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Happiness Takes Time Being Rescued by a Handsome Stranger
We woke up hearing sirens, gunshots, and wood breaking. It could mean one of two things. Either we were being rescued and they were the ones doing the shooting and hopefully winning or John had become involved with some other low lives while in prison and they were coming for him because he didn't hold up his end of some sort of bargain or whatever they call their dealings these days. I was hoping for the first option really hard when it went quiet. You could have heard a pin drop. The torturing silence didn't last long before someone was at the door trying to break it down. I stood up and hid Teresa behind me for what it was worth. If it was option 1 we would just leave the room with the rescuers and if it was option 2 then they would have to get through me first before they could get to her. Not a very smart thing to say because judging by the sound of the weapons it's not small play things and in one shot I would be dead anyways. Finally, after a while, the person on the other en
Happiness Takes Time Testing the dating waters
Two weeks laterJack and I had become friends fast. It really felt like he was my best friend but this definitely felt different than the relationship that I had with Kyle and he was for the longest time not only my best friend but also my only friend. We went out and I really enjoyed his company and he was surely going on as if he was enjoying mine. It was a great way to switch off from everything happening at work.It was Tuesday and that means we will be going ice skating at the local rink. I went at least once a week, sometimes more when there was time for it. I loved being out on the ice and just enjoying myself being free and gliding around and around the rink. When he suggested we go skating I warned him that I had my own skates and that I am somewhat experienced in skating.He, like the gentleman he is came and met me at the door of my house, and opened the car door for me both to get in and out. We walked in hand in hand. He had to go to the
Happiness Takes Time Back to the grind
After I entered the office and sat down in one of the chairs in front of Jack's desk I was scared to death. If I were to lose this job I had no backup plan, and nowhere to go and I guess that is also my own fault because of my poor grades."I just spoke with the bosses. I told them that I had you on some top-secret, off-book mission that no one knew of that I had not given you a choice to do it or not, and that it was my fault that you had missed the meeting. I think they bought it. The meeting will be moved to another time and date in due course. I'm really sorry. I know how seriously you take this job and that you wouldn't want to have anything happen to your position here.""At least you had gotten me out of the mess and that was the best I could have hoped for. Now we just have to get through all the gossip from our co-workers for everything to be perfectly fine again."A little while later"Everyone, plea
Happiness Takes Time Exchanging my life for others
As soon as I had moved away from the door and further into the room I heard the door swing shut, closing me into the room.I spun around to see a man standing there with a girl in his arms and a gun pointed at her head. She looked scared to death as I would imagine anyone in her shoes would. She wasn't Leandry though but some other girl about the same age and with the same physical features.Nothing was said by anyone in the room, to say that it was an awkward silence was not needed because we just stood and stared at each other. The man finally decided to break the silence."Good afternoon Miss Blake, you really were foolish coming here alone. It seems that you do not learn from your past mistakes."His gun was still pointed at the girl's head and mine was pointed at him. Neither of us planning on letting the other win this stand-off that we had going on."What makes you so sure that I came here alone just because I am alon
Happiness Takes Time The cat is out of the bag
"Well, well, well what do we have here?"He uttered the words that I didn't want to hear and that I had warned Jack would happen if he had continued looking at me the way he had when we entered the basement. Now we would be in trouble because he will be using either of us as blackmail material against the other one. "Banging the boss now are we? Did he promise you some big promotion or something if you slept with him or..." He laughed before uttering the rest of the sentence. "Don't tell me that it is actually for love?" The best option here was to just stay quiet and hope that this de-escalates the situation and that I can get everyone out of here safely still as that has always been the goal. I looked over to Jack and thought where had all his training gone because at this moment he was helping the enemy and giving him, even more, ammunition that he could use against us. After quite the awkward silence, he decided that it was probably time to say or do something because he fire
Happiness Takes Time Breaking free
Once I was certain he would not be returning until tomorrow morning as he had promised I started getting to work on my escape plan.The window would have to work for me to squeeze through after I clear the crates and boxes and get it open or broken. I would have to look out and see what is below the window so that if the glass does fall outside it doesn't create too much of a noise to alert him of what I was doing.Retrieving the key from my pocket, I unlocked the cuff and made my way to the window to start removing the blockages in front of it. Most of them were empty so it didn't take as long as I thought it would. This fits into the plan great and meant that I would possibly be out of here sooner than expected if everything else went according to plan.I finally managed to get everything away and a clear path to the window. Now for the moment of truth to see if it would open or if my whole plan would fall apart. I unlatched the window and pu
Happiness Takes Time Safely in his arms again
I woke up with a slight headache. Looking around I was extremely glad to see that I was not in a hospital room but that I was still in Jack's house, on his bed, and in his arms.I did feel that my arm felt heavy and I saw that there was an iv in my arm but other than that I felt fine. When I looked over I saw that Jack was awake and staring at me, I saw that he was smiling and not looking as worried as he had when I had arrived at his door."What exactly happened to me?""Well after you broke my door down, you fainted from blood loss from the large cut on your arm. I took you to the hospital where they gave you the needed stitches, cleaned you up, and said that I could bring you home as long as you finished this drip and the next bag as soon as this one is done. What happened to you and how did you manage to get out of there and away from him?""After he chased you guys out of there he took me down to another secret part of the basement
Happiness Takes Time I'm back baby
After the phone call, I decided that I should probably go and get something to eat before I end up passing out from hunger.I wasn't gone that long, and when I returned to my desk there was a massive bunch of red roses waiting on my desk. I thought they were from Jack and that he wanted to spoil me on my first day back. How wrong was I?When I was finished smelling them I took the card wanting to see what he wrote me. They were not from Jack but from John. I didn't know how because he was sent to maximum security and from there you have no contact with the outside world unless he was moved again without my knowledge. Maybe he had someone send them to try and mess with my head and have me panic and looking over my shoulder because he was back again.Either way, I took the card and ran to Jack's office to get his advice and also hide away until the tears of fear have disappeared from my system.I entered the office before I started crying,
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Happiness Takes Time Happy at last
I went down to the pharmacy to get his medicine while he packed his things into the bag that I had brought for him. Multi-tasking to get everything done the soonest as possible, and I also thought that Jack wouldn't want to be seen too long in the wheelchair he needs to leave in. He tried everything to get them to void that part of the policy, but they were consistent that he would be leaving the hospital in a wheelchair. I tried so hard not to laugh at some of his reasonings, but that was just so hard because they started getting sillier and sillier as he was running out of good ideas. I didn't know if Jack would be up to seeing people today, but I did need to go and get the twins and Andrew before we go home. I contemplated leaving him in the car and then just getting them, surprising them when they climbed in the car and there he was. Nici was back at work in the mornings so dad would be alone with the two babies and later all 5 kids, a fact he didn't seem to be too happy about,
Happiness Takes Time Homecoming
Kids dropped off safely I was heading to the hospital to go and visit Jack, hoping to get some good news today that I would be able to take him home soon. The twins were starting to ask questions about when he was coming home and telling them that his mission was taking a little longer than usual and was not cutting it anymore. I doubt if they were believing me about that anymore, but I couldn't start telling them other stories now because that would have me seem less credible. Walking into the hallway, I greeted the nurses that I had started getting to know and asked about how the night went with Jack. At the start of this, they started telling me how the night went in an attempt to cheer me up and it had sort of stuck with me asking them how his night went each time I came to visit and them just telling me because I was not going to lie it did make me feel better to hear that he didn't have any pain and that he was starting to eat like his old self again. "The night went great.
Happiness Takes Time Hospital bound
I woke up still in Jack's arms when the nurse wanted to take his vitals. Blushing and apologizing I rushed into the bathroom to make myself look decent enough to meet with Jack's doctor that would no doubt be coming any minute now.I wanted to know when I would be able to take Jack home because that would be the first time he would be able to hold his son, physically look at him not through a picture on my phone or a video call with Nici when visiting him in the hospital.The fact that he had been moved to a normal patient room had given me hope that he wouldn't need to stay here much longer but I needed some definite confirmation before I got ahead of myself and hoped for nothing because the amount of bandages still on his body had me doubting myself on this.Looking at myself in the mirror I used my fingers to try and comb through my hair and make it look decent enough, washing my face to get rid of the streaked and smeared makeup that I did
Happiness Takes Time Holding out hope
I managed to survive the visit with the twins without breaking down and crying my heart out like I had done when they left and were far enough away not to hear me. The nurse that talked to me in the ICU came and gave me regular updates on Jack's condition and even helped me visit him twice before I was discharged. Now I would only be allowed to come during visiting hours like non-patients. Since my car was still in the hospital parking lot from when I had driven myself here I didn't feel the need to call Dad or Nici to ask them to come and fetch me and Andrew. His car seat was in the car in any case and everything else I needed for him was in the hospital bag. I didn't want to drive out again or be at home alone so I stopped at Dad's house on the way home to pick up the twins. I still didn't think it would be a good idea to let the twins know about Jack until it was necessary. I went to see him and spoke to his doctor before I signed my release forms. Each time I visited he just lo
Happiness Takes Time Discharged but still hospital bound
The moment dad told me he had found Jack and I saw his standing there looking defeated and tired I knew it had to be the worst thing that I needed to expect. We were both in dangerous jobs and enemies is something we had more of than friends and even though there were precautions sometimes some things still happened and families were left without their loved ones.I just didn't think it would happen to my family. I wasn't ready to do anything alone without Jack. Tearing up I knew that I had to ask the words and make sure that he was gone before I started seeing the worst future that could not even be true."Is he... did Jack die?"My dad answered almost immediately. His answer made me relax and fear for Jack's life at the same time. He wasn't dead yet but with the condition dad says he is in it could happen sooner or later.I started removing the blankets from me and searching for the shoes I placed here before going to bed so that I cou
Happiness Takes Time Finding Jack
I didn't even look at the name of the hospital that came up in the search and just blindly followed the direction the GPS was giving me. I prayed that I would find him there in the hospital waiting room, sitting with the cuts and bruises from the accident bandaged and wrapped but that would be the only thing that had happened to him. "You have arrived at your destination."I looked up to see that I was taken to the hospital where Clara had given birth and where she and Andrew were still. I didn't think it to be a coincidence but I rushed into the reception area where I asked the nurse about the car crash victims that were brought in. I told her that I was looking for my son. "There were three men who did not have any identification on them that we currently are unaware of who they are. I can take you to their rooms and then you can have a look if one of them is not maybe your son."I nodded and followed the nurse to the rooms where she was taking me. The first two men were not Jack
Happiness Takes Time He never breaks his promises
"Okay, honey. I'm going to need you to push with me on the next contraction.""No. I can't do this alone."I had started full-on crying at this point because I didn't want to do this alone. One of the nurses had walked over to the side of the bed and took my hand."You are one strong woman and you can do this. You are not alone. We are all here with you and we will all support you as much as you need and for as long as you need it. Now you need to be brave for yourself and for your son."I nodded my head and took a few deep breaths. I was waiting for the contraction and I was ready to do this when I heard dad's voice at the entrance of the room." You kept your promise."I had just said that sentence when the contraction hit and the doctor urged me to start pushing. The nurse stayed on one side, and Dad went to the other, taking my hand and encouraging me from there. When the contraction was finally over and I had not heard a bab
Happiness Takes Time Late Nights
Two Months Later Dropping the twins at their friend's house and going into the office to check something out Jack left me alone at home with the promise that he would be back as soon as possible to watch the movies that we had picked out for the evening. Not wanting to wait for him to come back I started the movie so long. I was barely fifteen minutes into the movie when my water decided that it would be a great idea to break and Andrew decided that he would love to come into the world today. I tried calling Jack but all I got was voicemail each and every time. Not getting through to Jack, I tried calling both Dad and Nici but both of their phones were also off and I was not getting through to anyone of them. The only other option I have is to get myself to the hospital in time. Getting my hospital bag and putting it in the car went slowly because of the pain occasionally making me double over before I could go on. I didn't know what I would be doing when the contractions would hi
Happiness Takes Time Adding another sibling to the mix
After we had told Dad and Nici that I was also pregnant we had a little celebration before Nici said she was too tired and that she was going to go and lie down but we were free to continue the celebrations. Not wanting to keep Dad away from Nici for too long we said our goodbyes and left for home. As usual, it was one hell of a fight to get Cathy to leave her granddad and come home with us because she was a total grandad's girl. She had been most fond of him since she was a little girl and once her granddad had her in his arms, no one could steal her away, not even her mother, might I add, because she started screaming bloody murder when you tried. AJ tends to keep at my or Jack's sides most of the time when they are not playing around. He ended up being a mommy's boy. He was quieter than his sister and sometimes that worried me but other times he just made me not underestimate him anymore. Getting calls from his kindergarten teacher telling me that he isn't making friends or mixin
