It was so nice to lay in bed, it was a long day. The kids took forever to get ready for bed, I curled up in my side of the blankets waiting for Mark to climb into bed. He was brushing his teeth, he had to use the main bathroom since our master bath was being remodeled. After what seemed like forever Mark's arm curled around me. He started to slide up my shirt.
"Not tonight honey, I'm too tired and I have to get up early tomorrow," I said.
He tried again.
"Tomorrow night hon, I promise."
He tried again, that's strange, Mark normally only tries once and when, if, I, tell him not tonight he stops.
"Mark! I mean it!" I rolled over and came face to face with a man who is not my husband. I screamed punching him in the face and ran out of the room down the steps.
When I got to the bottom of the steps I saw Mark kneeling on the floor with his hands behind his back. There was a gun pointed at the back of his head, he kept his eyes closed.
"No, please no," I begged.
"Mommy? What's going on?" Our son asked coming down the steps.
"Go back to your room! Go into the safe room with your sister. NOW!" I ordered him. He ran back up the steps.
"Where is the safe room?" The man holding the gun to Mark's head asked.
"You will have to kill me to find out," I said.
"We will find them." A man said coming from the kitchen.
"I Told you, take anything in the house, I will not call the cops just please leave my family alone," Mark said, he had blood coming out of his mouth.
"Maybe I will do the opposite of that." The second male said walking towards me.
"NO!" Mark screamed, he tried to get up but he was tied up.
I ran up the steps passing the safe room, I ran into Mark's office and opened his floor safe. I pulled out the gun.
"I will shoot you," I said pointing it at the man.
"Awe how cute, you think I never had a gun in my face before." He said walking towards me.
I picked up the stapler and threw it at him hitting him in the face, I ran past him and went back down the steps. I pointed the gun at the other man but Mark had the guy face first into the floor. He looked up and saw me, I ran to him holding back the tears.
"Baby I need you to do me a favor." He said.
"Anything."
He looked out the window then back at me,
"Get down." He kicked my legs out from under me and guided me to the floor. There was a loud noise and glass breaking, the room filled with smoke.
There was another loud noise and then a bunch of people came rushing in screaming.
When I was able to see again there was a bunch of people in the house. Mark pulled me close and took the gun out of my hands.
"I got you, honey, everything is going to be okay," Mark said.
"Who are all these people?"
"I have no fucking clue."
We heard the kids screaming in fear, we let each other go and ran up the steps. The guy I threw the stapler at found the safe room and had our daughter in his arms. Our son was punching him trying to free her.
"Let her go, take me. You already jumped me in the bathroom." Mark said. " do what you wish to me, leave my family out of this."
"Daddy, who are these people?" Our son asked.
"I don't know but you guys are going to be okay. Please, sir, let them go and do as you wish with me." Mark said talking a few steps towards him.
"It will be my pleasure." He dropped her on the floor and they both ran to me.
"Mark," I started to cry.
"It's going to be okay if they go back on their words I will haunt their asses," Mark said kneeling on the ground.
"Kids you be good for mom, do as she says and watches out for each other. You guys are so smart and can do anything and everything you set your minds too. Amy, my beautiful, intelligent wife. I love you so much. Everything is going to be okay, I will miss the hell out of you but please know that I will be watching you every day and night to make sure you guys are safe."
"Daddy where are you going?" Our daughter asked crying.
"Please don't do this," I begged at the man.
"You have two options, let the kids watch or leave." The man loaded the gun and walked behind Mark.
"Go, downstairs kids, everything is going to be okay." Mark said, "I love you guys."
The kids ran down the steps.
"Amy, go, I don't want you to see this."
"I'm not leaving you, please there has to be another way. You are going to make two kids fatherless for what?"
"We don't want anything except this."
One of the guys grabbed me so I couldn't stop it from happening.
He put the gun to the back of Mark's head.
"I love you so much," I said with tears pouring out of my eyes.
"I love you too." He said closing his eyes
BANG.
"Amy? AMY HONEY!"
"What?" I started to rub my eyes.
"Honey wakes up, you were screaming."
Mark?
I opened my eyes to see my husband hovering over me.
"Mark? You are okay! You're alive!" I wrapped my arms around his body.
"Alive? Yes of course I am. What did you see?" He was so confused.
"The kids!" I ran to their rooms.
"They are okay." Mark followed me, I opened their doors and saw they were fast asleep. Mark picked me up and carried me to our room.
"Honey, what did you see? You were screaming a lot. I was trying to wake you up but you were deep in that dream."
"It wasn't a dream, it was my worst nightmare. They broke into our house, they jumped you and had you tied up. When I found you, you had a gun to your head." I started to cry. " after a long fight they had our daughter, they found the safe room. You made a deal with them. Our safety for your life. They took the deal." I don't know how he understood me through all the tears.
"Baby, I'm right here. No one broke in. No one put a gun to my head. No one has our baby girl, and I did not make a deal. Everything is okay, we are all safe. How about this, I will call Tyler and ask him to watch the kids today and we can have a day of just us laying around the house or we can go out and get out of the house."
"I like the second one."
"Done." He pulled my chin up and kissed me softly.
"I love you so much. He said then kissed me again.
