Not Expecting to Collide (COMPLETE) - ABP Fanfiction

Chapter 115.2 - Solution

And here is the second half of the last chapter that I just didn't get finished in time to post on Tuesday. I managed to find a little time in my chaotic life to type it out. Enjoy! Please vote and comment. I love to hear your reactions to my latest developments.

XOX -PC

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Bam laid on his back with October draped across his chest. He stared at the rays of moonlight shining through the window of the trapper shack as he absently feathered his fingers through her caramel hued locks. October had been right. Although nothing would ever completely take away the pain of losing their baby, sharing their grief with each other had started them on the path to healing together. Making love had the power to soothe even the most painful heartbreak. Bam was sure that this was the most painful heartbreak he had ever experienced.

"Can't shut it off tonight?" She murmured calmly.

Bam squeezed her body closer. "No." he replied softly. "Too many things going on in my head."

"Like what, baby? You wanna talk about it?" October propped herself up on her elbows to look into his eyes.

Bam scrubbed his hand down his face and took a deep breath. "I don't know what talking will solve. In five days we are going to have to leave here - the only place we've really called home for years. You know my father isn't going to let us stay here if we aren't participating in the show. My brothers are going to have to find somewhere else to go. We will all be separated. Matt and Amber will start their marriage with no home to speak of." He sighed. "Just one more thing I can't fix." October nodded sympathetically. She understood how much Bam took responsibility for his entire family.  She knew this was killing him inside. He continued. "Not to mention what's going to happen to Rainy. I have no authority over her and I fear what Da has planned for her future. I worry about her schooling and how he is going to exploit her for his own gain."

"Would he really do something like that to his own children?" She asked. She had seen many sides of Billy Brown, hardly any of them favourable, yet she still couldn't fathom the thought of turning on your own child the way he had done to Bam, and eventually Matt and the rest of his brothers.

"The thing you don't understand about my father is that he has no shame." Bam continued. "He will do whatever he has to do to get the result that will benefit himself the most. My mother is always along for the ride but if someone gets in his way or is no longer useful to him, including me or my brothers or sisters, he will give them the cut direct. If Rainy isn't co-operative with his plans, she'll be of no value to him." Bam paused for a moment, then went on. "I mean, I'm a grown man. I can handle it, but I'm afraid of what kind of damage something like that will do to her. She's only fourteen."

October smiled sadly to herself. If Bam thought that just because he was an adult that this whole situation was not affecting him, he was lying to himself.  October could see it first hand. He may be a strong, handsome and rugged man but on the inside, there was still a small part of him that was still just a vulnerable little boy seeking his Da's approval. She was no different. Her mother had all but abandoned August and herself when October had only been fourteen. She knew what she had gone through to work past that pain. She knew that Bam still had a way to go before he would be okay with it all. She also knew that whatever, whenever it happened to Rainy, she and Bam would be there to pick up the pieces and help Rainy move on. October  had only been a mother for six months and already she knew there was nothing she wouldn't do for Isabella. Somewhere along the way, Rainy had become just as important to her.

After some time of each of them getting lost in their own thoughts, October spoke in the darkness with a little trepidation. "These past two weeks while I was too sick to go on hauling jobs with you, I had a lot of time to think. I have an idea that may just be a solution to our land lease problem. It won't solve everything but it could be a good start."

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In the morning, Bam kissed October gently as she lay sleeping in their bed. They had talked long into the night and the wee hours of the morning. He decided that he would give October time to let her body rest and recover from the ordeal of the past week. After getting himself ready for the day, he changed Isabella's diaper, washed and dressed her and took her to the main cabin to fix a bottle.

In the bright light of the morning he could almost feel himself becoming lighter. For the first time in many days he felt hope. He felt light on his feet. Although nothing would ever completely take away the pain of losing their baby, October had been right, sharing their grief with each other had started them on the path to healing together. After talking many things out with October, he also felt hope for the future - their  future. He hummed gently to Isabella who looked up at him with wide eyes. He grinned down at her about the secret he was carrying with him.