A new start

Chapter 22

Amy's Pov

We have been at Mark's for about a week in a half, the hospital is going to transfer me soon. Mark is so sweet and caring. I wish I found him sooner.

"Hey, Amy can I talk to you?" Mark asked motioning to the kitchen.

"Yeah." I got up off the couch, the kids and I were watching cartoons.

When I got into the kitchen he showed me some papers.

"What is that?" I asked.

"A buddy of mine is a cop, well he gave these to me. You were Definity right, Jared is looking for you. He has been going to all the places you normally go to including your work. I know they are transferring you but it is not safe. I don't want you to be stuck in the house all the time it is not fair to you or Chase."

"What can I do?"

"Well I do have a plan but I don't know how you will feel about it. I don't think he will come to this side of town, it's too far away and none of your co-workers live this far out. I found a house that is about 30 minutes away from here and it is going the opposite way from him." he handed me one of the papers.

Oh god, he is throwing us out, he hates me. I wanted to cry. How am I going to take care of Chase with him after us?

"Amy are you okay?"

"Yeah just thinking."

"Okay but um, I don't want you guys by yourself with him on the lose. So my question is would you like for all of us to move to this new place? It has 5 bedrooms so everyone can have a room."

"Wait you want to move in with us?"

"Yeah, Demi would come too, I can still find that teacher and this house has a hospital two blocks away. You might be able to go to that one."

I ran to him wrapping my arms around him. "Thank you for not kicking us out."

He wrapped his arms around my waist then tightens his grip, "I would never leave you guys."

We stayed like that for a few minutes, every second I was in his arms I felt the stress melt away.

"Mark! Can I have some candy?" Demi asked.

"Yes, I will be in with it." Mark said, he pulled away and looked at me, "I can talk to the seller tonight and have them work on the home inspection.Wait, Amy, you said.......Did you think I was throwing you out?"

"Yes," I said looking at the ground.

"Oh Amy No! God no would I do that."

"I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

"Because I thought that."

"Amy you have been thru hell the last how many years, You were with a guy who treated you like shit. Its gonna be okay. I will make sure he doesn't hurt you or Chase." He wrapped his arms around me again. I never want to let go.

"How much is the place?" I asked still in his arms.

"I am trying to see if I can talk the price down."

"Mommy! I am done with my pizza." Chase walked in with his empty plate. I let Mark go and walked over to Chase.

"Good job honey, did you tell Mark thank you for lunch?" I took the plate out of his hands and washed it.

"Thank you, Mark." I turned around and saw Chase giving Mark a hug.

"It's no problem, are you having fun watching tv?"

"Yeah, can I play another game? I like the racing ones."

"Only if it is okay with your mom."

"Mommy!"

"After dinner honey, did you finish your spelling words that Mark gave you?"

"Yep and the math problems."

"Good job honey, go ahead and watch more tv, we will be in soon."

"Okay." He walked into the living room.

"Amy, did you eat lunch?"

"No, I'm not hungry."

"You haven't eaten all day and you barely ate yesterday, what's going on?"

"I'm not hungry."

Chase came walking in saying, "my dad wouldn't let mom eat sometimes for an almost a week! She would sneak food at work but he would find out. So instead she snuck me the food instead."

"Chase go watch tv," I said not making eye contact with Mark. Chase walked away, I finally looked at Mark, He didn't say anything. He went into the refrigerator and started cooking something.

"Mark?"

He didn't say anything, I just stood there watching him. When he was done he handed me a plate of steak and mash potatoes.

"It's more of a dinner but you need to eat." He finally spoke. "In this house, you take care of yourselves. That means getting enough sleep, taking care of your hygiene and most important you eat. I know you're brainwashed into not eating but you need to eat. I don't care if you eat half of this plate but please eat."

I took the plate and sat down. "Thank you," I said as I cut into the steak. I'm not gonna lie it was really good! I was only able to eat about half of the plate. "I'll eat the rest  tomorrow, I promise."

He didn't say anything he just smiled as he ate his plate of fries.

"Is that all your eating?"

"Yeah, I ate a big breakfast, so as you were eating I texted the seller and he said he can have the inspector there tomorrow. Did you want to go look at the place?"

"Yeah, I think we can get out of the house for a little."

We get the kids ready and hop in the car. I keep my eyes peeled for Jared's car. After about 30 minutes of driving, we arrived at this huge house!

"Okay so the owner is still living here and he is letting us walk around." Mark pulled into the driveway.

We walked around the house and it is perfect! I can't believe Mark is buying this for all of us to be safe. I definitely have to help pay for stuff.

"Mommy there is a playroom!" Chase was so happy!

"Yeah, that's something new!"

"If you want we can keep it a game room and have a bunch of toys down there for you and Demi?" Mark said.

"Can we?" Demi asked. 

"Yeah, I see no reason why we can't, there is even an extra room for my recording room. I already talked to my friends and they said they will help us move in."

"That's so nice of them!" I said walking around the kitchen, "Mark please let me help pay for this, I have money that I stashed away."

"We can talk about that later,"

"Yes, we will." I stuck my tongue out at him. We walked around the house for a little longer than left. once the kids were in bed I went to find Mark.

"Hey, there you are," I said as he walked out of the bathroom.

"What's up?" 

I handed him the stack of cash and said, " I have a feeling you're not going to let me pay so please take the money. It is the least I can do."

"Nah I am not talking this, that's all you have until you get paid."

"Mark."

"Nope, oh I talked to a couple teachers for homeschooling, my buddy who is a cop is doing checks on them."

"How can I repay you?"

"Well, you can start by taking care of yourself."

"One of the good things about this new place is your not gonna sleep on the couch. Goodnight Mark."

"Goodnight Amy."