Jason McCanns P.O.V of The Don't Fall For The Criminal Series (All Three Books)

Chapter 70 - I Knew This Would Happen

[Correlates with Chapter 9-10 After The Runaway. Book 3]

It's Tuesday morning which means Mackenzie and Drew are coming home today. I miss them a lot. I just can't wait for them to be with me. And safe.

I've been in bed just watching tv. I woke up just a little while ago. I usually sleep in when I know I can, but I guess I just can't stay asleep. It's around eight in the morning now.

My phone started to ring so I reached over to my night stand and grabbed it. It's Mackenzie.

"Hey Angel" I answered the call.

"Hi, babe. Can you talk right now? What are you doing?" She asked me.

"Yeah, what's up? I'm just laying in bed watching tv. What's going on, babe?"

"Well you know how our flight is later on today?" She asked. I could hear in her voice she's nervous.

"Mhm"

"I think we should reschedule it" I heard her quietly say.

"To a later time?" I asked now confused.

"No. To a different day" She told me. Oh wow... "I'm just not ready to leave here quite yet. I want more time. I don't want to come home today" So that's why she was nervous. She didn't want to tell me.

"I knew this would happen. I knew you wouldn't wanna come home" I quietly said. So many different thoughts started to circle my head. All my excitement to see them was crushed with anger and confusion.

"I do want to come home. Just not today-" I cut her off.

"You would risk everything so willingly?" I asked.

"I'm not risking anything, Jason. I haven't even left the house and I wasn't planning on it. If I do, I know how to disguise myself. I'm not stupid. I've thought this through" She told me.

"Yeah, of course you have" I said and scoffed.

"And what's that suppose to mean?" She asked with attitude in her tone.

"You probably planned this since the first day. You saying last minute that you're staying and not coming home-"

"Only for a little longer, not for good. Gosh Jason are you even listening to me?" She snapped at me then groaned. So now she's mad at me? That made me even more annoyed.

"You're not listening to me!" I said louder than her. I took a deep breath. That won't get us anywhere. "I just want you to come home where I know you guys are safe. So can you please get on that plane?" I asked her in a much calmer tone. I heard her take a deep breath now.

"I don't think I can" She quietly said back. That hurt... It triggered something in me.

"Are you fucking serious? I should have never sent you there" I said getting mad again. "I should have known better"

"Or you can just stop saying that. You did it because you love me and this is what I deserve. If you changed your mind on that then we have more to talk about to keep this relationship going. You are not going to be in control of what I do. I will not screw anything up. I'm not stupid, Jase. I can handle staying here and being lowkey. Book a flight for Saturday and I'll see you then. Okay?" I hate that she's right. I shouldn't have said that I shouldn't have sent her there. I'm just upset. I know she deserves it. But she was suppose to come home and now she doesn't want to. That's what I was scared of. Not just about the police.

"Yeah, sure, whatever. Saturday then" I mumbled then hung up on. If I kept going on with that, it could have been worse. I might say something more stupid. But god this fucking sucks. She doesn't want to come home. That fucking hurts. She also doesn't understand the risks that she is taking by being there.