Chapter 69Craig BlackheartPOVFor the past week Sam had to stay in the hospital she’s finally able to come home, but she’s on bedrest and to be by her side I’ve been working from home.The police have been hounding us for answers for the entire week. Samantha and I both decided to tell the police we found her because of a ransom call then, we were able to track her location by the time my team got there she was alone.What did we do with the two assholes who hurt Sam? We’ve decided to let them stew for now. I want to focus on Sam right now. dealing with bottom feeders come second to her.I’m sitting on the sofa with Harry. She’s asleep in my arms. "Craig are busy?” Sam’s voice comes through the intercom I had installed by our bed.I get up without waking Harry. I’ll drop her in her room. I love being a dad. Being there for Harry this week while being there for Sam has been hard on all of us. Sam blames herself for what happened, I can’t help but feel like that blame should be on me
Samantha BlackheartPOV"911 What's your emergency?" The woman on the other line asked.I sigh in relief."Please help me. There are men in the house. They’re armed.” I beg tears running down my face. Craig’s alone out there."Ma'am calm down. The men in your house, have they found you?" she asks."No, my husband hid us in the safe room. But he’s alone out there. Please send the police as soon as possible. My husband’s alone out there…” I stutter out."Okay ma'am. Police have been dispatched to your location. They’re ten minutes out. I need you to stay on the line with me. Can you tell me how many men were there?” she asks."I don’t know. My husband checked the security cameras before hiding us. So, I assume a lot." I tell her.I hug Harry in my arms. The doctors warned me about staying calm, but how could I be calm when Craig’s out there by himself.I silently pray that Craig be okay while the police make their way here.That’s when I remembered Craig asked me to call Blake.I hang
Chapter 70 Craig Blackheart POV After a long, long talk with the police they finally left. Blake had a few men pick Sam and Harry up, they were going to stay with Julliet and the girls for the rest of the night. Both of the girls were shaken up about what happened, I wanted to stay with them, but I needed to handle Aaron before he becomes a bigger problem. We were driving to the little cottage house, Aaron father had in his wife’s name. Stupid move if you ask me. If you’re in hiding, you don’t hide in anything under your own name. I should be thanking them for their stupidity. “Derek is sending backup." I say, just now remembering Derek mentioning men to cover us. "He mentioned if when we spoke. He did sound upset. He was with his girl.” Blake smiles. I frown and look at him. “He has a girl?” I ask. "Yeah, he does. Get this. One of Bradford’s exes." Blake then goes into a whole explanation of how they got together and how Derek fell in love and how she works admin for Derek
Blake walks in with a man. “I found him watching the show…” he pushes him to sit next to Aaron and his dad. “Martin…” Aaron hugs the man. "You think killing us is going to solve anything?" he says calmly taking a sit of what looks like gin. "The Jackson family has hurt my wife and daughter for years now. I’m here to put a permanent end to that." I deadpan. "You think killing us is going to stop people from going after them? You’ve made it abundantly clear they’re your weakness? You own cousin sold you out, funded this whole thing." he says in an amused tone. "You think I don’t have a team on Dean? Dean Blackheart will pay for his betrayal. You didn’t have a cent to your name, you think we didn’t know who funded your little fun?" I ask with a smile on my face. Did it hurt when I found out what my cousin did? Dean and I wear actually close, he was the only one who didn’t come after me. but he was just lying in wait until I have a weakness and it just happened to be my family. Tha
Chapter 71Samantha BlackheartPOVJulliet and I stay up waiting for Blake and Craig to return. After everything Blake and Craig went to look for Aaron. They had a doctor check that both baby and I are fine. He left an hour ago.I just hope Craig isn’t hurt. That he’ll return to me safely.When the front door opens both Julliet and I stand and rush over to the door.Blake’s the only one that walks in through.I sigh. Where’s Craig.“Don’t worry about Craig. He’ll be here soon. Why don’t you take a seat Sam…” Blake says when he sees me.He pulls Julliet into his arms. “Why aren’t the two of you asleep?” he asks.I shrug my shoulders and make my way to the sofa.“How were the girls?” Blake asks Julliet.Julliet and Blake talk for what feels like forever before the front door opens again.Craig walks in his head hung.I get up and rush over to him.When he notices me and smiles and pulls me into his arms.“Hey baby, what are you still up? Why didn’t you go to sleep?” he asks.“I wanted t
Amanda DevinePOVI knew my life was over the second those men grabbed us from my basement. My life was flashing before my eyes. I couldn’t find out where I went wrong. We’d done everything the way we were supposed to. The couple who gave us Samantha’s location gave us everything we needed to get away with it, Craig Blackheart should never have found us. Samantha was supposed to be dead down a ditch.Not me locked up in some dirty, filthy basement.I clench my fists. Samatha should be dead!We’ve been down here for what feels like days. Weeks even. Aaron got away with what he did. He didn’t have to pay the same way we did. He was gone by the time we got there. And when I try to tell the two men watching us, the more they ignore me. We were going to die here. I knew it. They were trying to mentally exhaust us before they end our lives. Greg has been quiet in a corner since we got here.He hasn’t made a sound, other than the meals they give us, is the only time he looks up.He’s been sl
Chapter 72Craig BlackheartPOVThere’s either something wrong with this woman, or she’s just plain dumb?Either way it’s not looking good for her. I don’t care if she’s plain dumb or plain stupid. She dies for thinking she could lay a finger on Sam and get away with it.I tilt my head to the side as I listen to her ramble on about what good of a man I am. The type of man I am. I’m the type of man who wouldn’t hesitate to kill anyone who thinks they can lay a finger on my family.I don’t have to be a bad man to protect my family. If I let her go, she’ll come back and cause more harm in the future."A good man would still kill you." I speak.After I left my parents this morning, I spent an hour just driving around the city, I needed to calm down. I felt like I’d betrayed Sam by not killing them. No matter how bad my parents had gotten I’ve never felt the amount of rage I had last night.After leaving them I didn’t feel any better. I still don’t feel happy about leaving them like that.
Chapter 73Blake DavenportPOVAs soon as Craig leaves, I take his seat and watch these two squirms under my stare.I let them simmer. They’re dying before the clock strikes twelve. I’ve always been the type of person who didn’t let people cross them.Samantha is like family. Like a little sister to me.I’ve known Craig for a really long time. He’s been there for me more times than I can count. He’s been alone for most of it. him meeting Samantha someone who made him happy and gave him a family has been a blessing. These two tried to take that away from my best friend I wasn’t going to let them get away with it.Last night when the girls were sleeping Craig came to me and told me what his parents did. How they funded this whole operation. How they tried to get Samantha away from Craig.I was devastated for him. The Blackhearts needed to be humbled. I was going to be the one to humble them for my best friend and his happiness. They were always going to be there trying to break him and
EpilogueFour months later…The hospital…Blake Davenport POVI clench my fists as my friends, and I wait in the waiting room. They all dropped everything and rushed over to be here for the birth of my daughter.We’ve already decided on a name for my little girl. Her name was Avery Marie Davenport. She’s named after the woman who birthed me. It was actually Julliet’s idea.They’re busy prepping Julliet for surgery. They’re going to perform an emergency c-section. With Avery being breeched. I won’t lie and say I’m doing great. I’m freaking out. I’m losing my fucking mind the longer they take to tell me what’s going on. Julliet decided in a split second she didn’t want me with during the c-section, she knew I was freaking out and she feared I’d make her nervous, she asked Kendell to be in the room with her. I’m terrified. I’m so fucking scared of losing either of them.“Blake they’re going to be okay…” Craig tries to comfort me.I nod. I prayed she would be.“Remember Sam had a c-secti
Chapter 114Dianna VanderbiltPOVToday is finally the day for my twelve-week check-up. No one was more surprised than I was that we were pregnant again. I’ve found out pretty early on.I was like three weeks pregnant when I found out. Being pregnant with Julliet again is the weirdest thing ever.Blake and Julliet invited all of us to their house for dinner so after my appointment we head over to my brother’s place.We haven’t told anyone I was pregnant. We didn’t think we should tell anyone just yet.I wasn’t even showing yet. We were going to wait until after our appointment.The safe period and what not. The drive to the doctor’s office was more nerve-wrecking that I thought it would be.Grayson and Grace were at school. When I thought Grayson was a giant at eleven. I didn’t expect him to be so big he makes me look like a little child. With a beard and a deeper voice, I honestly can’t tell the difference between him and Garret now.I tie my hair in a messy bun. I was dressed very r
Chapter 107A week later Julliet HarveyPOVPaige and Storm were away for work and left their kids with me. And with Blake being in New York with Aiden, he has been gone for a week. He’d just got back but Aiden needed him so that very night he’d gotten back he had to leave. Our night was so uneventful. We had gotten engaged and then five seconds later he had to leave. He returns home at night... I'm so excited to see my fiancé...I was sitting in our living room; the kids were upstairs for a nap. We had to get a nanny to help with the five children.With our soon to be four children, this was educational and to be honest it was freaking me out a little.When I was young, so damn young, I was corrupted by the wrong side. That’s the best way to put it. I’ve done so many wrong things in my life. yet God still blessed me with a fiancé who loves me, three amazing children and one on the way.When I tell people I’m blessed I mean it. I’ve never really been one for religion but after everyt
Chapter 106Paige HarveyPOVThe past 5 years I have gone to therapy. We have a beautiful daughter Calista who looks identical to her father and a son Godfrey who I belief looks identical to my father.Therapy has helped me deal with my father’s sudden death. I was barely coping. But Storm forced me to. Not just for me but for our daughter since I was pregnant at the time.He feared I would lose the baby or hurt myself.After therapy, our marriage has become stronger in a way, I don’t know how to describe it. It helped me realize just how much he meant to me.There were so many things about Godfrey that reminded me of my father, the way he smiled. How his eyes would sparkle when he saw something he liked. I feel like my father blessed us with him.After Godfrey was born, my mother decided it would be best to travel, she felt trapped in the house filled with memories of my father. She wanted to be free of them.My mother has been struggling and when she travels, she feels so much bette
Chapter 105One week later.Blake DavenportPOVI just got back from Florida. I helped Rene’s parents plan Skylor’s funeral. They took her death better than I expected they would.I was expecting the worst. But they just wanted to get the funeral over and done with. I couldn’t blame them. I would too if I was them.I run my fingers through my hair. I feel terrible. I was so close to proposing to Julliet. I was moving on with my life while they had to mourn their daughters.The kindest people I know. They didn’t deserve the hand given to them. Their one daughter was a complete angel who cared for everyone and everything. Whereas their youngest daughter, jealous of her older sister tried to kill her sister. She actually did kill Rene. She was the fucking devil.I can’t believe I’d fallen for the innocent act. She played not only me, but her own family as well.I treated her better than I did my own sister, because she meant to so much to Rene.I pull at my hair.I stopped by Rene’s grav
Chapter 104Blake DavenportPOVAfter I got the girls showered and in fresh clothes, I spoke to them about what happened. I was thinking about getting a therapist, I didn’t know if the girls were traumatized or not.They seemed fine but I didn’t want to risk it. The only thing they were upset was when their mother was accused of being a bad mother. I just hope the girls forget about that.I don’t want Julliet finding out about it.She’ll feel terrible. And she doesn’t look great now. I could see this pregnancy was taking all of her energy. I didn’t even tell her in the next week we’d be moving.There’s so much that needs to be done.And I haven’t even spoken to her yet.One thing I was sure about was I wanted Julliet to be my wife before our next baby is born.I’d found out she was pregnant this morning and now I’m already imagining what my son would look like. How our life will be in the future.My son… I smile… I didn’t even know the gender of the baby yet and I was already thinking
Chapter 103Julliet HarveyPOVMy girls were on their way home. I clenched my fists. I was so excited to see them.I wanted nothing more than to be in our home with all three of our children. I didn’t want to be with all out friends right now. I love them, I really do, but I wanted a moment with my children and my boyfriend.Do I still feel envy when I look at my friends and their marriages? God yes. I couldn’t help myself.They have been married for years now, Blake and I met first, we’ve been together the longest. Except for Paige and Storm. We’ve been together the longest.Blake and I both carry so much more baggage than the rest of friends. I’ll never be able to live up to Blake’s former wife. I’ll never be good enough to be his wife.We might have a family together but I’m fooling myself if I think I’ll be happy being his girlfriend for the rest of my life.What was wrong with me? Why was I thinking about this now."How are you feeling now?" Dianna asks.I look up at her. Dianna
Chapter 102An hour earlierJulliet HarveyPOVI’m sitting on the guest bathroom floor in Paige’s house. I’ve been in this bathroom since I’ve come over. This pregnancy is really so much worse than my last two.Was I being punished by the Heavens?I think the toilet has become my newest best friend.The tiles on the floor are actually helping the nausea somewhat. Though I still feel like this baby is trying to kill me by having my throw up all my insides.God, I feel sick and the more I worry for the girls the more I want to throw up. My girls are missing, and I can’t even get myself off the floor.Oh God make it stop.This pregnancy has come out of nowhere. I honestly didn’t expect it. I’d been feeling off for over two months now, but I excused it as stress, over thinking and we’ll everything else. I did want at least four children, but I was thinking about bringing it up with Blake at least a year from now. I wanted the kids to be a little older.With Maddox and the girls being so c
Chapter 101Justin BrandfordPOVThis was going to shit; I could feel it in my bones. We were supposed to only take one of the girls. Who would have thought they would look like that bastard and no Julliet.We’re supposed to ask for ransom money, but I don’t want the money anymore. I want to kill all three of these girls. I hate Paige just as much as I hate Blake. Their child doesn’t deserve to live just as much as these two don’t. Sky is attached to the girls and want to raise Blake’s children with him. Our unlikely partnership came from mutual interest. Yet now I don’t want anything to do with the sick bitch. She’s been with them for over an hour trying to convince them Julliet’s a terrible woman and that she’s going to be their new mommy. The bitch is crazy even for me.Blake already paralyzed half of my body. I walk with a fucking limp, and I don’t have feeling in my arm anymore.============Blake DavenportPOV“Blake let me drive…” Craig suggests.I just nod.On the drive ov