The Best and the Hardest Thing

Red

I locked the car doors and started the car, just like how the detective had told me to, I sat cold in the leather seats staring at the red door that led to my oh so perfect home. I looked at my phone, Casey and jay were already gone for well over ten minutes and I was beginning to get anxious.

Just then, there was a rapid knock on my window that led me to scream and clasp the wheel tightly.

"Honey, it's just me" I heard Casey's voice.

"How do I know your not a clone?" I asked petrified

"Would a clone know you have a cute freckle on your left butt cheek" he asked amused

"I have a freckle on my butt cheek" I gasped "when were you going to tell me?" I asked opening the door and hoping down the range rover.

"Gosh, sorry thought you knew"

"Are you okay?" I asked as I held his bloody fist.

"Yeah, it's just a small cut"

"So there was an intrusion?" Anna piped up as Casey ran his hand through his hair and sighed.

"Looks like it, Dana it's not good"

"Let me see it" I demanded

Casey walked me up the stairs and to the master bedroom. Perfume bottles were broken on the floor, make up plastered like paint on the wooden dresser, the bed was striped of covers with red paint coated on the mattress and ripped shards of clothes spread around and on the floor.

"Is this all" I asked quietly. Casey shook his head and steered me to Jayden'room next door.

I gasped as my knees gave way and made me stumble in Casey's arms.

In bold red paint against the baby blue painted wall read the words 'Bastard' .

The crib was broken and the wood dismantled, the was clothes all over the floor and sonogram pictures. As I got nearer to where the crib stood, I noticed a familiar silver frame, I was careful not to touch anything due to forensics but instead towered over a photo of both Casey and I at our wedding. The glass frame was broken and and crushed and Casey's face was coated in the same red paint.

"How can this be man i called dad" I whispered through tears.

"sshh, come here babe" Casey pulled me close and kissed my head.

"Casey, what mess have I got us into?" I sniffed

"This is not your fault, don't ever think that ever!" Casey said sternly as cops entered the house and began taking photos and testing for fingerprints. We explained our story and were allowed to go, my main aim was to keep my family safe, and that meant leaving my dream home.

Casey drove rapidly to his parents home, I was eager to make sure Jayden was safe. Once we reached the mansion, Casey took the gate control and opened the gates leading to the house. We were in my range rover and closely behind us were Anna and Jay in Casey's escallade truck. Once we saw them enter the gates Casey pressed the button to shut them.

It was way past midnight so we crept to the main door, and opened it with the spare key careful to turn the security alarm off. We took off our shoes, as we didn't want to wake up the house with the tapping of our soles against the marble flooring.

As we walked up the stairs the light on the second floor turned on as I heard a door being opened and my sons cries filling the house. I couldn't hold it any longer, I took the stairs two at a time running up crazily. I peeped in the room and heard a man singing a lullaby.

"Give me my baby" I begged as the man stood with his back to me and I heard footsteps getting closer and closers

"Dana?" The man turned around startled

"I'm sorry James" I apologised just as arms flung round me holding me up.

"Dad, thank god it's you" Casey said as he took a squirming Jayden from him father and passed him to me. Squatting so were at eye level as I sat cross legged on the cold floor in my dress.

"James, what's going on" a concerned Collete spoke as she entered the built in nursery, shocked to see a gathering of people and her just as confused husband.

"Mom, can we stay here for a while?" Casey asked running his hands through his hair and paying full attention to both Jayden and I.

"Sure, what happened?" She asked confused

We sat in the living room sipping camomile with Jayden sleeping in my arms as I was too scared to leave him alone.

"That is awful" Collete sympathised giving me a squeeze.

"If its okay, we'd like to stay to make sure our crook of a father is locked up and provide support for Dana and Casey for when she starts ucla next week" jay spoke up as Anna nodded along.

"Absolutely, that is fine with us. However we will vamp the security up" James told us.

"Thanks" Casey smiled weakly wrapping an arm round my shoulders.

"We are all family so we must stick together" Collete spoke up.

We all made our way to bed in the late hours of the morning, after long discussions on security tactics, childminding routines and our home.

Luckily, i left most of my pre pregnancy clothes in

Casey's old room when we first lived here so i slipped an old black satin night dress and casey slipped on his low slung bottoms and took off his shirt to reveal his well toned chest. I held Jayden close as we climbed into bed as a family with Casey's protective arms wrapped around us, careful not to hurt Jayden.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Sorry I've uploaded late but I've had exams and I've been babysitting my niece emilia. She's soo adorable. I will post a picture on the side soon. I'm also so sorry it's short but I've got big plans for the next few chapters.

Thank you guys I cried the other day when I realised I had close to 7,000 reads. I love each and every one of you for your support, encouragement and comments. I'm thinking of doing a sequel and have already thought up some ideas of how I'd like them to be but I'd like your views- do you want a sequel? If so who would you like it be about and why?

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