with a weapon the young girl was empowered and that the man behind her really did love her and had come for her.

Jo's arm came around her waist and she leaned back into him snuggling into his neck. He was going to have to get used to the fact soon enough that she was going to be very cuddly with him today and over the next few days. But somehow with the way that he seemed to be unwilling to let her go, that he was much the same. It was nice to know that she was that important to him, that he came here with several plans in place to take her back out of here.

“I don’t think me and Gregorio even know the meaning of mercy anymore”

His arm came around her more tightly, and Siege looked up at him. She knew what he meant, especially right now becuse she would have no mercy on the man that lay there on the floor. Because he didn't deserve any.

“But …I do know the meaning of an eye for an eye!”

The shots were quiet again as his knees and shoulders were shot out so that he would no longer be able to move or really struggle. All he could do was twitch and scream like the pig that he was. And then.. he called her something she would never forget 'my love'.

“There…he can’t move his arms or his legs…he’s basically helpless my love”

Giving her the pig on the floor as well as giving her the knowledge that even now he still loved her. Even now it was not just a cry out before she left, but that he had loved her and done everything to come back and get her.

“Do what you wish to him…make him feel how he has made you and so many others feel...let him know what it like to struggle without hope”

"I.. can't wait to hear more.. of me.. being your love.." she whispered softly into his ear.

She moved then to the man that lay there. And standing so that Josiah could not see, she picked up his happy place in her hand, and with a quick machette like swing, rid him of it all together. He screamed and squirmed and tried to move, but Siege only grinned and tossed the bleeding carcus up towards his chest. And then ripped his shirt open, and began to carve into him a Giant 'M' in the center of his chest, and wrote, in carved skin 'molester' underneath it. Finished she took her knife with her after cleaning it on his pants and turned to Jo.

Only then did she rush like she had wanted to before and throw herself up into his arms laughing just to be reunited with the man she loved.

"Oh baby, I .. I waited, and I watched, and I thought you'd come and .. I'm so happy to see you.. I .. please.. say it again.. please oh Josiah, I want to hear it.. please one more time.. " she whispered as she clung to the man she loved with everything she had.

[Josiah]

She moved to him her little play thing and as she raised the knife even jo had to let out a small flinch…any guy would understand why, no matter how evil you were or how bad you could be, that was something hard to watch as a male. He watched as she ripped open his shirt and began to carve something into his chest and torso. He knew she needed this and as she closed her knife he hopped she didn’t think it was over.

Before he knew it though she rushed to his arms and threw herself up into his arms he could hear her laughing as she clung to him and took comfort within his own arms. He was just happy to have her back, he was afraid he would be to late, the bandages on his wrist showed how vigorously he tried to free himself from his handcuffs to try and get to her when it had all happened. Still it didn’t matter as long as she was okay.

Hearing her request he smiled. “I love you…you’re my girl, my reason to live…..my love” He said holding her tightly “and now we’ll be together with nothing to stop us” He said happily, his mind finally relaxing now that he had her once more.

He kissed her then kissing her like he had needed to these past 48 and a half hours….thats right he had counted right down to the very minute, his world had stopped that day but now it could finally move once more.

His passionate kiss to her soon broke and his eyes looked down to her, He brought his weapon around and held the handle to her “We can’t leave him to chance…I’ll take care of the office manager…but you…you have to take care of your own demons…then we can go home”

[Siege]

“I love you…you’re my girl, my reason to live…..my love”
“and now we’ll be together with nothing to stop us”

Siege smiled as she looked up at him. She looked into his eyes but soon he came down and kissed her. Kissing her like she was unable to for the past forty eight hours. She kissed him deeply clinging to him as if to part was going to kill her and right now it likely would. They kissed until their lungs burned for air before they broke apart and both of them smiled at each other as he sat her down in front of him again. Her hand reached up and touched his cheek softly. There was so much she wanted to say and do, and she couldn't wait til they were alone.

“We can’t leave him to chance…I’ll take care of the office manager…but you…you have to take care of your own demons…then we can go home”

She nodded, but she didn't take the gun. She placed the gun back to him, careful so that he wouldn't accidentally shoot himself. She looked up at him softly.

"This isn't just my fight." she said softly. "All those girls in the playground, they deserve a chance to get past their demons too. I'll be right back. Fine my file, you know the number, destroy it, or bring it with us. And kill the computer."

Yes, she was placing more witnesses, but she knew too that all these girls had suffered together. And all these girls needed that closure as much as she did. Picking up the bleeding fucker she shoved the other 'piece' in his mouth as she drug him through the halls by the back of his shirt. He was in pain, and cried out on ever little bump but it was only part of her torture. Siege kicked the door open and brought him out. All the girls in the play yard stopped immediatly and looked at the man as Siege tossed him down. Awe, fear, and shock in their eyes.

"This fucker has fucked us over too many times. It's time to get our revenge, time to get our closer. Time to end the fucking life in this fucking hell hole and show the world that we may NOT be wanted, but we will NOT lay down and take it!"

Siege grinned as the girls looked at each and then they all descended on the fucker, with anything they could find. Rocks, feet, hands, sticks, branches. Anything that would cause him harm. He screamed for a while as Siege watched, but soon he was finished, he was dead, and the girls went on a little longer getting out their revenge before they stepped back.

"You have a choice. The orphanage is down. Least for now. You can go out there, make lives for yourself on your own, or you can stay here, and let the state place you. You've gotten your revenge, we. are. free."

Siege turned and headed back into the building back to the lobby towards the office to find Josiah.

[Josiah]

She didn’t take the gun from him and he wasn’t surprised, maybe she had wanted to do it with her bare hands or something, he did not know. That was until she began to speak about the girls on the playground and his face grimaced. He was professional in his work, leave no witnesses who can identify you was a golden rule…she was about to break it big time. As she left he just let out a huff and began to do what needed to be done.

He shot the other man in the front who was still out cold on the floor before finally holstering his gun. With a sigh he reached into his pockets and puttle out a pair of latex gloves and snapped them on his hands. With the gloves on he found the office and got her file. He took it and then hit the computer. Tossing the monitor he found the tower and ripped it right open. The hard drive and all the memory chips were now his and would be disposed of accordingly when he got the chance. Having what he wanted he then ram sacked the rest of the office just to make it all look like a randomized attack.

He sighed lightly as he exited, gregorio waiting for him. “Here” Josiah said as he tossed him the car keys. “Start her up…me and sage will be out in a moment” he said making the older man nodded as he took the keys and left.

Taking off his gloves Josiah stuffed them into his pocket the file and computer records all on the counter as he waited for his girlfriend. He he saw her he looked to Sage, his eyes kind of read business on them as he grabbed what he needed to. “Those girl…you sure they won’t talk…I am sure you know the teens might be threatened with jail time even if they were molested” Josiah said, he would believe her though anything she told him

[Siege]

“Those girl…you sure they won’t talk…I am sure you know the teens might be threatened with jail time even if they were molested”

She could tell that he was all business. And she could understand that. She hadn't meant to really give them more witnesses than necessary. But it was their right too. She hated to think that they would come in to a bought of nothing but horror. She sighed softly as she looked up at him.

"I know, I broke rule number one. But those girls have been abused by that fucker as much as I have. And they deserve their revenge too. I already told them, that they could leave, or they could stay, but we all had a hand in this shit. If you want me to, I'll shoot them all, but I don't think they deserve that. They've been through enough. We've been a family here since we were young, I guarantee in an hour, they'll be gone, holed up somewhere else."

She sighed.

"I know I compromised us, but we left our own fingerprint anyway in my disappearance, and the fact that he was shot and carved. So.. I thought.. they deserved it. They had as much right as I did. If there were others.. like you.. wouldn't you have wanted to let them have that peace too?"

She bit her lower lip and looked up at him with vulnerable eyes. Tears welled up within her grey eyes as she looked up at her boyfreind, the one that she loved dearly.

"I.. I.. he.."Siege shook her head and blinked back her tears. Clearing her throat she put her feelings back inside and sighed. "Should we go? Or am I going out there to kill fifty girls?"

[Josiah]

She looked up at him with a sigh and admitted to knowing she broke the golden rule. He understood those girls ad been abused but he knew no cop would let it slide in the end, a judge and jury might have found them clean thanks to them all being raped but Mr. Collins but it was all to chance nothing was set in stone here. She offered to kill them..her family she refered to them as. And that was when he knew she would not have it in her.

Crimson orbs looked to her as she compared him to the situation, he almost snapped at her for trying to bring him into this. But it was the tears in her eyes that stopped him as she looked to him vulnerably.

“You and I both know you can’t go out there and kill those girl” His eyes looked to her that mix fighting between business and his love fore her still fighting. “Murdering for revenge…out of necessity for survival…its about all you can do without going insane” His eyes softened a bit looking to her. “Being cold blooded isn’t easy…and that’s not you….you could never kill them, you called them a family” he sighed.

Suddenly his eyes faded more to that business side of himself. “I guess I am just going to have to take care of this myself” Josiah said in a cool tone. As he turned from her and began to walk away from her. But instead of walking to the playground of all places he walked back into the office. She would hear some commotion for a few moments before eventually he stepped back out with a cigarette in his mouth a large tin trash can tucked under his arma bottle of whiskey in his hand and an annoyed look on his face Inside the can there looked to be nothing but files.

“Grab your file on the counter….and keep the computer stuff with you ontop of it” He instructed her as he began to walk ahead of her a bit “Fifty witnesses…good thing I’m retiring cause I’ve lost my touch” He muttered to himself as they got outside.

The walls to the orphanage would provide the cover needed. He put the trash can down and opened the whiskey bottle and poured it all in. Good thing one of those guys had been a drinker. “Rule number one…don’t get caught…don’t leave any witnesses” he said his eyes looking to her “Rule 2…don’t kill unless your either paid…or you have to in order not to get caught” He took the hot cherry from his lips and a plume of smoke flew from his lips as he spoke.

“Rule 3….if you’ve fucked up…make sure the authorities have one fuck of a time tracking you down” He said flicking the lit cigarette into the alcohol filled can. The files of every girl being burnt to cinders. He went to sage and took the computer memory from her leaving her file in her hands.

“Burn it with the rest” He sighed with a soft smile. “You and those girls disappear together…with all the files burnt up and those girls running….the cops will never be able to track down a decent suspect and will give up in a month or so” Josiah said with a smile. Her file was hers to burn, today 86 as well as the other numbers all got to die in the flame of the fire.

[Siege]

“Being cold blooded isn’t easy…and that’s not you….you could never kill them, you called them a family”

Siege sighed, she had but he took it the wrong way. She looked up at him she could tell he was mad at her. And he had every right to be mad, but she couldn't help the fact that they did deserve it. And if he were in the same situation all those years ago, if there were other boys molested like he was, then he would have wanted them to get their piece too. She knew she had put them in danger, but justice had been right.

"I said they were 'a' family, not my family. You.. are.. my family."

And apparently his Fucking English teacher. They were SO having a talk here soon because that shit was weird. This went WAY beyond just a bit of tutoring and getting him reaquainted with school. This went much farther than that if she was the one that was adopting Siege. Which meant that they had some clarification work to do. Though she knew it wouldn't happen soon, she was in trouble, she knew it, but she didn't believe she was wrong.

“I guess I am just going to have to take care of this myself”

Siege watched as the business side of him took over and he turned for the office. She sighed as she stood there listening to him rumbling around in there trying to find whatever it was he was looking for. He came out moments later with a large trash can, a bottle of whiskey and some files.

“Grab your file on the counter….and keep the computer stuff with you ontop of it”
“Fifty witnesses…good thing I’m retiring cause I’ve lost my touch”

Siege grabbed her file and the computer chips as she walked with him out of the place rolling her eyes as she went. She had appologized but apparently that wasn't good enough and apparently he was concentrating too much on the fact that she let the others have a shot than the fact that this would never happen again. No one could come for her now, the asshole was dead, and those other girls would be free.

“Rule number one…don’t get caught…don’t leave any witnesses”
“Rule 2…don’t kill unless your either paid…or you have to in order not to get caught”
“Rule 3….if you’ve fucked up…make sure the authorities have one fuck of a time tracking you down”

Awwww fuck! Was this really the place for a lesson in being a badass assassian? She didn't want to be one, if she did she would have asked long ago to be included in his little tyraids, but she didn't. She wanted to be a normal girl with a normal job. That was why she had gotten them the jobs at the mechanics shop she wanted them to be able to live a normal life.

"I get it OKAY!? I GET IT!! I'm sorry I made a fucking mistake alright can we quit rubbing it in now?!"

Siege squeezed the bridge of her nose with her free hand. She was tired, she had been molested violently three times since she had been here over the two days. She sighed, she hadn't meant to go off and snap at him, but the stress was getting to her and they were reuinited against the odds and here he was giving her a fucking lecture!

“Burn it with the rest”

He took the chips from her and burned them too while she put her folder on the hood of the car and quickly began to scan through it, she wanted one thing and one thing only. Finding the page, she ripped it out folding it quickly and shoving it into her pocket she turned and thrust her file into the fire with gusto.

“You and those girls disappear together…with all the files burnt up and those girls running….the cops will never be able to track down a decent suspect and will give up in a month or so”

Siege's eyes looked up at the building.

"Should we burn the whole fucking thing down, or just leave?" she asked curiously as she leaned against the car folding her arms across her jacketed chest.

[Josiah]

He could tell she was getting annoyed, the truth was he was not so much lecturing her as much as himself she had just happened to be around. Going against so many years of training, so much instinct as it seemed now he just had to recite it all to himself just to hear the rules as they had been told to him. Those things, hearing them seemed to keep him grounded.

She went through her file and found something, he saw her pocket it and put it in her coat before burning the rest, it was fine with him though, what ever it was he was sure it was important.

As she leaned against the car he came over to her and wrapped his arms around her “We should go home now…we’ll let the building stay…your friends will need to get what every they can from it before they leave” He said softly to her before kissing her forehead gently “I never want to be away from you this long again….it was unbearable to be without you” he sad softly to her before opening up the passenger side door, Gregorio had been in the back seat waiting patently, his work her was done now all he needed was a lift back to his car which was on the way to Jos place.

When Sage got in so would he so they could finally get out of this place and get on with their lives with one another

[Siege]

“We should go home now…we’ll let the building stay…your friends will need to get what every they can from it before they leave”

he came over to her and wrapped his arms around her. Siege instantly relaxed and snuggled into his chest. Burrying her nose in his clothes she inhaled his scent. She sighed softly, her fingers rose and brushed the length of his tie that she could get to since it was tucked into his vest. Red today. She smiled. He had only worn jeans and a tshirt once, and it was an image she would never forget. But, she loved him, and she loved being with him, and she didn't care what he wore... so long as he loved her.

She could still give him hell about it though.

I never want to be away from you this long again….it was unbearable to be without you”

Siege smiled as he kissed her forehead and she looked up at him, her eyes so soft for him. he had no idea what he had made her. He had turned her from a hard sarcastic woman into a loving sweet woman that just wanted nothing more than to be with him. She touched his cheek softly.

"I"m not going anywhere."

He opened the door for her and she got in the seat as he closed it behind her she sighed buckling up and slouching in the seat. She watched him walk around.

"Thank you, Gregorio for .. my freedom."

"Ah, Miss Sage, the boy has never asked for my help, and when he did saying that the girl he loved was in trouble and he needed me, I was quick to offer my assistance."

Siege smiled. "He's a good guy." she whispered.

"That he is, and you, young lady, have done wonders in healing what I thought was irrepairable."

Sage smiled, but their conversation was cut when Jo opened his door and slid into his seat. Sage smiled up at him as he started the car, she knew that he couldn't get out of her here fast enough and neither could she. Sage snuggled down into the seat she was dead tired but she knew that she would not sleep until she got home.

"I'm keeping your coat by the way, you can't have it back. It's too special." she whispered sleepily. Opening her tired eyes to look at her love, as she gave him a smile. She wasn't lying she fully intended to keep it, wear it, and cherish it.

After a little silence she whispered.

"Jo?" her voice soft and gentle. "Thank you.."

[Josiah]

Josiah got into the car and started it, he could not get out of their quick enough and they all seemed to know it, his eyes focused on the road as he peeled out and onto the streets looking to get them out of here. He said little but he still wore a smile on his face a tiny grin that showed he was happy and was just glade to have Siege back within his life.

She told him she was keeping his coat and he chuckled “No problem baby….we’ll have it taken in a bit so it fits you better” He said softly, he had no problem with her keeping his jacket as long as he could keep her all to himself.

Silence took over the car for a moment until her whisper broke it and his eyes looked to her. “I told you…you were mine…and I would come to get you” He said softly “Nothing was going to keep me from you” His hand reached out and found her leg

“Also made sure to have your favorite ice cream and junkfood at home, we are not doing a thing but vegging out and being with one another” he said softly

“Jo…your about to pass it” Gregorio said and Josiah pulled over. He had forgotten the man was actually here. “Here you are Jo…those papers you said you wanted” he said passing a menilla envelope forward which Josiah took and placed in his visor.

“Thanks Greg……for everything” Josiah said letting the man leave the car before taking off once more.

“So anyplace you want to stop first?”

[Siege]

“No problem baby….we’ll have it taken in a bit so it fits you better”

Siege shook her head, she snuggled down into the seat further. She didn't want it taken in. She wanted it to be his, to wear it, to know that he came to get her in it. To know that he loved her when she wore it she felt as though his arms were wrapped around her tightly holding her even when he couldn't physically do so at the moment. Siege's eyes closed gently as she sat there in the leaned back seat.

“I told you…you were mine…and I would come to get you”
“Nothing was going to keep me from you”

“Also made sure to have your favorite ice cream and junkfood at home, we are not doing a thing but vegging out and being with one another”

His hand found her leg and Siege smiled at the thought and care he had put into getting the house ready for her inevitable return. She moved then as they drove and snuggled down into his lap, placing her head there, curling up her fingers barely poking out of the sleeves as long as they were. But it was her coat, a gift from him that no one could ever take away it would forever mean the world to her. She wasn't going to sleep, not in the stupid car, she just needed to touch him so badly right now, to be in contact with him.

"I"m happy.. with you Josiah Sharp."

They slowed down and came to a stop as Siege was trying hard to keep awake. She actually didn't think she had slept at all through the two days they were apart, and it was beginning to catch up with her now that they were back together. Siege sighed and said goodbye to Gregorio before he got out of the car and into his own. Siege opened her eyes and looked up at the papers.

“So anyplace you want to stop first?”

"No. I just want to go home, and go to my room, and lay in my bed, and cuddle with you as I pass out." she sighed softly. She had missed the comforts and the wonder of her room, her own place, and yet the bed she always shared.

"Jo... what.. is the deal with your English Teacher? What's really going on? Why did she adopt me?" she asked looking up at him softly.

[Josiah]

She just wanted to go home and he smiled at the very thought of it as he began to drive once more. Gregorio had the adoption papers and would file them and hack them into the system, he had a copy of a special document for siege and everything for the moment was absolutely perfect. As he drove he looked down to her. “Sounds like a great idea….I’m dead tired as well” He admitted t her with a soft yawn.

He drove for a few more minutes before she asked him something he was sure had to be bugging her a bit. He rolled his eyes slightly but nodded then and smiled down to her softly/

“Kathryn….my teacher” he sighed lightly “We have a bit more history then I have admitted to you” he paused lightly and bit his lower lip lightly before letting it go “She used to be my brothers girlfriend..before he sold me” he admitted lightly “She realized who I was as soon as she began teaching at school and saw my name and eyes….since then I guess shes taken it upon herself to help me a bit….she doesn’t know everything that’s happened but in a way she had always thought of me as a little brother”

He took a soft breath his hand began to move through her hair softly.

“I called her…and asked her for help…to make this look a legitimate as possible…when I told her I loved you she didn’t even think twice before agreeing to sign the papers so we could be together”

[Siege]

“Kathryn….my teacher”

Siege sighed.

"You call her 'Kathryn' now?"

Wasn't that a bit odd? To call your teacher by their first name, that was a bit creepy. NOw she was really getting worried about what was going on, especially with the little eye roll he gave her a few seconds ago. Siege sighed, her heart seemed to be grasped by a ice cold hand as she waited to hear what he had to say.

“She used to be my brothers girlfriend..before he sold me”

Oh... small world apparently.

She realized who I was as soon as she began teaching at school and saw my name and eyes….since then I guess shes taken it upon herself to help me a bit….she doesn’t know everything that’s happened but in a way she had always thought of me as a little brother”

Siege watched him, her fingers reached up and took the hand that he didn't need to drive. Bringing it to her stomach she stroked the back of it. It was the only way she could really comfort him at the moment. She knew it was hard for him when he thought about his past, and she didn't blame him. He had a brutal past, and while Siege had not let it run her life and began to move past it, she knew it was a great deal harder for him.

"You could have told me, I knew there was more than her helping you with your English. You.. you're open with her, not.. not like you're open with me, but more so than normal. I never imagined she'd be your brother's ex. You don't have to be afraid to tell me things Jo. I'm not going anywhere."

His hand moved from hers and into her hair causing her eyes to close as she curled up on the seats and snuggled up into his stomach as he continued to speak.

“I called her…and asked her for help…to make this look a legitimate as possible…when I told her I loved you she didn’t even think twice before agreeing to sign the papers so we could be together”

"She sounds like a nice woman. Wait.."

Siege sat up just slightly, not enough to block his vision or hinder his driving, but she was confused about something.

"Do I have to move out?! Do i have to go live with her?! Is she expecting to be my mom?!" Siege asked suddenly her eyes filling with fear and worry.

[Josiah]

He had smiled when she had told him he could have been honest with her about it, truth was he wasn’t scared to tell his Sage about it and the relationship it was just that he was afraid of what might come out of it. Ms. Summers knew about him and Siege but he had been a bit cold about it, he didn’t tell Kathryn a thing of what really happened, he had come up with a complete lie about his past as not to drag the poor woman into his life. Sage was helping him emotionally but he was not about to let anyone else into that world which was why he kept Kathryn and Siege a bit in the dark about each other.

Sage sat up a bit this way their eyes could clearly make contact, he could see fear in her eyes before she asked the question. He pulled over suddenly the car jerking a bit as he did but he could not drive at the moment. “Sage” He said softly a smirk on his lips as he used both his arms to pull her into his lap before he said another word he kissed her deeply and sensually it was so long before their lips slowly began to part away from one another

When it broke he looked her right in the eyes softly “I would not kill to keep you and then just give you away” he said softly to her. “She is just doing this as a favor…you are stay with me…in my house…in my arms” he smiled softly to her “You two will have to talk a bit….get to know one another…she may even want to do a dinner ever now and then….but nothing has to change…she’s not looking to be a mother yet, not to us anyway, but she may want to be there for us in general”

He held to her his fingers finding her hair softly “Now relax….rest your eyes till I pull into the house” He told her not wanting her to have another worry in the world