Alexis POV
"Honey you keep watching the Disney movie, yes? I've got to go talk to daddy about something." I tell Hunter kissing the top of his head.
"Okay mommy!" He giggles and continues to watch Finding Nemo while taking bites of the food my mom made for us. I stand up from the couch and walk up the stairs and into my old bedroom, I see Luke sleeping soundly on the bed, he snores lightly and I feel horrible for waking him up, I know how tired he is lately.
"Luke.." I say walking over to him and sitting down beside him on the bed, I shake him gently and he pouts in his sleep, I smile small and shake him a few more times. He begins to open his eyes.
"Luke, I feel bad for doing this.. But I need your help.. More like advice.. More like.. Comfort.." He stretches his arms above his head before sitting straight up in the bed.
"Don't feel bad, what's going on?" He asks moving a piece of hair from my face, I look down quickly.
"Is it Hunter?" He asks and I shake my head quickly.
"Hunter is perfect, it's about.. Arabelle." I say fighting every bone in my body not to cry.
"Arabelle? I haven't heard that name in forever.." He becomes more awake. I nod my head and grab my phone from my pocket, I unlock my phone and turn it onto the text from Sam, I hand him my phone to let him read it.
"What the heck is this?!" He looks away from the phone and at me, he looks pissed.
"I don't know.. Did he.. Kill her?" I mumble the last part.
"I doubt it.. He plays mind games.. You know this.." He tells me, but something about this screams in my face that Luke is wrong and she is dead.
"We should call the police.. Right?" I ask looking at Luke with hope full in my eyes
"Alexis.. They can't help this.. We have no proof outside of this text." He says swinging his legs off the bed so he is now sitting straight up and beside me.
"Hunter. Hunter's the proof. He has scares that are going to be there for the rest of his life because of Sam." I say, my eyes beginning to fill with tears.
"we'll figure this out.. Well get Arabelle safe and sound." Luke looks at me and reaches his arm around to my back and rubs circles in my back.
"promise..?" I ask sniffling.
"i promise." he puts his hand under my chin and tilts my head up and his eyes meet mine, he leans in and kisses me gently.
"where's Hunter?" he asks laying back down pulling me with him and wrapping his arms around my body so I'm basically being forced to cuddle with him.
"downstairs watching movies.. why?" I sigh and give into the cuddling.
"we never cuddle anymore.. since Hunter sleeps in our bed." he chuckles and I nod.
"yeah we don't.. but I enjoy it everytime we do." i assure him.
"I'm really ... jealous... aren't I?" he says and it makes me laugh.
"no babe.. not at all.." i say as I continue to laugh.
"why is this so funny..?" Luke asks with a huge pout on his face.
"you always get jealous babe" I say kissing his forehead and it makes his frown grow.
"I don't think I do."
"trust me.. you do.. but I love it about you, and I love you, everything about you." I tell him in a whisper voice, a smile creeps into his face.
"I'm going to find her tomorrow... no matter what it takes." He tells me and my eyes widen and I shake my head quickly.
"Luke.. He's dangerous.. If he.. If he.." I choke up and Luke cuts me off.
"Alexis he won't hurt me, I'll bring the police with me, I won't do it alone. I'd never leave you and Hunter alone... Promise." He tells me and wraps his pinky around mine and gently squeezes our pinky's together.
"Pinky promise." He says and smiles at me, I smile back and sigh.
"I need to go check on Hunter.. He probably should head to bed anyhow shouldn't he?" I say and stand up from the bed.
"could he maybe stay up for a while longer..?" Luke takes his bottom lip in between his teeth and grins.
"Lucas Thomas Korns we are not having sex with my dad in the room next to this." I sigh and shake my head, Luke pouts and I walk out of the room and down the stairs.
"I think it's time for us to be getting to bed, Hunter!" I say walking into the living room where he was when I went upstairs, I expect to see him where he was sitting, on the couch watching Disney movies, my heart skips a beat when I see him not sitting there.
"Hunter.. Where are you?" I call and begin looking behind furniture and in every room downstairs, I walk into the kitchen where my mom is.
"Mom have you seen Hunter?" I ask trying to keep my voice calm but it begins to crack.
"He fell asleep on the couch so I went ahead and made up Amelia's old room for him, I left a few lights on in there so he wouldn't get scared." She tells me and I sigh relieved.
"Is there something wrong with that?" My mom asks and I shake my head quickly.
"No no no, not at all." I tell her and give her a quick but loving hug.
"I love you and missed you mom." I say and as I try to pull out of the hug she pulls me back in.
"I love you and have missed you too, Lexis." She says, I haven't heard that nickname in a long while.
"Goodnight mom." I say and she finally lets go from the hug.
"Goodnight Alexis, sleep well." She tells me and I nod and head back up the stairs which I have climbed thousands of times today, and I walk into Amelia's old room, I look at Hunter spread out across the bed like a starfish, I smile wide and snap a quick picture of him on my phone and then I walk over to him and kiss him gently on the head.
"Goodnight my miracle baby boy" I mumble to him and move some pieces of hair out of his face, I then walk out and back to my old bedroom and Luke is already passed out again, I pull off my shirt and shorts and replace them with comfier things and then I climb into bed quietly ad slowly without waking Luke up. I lay there thinking of all the things Sam has done and how I didn't see it in the past, why didn't I. Luke wraps his arms around me in his sleep and it's not strong enough to keep me awake for long.
