Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Ashley had wanted to know all that was going on but hell no. I'm keeping her as far away from this end of things as possible until it’s over and everything went well.
I have in front of me on my makeshift desk where I'd been sitting for the last half hour, up to date pictures of the six children being rescued at this very moment on the other side of the world.
One brother and sister had been kept together in the home of a sick and twisted couple into every sexual vice under the sun. I couldn't begin to imagine what these poor babies had been through in their three years of captivity.
I looked over at the bed where she was turning in her sleep, her leg and arm were healing nicely thank goodness though it will be almost three months before she could lose the cast on her leg, not so long for the wrist.
And though her pregnancy was nowhere near evident the knowledge of it made it very real for us. She hasn't shown any signs of morning sickness or any of the usual maladies that seemed to befall women in her condition, except maybe for her sexual appetite but then again that could just be her natural sensual nature.
The doctor had said it was too early anyway, but all in all she’d said everything was coming along nicely. Watching her now I tried to imagine her being taken, being subjected to the atrocities her father had described, that too made me want to murder the bastard all over again.
My phone vibrated on my desk and I snatched it up to answer, it was barely five in the morning and I didn't want her getting up yet she needed her rest.
"Thorpe."
"Uh boss there's some kid down here says he's Starks' son and he needs to talk to you."
"Are you shitting me, did we know he had one of those?"
"Nope, completely off the radar."
I looked back at Blossom, did she know and if so why hadn't she ever mentioned him?
"Keep him on ice I'll be right down." I eased onto the bed after ending the call, using my fingers to lightly play with her hair I kissed her awake. "Wake up baby."
"Hmmmm?"
She was barely awake but still her lips sought mine in answer. I couldn't resist deepening the kiss until she came fully awake.
"Is it morning already hubby?"
I rubbed noses with her; "Not quite but I have a question; did you know that Keith Starks had a son?"
"Jason?" She scrunched up her face and I thought she was going to tell me this kid had done some horrific shit to her as well and if so I was going downstairs and put a bullet in his fucking head no joke. I was way pass sick of this shit.
"I guess that's him, so he does exist."
"I haven't seen him in a long time, he ran away when we were kids. Jason's younger than I am; he's like sixteen now I think. Why, did you find him? He was nice when we were younger nothing like his creepy dad."
Okay then I guess the kid could live. "Go back to sleep love I'll be right back." She was out before I cleared the door. I looked over my shoulder at her once more before leaving, and made my way downstairs to the offices where my guys had taken up residence in the rooms down there until this thing was over.
I'd told them it was perfectly fine for them to go home at night because my security was impenetrable but Gage and Maurice especially wouldn't hear of it so I'd given up arguing with their hardheaded asses and let them do their thing. It was for her they were doing it anyway so how could I find fault with that?
This kid was sixteen? Ashley must be mistaken or this was an imposter. Those were my first thoughts when I caught a side view of the stranger standing in the middle of the room surrounded by my men. It was only as he turned around that I saw the adolescence in his features.
"You're Thorpe?" He made as if to come towards me but Gage held him back with a hand to the chest.
"Not so fast kid."
"Could you maybe get your pit bull off of me? I come in peace." He held up his hands in mock surrender, kid had a mouth on him.
"What's that you got there Jason?"
"Ah, so it is Ashley you have up there, good to know I'm not chasing my tail." I looked around in confusion, what the hell was he talking about?
"He refused to give his name other than Starks, we saw him on the monitors trying to find a way in so Maurice nabbed him and that's when he told us he was Starks' son and that he needed to see you."