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Chapter 18

Henry started to walk out behind Natalie, Darren, Aiden and the Guard when he stopped walking. The guard saw him stop and he turned and looked at him.

"I forgot Natalie's appointment book in the exam room, I'll meet all of you at the car" Henry turned and walked back into the hospital, he walked down the hall and over towards John and Michael who were just deep in conversation, he was pretty sure the conversation was about Natalie.

"Excuse Me, Agent Mcbain, I'm Henry Sims, I need to have a few words with you about Mrs. Southers, about Natalie" Henry told John and then he and John walked away from Michael over to the doors going outside to the terrace.

"What do you have to say about Natalie?" John questioned him the minute they were in private.

"I just wanted to tell you...well... tell you, that it will all be over soon, if things go as planned, she and Aiden w--"

"You mean my son" John told him just so there was no confusion on who Aiden was to him, he was his son, Natalie was the woman he loved, had always loved and he could tell there was more to how Henry had felt about Natalie than what Michael told him. He was pretty sure by the way the man looked at Natalie that he was in Love with her.

"Yes, I mean your son, after tonight, Natalie and Aiden should be safe"

"Why after tonight? What's going on?"

"I can't get into it but Natalie and I are handling things from the inside, after we take care of a few things I... I ... I probably won't be around to help, to make sure she's alright, their alright, so... so.."

"Just spit it out "

"So... I just want to make sure that you were all she talked about, you know, when she had her memory, she use to talk about you all the time, how you got her, how safe you made her, how she loved you, how she missed you. I just want to make sure, I just want to know if you are going to stay around this time, she said you ran because you were scared, she's going to be having that assholes baby, will you be able to handle it, I need to know now, cause if you can't"

"So she doesn't have her memory back?"

"No, just bits and pieces she's been putting back together, back to my question, do you have an answer for me? If you're not going to be able to handle things, I want to know right now, I'll need to come up with a different plan then, one where I can watch out for them when you run again."

John thought about his words, if he didn't think this man was in love with her before, he knew now. He thought about what he said, about him not being able to handle that she was having a baby, a baby that wasn't his, would he run, he shook his head knowing his answer, thinking back to what she had said to him a month ago when they made love in the carriage house, that he wasn't a failure, that his dad wouldn't have been mad at him cause he didn't find his killer but that he'd be mad cause he wasn't living a happy live, a happy live that John knew he could only have if he wasn't with her, and their son, and if he had to raise a child that wasn't his with her, he would love her and them, all of them just as much.

Henry watched, as John seemed to have a private debate in his head, he shook his head and headed out the door.

"That was exactly what I thought," Henry said although John didn't say a word.

"I've gotta go before they realize I've been gone to long, I'll make sure their safe tonight, but after that, it's your turn, don't blow it this time" Henry said as John tried to stop him, he needed more information than that, what was Natalie getting into tonight, was she going to be safe, he started to worry and was unable to get any more info from Henry as he watched him leave the hospital.

Natalie sat in Aiden's room watching the clock as she remembered what happened earlier today. She found out she was pregnant, not just pregnant but almost three months pregnant, why hadn't she known? Why hadn't she felt something, three months was a long time to go and not know you were pregnant, she chalked that up to no having all her memories back, cause if she did, then maybe she would have realized it, something about it just didn't sit right for her, she just couldn't believe she was having that man's baby. That monster of a man, her husband, she tried real hard to remember what he was like when she married him, was he that God Awful of a person when she married him? Was she that stupid or was she just so upset over John not coming back that she married him to protect herself. Just the idea that she had, had sex with that man and conceived a child made her run to the bathroom to be sick.

Natalie returned from the bathroom, still disgusted and weesey. She looked up at the clock on Aiden's wall and saw that it was almost eight o'clock; Darren would be leaving soon, and then when he did.. She and Henry would put their plan to find stuff on Darren out. She tried to concentrate on the task they needed to accomplish tonight but it was so hard, her mind kept going back to the look on John's face when he heard her say she was pregnant. He looked mortified, stunned, more than just shocked. She wondered how all of this was going to go down, come about, she didn't have all her memories back but for some reason or another there was some sort of connection between she and John.

The connection, she thought, it obviously was so strong that even with the years that had pasted for them, years apart, even with her not remembering him, even with the deception of letting another man raise his child as his own, it was still there and still strong, if not stronger than ever. She had only hoped that when all this was said and done, when it was finally over, when everyone was safe, that the three of them could be together, maybe even a family someday, but it would be more like the four of them before to long. Natalie fought back a few tears that were threatening to escape her eye's as she thought about if he would still want her, still want to be a part of her life, now... now that she was carrying that man's baby. He had told her he loved her now, she only hoped that the love that they both shared was enough... enough to get them all thru this and safe.

Natalie came out of her thoughts as she heard a single knock on the Door adjoining Aiden's room. That was the cue, it told her he was out of the house, that Henry was going to sneak down stairs and cut the power off to the house. Natalie grabbed a flashlight that she kept hidden under Aiden's covers and waited for the power to go dead, Aiden was already asleep in his bed, she lay next to him for a few minutes as he slept, she kissed his head.

"I Love You Buddy, this has to work, I've gotta find something, I just have to, for us, for all of us" Natalie said as she touched her stomach