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Chapter 14

2 days had passed by, that was what Lucas told her when she asked. She had no sense of the passing and coming of days, being locked up in the basement where no sunlight was allowed to come in.

She wasn't treated horribly, but that didn't change the fact that she was there against her free will. He's plan was, she assumed, to have her in his sight until she was going to give birth. The thought of spending months in there made her feel like she wanted to throw up the food that had been given to her the same morning.

She walked over to Aaron, being allowed a couple of minutes each day to be with him (including the times he needed his mother). Leaning in over his crib, she grabbed his tiny hand and stroked his chin with the other one. She didn't say anything, almost feeling like he understood what her mind was saying.

Not much longer, Aaron. I can feel help being on the way.

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As they parked in front of the wooden house Boone asked, for like the thousand time, if Locke was sure that Charlie wasn't involved in the kidnapping and if he hadn't heard anything suspicious when he had talked to him over the phone.

"Charlie is not a criminal, Boone. I would even go out on a limb and say that he is widely misunderstood. Just because he used to take drugs, doesn't mean that he is capable of doing something like this."

When Locke saw that Boone was ready to protest, he continued, "This might be a long shot, but it's the most likely option. Imagine the rage this couple must have felt when they didn't get the baby they were promised to get"

Boone nodded, "I understand how they most have felt"

He thought about how he would feel if he ever lost Claire and the children for real. Just the thought of it made him feel weak and useless. What would he do without her? His old life was gone, his "friends" were not a part of his life anymore and Shannon…Shannon had been avoiding him since the day he had rejected her. He had seen her once or twice in the city – but they had awkwardly avoided to meet each other eyes and had just fleetingly, as if they were strangers, said "hi". Claire had occasionally tried to convince him to reconnect with his sister but he had refused too, protesting that she was the one who should make the effort, considering that their lapse out was her fault.

Boone wondered if he ever would seek for comfort in Shannon's arms if Claire was gone, if he would be that weak – so desperate for closeness. Realizing that he had grown beyond that, he walked with Boone towards the door. Boone of the past had tried to forget his loneliness with lots of parties but the present Boone was a man deeply in love, someone who knew that his purpose was to have a family and to provide for them.

In about one month, he would begin to work again, after months off. He didn't want too, but it was necessary if his family was going to survive – that was, if he still had one.

He rang on the door bell, feeling his racing as he heard footsteps approaching.

"Who is it?" A woman asked through the door.

Locke put his finger over hips lips, showing Boone that he took care of this.

"It's the plumber. Your husband just called and said that he needed our help"

The door opened and a women in her mid thirties appeared.

"Oh, come in you two. It's quite chilly out there today"

"Thank you. Now, where is the problem?" Locke asked the question with a professional tone.

"I'm afraid that I wouldn't know and my husband is busy doing…" She stooped, embarrassed, "..a project in the basement"

Both Locke and Boone saw how the woman looked uncomfortable as she mentioned the basement.

Locke immediately began to walk with rapid steps towards the basement, which he had seen when he entered the house. Trisha, Lucas wife, protested loudly, but there wasn't really anything she could do to stop them.

For Boone, those seconds of walking seemed to take a eternity but the moment the time actually froze was when he saw her sitting there on the floor. She saw him too, and from that moment on, they knew that nothing would ever tear them apart again. All they needed now was to hold each other but there was two people in the room, preventing them from doing that.