I headed home, I wasn’t too worried about this clue, Jeremy was young and I knew he wouldn’t remember this. That meant there were only 2 clues left, that made my stomach turn, what else could he ask of me. I spent the rest of the day spending time with my father and the kids before he left, I felt guilty being away from the kids so much lately. I just wanted things to get back to the way they were.The kids were all glue to me as I played with all 3 of them, I couldn't believe how big they were all getting. Jeremy was beginning to have small conversations and do a few little things himself, Heather was walking and saying a few works and Junior was beginning to crawl around and baby babble. He made me laugh so much he would watch the other two walk and I would stand him up and he would try to figure out walking with such a determined face.Once my father left I got the kids in the bath and ready for bed, I had a text from the Unknown number Unknown Number: Steve would like a bag pac
He paused for a moment, “Okay Ma’am, we found a body in Junction creek this evening, prints came back to your husband, Steve Reid.”I starred into the dark, I shook my head. “There is no way! I talked to him a bit earlier, he was okay. I did everything he asked.”I felt the tears fill my eyes As I tried to process everything,“I guess you didn’t listen did you.” The officer spat out.I looked around the room, it was pitch dark. I looked at my phone, there was no call tonight. It must have been a dream. I was trying to calm myself down, as I thought about what happened in the dream. I ran towards the window and saw our car parked outside. I immediately ran from room to room checking on the kids and searching for Steve.The kids were all sleeping but there was no sight of Steve. I looked at my phone and saw the unknown number text messages, I guess only part of it was a dream.I put a robe on and headed outside to the car, I opened the door. The car wasn’t locked and it had Stev
Steves POVI couldn’t sleep as I was thinking about what Darren had said, he really wanted me to pick between my sister and my wife. I knew he wanted Kay and he wouldn’t stop until he had her, it pissed me off the way he was locked up and still controlling our lives.I heard my phone ding with a text message, I reached over and saw a message pop up,Unknown number: Meet me at 512 Front Street in Rockwood. Don’t be late or your sister will pay the price.Following was a picture of Bethany with a gun pointing to her head. She looked like she was crying for hours. I was about to wake up Kay when I got another text message,Unknown number: She’s only the first one, next will be one of those rugrats, then another then another. How do you think your wife will feel when I make you both watch all your kids get pegged off one at a time.I was fucking pissed at this point, it was one thing to threaten my sister or my wife, but not my babies. They were innocent in all this. I wrote a quick note
I drove home thinking about everything Darren said, there is no way I could go through with this, he’s forcing me to sleep with him in order to let Steve be safe. I continued to shake my head as I thought about it all. I decided it was time to go to the police station, there is no way I’m doing this. Before I headed home I stopped at the police station and found the cop who arrested Darren, I was happy he was there. I explained everything I knew, he didn’t say anything besides listened. When I was done explaining everything he took a deep breath,“I wish you would of came to me sooner Kay, I feel bad you’ve been going through all this yourself. I don’t understand what Steve is thinking. Do you mind if I look at the messages you got.”I nodded and passed him my phone, he was looking through them when my phone began to ring, I saw the detectives eyes lit up as he passed the phone to me, “Put it on speakerphone.”I nodded as I answered,“Hello?”“Hey babe did you make it back ho
I stared at the detective without thinking and I nodded, I looked over at my babies. They would be much safer with a cop in the house also, I felt bad for them as I looked in each their eyes. There life was so full of drama and pain constantly. I would do anything at this point to get away from all the drama, I knew when we decided to move there it wouldn’t be over but Steve was stuck on wanting to stay close to Bethany.As I looked at each of them I knew I needed to keep them safe and it was time I leave this all behind, I had the papers in my purse to legally adopt Heather, I signed them but Steve never did. He always said she will come back it was just a phase.Jeremy was young but it’s like he knew what I was thinking as he walked over and gave me a bug hug. The detective came in with several bags,“If your missing anything, we will be at the house all evening you can call or text me okay.”I nodded at him as he waved me to walk with him, I began to follow him down the hall,“Tha
I looked around, I couldn’t believe there were cameras all through my house. I began to worry thinking someone was in our house planting cameras everywhere. I picked my phone up,Kay: I think we are okay. We can make do with what we have I think. I heard my phone go off not long after but it wasn’t Ian who messaged me but Unknown number,Unknown number: What the fuck did you do Kay? Where are you and my kids? Please tell me your somewhere safe.I looked it over and decided I wasn’t answering that, if I answer he will somehow talk me into telling him where I am, I know I’ve been through this with Darren several times.Not long later I heard a noise inside the house when I saw Ian come out the back, “I hope you don’t mind I grabbed a few extra things for you guys, I didn’t want you to be uncomfortable here. Also I grabbed some food on the way here, after dinner I’ll head to the grocery store.”I smiled as I walked in and noticed Ian brought the kids high chairs and beds, “You sure are
Steves POVI was freaking out trying to figure out how I’m going to get Kay out of this mess, I knew this was the final clue and she had to spend an hour with Darren then we would be clear. The guys kept reassuring me he just wanted to get a chance with her again. The thought of Darren touching her drove me nuts, I didn’t want anyone touching her she was mine. I needed to convince myself that it would be a one time thing and then we could work through this all. They told me as soon as she walked into the visit they would let us all go and go on with their lives.I couldn’t imagine them saying okay she’s with Darren go ahead and I would need to wait an hour knowing he was sleeping with my wife cause I told her too. I hated Darren I needed to think of a way to get rid of him, I’m done. Blake came over towards me, “Well it looks like your wife fled, the cops were at your house they arrested one of my guys. This isn’t good Steve, if we don’t get her to that visit there will be a bounty
I spent the next few days hanging out at Ian’s with the kids, it felt really nice to not have to look over my shoulder or worry about who was going to come or go. The more time I was away from Steve the more myself I felt, I should be sad about everything but I just wasn’t.I love Steve with all I had, he was my best friend and we had an insane connection, but he was always so closed and thought differently then me. We clashed a lot raising the kids, maybe we just needed a little break from each other and see what will happen.Today Ian was supposed to meet with Steve and talk to him, he has been difficult to get a hold of. I was a bit nervous to hear what he would say to him, Ian has been amazing with me and the kids around. He worked a lot but when he was done work he would come home and hang out with us, he was actually really funny and we laughed so much. I was beginning to plan our next move, I felt guilty staying at Ian’s, he wouldn’t let us contribute to anything, I got a c