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Two months later:
Jared was leaning against the counter in the kitchen with Connor, Murphy and Eunice leaning across from him. They were all drinking coffee while the girls were eating their breakfast. They hadn't heard anything about Jillian or the men. Nothing had turned up, no sights of any of them. The girls had went back to their rooms a month after she was gone. They had been talking to Eunice's friend and were feeling better. Eunice had started spending more time with Jared. She had been collecting different picture of Jillian to make fliers up. They had sent them out to all the different police stations in Ohio so it was taking a lot of time.
" So nothing yet?" Jared asked Eunice. She shook her head.
" Nothing yet, I'm sorry." She said. Jared sighed and nodded.
" Don't they say the longer time a person is missing then less likely you will find them alive?" Jared asked. Murphy frowned as he crossed his arms over his chest. He looked away from the group. Connor noticed the tension in his brother.
" Sometimes that's the case but we don't feel that's the case with Jillian. Antonio is most likely to keeping her alive. He went through all the trouble to find her, he's not just going to kill her." Eunice said.
Six Months after Jillian was taken:
Murphy was staring into his beer at the bar. Connor and Doc were leaning against the bar at the other end. He had moved into the room Jillian had taken at their house and kept a framed picture of her by the bed. He also carried around a picture of her in his pocket. He was angrier when they dealt with their targets, he always questioned them about Jillian and Antonio before they killed them, even though he figured they knew nothing about her. He'd show them her picture, demanding information before Connor could stop him.
A few girls had tried to talk to him at the bar but he always turned them down. Sometimes he'd ignore them completely and sometimes he'd snap at them until Connor pulled him away. He hadn't let go of the idea that they would find her. He had plans for when they did, he was going to make the men pay for what they did, for taking her from him. He wasn't giving up on her or having a relationship with her.
One year after Jillian was taken:
Eunice pulled quickly into Jared's driveway in the morning. She knew she'd find all three of her boys in his kitchen, drinking coffee. She came out of her car and ran the best she could in her heels to his door and inside. As always, the girls were eating cereal at the table. Both girls said an excited hello to her. She smiled and kissed the tops of their heads before she went into the kitchen. All three men had their arms crossed over their chest and a coffee cup in a hand.
" We got a hit on our girl!" She said. Jared's and Murphy's arms dropped, almost spilling their coffee. " A young woman matching Jillian's description was brought into a hospital in a city in Ohio. She has been involved with some bust by the local police and that's all I know! We brought you three and Paul tickets on a plane that leaves this afternoon. We got you a rental car and hotel rooms so get your shit ready boys, you're are going to get our girl!"
" Are you serious? What am I going to do with the girls?" Jared asked as Connor and Murphy set down their cups. They were going to their house to pack their bags. They patted Eunice's shoulder as they walked past her.
" Don't you worry about your girls. I'm moving in to stay with them until you get back. We contacted the school already and told them you had to leave on the case for that FBI so everything is handled. Your girls and I are going to have a wonderful time." She said.
Jared set his cup down and walked over to her. He ran his hand through his short dark hair. Her heels made her tall but she was nothing to him. Jared was 6.4 so he looked down at her with a grin. He grabbed her by her neck and kissed her hard. They had been flirting together for a year but neither one had made a move. She had become a permanent member of the morning coffee club at his house and his girls adored her.
" When I bring my sister back, I'm taking you out a real date." He said against her mouth. She smiled as her hands came to his chest.
" I look forward to it." She said.
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Once they landed in Ohio the boys they were greeted by the local police department who led them to the hospital. The FBI had contacted the hospital and gave the doctor brief information about Jillian and Jared so they would give him information about her. Jared was still going to have to ID her because she was not conscience.
The boys met the doctor in charge of Jillian in the lobby of the hospital. They followed him to the fifth floor where the ICU was located. Murphy's shoulders were tense as they walked down the hall behind the doctor. He stopped at a room that was guarded by two cops. Paul showed them his badge and they were let into the room. Jared's stomach dropped to the floor.
Jillian was laying on her in back with a sheet pulled up to her chest. Her face was pale and thin. She had tube in her mouth and a few IVs in both arms. There was a heart monitor on her chest as it rose and flew rhythmically. She had a another monitor attached her finger. The skin under her eyes looked bruised.
" That is my sister." Jared said softly.
" What the hell happen to her?" Murphy asked. He felt sick to his stomach. Connor put his arm around his shoulders.
" We believe she is suffering from a drug overdose or some poison but we won't know until we get the blood test back." Doctor Nicholas said. " She went into cardiac arrest twice and if we turned the vent off, she won't breath on her own. Her still have brain activity so we know right now that she is alive, but her body just can't function on it's own right now."
" Can I touch her?" Jared asked.
" Sure. She's in a coma right now but we believe she will still be able to hear people talking to her." Doctor Nicholas said.
Jared slowly walked into the room and to the side of her bed. He sat down in the chair by her and placed his hand on hers. Her skin was cold against his. He leaned forward and swept his hand over her head, pushing the hair from her face. He took a hold of her hand and started rubbing her arm. Connor, Murphy and Paul came into the hospital room as the doctor excused himself.
" I'm sorry, boys." Paul said. " I wish we found her in better shape."
" We found her, she's alive, that's all we asked for." Connor said as he patted Paul's back. Murphy came around to her other side. He sighed as he ran his fingers over her hand.
" Touch her, Murphy. Hold her hand, please." Jared said. " She needs to feel all of us now." Murphy turned and pull a chair up to her side and sat down. He took her hand without looking away from her face.
All four men stayed in her room, listening to her heart monitor and the ventilator. None of them were talking. Connor had come forward and rubbed her leg through the blanket. Paul stepped out of the room and called Eunice then the police department. He received the whole report and returned back to her hospital room to give it to the boys.
" Well, she was found in a house during a police raid." Paul said as he stood at the end of her bed. " Antonto's men were killed in the shoot out but Antonio was arrested. Jillian was found in a bed room, just like this. The police called 911 and she was brought here."
" Antonio is in jail?" Connor asked.
" Yeah." Paul said as they looked at each other.
" I want to kill him." Murphy finally spoke up.
" Let me see what I can do." Paul said.
