His Son

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Once we got home, Ryder and the guys all set up Jacobs bed and put the drawer all together. The girls and I baked the brownies that we wanted so now we're just munching on those.

"Ryder is so kind, I'm glad he said something before I did," Lindsey spoke and May nodded.

"Martha seems like a real bitch, I wish I knew her in high school, I would have taught her a lesson," May smiled and we giggled.

"I still can't believe out of all those girls Liam cheated with that," I pulled the brownies out from the oven.

"She wasn't the only one, their was probably a dozen just at our school that he slept with," Lindsey stayed quiet. I shrugged and set the brownies down. "That's all over now though," I turned and they nodded.

"Did you love him?" May spoke and I thought it over. I grabbed the ice cream out of the fridge and sighed.

"When Liam and I were together we said I love you to each other, but now that I know what real love feels like, I see that I never loved him. He was just an awful guy that took something I shouldn't have given him," Lindsey grabbed the spoons.

"We all make mistakes, I mean I was drunk and ended a relationship," Lindsey felt bad about that one.

"I almost ruined you and Ryders relationship," May put her head down. Lindsey hugged her and I walked over and joined in.

"Damn emotions," Lindsey sniffled as we laughed. I shook my head as we let go.

"Let's eat these brownies," I smiled and they nodded. We cut them and took our own piece. The guys came down the stairs in a line and Ryder smiled at me.

"Ready to see his room?" I looked at him confused.

"I thought you guys were leaving a guest bed in the corner and then his bed," Ryder gave me his famous smirk as the guys chuckled.

"Just close your eyes and come on," I closed my eyes as he took my hand. He took me upstairs and then opened a door. "Ok open them," I opened my eyes and saw the blue room. Jacobs name was hung up on the wall above his dresser. His bed was put together and he even had a little nightstand next to his bed. He had a bookshelf with all his books and a toy chest. "So what do you think?" I smiled.

"I love it! He's going to love it too," Ryder nodded and we ran to Ryders room and grabbed Jacob from the crib.

"JB we have a surprise for you," Ryder lifted Jacob.

"Me?" Jacob rubbed his eye. I giggled and nodded as Ryder covered his eyes. We walked to Jacobs room and then Ryder uncovered his eyes. Jacob gasped and jumped out of his arms. He ran to the toy chest and then the bookshelf. He climbed onto the bed and looked over at us.

"Daddy and your uncles worked on it all day," Jacob giggled and ran over to Ryder. He gave Ryder a hug and smiled.

"Tank you!" Jacob giggled and Ryder smiled and lifted him off the ground.

"You're welcome, now let's go thank your uncles for all the help," Jacob nodded quickly and then we headed down the stairs. Ryder set Jacob down and he ran over to all the guys and thanked them. They all smiled and nodded.

"Of course Jacob, we hope you like it," Jacob nodded quickly and smiled at us.

"Night night?" Jacob pointed upstairs making us all laugh.

"Not right now sweetie, tonight," he nodded and ran into the kitchen. He came back with a brownie and smiled.

"Luca called, he said they lost their lead on Steve," I shuddered at the mention of his name. Did Ryder not tell them that he's dead?

"Maybe someone else got rid of him," Ryder set his hand on my back gently. "We'll have to be certain of this but, until then I still want everyone to keep searching," the guys all nodded and pulled out their phones.

"He had to leave something in that car," Lindsey walked in and then sat with Paul. "Some note or address that he just forgot about," the guys shrugged at the possibility.

"What about his room, did you guys search that?" May spoke up and Joe nodded.

"We turned it upside down, but nothing. Their were a few pictures and numbers but nothing important," Lindsey looked over at me. She stood up quickly.

"Where are they?" Alec looked at her confused but ran upstairs anyways. He brought down a bag and set them in front of her. "You remember the puzzles from high school?" Lindsey looked over at me and I nodded. I walked over to her and saw all the polaroids. It was mostly him and some of his family until I saw the one of me. I flipped it over quickly and saw the number on the back. I did it to all of them as Ryder joined the space beside me.

"Thats such a big range," May looked at all the numbers. It was single digits to almost four and five.

"It's not in order, it's a puzzle, in high school we had to do these to get prizes," I lifted up one of the pictures and flipped it over. I saw the numbers laced on the house.

"It's coded with the placement of the numbers from the picture and how the numbers match with the alphabet. Like 1 is a, 2 is b," I spoke and set the picture of the house on the very end.

"Usually it's addresses or locker numbers," Lindsey picked up one of the photos.

"And you think he purposely left this puzzle so we would find him?" Luke spoke and Lindsey shrugged.

"It's possible or maybe it's so Madelyn would go alone," I sighed and set the next photo to the numbers of the address.

"It's not for me to go, it's for you," I turned to Ryder and he looked shocked. "He wanted me dead, he had to leave this before the whole heist deal," I picked up the picture with my face. '4514' I set it back down. "It means dead, so he already had the crash planned," the guys looked stunned but nodded.