Jennifer Lopez – on my way“Always knew you even when I didn'tKnow you, don't make sense, but it doI was on my way to youEvery teardrop fell so heavyHurt like hell but Heaven sent me throughI was on my way to youEvery heartbreak was a yellow brick roadPointing me straight, just taking me homeI was never lost, I was just passing throughI was on my way to you” Alexa walks down the aisle singing pushing the double stroller with the boys. Damon meets them halfway and pushing the stroller from there.“Hope was hopeless, faith was runningDidn't notice you were coming throughYou were on your way tooAnd you don't believe in meant-to-beBut somehow you were meant for me, it's trueYeah, you were on your way too” Alexa hugs me and moves to stand over on the side of the aisle.Anna walks down the aisle next dropping flowers as she walks. I smile seeing how cute my niece looks in her olive-green dress.“Every heartbreak was a yellow brick roadPointing me straight, just taking me home
Sadie KingPOV"Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome Mr and Mrs King" Axel’s voice boomed throughout the hall we have rented out for our big day, true to her word my mom paid for everything. for some reason she actually likes Beckett and approves of everything he does whether it be jumping out of a building for the fact that he doesn’t make a lot of money. My mom wants told me to never marry for love because love is shit. Yet she is fallen in love with my husband in ways I never could have imagined...After my dad read my text message I sent, he called, and he sounded so excited. For me, I felt bad that I was not planning to tell them until a week before the wedding. My mom called soon after cancelling all of her meetings and cases handing them over to her colleagues and she’s been in Chicago ever since. They have stayed in my old apartment.My father and brother helped Beckett pack our house right and we could move in sooner. Angela gave birth four months ago here in Chicago… She gave
Bonus sceneTwo months later…Beckett KingPOV“We do not have any calls right now. Why do not you head on home…” Chief says walking into the kitchen.I shake my head. “No, it’s okay, I can finish off my shift.” I tell him.He takes a bottle of water out of the fridge. “Take the time to spend it with your wife before the baby comes. Once baby’s here you will not have time to yourself.” He tells me.I smile and nod. “Thank you Chief.” I thank him.I get up and walk over to my locker. I change into a jean and tee. I walk out of the station.I smile thinking about the whole week I have off from work, I can spend the whole week with my girl until our baby gets here.Oakley is due next week. My nerves are caught. I cannot believe she is almost here and that I just finished off my last day off work for a while... I only go back to work when Oakley is at least two months old.I get into my car, I got rid of my truck a month ago because it was not safe for Oakley to be in. She was a piece of
PrologueAxel KingPOVI see my father sitting in the garden of the hotel Sadie's parents rented for the night."Pops what you doing out here all by yourself. You know this is hell of a lot creepy old man." I sit beside him.“I’m sitting here thinking about the day I married your mother…” he says softly.I don’t say anything… I wasn't born when they got married, I think Damon was one or two, but I know it was before Beck was born.“When I married your mother, we were so young, she was only eighteen. We were so in love, but I didn’t marry her because I loved her, sure I loved your mother since I laid eyes on her while we were at school together, if I she didn't fall pregnant when she did, I would have waited until we could afford a nice wedding. I would never trade my family for the world, I just feel bad your mom never experienced this..." he gestures around the garden. "I just wanted to give her, her moment that's why I arranged our wedding anniversary ceremony, but I don't feel like
Chapter 1 – The promotionOne month laterAxel KingPOVWhat’s the first thing I girl thinks when she sees me?Wow his hot…The second you ask.Is he taken?I’m the kind of guy woman want to date or tame, I’m the guy men want to be, you know how this goes. When I walk into a club all eyes on me the instant I enter.Growing up I knew how great I looked and got a long list of girls to prove it.My hair was chopped in the sides and is about an inch curled to perfection. I had my mother’s olive skin color, my father’s facial features, I was tall and lean, compared to my brothers who were bears. I preferred being lean, it’s easier to move around in bed if you know what I mean. Wink, wink.You ask why I’m thinking all of this? Let me be honest with you, I’m not perfect, I don’t claim to be, I don’t want to be.Watching my parents growing up, I realized I didn’t want that life for myself at a very young age, I didn’t want love or to be loved if it wasn’t for me. I didn’t want to sacrifice my
Chapter 2 – Moving DayAxel KingPOVI walk over to my brother’s house early the next morning. I was hungover I have a pair of shaves to cover my eyes from the demon king’s ball of fire.I walk into the house and walk in their guest bathroom I take a dump.The door opens and my sister-in-law is staring at me.I let out a scream. “Why are you watching me take the kids to the pool?” I ask her covering myself.What the hell is wrong with this family? “Axel what are you doing here at seven in the freaking morning?” she frowns.“Beckett asked Damon and I to help him move and I’m hitching a ride with my brother…” I smile sweetly.She rolls her eyes. “Why are you in our bathroom? I thought someone broke in.” she says moving away.“Yeah, someone would break in and use your bathroom to take a dump?” I ask sarcastically.She rolls her eyes and closes the door.I yawn and continue my business. Once I’m done, I join my brother’s family for breakfast.“You Beckett was messing with you didn’t rea
Chapter 3 – AccidentAnastasia BeatonPOVBeckett and Damon just left my apartment, I couldn’t stop the tears from falling. They didn’t want to help me. They know how much I love their brother and they still won’t help me. I’ve known them for years and Damon has never snapped at me before. What am I supposed to do now?How am I ever going to find out if Axel loves me back? I’ve been in love with Axel from the second I saw him at the academy, it wasn’t because he was hot, yes, his looks helped, but Axel is the kindest soul at least he was then to me at least. I struggled at the academy and Axel would stay with me in the gym and help me where I was lacking, I passed the academy because of him.Axel is very different from his brothers, he didn’t believe in love, or he just never felt love before. I don’t know what to do. How will I find out if Axel has any feelings for me without telling him about my feelings for him? I couldn’t believe he would think I would hate him, there’s no way any
Chapter 4 – Meeting RiverAxel KingPOVOne thing I love most about my family is their love for me and how much they support me. they would drop anything they were doing to be here for me. Sadie wasn’t feeling well today yet she is sitting beside me trying to comfort me, while my child and her mother is fighting for their lives, or who I believe is my child.I don’t know how I’m supposed to raise that little girl? I don’t even know how to take care of myself… My mom does my laundry, my mom still makes me lunch, supper, and breakfast.How will I take care of this baby on the days she’s supposed to be with me? How am I supposed to take care of a little life?When the doctor came and told me the baby is okay, I let out a sigh of relief. Then hearing she made it as well made me feel better as well.Following the nurse to where the little girl was nerve wrecking. My nerves were shot, was I really cut out to be a father? I was better as the fun uncle than a father.After doing the DNA swab
Epilogue two - Meeting after ten yearsEighteen years laterRiver was currently driving to a shoot, and she switched on the radio of her car. She was running late because she’s always late. But she really tried to be on time this time. It’s been hard since moving to LA and being without her family.Her favourite song came on and it brought her back to when she met the guy she’s been in love with since she was a little girl. He was her cousin’s best friend. Joshua Riddle… Joshua moved away when I was fifteen, and that was ten years ago, I haven’t seen him since.{Song – Leave me in the dark by Alexander Stewart.}And she started thinking about the past…+++++++ fifteen years ago, +++++++"So, who do you like of all the girls in our class?" Barrett asks.I hide behind the door listening to them talk. I like Josh and I didn’t want him to like any of the other girls in our class."Leigh’s cute…" Andrew says.I roll my eyes all the guys liked Leigh because of her blonde hair and her blue e
Epilogue 5 years later Axel and Anastasia’s house "Mommy, Mommy. Daddy, Daddy wake up its my and Colby’s birthday" Halston shouts running into her parents’ room, waking her parents in the process. She jumps on their bed. Axel was less than pleased with this daughter. He was dead tired and butt naked under the sheets. "Halston, I’ve told you a hundred times. You’re not allowed in mommy and daddy’s room so early in the morning. I'm going to count to three if you’re still here when I count to three, we’re not going out today." Axel said in a stern tone, he rarely used on his girls, but he needed to teach Halston some boundaries. What if Ana and him were doing it when she came in? Ana smiled at Axel but didn’t say anything. she hugged her youngest daughter. "Hallz bellz happy birthday." She gives her a kiss. She gets out of bed and leads her daughter out of the room. She winks at Axel before making her way out of the room. All the King children slept over last night. The house was
Chapter 36 – I LOVE YOU.Anastasia KingPOVWhen I woke up, I knew I was in a hospital. When I tried to sit up, I couldn’t, what alarmed me was my flat stomach.“Beaton you’re away.” Axel says in surprise…I look up to see him rushing to me.“The babies?” I asked. Nearly chocked.He smiles. “They’re fine, they’ve been transferred to the hospital Damon works at. My mother and father went with to make sure they were fine.” he explains.I let out sigh of relief. Then I remember what got me into this mess in the first place. “Axel, It’s Gracie, you need to arrest her, she plans to kill Sadie, you need to protect Sadie.” I say hurriedly.His eyed darken. “Your best friend Gracie?” he asks in a low tone of voice.I nod. “I heard her over the phone asking if they were sure Sadie was dead. I’m sure it’s her.” I tell him.He nods but doesn’t say anything… It takes him a minute… “Now tell me what happened from the very beginning…” he tells me.I start to speak when he stops me. “Wait let me cal
Chapter 35 - Anastasia is found.Two hours earlier…Axel KingPOVI look at the asshole in front of me, giving me attitude. I wanted nothing more than to strangle him, even if he didn’t know where Beaton was, he deserved everything coming.I open his file. “So, Gavin Granger…” I pause looking at him. “You know you’re going away for a very long time… You’ll die in here, there’s no way you’ll see the outside of a jail sell for the rest of your sick life.” I tell him calmly.I promised how the police chief I wouldn’t kill the guy or blow this case. We’ve been working on getting these guys for months. I wanted nothing more than to nail them, knowing they know where Anastasia is, is the only reason I haven’t tried to kill him yet.“You want to know something funny?” he asks with a smirk on his face.I humor him. “What?” I sit back crossing my arms.“You’re going to regret this… I’ll be out of here in an hour tops.” He crosses his arms mimicking me.My smile widens. “God you’re stupid…” I t
Chapter 34 – She escapes.Gracie AlmadaPOVMy burner ringing causes me to frown. Who would call me on this cell? I don’t have any numbers saved. I haven’t even given the number to anyone yet.I was planning to call Gavin later with it. that was the only reason I had it with me.I answer, but I couldn’t hear a word the other person was saying on the other line. Frustrated I nearly strangle Francis.So, I walked out of the cabin, I make my way further away.“What did you say?” when I finally have signal, I ask.“Gavin and the rest have been arrested. I cleared all contact between the two of you. You need to lay low for a couple of days. Make sure the girl doesn’t have anything on her that can be traced. We can’t let them find you. I’ll deal with Gavin…” She hangs up soon after.I frown and throw the phone against a tree. That stupid idiot! He got himself arrested! Why would he go on a job now when the police are all over?I knew he was useless. I wasn’t done using him yet and he got hi
Chapter 33 – The arrest. Gracie Almada POV What’s taking them so long? Why aren’t they here yet? Anastasia’s brothers and Axel just left my apartment. Glad I wasn’t dumb enough to actually bring her here. Gavin’s bright idea to bring her here was wrong. I knew Axel would come to me. Honestly, I didn’t think he loved Anastasia that much. The panicked look on his face told me he loved her a lot. Which worried me. He wasn’t going to give up until he found her. I clench my fists in anger. If she wasn’t a damn busy body. Listening in on my phone call. She thinks I didn’t notice her behind me when she tried to back away? I don’t know how much she heard, but the way she rushed out of here, I knew she knew I wanted to kill Sadie. She couldn’t live. I was going to wait until she gave birth to kill her, but I couldn’t wait any longer. If she told anybody I would be as good as dead. If it wasn’t for my fast thinking and asking Gavin to get her before she got to her dad’s place she would h
Chapter 32 – Axel can’t find Ana. Axel King POV We had to call it in… Anastasia is now a missing person’s case. Anastasia Beaton – King is missing without a trace. Because she’s a cop as well they’re having other stations help look for her. I know we’ll find her. We have to find her. Anastasia is pregnant. but she’s still a cop. She’s still a cop through and through. She can handle it herself. At the same time that’s what worries me most. I keep asking myself. Why did she ask to meet me? Everything that happened today worried me. Her phone was found on the side of the road. She’s just gone missing into thin air. There’s no trace of her. The team seems to think the rapist took her. It had to have been them, said Lucy. She said that they’d been following her for months. So, it had to have been them. I’m worried for Beaton, she’s at least six months pregnant. I know she could defend herself in normal circumstances but she’s pregnant. I’m worried she might get hurt protecting the b
Chapter 31 – Ana overhears Gracie on the phone…Anastasia KingPOVGracie and I have been hanging out at her apartment for about an hour now, we’ve talking about what we’ve got planned for the future. Gracie has plans to be an EMT now because she doesn’t like the station, she’s at. I one hundred percent support her in whatever she chooses to do. That’s what friends are for.We went shopping this morning. I got a couple of things for the twins now that I know the genders. I got a couple of pillows and blankets. What shocked me most was how happy Gracie seemed today. I think she’s got a boyfriend. She wouldn’t tell me, but I’m not going to push her into telling me, I’ll wait until she’s ready. She went crazy with shopping she got a couple of sexy lingerie and a bunch of low-cut dresses and went to get her hair done.It was a bit weird for me, because I couldn’t step into the salon without feeling the urge to throw up, so I waited in the car. Her hair looks really great. She bleached her
Chapter 30 – Sadie is hurt.One week laterAxel KingPOVI’ve been feeling down lately, while not down, upset. Since seeing Beaton with that guy, these weird thoughts keep running through my mind. Like confronting her and asking her who the hell that guy is. Locking her in the house and never letting her leave. You know those kinds of thoughts.“Yo, Axel check this out.” Lucy calls from across the room. I look over and see her eyeing her computer screens.I walk over. “What’s up?” I asked her.“I found this guy. He dated five of the victims. He is pretty crafty; he deleted all the posts with him in it. I found him while checking their friends’ social media. How he deleted it from the victims’ pages is beyond me. They’ve got to have someone tech savvy amongst them…” Lucy goes on to talk but I’m eyeing the punk on the screen. He is with two of the victims.“Who is this punk?” I ask.“The names Hank Walters. He’s got no criminal history, the only link we have is that he knew five of the