"Sweetheart open your door please…"

"What the hell were you doing in my office?" I was hit in the stomach. I turned down to Beth who was glaring at me. "She wouldn't be so upset if she wasn't snooping."

"You're a criminal!" She screamed at me, behind her door and I groaned hitting my head on the wood. "How could you keep something like that from me? You're a murderer and a drug dealer, and…"

"To be fair, so is your mother." Again I was smacked in the stomach and I chuckled behind a huge grin. "Hannah banana the things your mother and I have done have been strictly for you and your wellbeing. I haven't killed anyone who didn't deserve it and what you were seeing about the drugs was to stop the dealers. I have never done drugs or dealt them to anyone." Beth nodded in agreement and I wrapped an arm around her. "We never told you because if you had known the truth you would have hated us and turned us into the police." Beth sighed in my arms and laid her head on my chest.

"I…I never would have…hated you guys…or turned you in." I smiled and leaned against the frame of her door. "It was just…scary." I heard the click of the lock and then it pulled open slowly. She wiped under her left eye and looked between Beth and myself. "You guys…are really criminals?" Both of us nodded but Beth reached forward taking her hands in hers.

"Only because we have to be. If you want to think of it like this, your dad and I are sort of like vigilantes. We protect everyone from the bad guys." She sniffled and turned up to me. I reached out slowly and wiped away a single final tear. She quickly pushed forward not my arms and I held around both of them. "And your dad is right. Next time you want to go into his office seriously think about what you will find." She nodded against me and I let out a low, soft sigh.

NEXT DAY

I walked up the pathway to Logan's house blinking away the soft rain drops hitting my face. When I reached the door before I could even reach up to knock the door pulled open and kids ran out, screaming, all wearing rain coats and boots. I moved out of the way just in time for Abbey to run past me zipping up a jacket. "Stay in the yard! And do not take off your coats." I raised my eyebrows as she groaned and turned to me. "Logan's in the basement. Why couldn't you bring Beth? I could use some help today. Of all the days she calls in…" I smiled and shook my head.

"She's having a mother daughter day with Hannah because she found out last night." Abbey turned to me fast mouth dropped. "Yeah she walked into my office and saw a bunch of pictures and some of my guns. She freaked out."

"Is she okay?" I nodded and Abbey sighed putting her hands on her hips. "Well she was going to find out anyway. At least she isn't a kid anymore." She turned and walked down the stairs to go back to watching the kids.

"Wait…not a kid anymore?" She only giggled and nodded. I shook my head and turned into the warm and messy house. I stepped over toys and stuffed animals and coloring books making my way to the closed door, leading down to the basement. As soon as I opened the door I could smell the smoke and stepped in quick shutting the door so Abbey wouldn't find out. "Mitchell?" I stepped down the stairs to find him sitting on a chair in front of a computer desk. He turned to me, took off his glasses and threw them on the desk. "Hey blindy." He flipped me off and took a long drag from a cigarette. "I thought you quit?"

"I did." He put it out and leaned back putting his hands behind his head. "I just got off the phone with Carlos. He's doing a run on the Jack guy. We still don't know where he actually lives." I nodded and sat in the chair across form him. "You look like shit old man."

"My 15 year old daughter found out what kind of man I am last night." He raised an eyebrow and I sat back raising a leg and resting it on the corner of the black desk. "She found pictures, guns, police reports…it was bad. She was crying, screaming at me and Beth. We got her calmed down but she still seems freaked out around me."

"Just you?" I nodded and he shrugged his shoulders. "What is she doing today?" I gave him a stupid look and he chuckled. "All I'm saying is she is her mother's daughter."

"Meaning?"

"If she could, she would try to dig up more and find out why you guys do it."

"Well Beth is taking her out today, so maybe she'll tell her everything." He nodded and we both sighed out at the same time. "How's everything going with…" I nodded upstairs and his whole attitude and expression changed. He tensed up and leaned forward lighting another smoke. "You want to talk about it?" I couldn't really imagine what kind of horrible thing could be going on in their perfect lives but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. "Or we can talk about something else." I eyed him closely as he exhaled a puff of smoke around my faced and I waved it away.

"I need you to do something for me." I continued to watch him as he stood up and walked over to a filing cabinet. "About a week ago I got a little suspicious with Abbey going out at night, coming home at about 6 in the morning." He turned back to me a file in hand. He tossed it on the desk in front of me and I felt my throat swell up. "I couldn't take it anymore. When I got home last night, again she was gone, so I went out to find her." He sat down hard and took a long drag. "I really wished I hadn't. Open it up." I swallowed hard and quickly opened it up. I sat back and turned away. The first picture was of my sweet innocent sister in law in nothing but a pair of black laced panties. Nothing else. I had never seen her naked before but her she was. That wasn't the problem. It was the guy behind her, with his hand son her hips. It wasn't Logan. "I don't know how long it's been going on, why it is, or who this fuck is, but I want you to figure it out." I turned to him quick and shook my head.

"Why me?"

"Because I trust you. And because she would know if I sent Carlos or her brother after her. You guys have an odd relationship." He chuckled to himself and I sat up, clenching my fists.

"And what happens when I find everything out for you?" We locked eyes and he put the cigarette out int eh ash tray.

"Well she is obviously fucking some guy behind my back which means…" He raised an eyebrow and I laughed.

"She's also the mother of your three kids."

"Are you in or not?"

"What do I get form this?" He sat back and turned to face his computer on his desk. He sighed out and cleared his throat.

"I got a pretty sweet travel deal form some guy. Three tickets to anywhere in the world, for free." He turned to me and grinned. "All expenses paid. I know Beth has been bugging you about a vacation with Hannah." He wiggled his eyebrows and I stood up , closing the file, and putting it under my arm.

"You are an evil bastard Logan Mitchell." I heard the basement door open and started walk into the stairs.

"Love you too old man." As I got to the stairs I stopped, suddenly feeling very awkward. Abbey was walking down, in her jeans, and a plain white shirt that was now drenched. It was see through and for a second I saw her naked breast again. I looked down and moved out of her way.

"What does he have you doing now?" She walked past me and I watched her walk to Logan, who was staring at her. "I'm going to make some lunch. You hungry?" She slightly turned him and wrapped an arm around his neck, sitting on his lap.

"Uhm…yeah." I glanced between the two and cleared my throat. Abbey turned to me, but I saw Logan stare up at her neck. I figured there was a hickey or something and it made me worried. Mostly for Beth. If Logan was serious about how he was going to take care of his wife, a.k.a. Beth's little sister.

"I'll call you later Loges." He turned to me and nodded, swallowing hard. I hurried up the stairs but not before I heard Abbey.

"Is he okay?" I walked out fast and shut the door hard. I heard screaming kids everywhere and quickly made my way through them. As I walked out, almost shutting the door, it was stopped.

"Uncle Kendall!" I turned to see my nephew, JJ walked out to me, zipping his hoodie. He was barely 14, but already looked exactly like his dad. Just taller. He got that form his mom's side. "I need some advice." I nodded and he shut the door. "Normally I'd go to my mom or dad, and normally I wouldn't even talk about this…but I'm desperate."

"If you say anything about a boner or a girl I'm leaving." He looked up at me horrified and I smiled. "What's up kid?"

"I asked my best friend to go out with me tonight and now I don't think I can go."

"Why?"

"Because…what if I ruin our date and she hates me forever and then I don't have a best friend anymore?" He looked up at me through big brown soft eyes, much like his mom and I sighed patting his shoulder.

"JJ. You obviously asked this girl out for a reason. You like her, yeah?" He nodded and I chuckled. "Then just go out with her have fun and stop thinking so much! Use your heart like your mom and not your brain like your dad." I ruffled his hair and he smiled.

"Thanks Uncle Ken." I nodded and started walking away. "Hey can you tell Hannah Dylan had a blast last night?" I froze and turned slowly.

"What?" He nodded and gave me two thumbs up.

"Yeah I was surprised when you even let her go out with him. Dylan is known as the "love 'em and leave 'em type. But Hannah's a smart girl. See you Uncle Ken!" He ran back in his house leaving me out on the sidewalk, completely out of breath.

"What?" It was all I could manage.