Chapter 25: Flowers


{Logan's Cabin} 2 weeks later

"Ma'am? I mean...Max..."

"Yeah Elizabeth?"

"What's training going to be today?"

"How to pick flowers." Max replied, smiling.

"Flowers? What are they?" Lizzy asked, confused.

"I'll show you. Come on. Bring your sister."

Elizabeth ran to get Lara, and Max lead them outside into the sunny day. They spent most of the day just walking around, picking flowers, which Lizzy had fallen in love with, and talking. Max had finally been able to break through the wall Lucy had made Lizzy build around herself. Brick by brick, it was coming down.

'The convicts' were still at the cabin. The police had just about given up searching for them. Max's cabin seemed as good a hideout as any. Some of the guys had left already, but there were still 5 left. Gary and his best men. Friends, all of them. They all knew the time was coming where they would have to leave. And they all hated to think about it. Max more so then the others. Where would she go? Not back to Logan...that was for sure...

Gary knew something was bothering his, 'little lady', but he wasn't sure what. That night he decided to ask her. "Max? What's up?"

"Hmm?" she replied, "Oh, nothing. Just wondering where I'm going to go when we leave here..."

"You could always stay with us...?" Gary suggested hopefully. She had gotten to be one heck of a cook. And she was good for company too.

"I don't know...thanks for the invite though. There's some things that I need to straighen out back home..."

"Ahh...got a husband, right? Or a boyfriend maybe?" Gary asked.

"Yeah, something like that."

"Had a falling out?" he proded, "I know how that is..."

Max smiled at him, and sighed. "You really want to know?"

Gary nodded, now thinking he might not want to, but he would listen, for Max's sake.

"Logan...my husband...had an affair with Lucy while I was in a coma, I ran off, found you, and you know it from there." Max summed it up quickly.

"Wow." was all Gary could say.

"Tell me about it." Max responded, settling back into the chair she was sitting in.

"So, you love this Logan guy?"

"I thought I did...I'm not so sure anymore." Max said, glancing up at Gary, then back down to her lap.

"He would be a complete fool not to love you." Gary supplied, smiling at Max.

She looked at him again, and smiled slightly. "I agree with the fool part." and she laughed, "But I can't go back to him...not now..."

"Max...you need to think about it." Gary told her,

"I will."

"Promise?" he prodded, raising his eyebrows at her.

"Will you get off my back?" Max teased, and then said, "Yeah, I promise to think about it..."

"Good. Now littly lady, I do believe it's time for bed."

"I'm not-"

"Tired, I know, but even a genectically inhanced lady like yourself needs a rest now and then."

Max smiled at him again, and nodded once. ((when did he get to know me so well?)) "Ok. Night Gary."

"Night Max." he replied, kissing her on the top of her head, and guiding her to her room, where he proceded to tuck her in.

"Thanks Gary." she whispered in the dark.

"Your welcome." was the soft reply.


end chapter 25