"STOP THAT WOMAN!" The fluid and authoritative order rang deep in Sue's ears as she desperately tries to leave that damned hall.But unfortunately, several security men fan out around her and impede her movement. Slowly they close in on her. Scared, Sue just holds Ashley to her chest. The little girl doesn't even look scared but just curious as she just looks around with a small pout.The security men open a path that leads directly to that man. Ford Mason. But whose identity is still a mystery to Sue. Sue hesitantly walks out of the circle she's enclosed in and comes face to face with Ford."Why did you run?" He asks her indifferently. Ashley just chuckles on Sue's shoulder and tries to hold out her hand to be carried. Sue only tightens her hands further, stopping Ashley."I did not run. I had to leave.""Why did you have to leave?" He asks again, looking disinterested but interested at the same time. Sue simply shrugs. "Can't I leave a place when I want to?""Fine, you can. But w

Sweeping her off her feet bridal style, Ford smirks and balances her on his forearms. Giving in to the urge, he leans into her ears and whispers "You thought you could run? I own this city."Nodding slightly at the lady in the check in counter, he turns and walks out of the airport, leaving the travellers and people inside the airport gaping at his back.Just yesterday, Sue had walked majestically back into his life and before he had time to process that the woman he had been looking for for three years just showed up, a baby belonging to her just waltzed into his arms.Three years ago, the day after he discovered Sue was the original one he had been with the night before and was not Alexa, he had gone personally to the Greene family house only to hear that she'd moved out that same day, only few hours before he arrived.He went on a full search for her and got to know that she had left the state and left for Manchester. For two years, he had searched high and low for that mesmerizing

Sue wonders why James keeps asking for her and how she's going to leave this place Ford had locked her in.Apparently, Sue knows now that Ford is a Mason but still has no idea who he really is. He could be just a regular family member and not directly related. Maybe their father's brother, she hopes he's not a direct descendant all the same for reasons unknown to even her.Sue cannot leave her child alone in this big place and doesn't even know how to leave, she has no number of anybody she could possibly call here in Atlanta and she will rather cut off her head than call Alexa for help. Sue just relaxes and decides that visiting James will have to wait until she figures things out when she's not locked in someone else's house. Sue wanders around until she found the kitchen area. Seeing it, her stomach rumbles and reminds her that she hasn't eaten anything tangible since the cereal she ate with Ash in the morning.She opens the cupboards and looks through the cabinets and sees every

Sue whips around, startled at the sound of the sliding doors closing behind her.Its Sharon and Alexa who came in. Sue doesn't hide her disdain for them both in her looks at them and she just turns and walks to bed, ignoring them both like they aren't there.Alexa makes to smack her but Sharon pulls her hand down. "Remember, hold your anger. We'll have something bigger at the end of the day." She whispers to her daughter.Alexa nods."What happened to him? How did this happen just within three years?""You're one to ask. After you left, he developed a heart condition." Sharon retorts"There's no way his condition has to do with me. What did you do to him?""How dare you accuse my mum? Because you don't have a mum doesn't mean you can badmouth other mums like that." Alexa spits.Sue just laughs. "I'd have thought you'd have grown some sense in three years. I acknowledge that I was wrong. You're just as stupid as you always were. I won't let you drag me into your mire of stupidity." Sue

Ford understands and pats her on the back slowly and comfortingly. She sobs into his arms and then pulls away, sniffling. "Thank you." She says simply and doesn't elaborate why. He nods and sits down. Looking for a way to make the minutes pass by a little faster so they can leave together."What about Ashley?" "She's down at the children centre on the last floor. Apparently, children are easily susceptible to diseases flying around the hospital." She elaborates. Ford nods once again."Can I ask for a favor?" "Sure.""I know I cut all ties with the Greenes long ago but this is about James. When I saw him earlier, he looked terribly thin and neither of those two told me what was really wrong with him..." Sue starts with a catch in her voice"Okay... So what's the favor?""I want your help with getting him treated. I don't know what's wrong with him like I said but I'm sure he could look better than that...""You don't need to explain further. I already understand."Sue tuts and sits