Desperado

part 12

this was rushed. i'll be sure to go back and fix any errors

fuck

my phone rings again and i quickly look down

ethan:
i'm not doing anything, when should i come?

i bite my bottom lip in hesitation. how did joey find me? did they get a letter telling them that they have the kids here?

i need to tell ethan everything. i need to get the kids and leave before joey gets to them

ethan:
is everything alright?

me:
can you please come over, i need to see you

i need to tell ethan about everything. i know he thinks that gabes team is gone and forgotten but i have to tell him

he's the only one who can protect me from this and tell me where everything is. i know ethan would do anything to keep the kids safe, he loves them.

"sophia!" i shout

she falls off her brothers bicycle and her knees scrap on the hard floor in the front yard

ethan runs to her side as she cries in pain. i stand from the chair and shake my head, "i told you to stop getting on jays bike!"

ethan picks her up gently and takes her inside the house as i follow behind him, he sits her on the kitchen counter as i cross my arms at sophia

"why did you do that?" i say

ethan wets a paper towel lightly putting it on sophias knee, sophia looks up at me, "i'm sorry mommy"

"it's okay sophia" ethan looks up at me, "she forgot. don't get mad at her"

"this is my third time telling her" i stare at ethan putting a band aid on her scraped knee

"i know but she just wants to have some fun. she's only 4" he kisses sophias cheek

i sigh, "i know i just hate having to always tell them to stop getting in trouble"

"don't worry about it babe. i'll take care of the trouble" ethan pecks my lips

"eww" sophia covers her eyes

ethan and i laugh, he pulls her off the counter and she runs back outside

"don't go back on that bike!" i shout loud enough for sophia to hear

ethan chuckles and tucks a piece of my hair behind my ear, "go upstairs and get some rest. i'll take care of them"

"you're to easy on them ethan"

"i would never let anything bad happen to them" he assured me

i leave my room and go down the stairs full on sobbing. i miss sophia and her cute little face with her pink small lips and jays smile and charming face

i just want my kids. i just wanna hug them, hold them in my arms and tell them they're okay

who knows what they are doing to them. being starved? abused? my eyes widen.