Complicated // Book 2 of Abduction ♤ H.G

•TWELVE•

I woke up at about 9:30 in the morning and sat there in bed for a few minutes, remembering the events that occurred last night.

I looked over at Hayes and Audrey who were both peacefully sleeping.

I let out a small sigh and got up to cook us all breakfast.

I cooked eggs, bacon, and toast, hoping that a good meal would maybe lighten up the stress and tension.

While I was getting the plates together Hayes walked into the kitchen with Audrey in his arms.

"Good morning." I said while setting their plates down where they usually sit.

"Morning." Audrey kept quiet and still held onto Hayes.

"What's wrong with her?" I said while rubbing her back which caused her to slightly jump.

"I don't know. She's probably still scared," he shrugged "When I woke up she was latched onto me, and when I asked her what was wrong, she wouldn't answer back. She just looked at me and looked back down at her lap." "Well do you think she's hungry?" I asked "I don't think so. I asked and she shook her head 'no'." "Oh, well maybe she'll be hungry later." "Maybe." He sighed.

We all sat down at the table and started eating. Well, Hayes and I were eating, and Audrey was picking at her food. 

"Audrey?" Hayes asked and she looked up at him "Don't you want to eat?"

She shook her head 'no' and pushed her plate away from her.

I sighed and looked up at Hayes "Maybe she's just not hungry right now."

He hesitantly nodded his head and let out a sigh

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It was 9:00 PM and I was sitting on the living room couch, eating Ores and texting my friend, Talia, the one that's staying in Milan. I really want all of us to go on this trip. It would be good for the family.

Hayes and I both put Audrey to bed in one of the guest rooms since none of us felt comfortable with putting her in her room.

I heard a scratch at the door leading out to the back porch and looked up to see Nigel sitting outside, waiting to be let in.

I got up, walked to the door, and let him in.

I noticed a piece of paper laying in front of the door.

I picked it up and it was about a paragraph of writing.

"Dear The Grier Family,
I know exactly what you did seven years ago, and it was very illegal. What I have been doing too, so since you want to call the police on me I can do the same. If you stop calling the police, maybe we can work something out, but until then I'll just keep on terrorizing you and your family. All you need to do is cooperate and no one gets hurt.
                         – Adam Glover"

I stood there next to the door, confused at what I just read.

I carefully read over it one more time, taking in every word. And to my understanding, he's going to call the police, terrorize our family, and ruin our lives because we didn't hire him.

I walked up to Hayes and I's room where he was and stood at the foot of the bed.

"Um, Hayes," I said with a little bit of a shaky voice "Can I show you something?" "Yeah. What's wrong?" He asked

I ignored his question and walked over to him and handed him the note.

He looked up at me then down at the note.

After a few seconds he flipped the piece of paper over, trying to look for more to read.

"Where did you find this?" He asked "It was laying in front of the door on the back porch."

He let out a loud sigh and put his face in his hands.

"So, we can't call the authorities because if we do he'll continue to terrorize our family then call the police on us," he sat there on the bed for a minute, thinking.

"Guess I gotta get the guys together again and completely finish what Nash started." He said while getting up and walking past me.

"Wait," I grabbed his arm

He looked back at me "What are you doing?" I asked "Getting the guys back together so we can take down Adam. I bet he was apart of what happened a while ago and has backup and all of that shit. I'm not trying to take any chances."

"Wait. You're going with them?" I asked "Yeah, obviously." "But there's a chance that you could get killed." "And for my family I'm willing to take that risk." "You can't though." "Danica, I have to. This isn't something you can just run away from." He said in a 'duh' voice.

"I know but there has to be another way." "There isn't." He said with soft eyes.

"Hayes, we have a four-year-old daughter. We have a whole family to take care of." "I know, babe, but I don't want to lose you. And if to anything, not to them." "And I don't wanna lose you to them either, that's why I advise you not to go." I crossed my arms over my chest.

He took both of my hands into his and looked down at me "I promise, it'll be fine. And if something does happen to me, at least Audrey will still have an amazing mother." "Hayes, I don't want my children growing up without a father." Just the thought made me tear up.

"What do you mean children?" "I'm about two months pregnant," He put his face in his hands and tugged at his hair

"I've been wanting to tell you, and I was going to really soon. It's just that there's so much stuff going on right now... Are you mad?" I asked "No I'm not mad." He pulled me into a hug "I would've wanted to spend most of the pregnancy with you, but I can't now."

"Maybe we should just call the police and have him arrested before he can do anything else to us."

"Danica, we can't call the police, ok? This isn't and never has been their fight it's ours," he paused "They might find out about everything that happened in the past, and that can't happen. We have a family now. I want us all to have a normal life and family. If the police find out.. if the media finds out.. and if our children find out," he took a deep breath "That will never happen."

"If we don't tell them it might break apart our family. Not just you, Audrey, me, and the baby but everyone else- My parents, my siblings, and maybe even the guys. It's not just about us anymore, Hayes. Yes, I know this may result in something like that, but it's either we all have a chance of death or we at least feel safe."

He ran his hand through his hair and shook his head 'no' "No. We can't call the police. We've known about them for about ten fucking years, while they've never even heard their names. We've been through the paranoia it brings you, they haven't spent a day in our shoes. They wouldn't understand why we did all of that stuff. No matter how many times we tell them, no matter how we tell them they won't listen because it's not their problem," He looked at me straight in the eyes "We're not calling the police."

"Hayes--" "No," He said sternly "That's final. Are we clear?" He asked. I sighed and nodded my head 'yes.' He walked out of the room, leaving me just standing there alone.

This cannot be happening right now.

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I felt really bad for not updating so I updated kind of a long chapter. Hope you guys liked it