Betrayed: Chapter 6
by OLTLfantimes10
He stroked the back of her hair and kissed her cheek. "Look at me. There is nothing more important to me than you and Shaunny. The whole LPD is out there looking for him. Bo is working the case, they will find him trust me okay."
"I do John, it is whomever took him that I don't trust. They messed with the wrong family John. Now they are going to pay."
"That is what I like to hear." John said smiling at her.
"Do our mom's know?" Evangeline asked pulling away a bit from him.
"Yeah Michael called my mom and Nora called yours. They are going to pick them up and bring them to the house. Oh! Crap! Michael." John said standing up from the floor.
"What?" Evangeline asked with a curious look on her face.
"I left him downstairs in the office last night. I should go wake him up." John said moving towards the door.
"Okay."
"Hey, how are you hands?" John asked turning to face her.
"Sore I guess, but okay. I am going to go take a shower will you make some coffee we have a lot of work to do." She said rising from the bed and heading towards the bathroom.
"Okay, are you sure you are okay?"
"Yeah, go wake Michael I'll be down in a bit John." She said moving into the bathroom. She stripped and stepped into the running shower. She stood under the warm water letting it run down the back of her head and down her back. All the emotions from last night came flooding back at once. The fear, panic, anger, and pain over took her. She started crying again silently at first then louder and louder. She held herself up against the wall of the shower letting all of the emotions rush out of her and drain away. John came back up stairs and heard her in the shower crying.
There was nothing he could do so he sat outside the bathroom in a chair in the bedroom. He heard the shower stop as well as her crying. He got up from the chair and walked into the bathroom. He saw her staring at herself in the mirror with a towel wrapped around her body. She saw his reflection in the mirror and smiled at him. "Did you want something to eat?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah, something light okay?"
"Sure, are you okay hun?"
She nodded her head, "I'll be down in a few. Is Michael still here?" She asked turning to face him.
"Yeah, he is having some coffee then he is out the door to go pick up my mom. Nora called she said your mom will be here around 9:30 okay?"
"Yeah thanks." She kissed him on the lips lightly and he turned to go back down stairs and make something for her to eat.
"John."
"Yes."
"Baby, I love you." She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"I love you too." He kissed her back and ran his hands over her wet hair. They touched foreheads and rubbed noses like always.
"Thank you." She said looking into his eyes.
"For?"
"For, being the father of my child."
"No thank you."
"Listen I am sorry."
"For what Evangeline?" He asked stepping back away from her a little.
"For not watching him more closely."
"This is in no way shape or form your fault. I don't blame you at all. Some psycho broke into our house and took our son from his room. You did everything you could."
"I should have done more."
"Like what?"
"I don't know, something anything to stop this from happening." She said closing her eyes and resting against the sink.
"I need you to do me a favor." John said stepping closer to her and raising her head to meet his gaze.
"What?" she asked taking a deep breath and opening her eyes to look back at him.
"Stop beating yourself up about this and let me help you. I know you think you are a big girl and you can handle this but, I am your husband and someone took our son. Not mine, not yours, but ours. He is our responsibility and we together are going to get him back."
"But John…"
"Don't but John me. Listen he is going to come home to us if it is the last thing we do. But you have to let me in, don't hide anything from me. If you want to cry then cry, if you need to yell and scream do it just don't shut me out. Promise me this."
"I promise if you promise to do the same. Don't push me away or shut down on me because you think I can't handle it. We need each other to get through this. We need to be each others strength. I need you John I can't handle this alone." She said stroking his cheek.
"You won't"
"Okay then pinky promise?"
"Pinky promise." He said as they linked pinkies and kissed each other to seal the deal. John went down stairs and found Michael sitting at the counter.
"How is she?" Michael asked taking a sip of his coffee.
"How do you think Michael someone broke into our house and took our son right under her nose?" John snapped back.
"Don't snap at me bro." Michael said trying to calm John down.
"I am sorry Mikey. It's just…."
"It is cool bro, I'm stressing too."
"Do you want something to eat? I am making Evangeline something; I can make you something too."
"Yeah whatever you're making is fine with me."
John fixed all of them some toast, bacon and eggs. By the time Evangeline came down the food was sitting on the table waiting for her.
"Hi Michael." Evangeline said walking towards her brother in law and kissing him on the cheek.
"Hey."
"Thanks for cooking." Evangeline said with a warm smile directed at John.
"My pleasure." They all sat down to eat. It was a quite breakfast they saw Shaun's chair empty across from where Michael was sitting. John reached over and grabbed her hand when he saw her staring at Shaun's empty seat. She turned back to him and smiled a forced weak smile.
Evangeline and Michael sat in the kitchen finishing their breakfast while John went upstairs to get ready to go to the station. When he walked into the bed room he saw that Evangeline had laid out some clothes for him to wear. She was always doing things like that, because if she didn't he would end up wearing old dirty shirts to work everyday. He smiled at the sight of his clothes nicely laid out on the bed and then moved into the bathroom. He turned the shower on and got in. John showered and then put on the clothes that Evangeline had left for him. John came back down stairs smiled at Evangeline and poured himself another cup of coffee.
"Thank you Michael. I really appreciate everything that you are doing for us." Evangeline said patting his hand. "Have you called the station yet John?"
"No, I was going to do that after breakfast. Actually I was going to go down there and see if there was anything on the forensic report from his dog and the fibers they found."
"I am going with you." She said standing from the table.
"Like hell you are. You are staying here." He said walking towards her.
"I think I am going to get going now." Michael said leaving the two of them alone.
They both ignored Michael and continued with the conversation.
"John McBain don't you dare talk to me like that. I am Shaun's mother and I am going with you to the station to find out what they know about our son."
"No!" he said in a demanding voice. "You need to stay here in case the kidnapper calls or something."
"No! You can't tell me what to do John. I love him as much as you do, and I want to help find him too."
"Evangeline listen to me, I need you to stay here incase the kidnapper calls and to be here when our moms get here so you can fill them in on everything that is happening."
"Fine, but you better call me as soon as you learn anything. I mean anything John. I don't care if it is good news or not, I need to know what is going on to find my son."
"Of course, I promised you that I would let you know everything that is going on. I have to get to the station. Call me if you need anything okay." He said placing his hands on her shoulders and rubbing them.
"What I need is our son back in our house." She said leaning into him and placing her forehead against his.
"I know, I know." He said kissing her on the forehead. He moved away from her and headed towards the door.
"John, I mean it good or bad news I need you to call me." She said pleading with him one last time.
"I will." He said opening up the front door. As he did he turned and saw Natalie Buchanan standing at the door about to ring the bell. "Natalie what are you doing here?