"I can't have children." Jamie said suddenly as she and Daryl got into his bed that night. The day had been stressful and Tara was due in a few hours. She didn't really know why it tumbled out of her mouth the way it did, at that particular time, but it did, so she went with it. "I had cancer."

Until this moment it had never mattered to her. She would never have had children with Greg, never. But when she looked at Daryl she saw a kind and gentle man, a man who would never hurt her and she was sad, for the children they could never have.

His eyes went soft at the thought of all the things she had suffered in her life, one thing after another and he made up his mind to make sure her life was full of good things from now on. She was so sweet and so kind, even after all she had gone through and it about blew him away.

Daryl wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up against him until she was sitting between his legs, with her back to his chest. "That don't matter to me, never even crossed my mind."

"It crossed mine. I finally meet someone I would consider procreating with and…"

Daryl got that, he had never thought of procreating with anyone else either, if this woman had wanted children, he would have given her all she wanted. But that wasn't how it was meant to be and he got it. He loved her, and nothing could ever make him stop.

"Shhhh, I want you all to myself anyway." He kissed the back of her head. "I'm sorry you had cancer, my mom did too."

"I'm sorry."

Daryl brought his hands down to her waist and turned her around so that she was facing him and her legs were straddling his.

"Let's talk about our future." He said, looking into her eyes. "That's all the past now."

"Daryl, you realize there's a storm of trouble coming my way." She said as he pulled her closer and stared at her lips.

"Our way." He replied and kissed her softly. "Trouble is coming our way, I'm in this with you."

"I wish you weren't," Jamie replied.

"Too late." He ran his hands down over her ass and squeezed. "I ain't going nowhere."

"I don't want you to get hurt. For anyone to get hurt."

He hugged her tighter. "Don't you worry, me and Merle got this, when your friends get here, we're gonna feed them a nice breakfast and talk this all out."

He took her hand in his.

"Then we're going to go get your car and your money." He stated as his fingers rubbed her knuckles.
"Do you think less of me because I stole it?"

'Hell no, sounds like you earned it." He kissed her hand "I could never think less of you for anything, you're the bravest woman I ever met."

"We should sleep, Tara said they'll be here by five am." Even as she said that he was already sneaking his hands down over her stomach. She tried to move but his breath on her neck and his whispered words stopped her cold.

"Not yet sweetheart, stay your ass right there." He brought his lips to her ear. "Turn back around." He whispered hotly in her ear and she obeyed, thrilled by his words and by the fact that this man, the kind and gentle one had another side, that was just for her.

For them, now.

He brought his hands to her breasts and as she settled her head back against his shoulder. Jamie let out a deep sigh as his hands moved lower and nudged her legs apart. She had never been with someone so blatantly sexual before. Greg never made her feel the way Daryl made her feel, not ever. His cruel words threatened to invade her mind just then and she blocked them out. Words like ugly, unlovable, fat, stupid and she knew she was none of those things, and this man had changed all of that.

She moaned softly as his fingers made contact with her soft flesh and she looked across the room at his dresser and the mirror above it. She could see both of them. Her legs spread wide and his hands on her breast and between her legs.

She laid her head back on his shoulder and

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The next morning Tara and Eugene were there and Tara had them captivated with her story.

"The police arrived so we had to relocate," Tara explained as she came up the stairs to Daryl house and hugged Jamie, "I thought I'd never see you again."

The hugged for a long time and then Jamie started making introductions, Daryl stood behind Jamie and Merle as well, Tara's eyes lit up as she saw them both.

"Well, look at you Jamie here with two lookers. I'm Tara and this is Eugene Porter, he's with us now." Tara explained.

"Come on in and get some food," Merle offered, "And let's make our plan."

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"I feel like he's here," Jamie explained as they sat around the kitchen table, "It's just a feeling I know, but the air is different…"

"Well, yeah," Tara answered, shoving a piece of bacon in her mouth, "You can smell the sulfur wherever he goes."

"So, you really think he's here already?"

"He had a two day start on me, at least," Tara explained, "Apparently Eugene here wasn't the only investigator he hired. So we gotta get moving."

"We need to go to AC, get the money and then you have to disappear for a while," Eugene countered, "Costa Rica is nice this time of year."

Notes: Thank you for reading, please let me know what you think.