I wanted to move. To get up, and go to the bathroom, and maybe wash my face and get a hard drink. But the sleeping bundle of blue was far too cute, and I was far too scared to even breath. Gabriel had been asleep for about half an hour and he of course chose to sleep on me. I honestly think, because he had several people around him he thought I wouldn't question him about what happened this morning. However, when Kendall and James said they had to do some work in his office, I took Gabe out to the living room, with Carlos, after we ate a huge breakfast. He sat on me, but I had to know how the hell Chris got in the house, Apparently Gabe was awake, and was just coming to wake me up, to help him make breakfast. But he saw Chris out on the patio, sitting by himself. Gabe got way too excited and opened the patio door. Which, Carlos explained to me once Gabe was asleep, that Kendall's alarm only went off when someone from the outside came in. Not the other way around. So that explained why no alarm went off. But how or why Chris got Gabe to go out to that ocean was never explained. I think Gabe thought he would get in trouble, so insisted he was tired, crawled on my lap in the huge dark blue sweater gave him, and fell asleep fast. And here I was.
I turned my head slowly looking at my oldest friend, who was looking down at his phone, while also writing something in one of his many notebooks he used for his class. I cleared my throat, gently, and quietly getting his attention fast. He looked up smiling small and took off his glasses, he only used to read and write. I motioned down to Gabe and he chuckled putting his notebook to the side standing up. "I have to pee." He laughed again at my whisper and I slowly started to push myself up. Carlos put a hand on Gabriel's back as I slowly moved him down to lay on the couch. I kept looking at his face to see if he woke up, but when he was on his side, his head on a pillow Carlos quickly placed there, I saw he was still sound asleep. I gently tucked his short legs under the sweater covering him and stood up slowly. I bent down quick however, and kissed his head, closing my eyes, inhaling his scent. I had no idea how, or why I could leave him, after everything I've gone through this morning, but I had to pee so bad.
"It's alright Loges. I'll be here." My back was rubbed gently, making me open my eyes and stand up straight, nodding. Carlos clapped my back as he went back to his notebook pushing his glasses back up on his nose. I gave Gabe one last sad look, before turning and walking out of the living room fast, my only destination the bathroom. And once I was done, I would be right back out with my sleeping son.
I went pee quick and then took a few minutes, splashing water on my face. Between all the crying, the sweat from being absolutely terrified, and even the blood that trickled from my mouth, my face had been through quite a bit. Splashing my face with water, made me suddenly want to take a shower, but I didn't want to be away from Gabe any longer. After drying my face, I picked up the pile of clothes Gabe had left in here, when he changed into his swim trunks and opened up the door. I stopped, frowning fast seeing both Kendall and James leaning against the wall opposite the bathroom. I opened my mouth to ask what was going on, but Kendall moved forward and took the clothes from my hands. "We need to talk to you." I swallowed hard nodding and Kendall turned quick and walked off towards his kitchen.
"Come on dude…" James grabbed my shoulder and pulled me softly towards Kendall's office at the end of the hallway. He walked in first and went to the computer desk, sitting down, closing a yellow folder. I sighed out sitting in the rather large, comfortable arm chair in the corner, sort of far away from the cabinet I had seen earlier, full of guns and bullets. Just because Kendall was C.I.A. didn't mean I have to see it all the time. I pulled my legs up to my chest hearing what sounded like Kendall's washing machine starting, and hugged around them, yawning loudly staring at James. "How you doing bud?" I chuckled putting my head back and closed my eyes. "I don't think I know anyone tougher than you."
"I was a crying asshole James. Hardly puts me in that category." James laughed as I heard soft footsteps walk in, and I raised my head opening my eyes seeing Kendall walking in. He gently tossed a water bottle to James and took the seat next to him sipping form his own bottle. "What's going on?" Kendall eyed me as he lowered the bottle and swallowed hard.
"Well…" He sat back raising one leg up on the other and licked his lips. I couldn't help but think he did that for my benefit. Because ever since he literally rescued my kid, I have had nothing but horny ass feelings for him. Him licking his lips didn't help that. "Tell me about your dad." I froze but felt my face twist into confusion.
"He died when I was young Kendall. I already told you that." He glanced over to James who was looking at me, holding the yellow folder he closed as soon as we walked in. James turned to Kendall fast, who nodded once. James cleared his throat, sitting up straight and opened the folder, pulling out a piece of paper. He raised it and turned it to me, both staring at me. Automatically I frowned sitting up, lowering my legs and put my feet on the ground. "Who is that?" I was looking at a picture of an older looking man, with a thick long grey beard, and dark Aviator sunglasses on his eyes.
"Tell me about your dad Logan." I turned to Kendall fast and raised my eyebrows.
"Did you go deaf all of a sudden? My dad is dead Kendall."
"What was your dad's name?" I slouched sitting forward and he pointed to the picture. "Was it John Mitchell? Or Jonathan Mitchell? Did he have a tattoo of a cross on the back of his neck? Is he missing a thumb on his right hand?" I felt my stomach flip about a billion times as Kendall took the picture from James and brought it closer to me. "Was your dad in a crime family back in your home town of Duluth?" I swallowed hard, looking down and put my hands on my legs. "Logan…"
"He wasn't in the crime family. He ran the crime family." I looked up fast seeing both James and Kendall lean forward, giving me blank stares. "He was ruthless and heartless. I used to look up to him but when my mom got sick, he turned into this cold monster who killed people and dealt drugs to criminals. My mom left him when I was 13. Ever since that day, when we moved out, I have told people my dad died, and I lost all contact with him."
"The last time anyone saw him, he was getting on a plane to go to Brazil." I nodded looking at James who looked back down at his folder shaking his head. "It pains me to say this Logan, but we have some intelligence indicating your dad hired those guys to kidnap your son." My mouth parted fast, and he rolled his way over to me, in his desk chair. "Chris said he heard your dads name thrown around quiet a bit. He was under the assumption he was in charge. However." James stopped in front of me, raising another picture and showed a picture of my dad, or at least I assumed my dad, standing with a bald, young looking guy, both smoking cigars. "We know this man standing with him, to be Demetri Sokolov, who is the same man we are trying to catch in the act of selling humans." I sat back in my chair fast and reached out for the picture in James's hand. I took it from him, and looked directly at the man they were saying, was my father. I hadn't seen him in 22 years. And it didn't look like the years had been good to him. Not that I cared. But it was weird to see him. To see the man, I grew to hate and promised I would never see again…to see him as the same piece of shit scumbag I knew back then was nauseating. "I know its…difficult to hear. But we are worried. And not just us. Our fellow colleagues and our boss. They think because he's your dad, he will continue to come after you and Gabe." I lowered the picture fast looking at James who sighed out and sat back in his chair. "We are going to be placing you and Gabe under a protected surveillance." I sat up fast, throwing the picture at him shaking my head.
"No, you're not." James sighed turning to Kendall who chuckled leaning forward.
"Told you he wouldn't go for it." I gave a dirty look to Kendall who stood up setting his water bottle on the computer desk and walked to me. "What if I told you, you and Gabe wouldn't have to go anywhere? That you two could stay here with me?" I looked down fast, at my legs and shrugged. "We are teetering right now with this asshole and if word gets out that we are C.I.A agents they will come after not only us, but you and Gabe and Carlos, and kill you. We need to make sure you are safe. The only way I can do that, is if you stay with an agent who can handle the situation. Because I figured you'd be stubborn as fuck, I'm willing to be that agent."
"And when you're off fighting bad guys, rescuing more people?" I looked up to see Kendall giving me a confused look. I sighed out leaning into him as he squatted down in front of me. He put his hands on my knees and I put mine on his neck. "Who will be here with me, and Gabe when you go to work?"
"Someone we both trust with our lives." Both Kendall and I turned to James who smirked raising his water bottle to his lips. Kendall opened his mouth to speak but stopped short hearing a doorbell ring throughout his house. "Perfect timing." James jumped out of his chair and bolted out the door. Kendall groaned loudly standing up and dragged me along with him. I clutched onto his hand as we walked down the hallway hearing Kendall's front door open. "Damn man! It's good to see you." I wanted to scream at James, hearing him talk so loudly knowing my child was asleep. But as Kendall walked me to his front door, Carlos walked out of the living room, holding onto my sleeping child rubbing his eyes, yawning loudly. Carlos looked at us, but I shrugged and let Kendall continue to walk me out to the front door. However, we stopped short, which made me run into Kendall but glance around him watching James walk down the two steps to get to us. "Look who is in town man." James stepped out of the way and I came face to face with a younger, super attractive guy. He had jet black hair, combed over to one side, almost too perfectly. And the perfection didn't stop at his hair. His face was clear, smooth and so damn good looking, I couldn't look long. But I did notice his big bright blue eyes, perfect button nose, and gorgeous, wide, winning smile. And as he got closer to us, I could smell his cologne, and I couldn't help but feel my knees go weak.
"Hey Kendall." As if he couldn't get any more desirable, he had a thick, amazing English accent. Because why not. "I hear you and James got yourselves into some trouble." Kendall squeezed my hand tight as this tall, buff, almost as buff as Kendall walked towards us, looking down at me. "This must be Logan. I'm sorry I couldn't get here in time to help get your son back, but I'm glad he's safe." I felt Carlos get next to me and saw Gabe in Carlos's arms.
"You sound funny mister." I snapped to Gabe fast, letting Kendall go and rushed to him. Carlos was chuckling as Gabriel reached out to me. I took him fast and shook my head looking at him. He looked sleepy but had a little devilish smirk on his face.
"To be fair Mister Gabriel, you sound funny to me too." Gabriel laughed out very loudly and I turned back to the tall guy as he approached us, extending his hand. I reached out fast, after putting Gabe on my hip and shook this guys hand, quick. "Steven Miller. At your service."
"James." I turned to see Kendall reaching out, grabbing the back of James's neck pulling him hard. Kendall shoved James to the hallway and once they disappeared I turned to Carlos frowning. Carlos chuckled and moved forward, throwing himself at the huge guy fast.
"Kendall is going to kill him one of theses days. After you of course." Carlos laughed under the guy, pushing away and turned to me quick.
"Logan…I don't know what Kendall has told you, but Steven is his ex." I swallowed hard bouncing Gabe on my hip, to readjust him and forced an awkward smile. "I'm going to assume, James called you to talk with Logan and Gabe?" Steven laughed but nodded, putting his hands into the pockets of his jeans. I stepped forward getting both of them to look at me.
"I'm sorry…why?" Steven opened his mouth and as he took a tiny step towards me, I caught a glimpse of the impressive muscles under the tight white t-shirt he had on. But before he spoke, that beautiful British accent, a hand cupped the small of my back and Kendall got beside me.
"Steven is a phycologist. He specializes in victims of traumatizing crimes." I quickly pulled Gabe tight into me making Steven smile small down at us, nodding. "Sorry to come off rude…or cold. It was a shock to see you, is all." Steven looked to Kendall and nodded, still smiling. "Why don't we all go sit down and have some coffee, while we talk." Kendall turned me quick and pushed me to the table, keeping his hand on me. "When he leaves, I will explain everything." I nodded letting him pull a chair out for me, to sit. When I did, Gabe pushed off me and yawned loud again.
"Daddy I need to potty." I nodded letting him get off my lap and run off to the bathroom. I watched the whole way, until I heard the door shut and turned back to the table seeing Carlos and James sitting on either side of Steven, on the other side of us.
"So…from what James told me, Gabriel was kidnapped this morning, but brought back rather quickly?" I nodded as Kendal rubbed the back of my neck and Steven leaned forward. "By your ex-husband?" I nodded again, and he sighed out shaking his head. "And this is somehow revolved around your new case?" Steven looked over to Kendall who I could see nod. "What is your current plan?"
"Our seller is being rather difficult. It's been hard to get him to trust us. I think we need to start shelling out money." Steven nodded fast reached down below the table and quickly put a tiny notepad on the table, opening it fast. "Please don't analyze me." Kendall said it quietly making Steven chuckle as he wrote something down. Kendall sighed out hard and I reached under the table rubbing his leg. Before anyone said anything else, I felt my pheon vibrate in my jeans and pulled it out fast. I frowned at the unknown name and number and hung it up putting it back on the table.
"Who was that?"
"Unknown." I turned to Kendall as he nodded, sitting back in his chair. "So, do you…" I was stopped by my phone ringing again and I shook my head seeing unknown once more. I went to hang it up, but Kendall grabbed my hand gently.
"Maybe you should answer that." I frowned looking at him as he quickly slid the phone to answer and put it on speaker. I heard a ruffle of something on the other end and Kendall nudged me. I cleared my throat and looked over at the other three across form me.
"Hello?" There was a dark deep chuckle on the other end that made me freeze.
"Hello Logan." The deep male voice gave me chills as James leaned forward suddenly looking interested.
"Who is this?" He laughed again, and I swallowed hard seeing Kendall also leaning forward.
"I'm not surprised you don't' recognize my voice. It's been what…22 years?" I saw James and Kendall jump out of their seats and run down the hall. "I hope you can put our shitty past in the past for a minute. I would like to see you." I saw Steven nod his head fast as he stood up writing something fast on a piece of paper. He raised it fast and I swallowed hard reading keep him talking. I locked eyes with him as he nodded furiously and tap the paper. "I don't like hearing nothing from you Logan."
"Where?" Steven sat down fast and went back to writing.
"About…5 minutes away from your current location, is a small carnival." I felt my stomach twist as Kendall and James came back in, and James placed a laptop next to my phone, quickly attaching a cord to my phone, and computer. "I will be sitting on a bench, next to a red and white striped snow cone tent. You will come alone, and you will come in an hour. If you fail to do either of those things, I will come after your boyfriend, I will come after your friends, and I will come after Gabriel again." I covered my mouth fast, so I wouldn't sob out loudly and squeezed my eyes shut. "DO we have an understanding Logan?" I lowered my hand fast and saw Steven tapping the 'keep him talking' note.
"Yes-yes." A hand gripped the back of my neck as I heard the bathroom door open from behind me.
"Good. Now do me one more favor. Bring a picture of your son. I would like to see what my grandson looks like." I covered my mouth again as I heard a click from the phone, and the call ended.
"Fuck…I didn't get the trace."
"Daddy?" I spun fast seeing Gabriel staring at me wide eyed. "Are you okay?"
With such an easy question to answer, I couldn't force even one word out.