TWENTY-THREE: Hurt?! Momma Bear! & Caught?!

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[TWENTY-THREE]

(Time 2:20 p.m.)

Dr. Sarah Evans Pearce's (POV)

I'm cradling my girl in my arms as we head upstairs. She's now fully slipped, smiling and giggling up at me as we make our way out of the room.

"Yes, she could be a wonderful asset but she's our girl and I think her being retired and doing her art is what she wants."

I chuckle at Margaret's words, always protective as I close the door and kiss our girl's head.

"Let's go play with your toys. baby girl."

"M-Mommy!" she mumbles out as we get to the living room, settling down on her play mat. I sit her in my lap so she's laying against me and as soon as she sees her dinosaur toys she squeals in excitement, clapping her hands.

"Here you go love." Reaching out I grab a few and hand them to her, almost instantly a loud "RAWR" comes out, as she makes them chop at each other.

I can't help but coo at her adorableness. Most of the time when she's little she'll be in her infant state. We cuddle and she likes to cling to me, but when she's like this we get to play. It's one of my favorite things to watch, but I love it so much more when Margaret is playing with her. They are both my babies.

Margaret Ann Pearce's (POV)

As we go through the videos I'm getting angrier and angrier. There are so many that picked up this insane woman and we all had no clue. Agent Lance is wearing her usual blank look, but I can tell she's as angry as I am. We've clipped each sighting in at least thirteen videos so far, we only have two left.

"This will be enough for now, at least half of them have clear visuals of her face on them. I have to say though, I am concerned about her escalation. The vandalism in itself is bad, but she had to have known you were all home when she did it. Once something like that occurs, usually they'll escalate to something worse".

I rub my neck as we finish up the last of the clips on the zip drive. "Yes, I can see that. I just can't stand that we had no clue. She's been watching us this whole time, so closely and then going to Sarah as a patient? It's all just so..."

"I understand Margaret. We all have to be really cautious, but now that I'm here, hopefully we can catch her before something worse happens."

Agent Lance takes the drive and I set about locking and resetting the computer in the way Aubrey told me to. Goddess forbid I don't follow her orders!

We head back out of the studio, as we make it to the living room I smile at the sounds of giggles that can be heard. Rounding the corner my smile only widens, Aubrey is making her dinosaurs 'fight' with the ones Sarah's holding, making them roar and giggling when Sarah makes her dinosaurs fall over. They are both just in their own little world.

Hearing a quiet chuckle from next to me I look over at Agent Lance and she smiles.

"I'm going to unpack, I'll let you three have some alone time," she whispers." I'll let you know if anything comes up."

I smile and watch her head upstairs before looking back at my girls.

"Well now, what are you two playing, hmm?"

"MOMMA!" Aubrey squeals out, while Sarah and I chuckle.

"Hi baby girl, are you having fun with Mommy?" She giggles in response, then starts crawling over to me while I smile and squat down to her level.

"Does my baby want cuddles and kisses hmm?" When she reaches me I pull her into my arms and do just that, she squeals and giggles even more as I bounce her on my hip.

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