Chapter 12

He had meant through the sheet, so AJ was shocked when she lowered it like that. But he knew that he didn't have long before Webb would come and make him leave, so he reached out and rested his hand on their child. The baby gave a good firm kick when he felt his father's touch, and AJ's eyes flew to Sarah's. "That was amazing!" he told her with a smile.

"That depends on which side you feel the kick from," she smiled. "AJ, please take us with you. I love you and have been so lonely. I'd give up everything just to be with you."

"As much as I would love that, I can't do it to you, Sarah. I will find a way to watch over you and keep informed about you and the baby, do you have a name picked out for him yet?" he asked, hoping to distract her from the topic of going with him. The thought of never seeing her again was killing him and he knew that she could not go with him.

"Now I know you're alive, I'll find you, AJ. I'll follow you the ends of the earth, just to be with you. You know I'm a good investigator and I'll leave no stone unturned to have you near me and our son," swore Sarah. "If you don't believe me, then just look behind you one day, and there I'll be.

"Don't, Sarah, please! Just live your life and raise our son. Maybe one day you will even find someone you can be happy with. I pray that you do, I don't want you to be alone," he swallowed back the tears. "So, you have not picked out a name yet?"

"Yes, I have his name picked out. He will be named after the man I love and his father, Albert Jethro Chegwidden, Jr.," she quietly stated. "There will never be another man for me, AJ, so you leaving me to live a lonely life. If I didn't love you so much I could almost hate you."

Pulling the sheet up over her body, so he wouldn't be tempted any more than he already was, he said softly, "Then hate me for this too." He bent over and took her lips in a passionate kiss. The kiss that should have happened years ago in this very room. He didn't want that kiss to ever end, but he finally had to pull away before he climbed into that bed with her and stayed. "Goodbye, Sarah, never forget that I love you, and choose another name for our son, he shouldn't have to go through life with a name he will hate."

The door opened and Clay came inside and saw that Sarah was awake. "What did you do? Wake her up after you promised not to AJ?" he growled, as his eyes traveled over her body covered only by a thin sheet.

"Shut up, Clay, and lets get out of here!" he turned and as he reached the door, he looked back…he couldn't help himself.

"NO, AJ! I'LL FOLLOW, I SWEAR!" cried Sarah.

"Please don't, Sarah," he whispered as he walked out of the room.

Climbing out of the bed, dragging the sheet with her. She wrapped it around her and ran after AJ.
"Please, darling, take me with you. Think, what if I were to die giving birth, what would happen to our child?"

He shuddered at the thought, and almost paused in his rush to get out of the house, but he knew if he looked back now he would not be able to leave.

Sarah grabbed Webb by the arm and yanked him around to face her. "You, bastard, you knew he was alive at the funeral and let me believe he was dead. How could you be so cruel?"

"I couldn't tell you! He was still at death's door at that point, it wasn't until that day that you told me about the brain tumor that we were able to get him on the road to recovery!" Clay told her.

"Still, you knew he was alive all this time and could have told me! How in the hell did he get out of that lab with the toxin in the air?" she demanded.

To be continued….