Here's more, a little short, hope you enjoy it!
-egbkid
Max turned and ran so fast, that Logan barely saw her. He followed as quickly as possible. When he got to the room, he saw Max sitting on McKenzie's bed, the child in her arms. Logan approached them, and noticed McKenzie was crying harder than he had ever seen her cry before, including her first night when he couldn't get her to stop crying.
"McKenzie, baby, what's wrong?" he asked, putting a hand on her head.
"Papa, there was someone at the window, he was trying to get in!" Max got up from the bed and went to check out the window, while Logan pulled McKenzie onto his lap.
"Are you sure, baby, we're pretty high up. Are you sure it wasn't a dream?"
"No, it wasn't a dream. I was listening to you and Mama talk, when I heard noise at the window. I looked and there was a man trying to get in."
"Do you remember what he looked like?" Max asked, coming back and sitting on the bed.
"He was wearing black, and had blond hair. Like Kendra's, only shorter and a bit darker. When I screamed, he jumped backwards and disappeared."
"Why don't you go to sleep now, honey. Tomorrow's a big day for you. You'll be alright, the way you screamed, I doubt he will come back, and there's nobody there now."
"Are you sure, Mama?" McKenzie asked, crawling to the head of her bed.
"Yes, I'm sure. Now, let's get you tucked in again, and you have to sleep, or else you'll fall asleep during your party. I don't think your guests will enjoy that!"
"You're right." She crawled under the blankets and snuggled into her pillow. While Max tucked her in, Logan went over to one of the shelves and got a stuffed bunny that Bling had bought her when she was a baby. He gave it to McKenzie, who hugged it tightly.
"Are you ok now, baby?" he asked.
"Yes, Papa, I'll be okay." She let out a huge yawn, so Max and Logan decided it was time to leave the room. Back in the living room, Max immediately sat down in a chair and faced Logan.
"I know who it was." She said, putting her head in her hands.
"Who? It couldn't have been Lydecker. We haven't heard of him in years, and he wouldn't have had the capabilities to get this high and just 'jump backwards' like McKenzie said he did."
"It was Zack."
"Zack? Why would he be spying on McKenzie?"
"When I was in Portland, he came to me. He said he had seen me when I had been in LA. I was showing when I was in LA. He knew I was pregnant, and he wanted to know where the baby was. I told him I had had a miscarriage, and didn't want to talk about it, but I don't think he believed me. He said he just wanted the child to be safe, especially from you, he said. What he had against you, I don't know, but he didn't push the subject any further. I guess he didn't think you were the father and would flip out. I don't know, I just didn't want him to know about McKenzie and me leaving her with you in case he tried something like this."
"But what would Zack do with McKenzie? He has no way to take care of a child."
"God knows. He would probably train her to be like him, a stiff. Well, he shouldn't come back tonight, not after she screamed the way she did. You should get some sleep, or else you'll be falling asleep at the party as well."
"Yeah." Logan went down the hall to his bedroom, stopping to check on McKenzie on his way by. She was sleeping soundly. Before going into his room, he turned and looked down the hall at Max. She stood in almost the same spot he had been before, looking at the rain and thinking. "Max." he whispered. He wanted to propose to her again, but didn't have the nerve, in case she took off again, and this time taking McKenzie with her.
'Things will look better in the morning.' Logan thought, before falling asleep.
To be continued...
-egbkid
Max turned and ran so fast, that Logan barely saw her. He followed as quickly as possible. When he got to the room, he saw Max sitting on McKenzie's bed, the child in her arms. Logan approached them, and noticed McKenzie was crying harder than he had ever seen her cry before, including her first night when he couldn't get her to stop crying.
"McKenzie, baby, what's wrong?" he asked, putting a hand on her head.
"Papa, there was someone at the window, he was trying to get in!" Max got up from the bed and went to check out the window, while Logan pulled McKenzie onto his lap.
"Are you sure, baby, we're pretty high up. Are you sure it wasn't a dream?"
"No, it wasn't a dream. I was listening to you and Mama talk, when I heard noise at the window. I looked and there was a man trying to get in."
"Do you remember what he looked like?" Max asked, coming back and sitting on the bed.
"He was wearing black, and had blond hair. Like Kendra's, only shorter and a bit darker. When I screamed, he jumped backwards and disappeared."
"Why don't you go to sleep now, honey. Tomorrow's a big day for you. You'll be alright, the way you screamed, I doubt he will come back, and there's nobody there now."
"Are you sure, Mama?" McKenzie asked, crawling to the head of her bed.
"Yes, I'm sure. Now, let's get you tucked in again, and you have to sleep, or else you'll fall asleep during your party. I don't think your guests will enjoy that!"
"You're right." She crawled under the blankets and snuggled into her pillow. While Max tucked her in, Logan went over to one of the shelves and got a stuffed bunny that Bling had bought her when she was a baby. He gave it to McKenzie, who hugged it tightly.
"Are you ok now, baby?" he asked.
"Yes, Papa, I'll be okay." She let out a huge yawn, so Max and Logan decided it was time to leave the room. Back in the living room, Max immediately sat down in a chair and faced Logan.
"I know who it was." She said, putting her head in her hands.
"Who? It couldn't have been Lydecker. We haven't heard of him in years, and he wouldn't have had the capabilities to get this high and just 'jump backwards' like McKenzie said he did."
"It was Zack."
"Zack? Why would he be spying on McKenzie?"
"When I was in Portland, he came to me. He said he had seen me when I had been in LA. I was showing when I was in LA. He knew I was pregnant, and he wanted to know where the baby was. I told him I had had a miscarriage, and didn't want to talk about it, but I don't think he believed me. He said he just wanted the child to be safe, especially from you, he said. What he had against you, I don't know, but he didn't push the subject any further. I guess he didn't think you were the father and would flip out. I don't know, I just didn't want him to know about McKenzie and me leaving her with you in case he tried something like this."
"But what would Zack do with McKenzie? He has no way to take care of a child."
"God knows. He would probably train her to be like him, a stiff. Well, he shouldn't come back tonight, not after she screamed the way she did. You should get some sleep, or else you'll be falling asleep at the party as well."
"Yeah." Logan went down the hall to his bedroom, stopping to check on McKenzie on his way by. She was sleeping soundly. Before going into his room, he turned and looked down the hall at Max. She stood in almost the same spot he had been before, looking at the rain and thinking. "Max." he whispered. He wanted to propose to her again, but didn't have the nerve, in case she took off again, and this time taking McKenzie with her.
'Things will look better in the morning.' Logan thought, before falling asleep.
To be continued...
