A/N: I know that the previous chapter was rather short and I would like to apologize to my readers for that. It was simply a matter of there were so many things that were taking place that it was becoming difficult for me to honestly figure out a way to get my ideas put into words, especially when it came to the things that I was hoping would be taking place throughout the entire time that I have been writing this particular fanfiction. Even though I have had several ideas as to the things that I have wanted to do when it came to the characters and exactly what was going to happen when it came to making sure that they were back with their family and hopefully getting Bo and Hope back together it has seemed that wording things peoperly was becoming extremely difficult. I am hoping that I can update each chapter relatively quickly so that my readers will not be waiting for too long in order to find out about the things that will be happening with the characters that I am writing about and the reason that certain things had been happening throughout the time that I am writing about them. I would also like to thank those people who have been reading my fanfiction and have respected my wishes when it comes to keeping their negative thoughts and comments to themselves simply because there was something that I was writing about that they did not like for whatever reason. I really do appreciate the fact that whenever I have asked people to consider certain things when it comes to their comments that they have honestly given these things quite a bit of thought before saying the meanest and rudest comments on things that I have honestly been working so hard on during that time. I would also like to take this opportunity to mention yet again that if there is someone out there that has something positive to say about the fanfiction that I am currently working on that their positive comments are more than welcome and to feel free to comment with those positive thoughts and comments at any point while they are reading this fanfiction. Thank you all for your time and patience and I hope that after this fanfiction is done that I will be able to continue writing things that you will all really enjoy.
~Heidi~
After Bo and Hope had dropped Ciara and Chase at Caroline's so that they could start making their trip to the cabin it was obvious that there had been several reasons that Aiden would have done anything that he possibly could to keep certain things from taking place despite the fact that he was currently in jail for the crimes that he had committed. Hope was the first person that would have admitted that things were going to be more and more difficult until everything had been finalized with the court proceedings that would be taking place no matter what would be happening during that time. Bo and Hope had stayed rather quiet about what they had been planning when it came to Chase due to the fact that they had known that sooner or later Aiden would find out about everything and would make the attempt to stop the things that Bo and Hope had been planning and that had included adopting him and giving him the kind of life that he had wanted for the longest time. This trip to the cabin was going to be giving Bo and Hope the opportunity to spend time together and get their relationship back to where it had been from the very beginning. They both had been hoping that after their time at the cabin they could spend time as a family and eventually this family would include Chase whether Aiden had approved of these things or not.
While Chase and Ciara had been spending time with Caroline they had talked about everything that Aiden had been attempting to do before Bo and Hope had left. Caroline had known that Bo and Hope had their own plans for what was going to be taking place and deep down she knew that no matter how they felt about the entire situation that these things were entirely what was for the best for Chase knowing that Aiden would never again be getting out of jail because of everything that he had done. Chase had often felt that he would have absolutely no choice when it came to the terrible things that Aiden was often making him do throughout the entire time that he had been living with him, no matter where they happened to be living during that particular time. Chase knew that with Aiden in jail he was not going to have to worry about whether Aiden would make the attempt to force him to do certain things that he had wanted done, but that did not mean that Aiden would not figure out a way to convince someone else to do these things, which had included having certain people closely watched so that they eventually would not be able to do some of the things that they were actually planning on doing. In many ways, Chase had been pretty sure that whoever Aiden may have convinced to do these things would be attempting to do everything that they possibly could to make sure that Chase was unable to actually have the childhood that he was honestly meant to have throughout the entire time that he had been living with Bo and Hope. Chase had mentioned these things to Caroline throughout the time that he had been staying with her and Ciara while Bo and Hope had been spending their time at the cabin so that they could start working on their relationship so that they could eventually know where they were going to be standing once they had gotten home. Both Ciara and Chase had seemed to know that this was something that was going to take a while to be dealt with and once that happened there was no telling what Aiden would be trying to have done, especially once he had found out that Bo and Hope were planning on adopting Chase and making him a permanent part of their family. This was definitely the one thing that Aiden would be making every attempt to stop because whenever certain things had taken place Aiden would always find different ways of making sure that Chase had no choice except to help him with the scams that he had been pulling for the longest time. Chase had not known why, but something had told him that Aiden being locked up in jail was not about to stop him from attempting to do certain things, especially when it had come to the things that he had been planning for Hope when they had been dating.
Chase was the first one that had realized that Aiden was not exactly going to give up on everything that he had been planning but at the same time he had known that there was absolutely no way that he would be able to do these things until after he had found a way to get out of jail and that was definitely something that was not going to be happening right away. In the past few months it had seemed that Aiden had been trying to contact Chase in order to go through with the different things that he had been attempting to do and each time it had seemed that Aiden was becoming unsuccessful and it was starting to become more and more obvious when Chase started to refuse to do these things that Aiden had wanted him to do in order to help him during that time. This had been another reason why Ciara had been hoping to give her parents the time to themselves and the only way that they would have been able to enjoy that time together was if they knew that the kids were going to be safe and would have someone there for them until Bo and Hope had eventually returned from the cabin. Chase had known that this would give him the opportunity to talk to someone else about the things that he had been feeling when it came to getting the calls from Aiden and the things that Aiden had been wanting him to do throughout the entire time that he had been in jail. The fact that Chase was now refusing to do anything to help Aiden with the things that he had been wanting to be done even after he had learned that Hope was no longer interested in him and eventually Aiden had started to realize that this would cause big problems with whatever he had planned for Hope and other members of her family. Now Aiden was going to have to wait for a time when he either had the help that he needed or until he was out of jail in order to continue with the plans that he had made at that particular time.
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Throughout the entire time that Bo and Hope were driving to the cabin they had talked about everything that had been happening when it came to Chase and the things that he had been going through right from the very beginning. Hope knew that she had wanted to make sure that things were never again going to make Chase's life that kind of hell ever again. A hell that had everything to do with Aiden and the things that he had done that had eventually led to him being arrested throughout that entire time. Even though this trip had been meant to give Bo and Hope time together where they were away from everyone else it was becoming obvious that they would be finding themselves thinking about Chase and the case that Bo had been working on before any of these things had been taking place. Bo had known that his family must have been extremely worried about him and the things that could have caused him to just take off the way that he did and now that these things were over with it was time for Bo to start doing whatever he could to show Hope that he was not going to leave like that ever again unless she was able to join him wherever he was going to be going. He was the first one to admit that throughout the entire time that he was gone the only thing that he had found himself thinking about was his wife and kids as well as the other members of his family that would have been extremely worried about him throughout everything that had been happening. Bo knew that his family would have worried when he had mysteriously disappeared but he also knew that he had been under strict orders to keep everyone in the dark. Bo had been pretty sure that after everything was said and done Abe would make the attempt to explain the real reason that some of these things had ended up having to happen but at the same time he had known that Abe had a problem with the fact that Bo had said something to Hope as well as their son and daughter. Now that Chase was becoming a member of their family there was definitely other things that they would be dealing with and that would include the fact that Aiden would be making every attempt to contact Chase for his own sick and demented reasons. If Bo had been completely honest with himself it would have never exactly surprised him to find out that Aiden had been doing these things for someone else and deep down Bo had sensed that whoever that person was they might have had something to do with Stefano Dimera.
Every member of the Brady family had known that there had always been problems with Stefano and the people who had often been working with him or for him for many different reasons. Multiple times before Bo had left for California he had found himself dealing with people that Stefano had been using to execute the plans that he had made, and that had included using his own kids. The things that Aiden had in fact been doing had made Bo wonder if there had been some way that he had ended up having that connection to Stefano who was looking for another reason to make his life and the lives of his family an endless living hell. When Bo had mentioned these things to Hope throughout the long drive to the cabin she had agreed with him to a certain degree but there had been other things that she had found herself thinking about even before Aiden had been locked up and that was the fact that he was acting more and more like Stefano over the years. She had never wanted to mention these things without having the evidence that she had needed but yet at the same time she could not help thinking that there had been a lot more to the story than Chase or Aiden had been telling her before Bo had come back. Either way, it had seemed that both Bo and Hope had been thinking about the same things and trying to puzzle out exactly why Aiden had been doing some of these things or if it was just a case where he had not seemed to care about the people that he might have been hurting throughout that entire time.
Even though Bo and Hope had spent quite a bit of time talking to each other about Chase and Aiden, it was obvious that once they had gotten to the cabin talking about these things was the last thing that either of them had honestly wanted to do. The truth was that they were just wanting to think about the good things that had happened in their lives and the good things that were going to continue happening no matter what path their lives had seemed to take throughout that entire time. When Bo and Hope had arrived at the cabin it was obvious that things had been changing between them since the day that Chase had come into their lives. These things were definitely a good sign and Bo had seemed to realize that right from the moment that Hope had stepped into his arms and for the first time in a while had kissed his softly and passionately enough to show him that her feelings for him had never changed the way that he had honestly started feeling that they had because of everything that was happening in their lives during that entire time. Hope had seemed to be able to sense some of the things that Bo had been thinking throughout the entire time that she was attempting to figure out just what she had wanted, especially when it came to her feelings for both Aiden and Bo. Her heart was obviously telling her that Bo was the one that she was honestly meant to be with no matter how much it might have hurt Aiden during that particular time. The kiss that Hope had given Bo the minute that they had gotten inside the cabin was telling him that there was absolutely no way that he was going to be losing her to that maniac who had just recently found himself locked up in the local prison for the rest of his natural life. A life Bo had been hoping would be of pure hell and in many ways full of regret for the way that he had treated Chase and so many other people that had been around him throughout the entire time that he had been living in Salem making every attempt to scam as many people as he possibly could. Bo had no idea whether Aiden had started to understand the mistakes that he had made when he was attempting to scam Hope and had taken the opportunity to use Chase in order to get the things that he had actually wanted. Either way, all that Bo had found himself thinking about was the fact that he had Hope back in his life and would never again have to worry about putting his relationship with her in some rather serious danger because of an undercover case that he had been given at the last possible second. Bo knew that it was because of that case that he had actually come close to losing the woman that he had loved for the longest time.
Bo knew that Hope had honestly been thinking about their past together and wondering what would have taken place if Aiden had succeeded in doing everything that he had been planning on doing for quite a while. Aiden had known even after he had been arrested that there had been no way that Hope would be able to keep herself from thinking about him and the life that she could have had if he had never been arrested. Hope had known that she would have never started dating Aiden if she had realized that he had been lying to her and Ciara throughout that entire time that they had been together. Hope was determined to make sure that Bo knew how much she loved him despite the problems that they had been dealing with when Aiden had been able to find different ways of keeping them away from each other throughout the entire year that he had been working on that undercover case. Now that they were officially back together Hope knew that things were going to be different. She was not about to let anything happen that would come between her and Bo ever again. This trip to the cabin was a reminder of her true feelings for Bo and made her realize that her love for him had never changed, even though he had not been around for a year which had caused people to start to think that something had happened that had caused Bo to never return the way that he was supposed to be doing during that time. When Bo had come back, however, everything had changed and Bo knew that there would be times when his family would have found themselves being rather surprised that he had actually returned after he had left so abruptly. Hope had completely understood the reason that these things had happened once Bo had come home and explained to her about the case that Abe had given to him and about all the evidence he had gotten about Aiden and the terrible things that he had done before he had started dating her and attempting to convince her that he was completely innocent of the things that he was being accused of during that time.
Bo knew that Hope was not about to believe the things that Aiden had been attempting to tell her throughout the entire time that he had been waiting for his trial. These had all been things that Bo and Hope had been thinking about during the time that they had been driving to the cabin to spend some much needed time together. Ciara and Chase had spent their time talking about why Aiden had seemed to be interested in Hope after it had become obvious that she was no longer interested in him because of all the lies that he had told her during the time that they had been dating. Aiden had never wanted to accept the fact that Hope was still madly in love with Bo after he had left her to raise their daughter completely on her own. In her own way Hope had seemed to know that Bo would eventually be returning, but after a while even she had started questioning whether Bo had really cared about her and Ciara when he still had not come home after about a year of doing the things that he was having to do in order to prove that Aiden had been the one responsible for the murder of Chase's mother. That night when Bo and Hope had been making dinner together it was completely obvious that they could not keep their hands off of each other which was something that their family had hoped would happen once they had gotten the chance to spend this time alone with each other. Deep down Bo knew that Ciara was hoping that this trip to the cabin would bring her parents back to the love and romance that they had always known throughout the entire time that she had been growing up. She knew that sooner or later Aiden would no longer be a problem for her parents after everything was said and done.
