Emma burst into tears and Jay bent to her "It's okay baby, it's okay" he hugged her tight and she clung to him for her life.
"Emma." was a voice, and the two gasped and turned, Jay still holding Emma to his side. Tracker.
Jay madly raised his gun and Emma screamed, and put her hand on his arm, "Jay no, please no!" she begged for her fathers life. She knew he did awful, horrible things, but this was her Dad, and he really did love her and tried to give her everything. He was just so miserable without her mom, the money got too dirty.
"Jay," Tracker just greeted, standing in the door way even though a gun was pointed at him.
Jay glanced at Emma, seeing her crying her eyes out, her wedding dress all bloody, the hand on his arm showing off their wedding ring.
"You killed him." Jay said, trying to remiind himself why he had to do it, aiming and going to click the gun off at Tracker.
"NO!" Emma pleaded him and he shut his eyes tight, not being able to thing right with her.
"She won't forgive you if you kill me." Tracker told Jay but glanced down and back at him, "If what it's worth... I'm sorry about your father."
"Not you're not!" spat Jay.
"Jay, my wife told me that Snake had taken her, and Rayne had raped her." Tracker tried to explain, "And then getting my daughter kidnapped? And this all about the STUPID money... you can understand my wrath."
Jay shook madly, and tried to focus harder.
"Jay?" a females voice sounded, outside in the hall. Jay swallowed hard and he looked a mess as soon as Spike came into few.
Tracker stepped back more into the room as she stepped in, her eyes cornered on him carefully. "Spike." he choked out.
A few of the family buisness body gaurds followed after her, and she looked at Jay sadly, "Jay, he isn't worth it." she told him.
"But.."
"Rayne filled your head with anger." his mom sadly said and shook her head, "You can't let this buisness be so bloody anymore."
He looked away and shook his head, "There no getting out of it."
"you're right." she agreed, "But Rayne is dead and that puts you finally in the spot you deserve, the boss. You can end this war, and we can be on our way.. back to robbing banks and no more deaths on our hands" she glanced over to Emma beside him, softening a little.
She was pretty. No wonder her son married her so fast.
She looked over to Tracker and asked sternly, "Will you end this nonsence once and for all and just LEAVE us be?" she growled.
Tracker glanced once more at Emma and back to Spike, remembering a time he and Snake use to be friends, and Spike use to be his too. It'd been a while since he had a smart woman tell him what to do.. He slowly nodded.
Jay clenched his jaw, seeing Tracker nod and he had no idea what to do until he looked at Emma and shut his eyes tight, throwing his gun down.
Spike nodded, happy with her son and knew he'd make the right choice. She went over and put her hand on his shoulder as he stared down lifelessly, but was slowly nodding, feeling a bit better..letting the anger go.
She turned and walked out, nodding once more at Tracker who nodded to Emma, "Lets go Emma." he told her, stepping out into the hall.
The four men that followed Spike here, turned to their new boss, Jay.
"What now sir?" they asked him
Jay looked up and cringed at the bullet wound in his arm, "Just.." his eyes widened, "Spinner, go bring Spinner to a hospital." he told them quickly and they left.
Emma looked up like a deer in the headlights... they took Jay's orders so quickly. He was now the boss. Why couldn't they just run away from it all?
She painfully looked at him when he turned to her, his eyes looking into hers for something. She saddened, glancing at his arm and not liking seeing him hurt. She began to softly cry and looked down, closing her eyes as tears dropped.
"Hey." he whispered, cupping one side of her face with his good arm and she sadly looked up at him, heartbroken, "It'll be okay, it's over."
"Not it's not." she cried and he leaned down, her muffles shut up when he kissed her softly..so happy she was okay. She painfully pulled away and shook her head, "It's not over cause your still going to hang onto that gun, and still the new boss.."
"Emma, this is my Fathers dream, my dream.. I always wanted this" he breathed, looking at her hopefully, wanting her to understand that, "I can't give that up."
She sniffed and tried to whipe her eyes.
"I promise," he said seriously, "No more dead bodies."
"You can't promise me that in a buisness like that!" Emma yelled at him and ran shakey fingers through her hair. She looked up at him desperately this time, "I can't be apart of it." she tried to look strong but was breaking inside, "I won't be apart of it."
And please, quit and come with me.. she silently begged in her head.
He painfully cringed, feeling..his heart? Wow.. this was a heart break. He couldn't though, this was his life, he thought she'd love him as he was...and he was a theif..brought down to Hogart to Hogart.
"Emma, I can't." he whispered, agony in his eyes. Why can't she just stay?
She bit her lower trembling lip, nodding, she didn't think so .. she understood though,how hard it was to get out of this type of business.
"I can't then either." she cried softly, twisting her wedding ring and his heart stopped, watching her struggle with it.
"don't." he begged, as if one last request and she looked up at him, so much hurt across her face as he touched her, keeping the ring on her finger, "Just, keep it on." he said, "Think about it.. I don't care how long." he teased, "Are you going to marry any other guys any time soon?"
Emma sadly laughed but still choked on some tears as he sadly gazed down at her and moved his hand to carress her hair behind her ear like he always did.
He whispered to her, "Don't give up on me."
"Emma.." Tracker said again, stepping back in and giving her a look as Jay kept his eyes on the girl, who looked between them.
Her beautiful eyes gazed up at Jay but she nodded slowly, keeping the ring on; And as she walked out with her father, only glancing back once more before she was completely out of site...she gave him hope.
hope she'd come back..And in the mean time while she didn't..she was still his, bound to him by a ring.
He got to keep her.
I asked her to stay but she wouldn't listen Every night you cry yourself to sleep It's not over tonight
She left before I had the chance to say
Oh
The words that would mend the things that were broken
But now it's far too late, she's gone away
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe that
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you (maroon 5)
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