His Child

Chapter 25

Willow's POV

It's been two hours of our bus trip and my legs are cramped. It's a really nice bus, just squashy. I just want to get off the bus, meet Jasmine, go to England and forgot everything that has happened over the last year.

"Do you want me to hold Isaac again? You look exhausted dear."

"No I'm fine. Actually do you have a phone I could borrow? I need to call my brother."

"Of course. Hold on." She starts digging in her bag and pulls out her phone. I thank her and start dialling Owen's number. He better pick up.

"Hello?"

"I'm so sorry Owen."

"Willow? Willow what is happening? Why do you use our code word? You didn't mean anything you said to me, did you? What's happening?"

Tears fall down my cheeks. "I'm so sorry Owen. I didn't mean anything I said. I've lied about everything. I never had a boyfriend. Something really bad happened and Steven found out. Daniel's in a gang. Steven gave me to the gang. This doesn't even seem real telling someone else."

"Whoa. Willow just calm down. Take a deep breathes and tell me everything."

"So something really bad happened, I made a huge mistake and Steven found out. He was really annoyed and gave me to Daniel's gang. Their boss liked my attitude and wanted to break me so he took me for his wife. I got pregnant and he made us have a fake wedding ceremony in the backyard. He threatened me and said he would kill you if I didn't tell you what he wanted me to say. I didn't have a choice. I was lying for your own safety. One of the guys helped me escape. He had enough of how he was treating me. I'm so sorry."

"No I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that happened to you. Where are you now?"

"I don't know. I'm on my way to the airport and I'm heading to England."

"Perfect. I'm in England at the moment. I'll come pick you up from the airport. Do you know what time your flight is coming in?"

"Yeah. Like eleven tomorrow morning. Why are you in England? What's going on?"

"That's something I'm going to have to explain later. I'm here on business. I left the army."

"Why? You loved the army."

"I'll tell you when I see you in England. I'll see you soon. I'm so sorry again."

"It's ok. It's not your fault. I'll see you soon. I love you."

"I love you too. I'll be waiting at the airport tomorrow."

"Alright. See you then. Bye," and I hang up.

"Thank you. Seriously thank you so much." I say handing her phone back.

"Anytime sweetie."

I wrap my arms around Isaac and bounce him and up and down on my lap.

He giggles and claps his hands. He is a little bundle of joy. He is my little bundle of joy. He makes me smile so much.

Suddenly the bus brakes and I nearly go flying into the seat in front of me. The bus slowly comes to stop. Why are we stopping? We shouldn't be stopping, should we? We aren't here yet, are we? Is something wrong? What if Ryan's here? Or what if he has stopped the bus. Or some of his men are here.