Luke's POV
I watch as Hunter colors a picture with Alexis as they sit on the living room floor. I grab m phone quickly, snap a photo and tweet it "glad to have our baby back home" I lock my phone and sit it down and walk over to the couch near them both, I take a seat and watch.
"Alexis, don't forget hunters doctor appointment in... An hour." I say watching the clock.
"Trust me babe I know" she says giving me a smile, I watch as Hunter has a scared look on his face.
"The doctors won't hurt you, they're just going to give you a check up, see all the damage you have and give you some medicine if he needs to." I reassure him and he nods and goes back to coloring. He hadn't said much and I wish he would talk to me, I wish he would tell us things that happened while he was captive. I know it's too soon and his little brain must still be trying to process it all, but I wish he would talk.
"Alexis, can I speak with you in the kitchen, please?" I look at her, she looks up at me and then at Hunter, she nods and we both walk into the kitchen.
"Our relationships doing okay right..? I mean.. I know things get heavy as he has come back, I just want to make sure we're doing things right and okay, I don't want to split again.." I look down at my hands and then up at her.
"Aw Luke.. No.. We're perfect.. Don't think like that, at this point even if we wanted to split, we couldn't do that to Hunter, right?" She asks me and I nod quickly.
"He's been through too much."
"Exactly."
"Wait.. Do you want to split..?" I choke on my words. Her eyes widen and she shakes her head really quickly.
"Luke, right now I'm the happiest I've been, in a very long time." She tells me and I nod slowly.
"Me too" I mumble.
"NO HES GOING TO HURT ME!!! HELP ME!! HELP, HELP!!" We hear Hunter screaming from the living room, we both run in quickly and over to Hunter who's hiding in a corner covering himself with a pillow.
"Hunter, no ones here, you're safe baby you're safe." Alexis says worriedly and holding him close to her, I look around the room confused as to what he's talking about, I stand up and watch as Alexis continues to try and calm him, I slowly walk down the hallway, check the bathroom, the bedroom and the guest room, nothing.
Alexis POV
I hold Hunter close into my chest, rubbing his back trying to calm him down.
"Hunter shhh, who's going to hurt you baby?" I ask him worried. He shakily pulls away, hiccuping, he points to the tv, I look at the tv in confusion, I drop my jaw. Surprised. And even more confused.
I watch it and it's an interview
With Sam
Sam pottorff
"What do you mean he's going to hurt you..? Was this the man who hurt you??" I look at Hunter and call down the hall for Luke quickly.
"H-he" he nods sobbing.
"I dont understand, I thought the scary man was the one on the floor the day we found you.." I sigh and rub his eyes gently.
"they both" he says crying
"What's going on?" Luke asks running in.
"Sam. He's done this." I say not looking Luke in the eye otherwise I'm going to lose it.
"WHAT" Luke screams, Hunter jumps and cries, I continue to clam him down.
"Luke you're scaring him.. Calm down.." I tell him
"I can't. Calm down." He clutched his fists.
"Listen, I'm pissed too, but we need to calm Hunter down we can't worry about that right now Luke, one step at a time" I pull his arm down to me and Hunter, Luke sits down and wraps his arms around both of us as he sits behind me. He holds me safely, as I hold Hunter.
"We won't let him get you.. I promise you he won't be anywhere near you, or us." I mumble into hunters ear as I begin to cry myself, Hunter hiccups and I rub his back gently.
"I'll take care of him for sure.." Luke mumbles barely, I ignore it and watch as the interview leaves. Hunter stands up and returns to his coloring, I stand up, grab my phone and walk outside and down to the parking lot. I'm going to stab him. Make him feel what he made my baby boy feel, my thoughts are pounding so hard, my head is spinning, my blood pressure rising. He makes me sick, this makes me sick. Why would you do this to any child, why would you be this cruel and sick. As I sit inside my car and start to cry, I soon realize Amelia. Amelia lives with him. She can't be in on this. No way in hell. I quickly call Amelia, the phone rings and rings and rings but doesn't pick up, I quickly call my mom back at home.
"Honey?" I hear an answer. My moms beautiful voice that I feel as if I haven't heard in years.
"Mom, where's Amelia? Is Amelia home?" I think she can sense the worry in my voice.
"Yes.. She's in her room.. What's going on..?" He asks returning the worry tone. I realize I have not told her about Hunter's return home yet, so I start to go into detail after detail, once I reach the Sam part she starts to cry, extremely hard.
"Mom.." I tear up, fighting back the tears.
"Amelia was careflighted home sweetie.. We thought she got mugged... She's in a coma.. It.. It must've been Sam.." She says and the tears I was once holding back start to fall onto my cheeks.
"Y-you're kidding me r-right?"
"I wish I was.." She mumbles.
"Sam can't get away with this.. I swear he's going to get locked up, maybe if we're lucky he'll be sentenced to death." Anger shows clearly in my voice.
"Mom I'm coming home." I say and hang up before she can say anything, I get out of my car and walk back into the apartment.
"Luke" I say as I enter.
"Alexis, where were you??" He rushes over to me worried.
"In the car talking to my mom. Luke, Amelia is in the hospital, she got careflighted, it's sam. They thought it was mugged / raped. No. It was Sam. can we please, I need to go home. I need to be with my family. We need to get Hunter away from here." I start to panic thinking of all the things I need to pack.
"Of course we can.. But Alexis we need to take Hunter to his doctors appointment.. It's important.." He tells me and I shake my head.
"I will once were back home, we can't waste any time, Sam could be plotting to break in and take him again tonight" I say rushing over to the closet, I pull suit cases out and pull it back to the bedroom.
"Alexis.." He follows me, I throw tons of me and Luke's clothes into the suitcase, I throw what clothes I have for Hunter in and then I start to put some toys in there for him as well, I also throw in my makeup, hair products, shower products, everything I need. Luke tries to turn me to him but I yank away.
"Let me pack Luke I need to leave here I can't be here. Not while he's on the lose." I say and zip the suitcase shut.
"I know.. Were going.. I promise.." He says kissing my forehead.
"Thank you" I mumble and start to calm down a little bit. Soon we will be back home, states away. Safe.
