Three Months Later

He'd expected to bring her home, she'd wanted to come home, made a big production of packing her suitcases, putting them into his rental car and told the house keeper to pack up the house for it to be sold later, she wanted to go home and make a fresh start for her, to become a better wife and mother.

Except the day before they were supposed to leave, she went out to ride Sadie one last time before Sadie was boarded up and sent to Willow Pond and never came back, he thought for a moment that she'd gotten spooked and just took off to clear her mind but when two days passed and still no word, he became concerned until he received an email from an blocked account, saying she'd changed her mind that they were all better off without her and that he was to file for divorce immediately citing abandonment, she'd never claim her rights to their children, basically she was signing away her rights as their mother and since she'd never really been around them because of the coma, it would have made no difference. The e-mail also encouraged him to move on with his life immediately.

And so he did, he was anger with her for leaving again and he didn't want her around the kids, she wasn't fit to be tide to be a wife and a mother and enough was enough, his heart broke too many times but it was time to move on.

But what he didn't know was that she hadn't ran away, she'd been returning Sadie to the sables when she was grabbed from behind and stuck in the arm with a sedative and thrown into a trunk, driven nearly 200 miles to the airport where she was transported in a body bag back to Los Angeles where she was again sedated for the next several days and eventually locked in a glass room unable to get herself out. She was unconscious for most of the time and wasn't even aware of what had happened to her.

Until late one night, she woke up from the darkness and struggled to figure out where she was, she knew she wasn't at home and that this bed felt so much bigger especially without Jonathan, she opened her eyes and realized that she was boxed in.

"Oh No, No!" She whispered quietly and struggled to get out of the bed but the heaviness in her head made it impossible and she sank back down, tears streaming down her face

Where was she and how did she get there?

Back in Willow Pond

Things had taken a drastic turn since Jonathan and Bailey's return from Maryland without Jennifer, the kids were angry and upset, believing Daddy had caused Mommy to leave again and wouldn't listen to any explanation and their silence only grew worse when Jonathan announced Phoebe would be moving in.

And move in She did, she completely redid the house, everything Jennifer had carefully picked out over the years was delegated to the garage and everything was redone in yellow and pink, making the house look like the walls were desperately crying for help, The only that remained of the past was the piano which Jack had thrown himself across it until Phoebe relented, swearing right after they were married, it would be gone .

She'd gone through Jennifer's closet and threw out her clothes, and shoes keeping only her jewelry because most of it was diamonds and gorgeous.

It was like a hostile takeover and Jonathan allowed it.

The power trip continued especially with the kids, who now had to share rooms because she'd taken over their rooms for her Office and Gym even though there was a gym down in the shed, but she claimed it was too far for her to go.

And the rules she created for them were ridiculous, they weren't allowed to go out and play after school, they were to remain in their rooms playing and not making noise, Only once a week did she allow them to have dinner with their Father, the rest of the time, the Nanny was supposed to serve them upstairs in their rooms. They could come out for food, water and bathroom breaks but that was it.

Dad time was gone, his time was better spent with her being swept up in her and seduction, it was like he was hypnotized

Their only freedom was when Phoebe would go out of town to plan the wedding, this lavish party to be held in one of the Best Hotels in San Francisco and her wedding planner insisted that she be there for every moment and because this woman was charging a fortune, Phoebe went.

Then the house would feel a little normal again, they could play and make as much noise as they wanted until the Porsche could be heard on the dirt road then they would scatter back upstairs as if they'd done nothing wrong

And gone were the days of jeans and crappy t-shirts, the girls were expected to wear skirts and alligator shirts while the boys wore dress shirts and khakis. Aurora nearly drove her tiny fist through the wall when Phoebe came sweeping through her new room that she was sharing with Bailey and threw out all her favorite clothes. Well attempted to throw out, Chase managed to grab the bags before the trash man came and hid them in the wine cellar.

All the kids were miserable and something had to be done, but at five, seven and eight there wasn't much they could do

Especially since they were being forced to take part in a wedding that they didn't want to deal with, the boys were expected to be ring bearers and the girls were to be flower girls, well just Bailey and Emma, Aurora did the dress fitting for her gown as expected but the moment it arrived at the house, she took it outside and set fire to it with the barbeque, her nose nearly burned off. Jonathan couldn't figure out she managed to figure it out to turn it on but when he caught her, Phoebe insisted on giving Aurora a spanking but Jonathan, who didn't believe in that type of punishment insisted instead she sit in time out and think about what she did

Which she did with a smug look on her face, quite proud of herself and it was decided she would sit in the back of the church with the other guests, because Phoebe was afraid she'd cause a scene.

Jack wanted to sit with Aurora but Phoebe insisted all the other children be in the wedding and not wanting to make things worse, he begrudgingly agreed.

Bailey, having returned with Jonathan after spending all that time with her mother, became severely depressed and refused to eat for days.

Emma wasn't surprised that Jennifer hadn't come back, she knew it was a long shot when her father went to Maryland to retrieve her but She was still hurt that her mother hadn't attempted to contact her. But she would never show her cards, she'd been taught from an early age that showing her hand too early would only backfire and to allow the other person to play out their hand.

Chase wasn't sure what was going on, he just knew that the once happy life he had known was gone and that Phoebe was determined to drive their father away, the thought made him so sad and he cried himself to sleep, sometimes Bailey would hear him and she'd climb into bed with him, promising things would get better, that Mommy would come to her senses and come home.

If anything, the Hart children became even closer, they had to. It was them versus her and she was winning.

For Now

Somewhere in LA

Jennifer's sedation had worn off and she was finally alert enough become more aware of her surroundings, the walls were heavy glass and the closets were blocked off by cement bricks. It was a bunker of some sort.

Except this bunker had a bed, a dresser with a lamp , a mini fridge and a television, all the comforts of home except this was more like being a prisoner of war.

She felt around the walls hoping to find some sort of switch that would open the glass walls but there was none, at least not in her sights. Her frustration grew and she kicked the glass.

"Temper, Temper," a voice said, Jennifer hadn't realized she wasn't alone, she'd been so preoccupied trying to find a way out, she hadn't realized the glass was a two way, Suddenly lights came on and the figure who had spoken came forward.

Phoebe!

"You Bitch! Why have you done this?"

"Because I knew if you came back, you'd take what was mine and frankly, we don't need that,"

"We?"

"Jonathan and I have built a life and you need to stop interfering!"

"We had a life together before you ever came into the picture, a family and nothing is going to change that,"

"Honey, you were in a coma for five years, how can you call that a life, I've built him up, made him a better man than you could ever imagine,"

"So what's your plan now? You can't keep me here forever, soon or later someone is going to realize I dropped off the face of the planet."

"After Jonathan and I are married, and those brats of yours are shipped off to a Swiss Boarding School, my boys here are going to take you on a little trip to Catalina,"

"You hurt my kids and I'll rearrange your pretty little face," Jennifer threatened her

"Oh Suddenly Mama bear is going to protect her lionesses, how sweet," Phoebe heckled her

"Correct me if I'm wrong but how can my husband marry you when he's still married to me, it's bigamy and I refuse to sign any divorce papers"

"I've already taken care of that,"

"You know, if you used to your powers for good instead of evil, the world would be a much better place," Jennifer said bitterly

"Now you just sit pretty and my friend Michael will see to your needs," Phoebe said before leaving the room leaving behind a 6'4 270 lanky man with a deep scar across his forehead, like it was from a lobotomy

"Got a crow bar, Mike or maybe a cake with a nail file," Jennifer said dropping herself down on the bed

Michael only grunted

Willow Pond

Jonathan was at his desk, clearing up some paper work before the wedding when he heard Chase and Aurora yelling at each downstairs, the kids had become so quiet that the sound of them fighting was refreshing

"Put it back!" She yelled

"No it's mine!" Chase yelled

"Daddy's going to be angry, put it away before He finds out!"

"No, Aurora it's mine!"

Jonathan walked out of his office and looked over the banister that lead to the living room to see them playing tug of war with a picture frame

"Hey, what's going on?" he called

"Uh Oh No, Daddy," Chase whispered putting the frame behind his back

"It's nothing, we're sorry we bothered you, we'll go upstairs and play quietly, Come on Chasey," Aurora took her brother by the jacket and led him up the stairs, they got halfway up the stairs before Jonathan stopped them

"What's that?" Jonathan asked pointing to Chase's arm around his back

"Nothing, something we found in a box but we'll put it back later," Aurora said

"Let me see that," He held out his hand

"Daddy, no"

"Aurora Jennifer…"

Aurora sighed and took the frame from behind her brother's hand, she pressed it frame down in Jonathan's, he turned it over to find the picture Max had taken of Him and Jennifer on Hart One, their plane, when she'd made a crack about being putty and they had stood up to kiss, Max had snapped it without them realizing. It was her favorite picture.

His too

"Wow, I had forgotten about this," He said sitting down on the steps

"We'll put it back Daddy," Chase said sitting next him "But first tell us about the picture"

"Your Mommy, loved to tease me about how much we loved each other and how we would do anything for each other. It was the best part of our relationship, nothing came before or after us. And we made sure to tell each other that every single day."

"Did she love us," It was a question that he'd asked himself and his siblings a million times but could never work up the courage to ask his Daddy especially knowing how much he loved as much as they did.

"Chase!" Aurora admonished her brother and reached across her Daddy to hit him

"It's alright, Yes Chase, She loves you so much, she loved before you were born and she loves you now" Jonathan's heart broke and his anger built, how could she just leave them again? Before it was out of her hands, now she had just simply walked away. What was going through her mind? She wasn't the person he'd married, he wasn't sure he ever knew who she really was.

"Daddy," Chase paused, his brown eyes wrinkled in confusion, "What's going to happen when you marry Phoebe?"

"Well, She's going to be your mother, "

"But we already have a mommy, "

"When Mommy comes back, you'll have two Mommies"

"Phoebe will NEVER my mommy!" Aurora stomped up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door

"Daddy, are you going to ship us to a boarding school," Chase asked quietly

"What? Never! Where did you hear that?" He wrapped his arms around Chase, who seemed so much smaller than usual

"Emma heard Phoebe on the phone, saying that once you guys were married, we would sent to boarding school and we would only see you at Christmas," Chase's eyes filled with tears

"That's never going to happen," Jonathan was appalled, "you guys belong here with me and that's all there is,"

Chase stood up, "You always tell us lying is wrong, then why are you lying?"

"I'm not, I know things have been crazy but I promise things are not going to change that much,"

Chase was every much his mother's son and when he shook his head sadly and walked away, it was like looking into the reflection

Jonathan looked down at the picture frame in his hands , "Damn you,"

BACK IN THE BUNKER

She'd tried everything to break the glass, using a chair, her foot anything but the glass wouldn't crack, she even broke a piece of the bed frame but nothing.

Her frustration was building and her curiosity about why Jonathan hadn't come to rescue her already, he always rescued her when she was in trouble. Maybe it was only a matter of time but until then she needed to come up with a plan.

She lay down on the bed with her hand, Feeling the coldness of the diamond band Jonathan had put on her hand when she realized that diamonds can cut glass.

Suddenly the door burst opened and Michael came in with her dinner tray, for kidnappers, they certainly fed her well, her once loose jeans were becoming tighter and tighter and the dresses that hung in the closet were a size too small..

"Here," He shoved a plate of macaroni and cheese with broccoli at her

A wave of nausea came over her when she took the plate in her hands, she shoved it back into his hands and reached for the waste basket by the bed and got sick

Michael rushed forward throwing the tray on the bed , pulling her hair back and allowed her some dignity

When she was done, he asked if she was alright and when she replied that maybe the cause of her sickness was lack of fresh air, he smirked and walked back out, sealing back the glass door.

She threw the macaroni aside and went to work, attempting to score the glass, she didn't want to press too hard to break the glass but also ruin her ring.

She'd made an indent when she heard the footsteps on coming down the stairs, she jammed her ring back on her finger and jumped back into the bed

"Hold her down," Phoebe's voice rang out

"What, why?" Jennifer asked frantically as Michael and one of Phoebe's other goons

"With the wedding this weekend, I can't be around to look after you so I'm moving you to another bunker,"

"No way!" Jennifer jumped up and nearly clothes-lined Phoebe trying to get past her, but Michael and his Buddy grabbed her arms and pinned her down and Phoebe jammed a needle into her arm.

The darkness came over her and she melted into it

Back at Willow Pond

Jonathan had feed the kids and put them to bed, Bailey refused to speak to him per usual and Emma took her dinner up to her room, Jack was complaining that his belly hurt and insisted on a Ginger Ale Chaser, which was jelly crackers dipped in Ginger Ale and Aurora and Chase ate in front of the television. When he asked them to come to the dinner table , Aurora rolled her eyes and ignored him while Chase gleefully jumped up and Joined his Daddy.

He was waiting for Phoebe to come home, it was hours past when she was expected and he was beginning to get nervous when he heard her come through the door downstairs

"Hi Baby!" She strolled through the door and saw him sitting upright waiting

"Where have you been?" He demanded to know

"I was with the wedding planner, Baby, perfection takes time,"

"And you couldn't have called?"

She knew what would change his mind and his tone by seductively taking off her clothes, except his frustration wasn't dissipating

"What did you tell the kids?"

"The Kids," The one thing that caused her to lose her sex drive was the mention of the kids

"They seem to think we're shipping them off, where did they get that idea,"

In her mind, Phoebe was mentally kicking herself, she knew she would need more time to get in his mind the idea of shipping them off, In the meantime, she removed all of her clothes and climbed into bed

"Baby, They misunderstood, I said to Fredrick that I thought we should spend Christmas in Switizerland, it's hard to interpret a conversation you half hear," She pressed her body against his.

"I guess your right," He kissed her lips and they began to make love.