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Chapter 16

" John, Calm down I know it's been three weeks and we still don't have anything to tie Darren into anything illegal, it will happen soon, soon I promise"

"I can't stand it anymore Bo, my patience is running thin, I can't stand seeing her with him, my son with him, knowing, knowing he could hurt them again at any time, knowing I can't talk to them, be with them, protect them, it's making me feel like more of a failure."

"John, you aren't a failure, I'm very proud of you for the way you've been handling this case, handling all of it, especially the way you handled things when you found out about Aiden and that Natalie didn't tell you or make more of an effort to tell you."

"Natalie are you alright in there?" Henry asked as he stood outside the door to the ladies room at the Palace Restaurant, he had Aiden's hand and they were all suppose to be meeting Darren for lunch, they were putting on appearances around town since the election was tomorrow.

"I'm alright Henry, I'll be out in a few minutes, something from breakfast must not have agreed with me" Natalie said as she continued to get sick in the ladies room.

"Nat, you didn't have anything for breakfast this morning"

"Are you sure?"

"That's it, I'm going to tell Darren I'm taking you to the hospital to be checked out, wait here I'll be right back for you" Henry said as he walked passed the guard that was always with Natalie and her son when she was out of the house, the guard that was actually living in the house to make sure Natalie and Aiden stayed put where they were, where Darren thought they belonged.

Henry whispered to Darren about Natalie being sick, Darren whispered back that he would meet them at the hospital in a few minutes after his lunch appointment.

Henry escorted Natalie into the Hospital and spoke to a nurse as Nat and Aiden took a seat in some near by seats.

"Natalie" Michael said as he approached her and Aiden, Natalie's guard moved a little closer as he saw Michael approach.

"Is everything alright, is Aiden sick?" Michael asked her concerned as he approached her slowly, he saw her guard and noticed the man was more than friendly looking.

"Aiden is fine Michael, We're here for me"

"Really? Is it your memory, does your head hurt? "

"No, no, my head is fine, I think I have some kind of food poisoning or something, I'm not feeling well"

"Follow me I've got a few minutes left to my shift I'll examine you" Michael said as Natalie stood but before she could walk away with him Darren entered the hospital lounge and saw them.

"Natalie honey, are you feeling better?" Darren asked playing the concerned husband act he perfectly as of late.

"I was just going to take her in the exam room and find out what is wrong with her" Michael told him in a snide tone

"That's not necessary Dr. Mcbain, Henry has arranged for a more suitable, experienced Dr to examine my wife, good day" Darren told him and escorted Natalie off into another room that Henry had pointed to.

Michael didn't like the way Natalie looked and he knew a little bit of what was going on from when he spoke to John last. He picked up the phone at the nurses station and dialed.

"Hey John it's me"

"Yeah, Mike what's up? I'm pretty busy at the moment"

"Just thought you'd like to know that Natalie's here at the Hospital"

"Is something wrong with Aiden? Or with her?" John asked panicking inside as he headed out the door of the police station as he continued to talk on his cell with Michael

"Aiden's fine, Nat said something about not feeling well, something about maybe food poisoning."

"I'll be there in a few minutes"

Within minutes John was walking into the hospital and over towards Michael who was standing a few feet away from the Exam room Nat was in.

Before John could say a word to Michael they both saw a Nurse come out of the room with a few vials of blood, and then Darren, Two unknown men followed. One of the men John didn't know was holding Aiden's' hand. As soon as Aiden saw John he let go of Henry's hand and ran to John grabbing his legs, and holding on.

"ohn" Aiden said as John smiled at his son and leaned down and messed up his hair.

"Hey Buddy, how are ya?" he asked him and the boy smiled.

"I OK, Mommy's sick" Aiden told him, John looked up at Darren and saw that he was ordering one of the men to go and get Aiden away from him.

"Aiden, why don't you and I go get your mommy a magazine from the gift shop, come on, say goodbye to your friend John" Henry told Aiden as he went closer to John, John and Henry exchanged glances and he took Aiden's hand and walked away wit him.

"I'll see ya ohn" Aiden told him as he walked with Henry, Darren moved closer to John about to have a confrontation when Darren noticed Natalie's Doctor approach her room. He went closer and asked if he could have a moment of his time.

As Darren and Natalie's Doctor were down the hall discussing Natalie, Michael walked over to John. John's eye's never wavered from watching the Dr and Darren as he spoke to Michael

"Who was that man with my son?" John asked Michael

"That's Henry Sims, he's Darren's assistant, he's a pretty good Friend of Natalie's, they're close" Michael told John and John felt a weird pang in his stomach, a pang of jealously, should he be jealous of this man now too? He asked himself as he heard Michael answered his unasked question.

"They're just friends John, good friends, nothing more, nothing less, actually it should make you feel better that he's around, he won't let anything happen to her, he doesn't have any family, he was an orphan and he considers Natalie and Aiden his family." Michael said as they watched Darren and Nat's Dr walk into Nat's room, John moved closer to the room but didn't get to close, Nat's guard was standing right outside the door protecting it against visitors. John walked back closer to Michael.

"If this Henry is so close to Natalie and Aiden, where was he when they were kidnapped?"

"Read your reports John, I believe he was out of town, Darren sent him out of town on business, and if you think about it, it was probably because he was going to have her kidnapped, he knew Henry wouldn't go along with it.'

John was about to say something when they all heard Natalie scream.

"NO!" John heard her scream and with the help of Michael pushed passed Nat's guard and went into her room. When John entered the room he saw Darren standing in the back and Natalie looked devastated, the Dr was trying to calm Natalie down.

"No, there's no way, no way I'm three months pregnant"