A/N: I just wanted to let people know that I know that the rating did not exactly fit the fanfiction that I have been writing and I would like to apologize for that. I had honestly thought that with the way that I had planned on writing this fanfiction that the rating was more than likely going to need to be rather strong because of the fact that there were going to be scenes that you would not want people reading that were younger than the age of 18 years old. It wasn't until after I had started writing this fanfiction and had gotten to a certain point that I had realized that the things that I had been hoping would be taking place had not exactly happened the way that I was wanting them to even though the story had turned out to be rather interesting. At this time I would also like to mention that this will be the last chapter for this fanfiction and perhaps someday soon I will be able to come up with some kind of sequel to this fanfiction that will eventually continue where this one had left off. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank those people who had taken the opportunity to read this fanfiction and had honored my wishes of keeping their negativity to themselves because of the fact that there was something in this fanfiction that they did not particularly like. I am normally a patient and understanding person but when you are using your comments to hurt someone else then this is not considered a good thing, especially when you have the choice to continue reading a particular fanfiction or not during a particular time. I am honestly glad that people are reading the fanfiction that I have written and I would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding. I would also like to tell you again that all your positive comments are more than welcome as they would tell me how much people are honestly liking the story that they are currently reading.
~Heidi~
For several days after Bo and Hope had left to stay at the cabin Ciara and Chase had been spending their time talking about everything that they had been hoping would be taking place once Bo and Hope had finally returned home after their weekend alone. Chase had finally been able to enjoy a part of his childhood even though there had been times when Aiden had been making every attempt to make sure that Chase would have to continue doing the things that he had honestly wanted him to do. As far as Aiden was concerned it had not mattered that he was currently locked up in a jail cell because Chase was still his son until a judge had said otherwise. Aiden knew that there was absolutely no way that a judge would let Bo and Hope adopt Chase as long as his father was still alive and had been unwilling to sign any papers that would claim that he was giving Chase up for adoption. This was the one thing that Aiden had known he would have control over and there would always be those times that people would start asking questions about the real reason that he had been trying to keep Chase from living the kind of life that he was honestly meant to be living during that time. Chase had definitely known that something of this nature was bound to be happening and that he would be forced to remain the son of Aiden Jennings until he had made the decision that he was going to finally let Chase go and live the life that he had wanted to live from the very beginning.
When Chase had been talking about these things Ciara had found herself wondering if there was any possible way that Aiden had been doing these things because of the fact that Hope had told him that she was no longer interested in dating him because of the lies that he had been telling her for quite some time. Ciara had never said much about the things that she had been thinking about when it came to the real reason that these things had been happening and the real reason that Aiden had not wanted to give Chase the chance that he had rightfully deserved. Caroline could tell that Chase had been spending the entire weekend feeling rather afraid that something would happen where he would eventually have to start listening to the terrible things that Aiden had been attempting to get him to do throughout the entire time that he had been staying with Bo and Hope. The fact that Aiden was currently locked up in a jail cell where he was unable to do anything that he had been trying to do for the longest time was something that Caroline knew would be something that Chase would be thinking about for quite some time. Even though Bo and Hope had actually shown more of an interest in having Chase become part of their family it had seemed that Aiden was not willing to let something like that actually happen. Whatever the reason was for the things that had been happening after Aiden had been locked up it was obvious that Chase would not be able to forget about the terrible things that he had often been forced to do over the past year. The one thing that Chase had known for certain was that he had people that actually cared about him even if Aiden had not seemed to like the fact that Chase would rather spend his time with Bo and Hope instead of him during that time. Even though Aiden had been quite determined to make sure that Chase was left spending his entire life what it would honestly be like to have a family that had actually cared about him there had been a few other things that Aiden had ended up thinking about during the time that he had been in jail for the last few days. Aiden had known that from the moment that Bo had returned from California there would be all kinds of different things happening and that had included the way that Hope had honestly felt about him and the things that he had been doing for quite some time. Deep down Aiden had known that this had been the one thing that had put an end to his relationship with Hope and eventually had chased her away leading her right into the arms of the one man that Aiden had been hoping would never again be returning.
On Monday morning when Bo and Hope were preparing to return home it was obvious that nothing was ever going to be coming between them ever again. Hope would be first the first person to admit that there were times that she had been arguing with Bo about the stupidest little things, but even those arguments had never kept them from being together. Every member of their family had known that you could never do anything that would come between them and yet at the same time it had seemed that people were always attempting to do things that would cause even bigger problems no matter what they had been doing during that particular time. Caroline had seemed to realize that Aiden was going to attempt to do things to get Hope to think that the only reason that Bo had left during the previous year had been because he was not interested in the family that he had with her but Hope knew that this was not the truth and would make sure that Aiden had never gotten the opportunity to break them up yet again. She knew that it had not helped matters much when Abe had sent Bo to California to work on this undercover case the way that he had during that time. Hope had spent quite a few days being rather angry with Abe for everything that had happened but in the end Bo had managed to calm Hope down and get her to completely understand the reason that Abe had felt that Bo was the only one that could honestly take this particular undercover job even if there was a chance that people would eventually be angry with him for not saying anything about where Bo had gone or the reason that he had been going to these places during the past year. The fact that Bo and Hope were officially back together and were preparing to adopt Chase was something that Ciara had been rather happy about even if it meant that Aiden was doing everything that he could to prevent all these things from officially happening.
That day while Chase and Ciara had been attending their classes there had been a few things that they had been hearing about the real reason that Aiden had been arrested and it had absolutely nothing to do with the evidence that had been found or the things that Aiden had done during the time that he had been living in California with Chase and his mother. Ciara knew that people were bound to say whatever they could to make it seem as if they knew everything that had been happening when it came to Aiden throughout the entire time that he had been living in California. Deep down Ciara knew that her parents would be dealing with all these things the moment that they had gotten home from the cabin and the time that they had been spending together. Ciara had known that the things that people had been saying about the reason that Aiden had been arrested had been upsetting Chase and it honestly had not helped matters much that Aiden was constantly attempting to call Chase and get him to do things that Chase had not wanted to do right from the moment that he had first met Aiden and everything had started to take place. Chase had mentioned this to Ciara a number of times during the day knowing that she would always be the one that would find ways of helping him no matter what was taking place during that entire time. Both Chase and Ciara knew that when Bo and Hope had returned they would find a way to help Chase deal with the people that were saying these things about Aiden and the things that had caused him to go to jail throughout the entire time that he had been dating Hope and that was something that was going to end up being a problem as long as Aiden was permitted to have that kind of contact with Chase. Ciara knew that she would have to either mention these things to Shawn, who had been staying in Salem since they had returned from the cabin after Christmas, or she would have to wait until after her parents had gotten home and talk to them about the terrible things that people had been saying whenever Chase had been around to hear about the things that they had been saying about his mother once Aiden had been locked up for the things he had officially done.
When school had been over Chase and Ciara had made their way back to Brady Pub where Caroline would be looking after them until Bo and Hope had made their way back home and this was something that was likely going to be taking them quite some time. Ciara had remembered all too well how long the trip to and from the cabin had taken, especially since they were still dealing with the snow and ice that they had received during the Christmas holidays. This had been the one thing that had caused Ciara to worry about her parents because there was absolutely no telling what could happen during the time that they were on their way home with the roads being in the shape that they had been in during that time. In some ways Ciara could tell that her grandmother was just as worried about her parents as she was, but the one thing that she had always noticed about different members of her family had been that they would always find different ways to hide the things that had been worrying them from the very had been something that just about anybody would be able to see once they had spent a certain amount of time around Caroline and members of her family. Ciara had told Chase all about how most of the family had either been working as police officers or even in certain cases they would be working at the local hospital depending on the training that they had received when they had been younger. When Chase had heard about these things it had seemed that he had started feeling safer than he had in a rather long time. He had started to realize that even when Aiden had been attempting to call him or contact him in any kind of way that he would never again have to worry about the things that Aiden would be attempting to make him do from the very beginning. Chase had known that Aiden would not exactly be starting anything with him when there had been so many police officers around that would be able to make sure that he was in jail for a very long time and that was something that Chase knew would be for the best once everything was said and done.
That evening when Bo and Hope had returned from the cabin the first thing that they had done was go to pick up Chase and Ciara so that they would all be able to spend time together as a family and talk about the things that Bo and Hope had missed throughout the entire weekend that they had been gone. Chase had told Bo and Hope about the phone calls that he had been getting from Aiden who had somehow managed to find out exactly where Chase had been staying during the time that he had been in jail. Chase had known deep down that Aiden had not liked the fact that he was staying with Ciara and her family while he had been locked up, but even Chase would have been the first one to admit that he would have rather been staying with Ciara and her family more than he would have when he was staying with Aiden after his mother had been murdered. Bo and Hope had been doing everything that they possibly could to help Chase realize that for the rest of his life he was going to be safe and would never again have to worry about the scams that Aiden had forced him to help him with for the longest time. Chase had started to realize that this was definitely his chance to do certain things to prove that he was nothing like Aiden and he was going to do whatever he possibly could to make sure that the small family that he did have would have different reasons to be proud of him no matter what he was going to be doing throughout the rest of the time that he was growing up.
