Ch. 9

Martins can't be trusted

JR and Babe ran upstairs and started banging on Krystal's door.

"Mama, it's me, open it!" Babe cried.

Krystal jumped and ran to the door and opened it, with Little A in her arms.

"Oh my baby boy!" Babe grabbed for him and held him tightly in her arms. JR kissed him on the head.

"What in the heavens is goin' on?" Krystal asked, "One minute I'm reading and the next Winifred is tellin' me and Adam to lock the door and keep my grandson safe!"

"Krystal, I doubt you even can read." Adam made a snide remark, "And I want to know why this woman right here wanted me locked away in some room? I have things to do!" Adam roared.

"My son is more important!" JR shouted, "Someone broke into Babe's hotel room."

"What, honey, are you ok?" Krystal asked, going into mother hen mode.

"I'm fine Mama. We found a tape, and it was of Little A. Someone was in his room! They we're taping him mama!" Babe held Little A closer.

"What? No one could have been in there. Our security wouldn't have let them pass." Adam said confidently.

"Oh yeah, Dad? Look at this." JR threw the tape down on the Babe and Adam faltered a little.

"Baby doll, what happened, did they say anything?" Krystal asked.

"They stood there and taped him, and then someone said 'Sweet Baby James' and then it stopped."

"Did you recognize the voice? Come on Babe, think, I know it's hard for you to think but you have to do it." Adam said to Babe.

"Knock it off, Dad!" JR warned.

"No, I couldn't recognize the voice. It was really quiet." Babe sighed.

"'Sweet Baby James', honey, only two people have called him that. You and..." Krystal trailed off.

"I know mama, but it couldn't be." Babe told her mother.

"Who, it couldn't be who?" JR asked, "Babe, you need to tell me."

"Spill it, Babe!" Adam yelled.

"Only me and... Jamie called Little A that." Babe said reluctantly.

"I knew it. I knew that a Martin couldn't be trusted!" Adam said.

JR stepped back and stared at Babe. Everyone else ignored Adam. Babe couldn't read his face, so she had no idea what he was thinking. Then all of the sudden it looked like sometime had clicked and he frowned.

"JR?" Babe asked.

"Come on, JR; let's share what you got goin on in that head of yours with the crowd." Krystal egged him on.

"You remember when Jamie stopped by earlier and said he had to talk with me?" JR asked Babe and she unsurely nodded. "Well he said he thought Amanda might go after Little A?"

"Why would he think that? Did she tell him something?" Babe asked quickly, still cradling little A, who was no sleeping in her arms.

"No..." JR stopped.

"Come on, JR, what is it? Tell me." Babe demanded.

"He said, he said its because its what he would do." JR finished.

Babe just stood there, not knowing what to say. She didn't know if it was good or bad. He could have just been saying that to help with Amanda, but why would he use those exact words? No, this was Jamie we were talking about. Boy Scout Jamie. He wouldn't hurt his own nephew.

"JR, we both know Jamie wouldn't do this. He is your brother." Babe explained.

JR didn't look so sure.

"Come on Junior, this is Jamie we are talking about. He loves that kid almost as much as you do. He wouldn't do this, he wouldn't hurt him."

"Bull! This is Jamie we are talking about, a Martin, remember? The same Jamie who helped her kidnap JR's son and take him. Remember that? I wouldn't put anything past him." Adam said firmly.

"Shut up Adam. Just because he is a Martin it doesn't automatically make him bad." Krystal ordered.

"Fine, not bad, but thinking he is better than everyone else and that when he makes a mistake he shouldn't have to pay." Adam told her.

"Hmm, that sounds familiar." Krystal said, looking directly at Adam.

Adam ignored Krystal and continued, "And don't even get me started about his ego. Think of it, when Babe slept with another guy to get rid of him, and then latched her claws into my son, think of how that would have hurt his confidence. He would have wanted payback from this skank, and my grandson would be the way to do it." Adam finished.

"That is not even it..." Krystal started.

"Enough! This isn't about either of you, so shut up!" Babe said fiercely, but quietly enough so it wouldn't wake her sleeping son.

JR looked down, and then turned to walk out of the room. Babe called out to him but he ignored her and kept walking.

Winifred walked into the room and Babe handed Little A over to her, "Could you take him, please? You don't have to worry about staying in one room anymore. JR called and doubled the security, so you're good."

Babe turned and gave both her mama and Adam a dirty look, and then said to Adam, "By the way, I never did sleep with that guy. It was just so Jamie would get the money to go to medical school."

Babe turned and kissed her son on the cheek and Winifred walked away. Babe then grabbed her purse and the tape.

"Where are you goin'?" Krystal asked.

"To find JR," Babe walked out of the room.