Chapter 8 Déjà Vu.
"These are the hands you will place with expectant joy against your stomach, until he too, feels his child stir within you."
Time Laps: 3 Month later.
The day after their wedding all four saints went to the council's office to get officially registered as Mr and Mrs McManus. And the days after that one they didn't get out of their rooms much. But to everything has to come an end and so they were back to work the week after the wedding.
Simone and Lucy were working behind the bar, serving people, while Connor and Murph were cleaning up tables.
"Lucy? I need to talk to you." Simone started just as Lucy said the same thing.
"About what?" Lucy asked.
"I didn't get my period." Simone said.
"Oh my god, that's just fucking freaky, because I didn't get my period either." Lucy stared at Simone with big eyes.
"Do you think we are..." Simone's voice died away when Connor came walking past the bar. "Pregnant?" She whispered.
"I don't know but I fear what Murph will say about that. It will interfere with our destiny big time!"
Simone nodded in reply. "I suggest we go to the drugstore tomorrow to get us some tests."
Lucy agreed and they went back to business as usual. That next morning Simone and Lucy met up outside the pub. Connor thought she was going shopping. Which she didn't have to lie about. She was shopping. She just didn't say for what.
"What did you tell Murph?"
"I told him I went to buy whiskey. So that gives me 2 hours." Lucy grinned
They talked until they were outside the drugstore; they took deep breaths and went inside. They bought 2 tests, paid and walked back. They bought some whiskey as well so Murph wouldn't get suspicious. When they got back Connor was shooting some pool alone.
"Hi love." He said walking up to kiss her.
"Hiya. Listen sweetheart, we're going upstairs for a while and we need some privacy is that okay?"
Connor slowly nodded but got curious to what she was hiding. She was definitely hiding something.
Simone and Lucy came upstairs, closed the door and did the tests.
"Now what?" Simone asked
"We wait for 2 minutes." Lucy said checking her watch.
"God I hate waiting for something. When you have to wait it seems like hours on end."
"I know," Lucy replied "What if we are?"
"Well nothing, then we just are." Simone replied simply.
They both didn't know what to say anymore so just watched the tests. If the dot turned blue they would be pregnant.
"Is it turning blue?" Simone asked
Lucy leaned in to see. "I think it is. Is it?"
Now Simone leaned in. "Oh dear..."
"Oh god. We're pregnant." Lucy sat back down onto the couch holding onto the test. Simone joined her.
"I don't know if I should be happy or sad." Simone said after a moment of silence. Lucy just nodded.
"How do we tell them?" Lucy asked
"HA, I don't know. They will freak. I just don't know if it'll be in a good or a bad way."
Lucy nodded again and after a moment "What do you think the sex of the baby will be." She gave a faint smile.
"Don't know. I am more worried about how we are going to tell them."
"We have to stop drinking that's for sure." Lucy said a bit disappointed.
"Aye... we need to them. Murph is going to get suspicious if you don't drink any way. They will figure it out."
Lucy got up and threw away the tests. "Yes I am going home now and I will think of some way to tell him, don't know how, but I will."
Lucy hugged Simone good bye "And congratulations." Lucy added grinning. "You too." She replied.
Simone followed Lucy downstairs and looked round to see if she saw Connor. He sat behind the bar. She hesitated for a moment but walked over to him. He looked up and saw the worried look on her face. Simone suddenly felt nauseous and ran off leaving Connor wondering what was up. He followed her to the bathroom. "Are you okay?" Connor talked to a closed door.
"No not really." Simone said sitting on the floor in front of the toilet.
"Can I come in then?"
"Aye." She answered.
Connor saw her hugging the toilet and crouched down next to her, his hand on her back rubbing it.
"Are you sick?" Connor asked concerned.
Simone knew she had to tell him, it wouldn't be fair not to. "Connor I..." They were interrupted by a customer.
"One second! I will be there in a moment." He bellowed. "Now tell me what's wrong."
Simone feeling this isn't the time or place to tell him decided to wait. "Nothing I think I have the stomach flue or something." She got up. "I think I'll go lie down for a while." Connor nodded as he helped her up.
Lucy came home her thoughts on her news. Murph was watching the news and looked up when she walked in.
"Hey you." Murph said getting up.
"Hi." She answered. "Should I tell him? What if he gets angry, or he doesn't want a baby." Lucy thought.
Murph looked at the blank expression on her face. Now that he thought about it, she did seem a bit pale. Murph decided not to say anything about it, but do what he always does. "Do you want some whiskey?" he asked getting glasses
Lucy woke up from her thoughts "Naw, I'd fancy some water."
"Water? You want... well okay then." He turned round to get a bottle of Evian.
Lucy sat down and followed Murph's every move. "Should I or shouldn't I?" she kept thinking.
"Murph?"
"Yes."
"Can I ask you something?" Lucy tried to sound as casual as she could.
"Aye off course." Murph answered looking at her. "Is something wrong?" He asked seeing the scared impression on her face.
"I... no, what do you think about babies?" Lucy asked
Murph raised his eyebrows. "Baby's?" Suddenly it hit him. "Are you pregnant?" He asked shocked.
Lucy saw his reaction and she started crying. "Are you mad?"
"Mad? Are you NUTS?" Murph yelled making Lucy stop crying. "I? Me... Baby... daddy?" Murph asked.
Lucy slowly nodded. "Seriously?" Murph asked again
"Yes yes, you're going to be a father and I am going to be a mother!" Lucy said frustrated.
"That's fucking great!" Murph said jumping round.
"Really? So you're not disappointed?"
"Hell no! I always wanted to be a daddy, it's a bit sooner then I would've thought but I am really happy. Wait... are you happy?"
Lucy stood up. "No please sit down!" Murph said taking her shoulders and gently putting her back down. Lucy raised her eyebrows. "I am happy about it. I really am." She started crying again. "Damn these hormone's."
Later that evening Connor and Simone sat on the couch. Simone kept looking at Connor from the corner of her eyes. Every time he looked at her she looked away.
"What do you want to tell me?" Connor said finally.
"What do you mean?"
"Come on Simone I know you... You keep looking at me, so spill it. What's on your mind?"
"Well, I kind of uhm... I... we..." Simone sighed
"You can tell me." Connor was getting worried.
"I'm pregnant." Simone mumbled.
"Sorry what's that?"
"I'm pregnant." Simone said raising her voice a bit.
Connor sat on the couch dumbstruck. "Pregnant?" he said
Simone was getting worried now. He had a vacant look in his eyes. "Sweetie are you okay?"
"You're pregnant?" Connor looked up at her and then to her stomach. "I'm going to be a father?"
"Yeah... Please say something else, are you happy or mad or sad?"
"Happy! I am going to be a daddy!" Connor jumped up from the couch, he took Simone's hands and pulled her into his arms. "We're going to be parents!" he kissed her passionately. At that moment the door crashed open and at least 15 policemen came running in. Simone screamed. They grabbed Connor and pushed him onto the ground.
"You are under arrest." A Detective said.
"What for?" Simone screamed at him.
"For a murder he and his brother committed over 2 years ago ma'am. We're from the FBI."
"You let him go!" Simone cried and tried to punch him but another policeman grabbed her from behind.
"No! Let her go!" Connor yelled from the ground.
They cuffed Connor and pulled him up. "At least let me say good bye to my wife." Connor said when they wanted to take him away. The detective nodded shortly and the policeman let Simone go. She ran up to Connor and flew him round his neck. "I will get you out of this." She whispered. "No," Connor said. "I won't run away any more, not now you're pregnant. You stay here. You hear me?"
Simone sobbed uncontrollably but nodded.
"Ok take him away."
Connor gave Simone a kiss and they walked out. He kept looking back at Simone until he couldn't see her anymore.
As soon as they left Simone picked up her phone and called Lucy.
Meanwhile Lucy and Murph sat on the couch. Murph had his hand on her stomach while he kissed her. The door crashed open. Murph shot up and pulled Lucy up with him and stood in front of her protecting her.
"What the fuck?" Lucy said
The policeman grabbed Murph and smashed him against the wall. "You leave my wife alone!" He said.
They cuffed Murph. "We will give you a chance to say goodbye, you're coming back to Boston." The detective said. Another one then the one who came for Connor.
"No you can't take him! I need him! I need you." Lucy yelled. She hugged Murph and he whispered not to come after him. "I will take responsibility for my actions."
"Murph I..."
"You stay here. I don't want anything bad happening to you." They pulled Murph away and he mouthed I love you to Lucy.
Lucy's phone rang. "Simone? They took Murph! They took Connor as well? I'll come over right now!" Lucy hung up the phone and grabbed her bag. Before she went for the still open front door she walked to her closet and pulled out her black clothes. They didn't think she would actually stay put!
After 15 min Lucy came waltzing in the pub. "Now what?" she immediately began.
"Every time we think we've managed to actually have a normal life, something like this happens."
"I say we bust them out."
"Hello! Earth to Lucy, we don't even know where they've taken them."
"Well the detective said they were going back to Boston. Who do we know in Boston?"
"The fairyfuck! Oops, I mean Agent Smecker." Simone grinned "Right," Lucy suppressed a smile. "We need to give him a call and get ourselves to Boston before anything else happens."
"One more thing you're forgetting." Simone said brainstorming
"What?"
"We can't go back here any more. They will come looking for us here first so we need to leave."
"Sell the pub?"
"Aye and you're place."
Lucy thought about it. "If that's what needs to be done, we'll do it. I can't bare the thought of them sitting in jail for the rest of there lives."
Connor and Murph had been put into a plane to fly them to Boston. Sitting next to each other cuffed to their seats.
"I can't believe this is fucking happening." Connor tried to get loose but it didn't work
"I know, what I like to know is how they found us." Murph said
"I can tell you that. We registered for our marriage. That's how they found us."
"Worst part is, I had to leave Lucy now. You know she's pregnant?" Murph said
"No way!" Connor said mouth open
"I fucking swear."
"Simone is pregnant too!" Connor laughed.
"Man congratulations! I am going to be a dad and a uncle!" Murph laughed, and then reality hit him again.
"What if we never see them again?" Connor said out loud what Murph had been thinking.
"I told her not to come for me." Murph replied
"Me too, but something tells me they are not taking no for an answer."
"I will kill myself if something happens to them." Murph tried his cuffs but they didn't budge.
The plane landed in Boston where a police car was waiting to take them to the office. In the car was none other then Agent Smecker. He treated them as if he didn't know them, but as soon as he had them alone in a interrogation room he started.
"What the fuck were you thinking? Getting registered when you're on the run? I'll have you know I seriously got worried, and then Simone and Lucy called me..."
"Sorry? They called you?"
"Yes Murphy they called me. They're coming to Boston to get you out of this hell hole. I arranged a hotel and plane tickets for them." "Aww man, you shouldn't have done that! Now they're coming for sure." Connor said
"What's so damn bad about that?"
"You think we're bad? You should wait till they get pissed. Plus they're pregnant. They can't handle this in their condition." Murph answered before Connor could.
Connor had his head resting on his arms. He was contemplating things. "What if they get away with saving us?"
Murph just looked at Connor "What if they don't?"
Meanwhile Simone and Lucy sat in the airplane thinking about what they were about to do. The pub and Lucy's place has been put on sale. Simone asked Steven to do that for her, to let people pay in cash. He could take 10% of that and Simone would come and pick up the money later. Steven wanted to know why, but Simone didn't tell him. All she said was; it's time for a change.
The plane was now landing in Boston. Simone and Lucy found their bags and got a taxi to the hotel Smecker had arranged. They got inside and sat down for a moment.
"God I so don't know how we're going to do this." Simone said looking at Lucy.
"Aah but that's why I talked with Smecker and he will be coming over tonight."
"Do you think it'll work?"
"We have to make it work."
Later that day Smecker came by. He sat down at the table with Simone and Lucy.
"They're not pleased you followed them." Smecker said.
"What the fuck did they expect?" Lucy asked
"They just don't want you two to get hurt is all." Smecker replied raising his eyebrows. Murph wasn't lying about Lucy, she was a feisty one. Simone seemed calmer.
"Well how are we going to do this?" Simone asked
"Tomorrow they will be transported to another building, I suggest we get them half way and get the men out. Then you will have a car ready and leave Boston. Just drive away, don't take a plane, because they will be looking for you!" Smecker talked really fast.
Simone and Lucy nodded. "Where will you be?"
"I will be in the transport car, front seat. As soon as I see you I will tell the driver and hit him unconscious. You will have to hit me as well. Otherwise people will get suspicious."
"Do you think it'll work?" Simone asked
"If you do it fast it will. Don't worry."
After talking for a while Smecker finally leaved. "See you round 2 on the corner." He smiled
"Thanks for everything." Simone said
"When we're settled and save for a while you'll have to come by for a drink." Lucy added.
Smecker smiled then leaved closing the door behind him.
Simone and Lucy got into a twin bed. Simone had her hands on her stomach, when she felt movement.
"Lucy! It moved."
"What moved?"
Simone grabbed her hand and put it on her stomach; she waited for a moment then... "Ieh!" Lucy gave a small scream of excitement.
"That's my little niece of nephew!"
"Yeah my baby. Don't worry sweetie, we'll get daddy out of this mess."
Lucy looked at her own tummy. They were well into three months pregnant they guessed. They haven't been to a doctor yet and they probably won't go in the near future, being on the run and all. She pulled up her sweater and looked at her tummy. Simone did the same. "Look at us. Pregnant together." Lucy said
Murph and Connor were still in the interrogation room. They asked them all sorts of questions. They didn't answer any of them. They asked about their dad too and that was the only thing they were truthful about. He died, and that's the end of it.
They left Connor and Murph alone. The next day they would be transported to another building. Till that time they were stuck there.
"God I wonder how they are. I hope they won't do anything stupid." Murph said
"Yeah, you know what they're like right? We should've known they would come after us."
"Aye." Murph fell silent and after a while he looked at Connor again.
"Where do you think they'll get to us?"
"Don't know. But we have to be ready at all times."
"I can't wait to hold her." Murph said deep in thought.
"Me neither Murph, me neither."
The next day Simone and Lucy got ready. They had Connor and Murph's gloves and masks with them. They put the masks on their head's so it looked like a hat. It was one o'clock and Lucy was getting restless.
"Would you stop pacing already! You're making me nervous!" Simone said watching Lucy walk round.
"I can't help myself. What if something goes wrong?"
"We'll deal with it then." Simone replied standing up. "We best go and get the car Smecker arranged for us."
They left the hotel and walked out. It took a while for them to get to the place where the car was. It was a normal sized car, black and old. Simone and Lucy got in and Simone drove off. They parked the car in an alley very near to the place where the transport car should pass. Lucy looked at her watch. "10 more minutes."
Simone nodded and looked round. Smecker did his homework well. It was almost deserted except for a couple of cars. She walked back to the car, opened the trunk and took out 2 shotguns. Simone handed one to Lucy and cocked her own gun. She stared into Lucy's eyes. Her eyes displayed what Simone was feeling. Anger, anxiousness and fear.
Lucy tore her eyes away from Simone; she squint the area again and saw the truck coming.
"This is it." She cocked her own gun and pulled down her mask as Simone did the same.
They walked up to the transport car. A big van with 1 window on either side. Simone saw Smecker pointing and hitting the driver across the head as he said he would. Lucy ran up to the back and opened it. Simone ran up to Smecker and opened his doors. "Thank you for everything and I will call you." She said
"Just hit me unconscious ok?"
Simone held his look for a moment and hit him with the back of her shotgun on his head. "Come on!" she heard Lucy yell. Simone turned round and saw Connor standing there holding out his hand to her. Murph and Lucy were in the car already and Murph back it up to drive of. Simone took Connor's hand and ran with him. The driver regained consciousness and took his gun. "Simone Connor! Watch out!" Lucy yelled seeing the driver. Simone turned round to see what was going on and she saw the driver firing at them. Connor whirled himself onto Simone to get her out of harms way and the bullet hit Connor's leg. They hit the ground with a thud. Simone aimed her shot gun at the driver and shot him.
She landed on her back which was aching but she got up and pulled Connor up with her. "We've got to get the fuck out of here!" She yelled, Murph drove the car towards them; Connor and Simone jumped in and they drove off.
"That was fucking close." Lucy said after half an hour of silence. Simone ripped a piece of her shirt off and her belly was now showing. A small bump. She put the piece of shirt round his leg. Connor looked at her tummy. "My baby is growing inside of her" he thought. Simone saw him staring. She took his hand and put it on her tummy. Connor got all weak inside. Simone smiled at him. They didn't say a word. Connor took of his coat and put it on Simone. He pulled her towards him and she just hugged his midriff. He kissed the top of her head.
A Couple of days later they arrived in New Mexico. Simone had given Steven a call that she would come collect the money within a month. They stayed in a lousy motel, because they couldn't find anything better. They had separate rooms because they needed the privacy.
Murph and Lucy were lying on the bed in each other's arm. Murph had been very protective of Lucy indeed and worse he was on a healthy rush. This morning for example he got OJ and as he poured it into a glass he looked at it with a foul look on his face. He took the glass with 2 fingers holding it as far from him as possible.
"Here drink this..." He said "It's supposed to be healthy." Lucy laughed out loud. She did take the glass though seeing Murph look in his eyes he wasn't going to take no for an answer.
Murph sat down on the side of the bed his back towards her.
"Murph, do you think we'll ever have a normal life?"
"Honestly honey... I don't know." Murph looked at her. Lucy was lying on her back staring at the ceiling, her hands on her own stomach when she gasped. "Oh my god!"
"What? Is something wrong, do we have to go to a hospital?" Murph rambled as he shot up and walked to her side of the bed.
"No, the baby moved! That's the first time I ever felt it." Lucy looked at him. Murph looked back and slowly sat down next to her. He hesitated for a moment but Lucy took his hand and put it on her tummy.
Murph had tears in his eyes when he felt the baby stir within her.
"These are the hands you will place with expectant joy against your stomach, until he too, feels his child stir within you."
Time Laps: 3 Month later.
The day after their wedding all four saints went to the council's office to get officially registered as Mr and Mrs McManus. And the days after that one they didn't get out of their rooms much. But to everything has to come an end and so they were back to work the week after the wedding.
Simone and Lucy were working behind the bar, serving people, while Connor and Murph were cleaning up tables.
"Lucy? I need to talk to you." Simone started just as Lucy said the same thing.
"About what?" Lucy asked.
"I didn't get my period." Simone said.
"Oh my god, that's just fucking freaky, because I didn't get my period either." Lucy stared at Simone with big eyes.
"Do you think we are..." Simone's voice died away when Connor came walking past the bar. "Pregnant?" She whispered.
"I don't know but I fear what Murph will say about that. It will interfere with our destiny big time!"
Simone nodded in reply. "I suggest we go to the drugstore tomorrow to get us some tests."
Lucy agreed and they went back to business as usual. That next morning Simone and Lucy met up outside the pub. Connor thought she was going shopping. Which she didn't have to lie about. She was shopping. She just didn't say for what.
"What did you tell Murph?"
"I told him I went to buy whiskey. So that gives me 2 hours." Lucy grinned
They talked until they were outside the drugstore; they took deep breaths and went inside. They bought 2 tests, paid and walked back. They bought some whiskey as well so Murph wouldn't get suspicious. When they got back Connor was shooting some pool alone.
"Hi love." He said walking up to kiss her.
"Hiya. Listen sweetheart, we're going upstairs for a while and we need some privacy is that okay?"
Connor slowly nodded but got curious to what she was hiding. She was definitely hiding something.
Simone and Lucy came upstairs, closed the door and did the tests.
"Now what?" Simone asked
"We wait for 2 minutes." Lucy said checking her watch.
"God I hate waiting for something. When you have to wait it seems like hours on end."
"I know," Lucy replied "What if we are?"
"Well nothing, then we just are." Simone replied simply.
They both didn't know what to say anymore so just watched the tests. If the dot turned blue they would be pregnant.
"Is it turning blue?" Simone asked
Lucy leaned in to see. "I think it is. Is it?"
Now Simone leaned in. "Oh dear..."
"Oh god. We're pregnant." Lucy sat back down onto the couch holding onto the test. Simone joined her.
"I don't know if I should be happy or sad." Simone said after a moment of silence. Lucy just nodded.
"How do we tell them?" Lucy asked
"HA, I don't know. They will freak. I just don't know if it'll be in a good or a bad way."
Lucy nodded again and after a moment "What do you think the sex of the baby will be." She gave a faint smile.
"Don't know. I am more worried about how we are going to tell them."
"We have to stop drinking that's for sure." Lucy said a bit disappointed.
"Aye... we need to them. Murph is going to get suspicious if you don't drink any way. They will figure it out."
Lucy got up and threw away the tests. "Yes I am going home now and I will think of some way to tell him, don't know how, but I will."
Lucy hugged Simone good bye "And congratulations." Lucy added grinning. "You too." She replied.
Simone followed Lucy downstairs and looked round to see if she saw Connor. He sat behind the bar. She hesitated for a moment but walked over to him. He looked up and saw the worried look on her face. Simone suddenly felt nauseous and ran off leaving Connor wondering what was up. He followed her to the bathroom. "Are you okay?" Connor talked to a closed door.
"No not really." Simone said sitting on the floor in front of the toilet.
"Can I come in then?"
"Aye." She answered.
Connor saw her hugging the toilet and crouched down next to her, his hand on her back rubbing it.
"Are you sick?" Connor asked concerned.
Simone knew she had to tell him, it wouldn't be fair not to. "Connor I..." They were interrupted by a customer.
"One second! I will be there in a moment." He bellowed. "Now tell me what's wrong."
Simone feeling this isn't the time or place to tell him decided to wait. "Nothing I think I have the stomach flue or something." She got up. "I think I'll go lie down for a while." Connor nodded as he helped her up.
Lucy came home her thoughts on her news. Murph was watching the news and looked up when she walked in.
"Hey you." Murph said getting up.
"Hi." She answered. "Should I tell him? What if he gets angry, or he doesn't want a baby." Lucy thought.
Murph looked at the blank expression on her face. Now that he thought about it, she did seem a bit pale. Murph decided not to say anything about it, but do what he always does. "Do you want some whiskey?" he asked getting glasses
Lucy woke up from her thoughts "Naw, I'd fancy some water."
"Water? You want... well okay then." He turned round to get a bottle of Evian.
Lucy sat down and followed Murph's every move. "Should I or shouldn't I?" she kept thinking.
"Murph?"
"Yes."
"Can I ask you something?" Lucy tried to sound as casual as she could.
"Aye off course." Murph answered looking at her. "Is something wrong?" He asked seeing the scared impression on her face.
"I... no, what do you think about babies?" Lucy asked
Murph raised his eyebrows. "Baby's?" Suddenly it hit him. "Are you pregnant?" He asked shocked.
Lucy saw his reaction and she started crying. "Are you mad?"
"Mad? Are you NUTS?" Murph yelled making Lucy stop crying. "I? Me... Baby... daddy?" Murph asked.
Lucy slowly nodded. "Seriously?" Murph asked again
"Yes yes, you're going to be a father and I am going to be a mother!" Lucy said frustrated.
"That's fucking great!" Murph said jumping round.
"Really? So you're not disappointed?"
"Hell no! I always wanted to be a daddy, it's a bit sooner then I would've thought but I am really happy. Wait... are you happy?"
Lucy stood up. "No please sit down!" Murph said taking her shoulders and gently putting her back down. Lucy raised her eyebrows. "I am happy about it. I really am." She started crying again. "Damn these hormone's."
Later that evening Connor and Simone sat on the couch. Simone kept looking at Connor from the corner of her eyes. Every time he looked at her she looked away.
"What do you want to tell me?" Connor said finally.
"What do you mean?"
"Come on Simone I know you... You keep looking at me, so spill it. What's on your mind?"
"Well, I kind of uhm... I... we..." Simone sighed
"You can tell me." Connor was getting worried.
"I'm pregnant." Simone mumbled.
"Sorry what's that?"
"I'm pregnant." Simone said raising her voice a bit.
Connor sat on the couch dumbstruck. "Pregnant?" he said
Simone was getting worried now. He had a vacant look in his eyes. "Sweetie are you okay?"
"You're pregnant?" Connor looked up at her and then to her stomach. "I'm going to be a father?"
"Yeah... Please say something else, are you happy or mad or sad?"
"Happy! I am going to be a daddy!" Connor jumped up from the couch, he took Simone's hands and pulled her into his arms. "We're going to be parents!" he kissed her passionately. At that moment the door crashed open and at least 15 policemen came running in. Simone screamed. They grabbed Connor and pushed him onto the ground.
"You are under arrest." A Detective said.
"What for?" Simone screamed at him.
"For a murder he and his brother committed over 2 years ago ma'am. We're from the FBI."
"You let him go!" Simone cried and tried to punch him but another policeman grabbed her from behind.
"No! Let her go!" Connor yelled from the ground.
They cuffed Connor and pulled him up. "At least let me say good bye to my wife." Connor said when they wanted to take him away. The detective nodded shortly and the policeman let Simone go. She ran up to Connor and flew him round his neck. "I will get you out of this." She whispered. "No," Connor said. "I won't run away any more, not now you're pregnant. You stay here. You hear me?"
Simone sobbed uncontrollably but nodded.
"Ok take him away."
Connor gave Simone a kiss and they walked out. He kept looking back at Simone until he couldn't see her anymore.
As soon as they left Simone picked up her phone and called Lucy.
Meanwhile Lucy and Murph sat on the couch. Murph had his hand on her stomach while he kissed her. The door crashed open. Murph shot up and pulled Lucy up with him and stood in front of her protecting her.
"What the fuck?" Lucy said
The policeman grabbed Murph and smashed him against the wall. "You leave my wife alone!" He said.
They cuffed Murph. "We will give you a chance to say goodbye, you're coming back to Boston." The detective said. Another one then the one who came for Connor.
"No you can't take him! I need him! I need you." Lucy yelled. She hugged Murph and he whispered not to come after him. "I will take responsibility for my actions."
"Murph I..."
"You stay here. I don't want anything bad happening to you." They pulled Murph away and he mouthed I love you to Lucy.
Lucy's phone rang. "Simone? They took Murph! They took Connor as well? I'll come over right now!" Lucy hung up the phone and grabbed her bag. Before she went for the still open front door she walked to her closet and pulled out her black clothes. They didn't think she would actually stay put!
After 15 min Lucy came waltzing in the pub. "Now what?" she immediately began.
"Every time we think we've managed to actually have a normal life, something like this happens."
"I say we bust them out."
"Hello! Earth to Lucy, we don't even know where they've taken them."
"Well the detective said they were going back to Boston. Who do we know in Boston?"
"The fairyfuck! Oops, I mean Agent Smecker." Simone grinned "Right," Lucy suppressed a smile. "We need to give him a call and get ourselves to Boston before anything else happens."
"One more thing you're forgetting." Simone said brainstorming
"What?"
"We can't go back here any more. They will come looking for us here first so we need to leave."
"Sell the pub?"
"Aye and you're place."
Lucy thought about it. "If that's what needs to be done, we'll do it. I can't bare the thought of them sitting in jail for the rest of there lives."
Connor and Murph had been put into a plane to fly them to Boston. Sitting next to each other cuffed to their seats.
"I can't believe this is fucking happening." Connor tried to get loose but it didn't work
"I know, what I like to know is how they found us." Murph said
"I can tell you that. We registered for our marriage. That's how they found us."
"Worst part is, I had to leave Lucy now. You know she's pregnant?" Murph said
"No way!" Connor said mouth open
"I fucking swear."
"Simone is pregnant too!" Connor laughed.
"Man congratulations! I am going to be a dad and a uncle!" Murph laughed, and then reality hit him again.
"What if we never see them again?" Connor said out loud what Murph had been thinking.
"I told her not to come for me." Murph replied
"Me too, but something tells me they are not taking no for an answer."
"I will kill myself if something happens to them." Murph tried his cuffs but they didn't budge.
The plane landed in Boston where a police car was waiting to take them to the office. In the car was none other then Agent Smecker. He treated them as if he didn't know them, but as soon as he had them alone in a interrogation room he started.
"What the fuck were you thinking? Getting registered when you're on the run? I'll have you know I seriously got worried, and then Simone and Lucy called me..."
"Sorry? They called you?"
"Yes Murphy they called me. They're coming to Boston to get you out of this hell hole. I arranged a hotel and plane tickets for them." "Aww man, you shouldn't have done that! Now they're coming for sure." Connor said
"What's so damn bad about that?"
"You think we're bad? You should wait till they get pissed. Plus they're pregnant. They can't handle this in their condition." Murph answered before Connor could.
Connor had his head resting on his arms. He was contemplating things. "What if they get away with saving us?"
Murph just looked at Connor "What if they don't?"
Meanwhile Simone and Lucy sat in the airplane thinking about what they were about to do. The pub and Lucy's place has been put on sale. Simone asked Steven to do that for her, to let people pay in cash. He could take 10% of that and Simone would come and pick up the money later. Steven wanted to know why, but Simone didn't tell him. All she said was; it's time for a change.
The plane was now landing in Boston. Simone and Lucy found their bags and got a taxi to the hotel Smecker had arranged. They got inside and sat down for a moment.
"God I so don't know how we're going to do this." Simone said looking at Lucy.
"Aah but that's why I talked with Smecker and he will be coming over tonight."
"Do you think it'll work?"
"We have to make it work."
Later that day Smecker came by. He sat down at the table with Simone and Lucy.
"They're not pleased you followed them." Smecker said.
"What the fuck did they expect?" Lucy asked
"They just don't want you two to get hurt is all." Smecker replied raising his eyebrows. Murph wasn't lying about Lucy, she was a feisty one. Simone seemed calmer.
"Well how are we going to do this?" Simone asked
"Tomorrow they will be transported to another building, I suggest we get them half way and get the men out. Then you will have a car ready and leave Boston. Just drive away, don't take a plane, because they will be looking for you!" Smecker talked really fast.
Simone and Lucy nodded. "Where will you be?"
"I will be in the transport car, front seat. As soon as I see you I will tell the driver and hit him unconscious. You will have to hit me as well. Otherwise people will get suspicious."
"Do you think it'll work?" Simone asked
"If you do it fast it will. Don't worry."
After talking for a while Smecker finally leaved. "See you round 2 on the corner." He smiled
"Thanks for everything." Simone said
"When we're settled and save for a while you'll have to come by for a drink." Lucy added.
Smecker smiled then leaved closing the door behind him.
Simone and Lucy got into a twin bed. Simone had her hands on her stomach, when she felt movement.
"Lucy! It moved."
"What moved?"
Simone grabbed her hand and put it on her stomach; she waited for a moment then... "Ieh!" Lucy gave a small scream of excitement.
"That's my little niece of nephew!"
"Yeah my baby. Don't worry sweetie, we'll get daddy out of this mess."
Lucy looked at her own tummy. They were well into three months pregnant they guessed. They haven't been to a doctor yet and they probably won't go in the near future, being on the run and all. She pulled up her sweater and looked at her tummy. Simone did the same. "Look at us. Pregnant together." Lucy said
Murph and Connor were still in the interrogation room. They asked them all sorts of questions. They didn't answer any of them. They asked about their dad too and that was the only thing they were truthful about. He died, and that's the end of it.
They left Connor and Murph alone. The next day they would be transported to another building. Till that time they were stuck there.
"God I wonder how they are. I hope they won't do anything stupid." Murph said
"Yeah, you know what they're like right? We should've known they would come after us."
"Aye." Murph fell silent and after a while he looked at Connor again.
"Where do you think they'll get to us?"
"Don't know. But we have to be ready at all times."
"I can't wait to hold her." Murph said deep in thought.
"Me neither Murph, me neither."
The next day Simone and Lucy got ready. They had Connor and Murph's gloves and masks with them. They put the masks on their head's so it looked like a hat. It was one o'clock and Lucy was getting restless.
"Would you stop pacing already! You're making me nervous!" Simone said watching Lucy walk round.
"I can't help myself. What if something goes wrong?"
"We'll deal with it then." Simone replied standing up. "We best go and get the car Smecker arranged for us."
They left the hotel and walked out. It took a while for them to get to the place where the car was. It was a normal sized car, black and old. Simone and Lucy got in and Simone drove off. They parked the car in an alley very near to the place where the transport car should pass. Lucy looked at her watch. "10 more minutes."
Simone nodded and looked round. Smecker did his homework well. It was almost deserted except for a couple of cars. She walked back to the car, opened the trunk and took out 2 shotguns. Simone handed one to Lucy and cocked her own gun. She stared into Lucy's eyes. Her eyes displayed what Simone was feeling. Anger, anxiousness and fear.
Lucy tore her eyes away from Simone; she squint the area again and saw the truck coming.
"This is it." She cocked her own gun and pulled down her mask as Simone did the same.
They walked up to the transport car. A big van with 1 window on either side. Simone saw Smecker pointing and hitting the driver across the head as he said he would. Lucy ran up to the back and opened it. Simone ran up to Smecker and opened his doors. "Thank you for everything and I will call you." She said
"Just hit me unconscious ok?"
Simone held his look for a moment and hit him with the back of her shotgun on his head. "Come on!" she heard Lucy yell. Simone turned round and saw Connor standing there holding out his hand to her. Murph and Lucy were in the car already and Murph back it up to drive of. Simone took Connor's hand and ran with him. The driver regained consciousness and took his gun. "Simone Connor! Watch out!" Lucy yelled seeing the driver. Simone turned round to see what was going on and she saw the driver firing at them. Connor whirled himself onto Simone to get her out of harms way and the bullet hit Connor's leg. They hit the ground with a thud. Simone aimed her shot gun at the driver and shot him.
She landed on her back which was aching but she got up and pulled Connor up with her. "We've got to get the fuck out of here!" She yelled, Murph drove the car towards them; Connor and Simone jumped in and they drove off.
"That was fucking close." Lucy said after half an hour of silence. Simone ripped a piece of her shirt off and her belly was now showing. A small bump. She put the piece of shirt round his leg. Connor looked at her tummy. "My baby is growing inside of her" he thought. Simone saw him staring. She took his hand and put it on her tummy. Connor got all weak inside. Simone smiled at him. They didn't say a word. Connor took of his coat and put it on Simone. He pulled her towards him and she just hugged his midriff. He kissed the top of her head.
A Couple of days later they arrived in New Mexico. Simone had given Steven a call that she would come collect the money within a month. They stayed in a lousy motel, because they couldn't find anything better. They had separate rooms because they needed the privacy.
Murph and Lucy were lying on the bed in each other's arm. Murph had been very protective of Lucy indeed and worse he was on a healthy rush. This morning for example he got OJ and as he poured it into a glass he looked at it with a foul look on his face. He took the glass with 2 fingers holding it as far from him as possible.
"Here drink this..." He said "It's supposed to be healthy." Lucy laughed out loud. She did take the glass though seeing Murph look in his eyes he wasn't going to take no for an answer.
Murph sat down on the side of the bed his back towards her.
"Murph, do you think we'll ever have a normal life?"
"Honestly honey... I don't know." Murph looked at her. Lucy was lying on her back staring at the ceiling, her hands on her own stomach when she gasped. "Oh my god!"
"What? Is something wrong, do we have to go to a hospital?" Murph rambled as he shot up and walked to her side of the bed.
"No, the baby moved! That's the first time I ever felt it." Lucy looked at him. Murph looked back and slowly sat down next to her. He hesitated for a moment but Lucy took his hand and put it on her tummy.
Murph had tears in his eyes when he felt the baby stir within her.