Betrayed: Chapter 4
by OLTLfantimes10
He was racking his brain when he heard footsteps come up on him and a hand touch his shoulder. "Bro?" Michael asked getting John's attention.
John turned and looked up at Michael and stood and hugged his brother like no tomorrow. "What happened Johnny? Why all the police cars? Why did Nora say you needed me here ASAP? Where is Evangeline?"
"They took him Michael" was all John could get out.
"What! Who took who John?" Michael asked.
"I don't know, someone took Shaunny he is gone." John said sitting back down in his chair.
"No, no, no." Michael looked at John and then ran up the stairs he saw Shaun's room taped off with police crime scene tape. Then he ran back down the stairs. "John what the hell happened?"
"We don't know. All Evangeline can remember is sending Shaun up stairs to get ready for bed then me asking where Shaun was."
"That's all?"
"Yeah."
"Where is she now?" Michael asked.
"Up stairs Dr. Miller came by with Bo and gave her a tranquilizer to help her handle everything. She is up stairs resting now."
"Do they have any leads yet?" Michael asked trying to get as much information out of John as possible.
"They found a footprint in the back year, and they found K-9 Jack, you know Shaun's favorite dog, a block from here with blood on it. They took that to the lab to test the DNA."
"Okay, okay what can I do?" Michael asked with slight urgency in his voice.
"Call mom for me. We both need her here."
"Okay Johnny, how are you holding up?"
"Not good Mikey, not good at all." He said as he sat back at the table and drank his beer.
Michael walked into the family room where the television was still on Court TV. Evangeline, Evangeline, Evangeline? He thought to himself, she was the only person he knew that actually watched that silly station. Law all the time for her accept with Shaunny. He sat on the couch and thought back to when he found out that Evangeline was pregnant.
"What I am going to be an uncle! John that is great news, I am so happy for you guys. When did you find out?" Michael asked standing from the chair in John's office and leaning over the desk.
"A couple of days ago, we are still both adjusting to the idea of being parents." John said with a laugh.
"How is Evangeline feeling?"
"A little sick throughout the whole day, but other than that pretty good. Mikey she has this weird look about her. It is like a light is constantly shinning on her. She looks absolutely beautiful even more than before if that is possible." John said smiling down at the picture of Evangeline sitting on his desk.
"That is the mother's glow." Michael said smiling back at John.
"Ohh really, well I like it."
"Are you ready to be a dad?"
"Don't know if I am ready, but I do know that I am glad that I am having a child with Evangeline. I just hope that he or she looks like Evangeline rather than me."
"Me too bro me too." He said laughing at his brother.
Michael picked up the phone in the family room and dialed his mom's number in New Jersey. "Hey mom, it is me,"
"Michael what a pleasure to hear from you. Why are you calling from John's house? It is awfully late to be calling your mom."
"Yeah I know it is late, and yes it is important. It is bad news."
"What Michael what is going on? Are John, Evangeline, and Shaun, okay?" Eve said trying to make her youngest boy talk.
"No mom they aren't. We need you here. It is Shaun someone kidnapped him." Michael said quietly.
"Where, when, why?" Eve said.
"Tonight at the house and I don't know why. When can you get here?"
"I'll take the first flight I can get. I will call you later with the flight plans."
John heard Michael on the phone with their mom. He was glad that Michael was there to tell his mom what happened. He didn't think he could explain to another person what happened and how Evangeline can't remember anything. He made his way into the den and turned on the computer. He knew this had to be some how related to him in some way shape or form. He waited patiently for the computer to boot up and then he logged on. He saw the picture next to the computer of Evangeline in the hospital right after giving birth to Shaunny. He picked it up and ran his thumb across their faces.
"Push, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and relax." Said the nurse that was holding up Evangeline's leg. "Okay take a deep breath here comes another one. Dad grab her leg, Evangeline are you ready? Big push now, this one should get the head out."
"Push honey, push come on push." John said coaxing Evangeline.
"Shut up! John McBain this is all your damn fault!" Evangeline yelled at him.
"Focus Evangeline push hun, come on." John said ignoring her comment.
"Okay relax now. This is the last push are you ready?" the doctor asked. Evangeline feverishly nodded her head and took a deep breath. She pushed as hard as she could digging her nails into John's arm and screaming at the top of her lungs. With that last push the baby came out and started wailing away. "It's a boy!" the doctor said holding him up and showing him to John and Evangeline.
"A boy, we have a boy!" John said kissing her on the forehead and moving back some hairs from her face. The baby was still crying away and Evangeline started crying too. John had this look on his face that neither of them had seen before he was ecstatic.
"Here dad, you want to cut the cord?" the nurse asked handing him the scissors. John took the scissors from her, "Here?" he asked.
"Yeah right here." She responded.
"Everything looks great John and Evangeline. Ten fingers, ten toes. He weighed in at 7lbs 10 oz and he is 20 inches long. Does he have a name yet?"
They both looked at each other and smiled, "Shaun Patrick McBain." Evangeline said with a smile.
The nurse walked over and handed Shaun to John first. It was weird John had always had a hard time expressing and understanding his feeling but as soon as the nurse put Shaun in to his arms he knew that nothing would every hurt this little boy because he would not let it. Holding his son for the first time he felt at peace and the unconditional love he was going to give this little person he didn't even know. He kissed Shaun on his head and walked over to Evangeline and handed Shaun to her. That is when he snapped the picture of his wife adn new son.
He set the picture back down on the desk and turned his attention to searching for possible suspects.