My Saving Grace

Finding Hope

Miranda woke up and Ben was turned away from her. Ben made her feel safe and she was kinda glad he was so relentless. She slept even better with him beside her and she missed that feeling even though Tucker never made her feel safe. Sleeping beside Ben felt better than all the years that she never in bed with Tucker and she was so glad they were becoming close friends.

Miranda didn't realize she had reached out and was rubbing his back until he began to move and turned over towards her. His eyes were still closed and he took her hand and laid his head on it and Miranda giggled at the big grin on his face.

"I want to go ahead and call Tucker now," Miranda said reaching for her phone. Miranda scooted close to Ben and he sat up putting his arm around her waist. She looked at his arm around her waist for a moment the put the phone on speaker so that he could be a witness to whatever Tucker said.

"Hello," Tucker said nonchalantly.

"Hey, it's Miranda....I want to see my son. You have kept him away from me for a month and that's not fair because the judge told us to be mature adults and come to an agreement," Miranda said firmly and Ben smiled.

Tucker clicked his teeth through the phone, "I haven't kept him from you, this the first time your even reaching out about him," Tucker retorted.

"You literally said to me that you were going to make sure I never see my baby again! Miranda exclaimed getting loud.

"Okay, okay, claimed down Miranda," Ben said rubbing her arms.

"You're right....I shouldn't have let your words paralyze me. Tucker I'm coming to get my son this morning so please have him ready when I get there," Miranda demanded.

"Fine, I have to be to work in an hour and a half so hurry up," Tucker spoke hard before hanging up.

Miranda smiled then jumped onto Ben wrapping her arms around his neck which surprised him. Ben slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, receiving her hug and closed his eyes processing the feeling of her body against his.

He put his face in her neck and cherished the hug she was giving him. As much as he was doing all he could to support her, she didn't understand just how much she was helping him just by having her around.

"Okay so I need to get up and get dressed so we can go get my little boy," Miranda said climbing over Ben and grabbing her duffle bag.

Ben just watched her for a moment seeing her light up and it made him so happy to see her feel happy and have some hope in this moment.

Ben drove Miranda to Tucker's apartment because she was too excited and nervous to drive. Excited because she was ready to see her little boy but nervous too because it had been over a month and her inquisitive and intelligent two and half year old would probably have questions about her whereabouts.

As Ben drove he kept glancing over at Miranda who was visibly having a sea of emotions running through her. She kept going from smiling excitedly to looking nervous and scared. She was also pulling at her fingers hard so eventually he covered her hands with his free hand and she held his big, strong hand with both of hers.

When they pulled up to Tucker's townhome Miranda looked nervous. "Miranda I'm going to stay here because he doesn't know me and I don't want him to feel disrespected but if you need me just let me know," Ben told her and she nodded her head and got out his car.

Miranda walked up to the door and hesitated before knocking on the door. It was a minute before Tucker opened the door with blank look on his face and a bag in his hand.

"Tucker," Miranda said plainly.

"Mandy," Tucker said just the same.

She hated him calling her Mandy because that was the nickname her mom gave her but he took it and made it a name she despised when it came from his lips.