She sat in her cell alone, having had her fingerprints and mug shot taken wondering where everything went wrong and how she was going to recover from this, she was in jail for kidnapping a child that was left on her doorstop. She thought bitterly back to nearly two years ago on this very when she was just out of the hospital after having Emma when they had first brought her home and she was so tiny, her little fingers and toes, how she would click her little tongue and smile in her sleep.

Jennifer wished more than anything she could go back to that time, when they were a happy family but then if she did, Bailey wouldn't have come into her life. That child was given to her for a reason and she would jump through fire to bring her home.

Wherever home was, she wasn't sure

"You know , I didn't think I'd enjoy this as much as I do .." a familiar voice made her head snap up

"Enjoy what? Seeing me behind bars?" She walked over to the bars and looked into his brown eyes

"Yup, I never thought I'd see any wife of mine behind bars," He smiled

"Ex-wife, Jonathan Ex-wife," She reminded him, "Are you going to stand there or are you going to bail me out?"

"Dash is just signing the papers now, but apparently the judge has some conditions for your release.." Jonathan moved aside so the guard could unlock the gate

"Like?" She stepped out of the jail cell, smoothing down her hair which was useless because her hair was a mess from tugging on it while she was crying

"I'm not sure, He'll tell us in a moment," He led her to a conference room Where Dash sat with a grim look on his face "What's going on, Wheeze?"

"Alright here's the situation, the judge has decided that instead of such a high bail because kidnapping is a definite overreach, he's decided to impose specific conditions until the trial starts,"

"Such as," Jennifer was eager to know what the judge had said

"You can have no contact with the minor child or her grandparents, for temporary purposes you are under house arrest at Willow Pond under Jonathan 's close supervision and well..

"Well What?" Jonathan and Jennifer said in unison

"I tried to fight this but I got nowhere, there's a stipulation regarding Emma,"

"Wait our daughter? Why?" Jonathan leaned forward

"Apparently the Judge feels like Jennifer is going to flee the country again with Emma, potentially putting her in danger, so he is requesting that Emma be placed in temporary sole custody of Jonathan and that Jennifer is only allowed supervised visits for two hours each day."

"What? Only two hours a day? That is my child, I need more time with her!" Jennifer stood up angrily

"I'm sorry Jennifer but it's the best I could get you, originally you weren't even going to get supervised visits but I pushed and the judge agreed, you have to agree or go back to your cell to wait for transfer to San Quentin woman's facility,"

"Jennifer, we'll figure something out, just agree so we can go home to Emma" Jonathan urged her

"Fine!" She threw up her in hands in disgust

"There's one more thing.." Dash said meekly

"They want a kidney?" She said sarcastically

"No you need to wear an ankle bracelet to monitor that you don't leave Willow Pond after 6pm and you'll need to move to the guest house to honor these conditions ,"

"Wait I can't leave my house for any reason, what if my baby were sick and needed to go to the hospital?"

"Then Jonathan would have to take her, I'm sorry Jennifer those are the conditions but remember it's only temporary,"

She couldn't believe this was happening , she was going to be a virtual prisoner in her own home and have limited access to her own child

She numbly signed the agreement papers and was fitted for her ankle bracelet, it pinched and seemed to get uglier every time she looked down, she'd be also forced to forfeit the 14k gold ankle bracelet that Jonathan had bought her for the their wedding anniversary, while they strapped to her foot, it made her cry even harder

When Jonathan brought her home, His assistant told them that Emma was asleep and Jennifer immediately went to check on her in the old nursery

Emma was curled up with her bunny in one arm and her thumb in her mouth, Jennifer kissed her head and pulled up the blanket

"Good Night Baby" She cried over the crib

"Jennifer," Jonathan came up behind her

"Oh Jonathan, how am I only going to her for two hours a day , that's not enough time to get her routine, that's not even enough time to give her a bath and read to her!" She sobbed into his chest

"I promise, We'll make this work and think of all the time you'll get to write again, " He could feel how devastated she was and wanted to comfort her but time had distanced them and he was unsure of how far he could go without crossing some sort of line

She looked at him with watery eyes and realized that she needed to feel him against, more than just pressed against his chest, she needed to feel the heat of his body on top of her

"Jonathan," She said wiping her eyes with one hand, "take me to bed,"

"What?" He wasn't sure he heard her

"Please." She started kissing his neck, pulling off his jacket, he followed her lead and started kissing her lips and unbuttoning her blouse, after a few minutes she pulled away and without speaking lead him to their bedroom

Her head was spinning but she needed him right now more than ever, She pulled him through the door, frantically pulling at his belt while kissing his chest they stumbled backwards and onto the bed, he pulled at her blouse even more, popping some buttons and lowering her bra straps and kissing the freckles on her shoulders, and when her hands grazed the tip of his penis, he stiffened and then relaxed and let his hands wonder all over her body, frantically unbuttoning her skirt and nearly ripping off her silk panties and dipping his fingers inside her, remembering the spot that made her scream and loved watching her body convulse backward in delight, he kissed his way back to her lips and when she was ready for him, he slid inside of her as he were a missing piece, She ran her hands over his back , over the scar from where the disc in his back had raptured and required surgery leaving a scar that resembled a half moon, sometimes when he slept, she would trace it…

He pushed into her deeper and deeper, faster until she was screaming his name and they climaxed together, he fell on top of her exhausted but she wasn't done yet, she scooted from underneath him and climbed on top of him, he started to put his hands on her ass but she leaned forward and whispered to him to just watch, she placed his arm above his head, she extended her body across his and started kissing his chest keeping her eyes locked on him, he seemed to be even more turned on watching her and she kissed her way to the tip of his penis, then slowly began to take him into her mouth going deeper and deeper all around until he was fully erect again then when he climaxed again, she let him go and slid back across his body until she was lying on top of him and kissing his lips, exhausted she fell asleep in his arms

Where she woke up hours later, and found him starting at her

"Good Morning," She said scrunching up her eyes

"It's certainly a very good morning," He smiled at her with those wrinkles across his eyes

"Did you sleep?" She said leaning against him and looking into those blue eyes she had once loved so much

"Off and on, you exhausted me,"

She couldn't help but blush…

"I know things got so intense last night and we should talk about it, because where do we go from here?,"

The smile left her face and she became very serious, "Jonathan, I don't where we go from here, we're in such different places and we're different people than we were last year "

"So what? We're just going to be parents who occasionally have sex together?" Jonathan sat up in the bed

"No! I just think we need to figure were we are in our lives, and do what's best for Emma," She rolled over to her side of the bed

"What's best for Emma is for us to become a family again,"

"You don't know that, Jonathan, don't ruin last night please," She got off the bed and walked into the closet where some of her clothes she hadn't taken with her to London still hung

He followed her as she looked for clothes to wear, "Jennifer, come on we're adults we need to give in to what we know, that last night wasn't just about sex.."

"Jonathan!" She started to say something when the doorbell rang, "Who could that be at 8am?"

"Maybe your boyfriend from London, "He teased her reaching for his robe

"No He'd have the decency to call first," She said brushing past him to slip on her own robe

Before Jonathan could respond to that, She walked through the bedroom when Emma started to cry

"Jonathan, can you get the door while I get the baby?" She didn't wait for an answer instead went into the nursery

Jonathan knew that the discussion in the bedroom would lead to an eventual fight but he figured why let his daughter hear it and went downstairs.

A tall man with thick brown hair and a boy next door quality was standing on the porch

"Hello, Can I help you?" Jonathan asked

"Hello my name is Channing Williams, I'm here to speak with Mrs. Jennifer Hart.."

"Regarding…" Jonathan wasn't going to let a total stranger into his house

"I'm her court liaison, I'm here to supervise Mrs. Hart regarding her daughter," Channing shifted uncomfortably

"Now ..It's 8 in the morning?" Jonathan doubled checked his watch

"I'm sorry Sir but I was informed by your Lawyer that I could start to supervise Mrs. Hart immediately and that you would be okay with it,"

"Well, Alright Come on," Jonathan opened the door all the way and let the young man in, who along with a briefcase wheeled a small suitcase, He was led through the foyer into the Living Room where Jonathan told him to sit down to wait for Jennifer.

"What exactly are you going to monitor Jennifer for," Jonathan asked

"Just to see how she interacts with Emma, what type of mother she is and how Emma responds to her,"

"I'm a very good mother, I don't see why I need a total stranger to prove it.." Jennifer said coming down the stairs with Emma who was rubbing her eyes and sucking her thumb

"Mrs. Hart, I promise I'm not here make you out to be a bad mother, I'm just here to make sure that Emma's needs are being met" Channing smiled sincerely , "Tell you what, for the rest of the weekend we'll forget the time limit and just get to know each other and see how Emma responds to both of us."

"Are you educated in child care?" Jennifer said putting Emma in her playpen

"Yes I'm a social worker as well as a child care specialist not to mention I have four little sisters, Mrs. Hart, you are aware your trial does start Monday morning right?"

"I was not aware it would start so quickly," Jennifer was surprised

"Mr. Crest was able to convince the Judge to push the trial along so that the other minor child wouldn't be affected as well."

"How is she?" Jennifer asked, it had only been a day but she missed Bailey like crazy

"I don't know. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford aren't allowing anyone to observe them with the child,"

"Oh my god," Jennifer sucked in her breath as Jonathan took her hand reassuringly and squeezed

"I don't think she's in any danger, Ma'am, but we are carefully observing her regardless,"

Jennifer could only nod

"So for today, let's just go through Emma's usual routine and I'll ask questions as we go along,"

And ask he did, everything from Emma's favorite food to the way she played and how she slept, Jennifer felt like she was being interviewed, the flip side of her life's work but she was patient and answered every question because she knew one flip answer could cost her daughter.

Channing was also curious about her life and asked questions about her travels and the people she had met, his natural curiosity made her smile and she enjoyed speaking with him, Jonathan assumed that he would be bothered by this young person's persistence but he found himself comfortable with him as if Channing were his nephew.

Emma, however wasn't too sure of him and when he got down on the floor to play with her and Jennifer, She usually so good around strangers but for some reason she just didn't like him and when he picked up one of her blocks, she ripped it out of his hand, screaming No! and when he tugged to get it back, she swiftly kicked him not too hard in Keds but hard enough..

He tried to win her over by performing a puppet show with two of her stuffed animals but she wasn't impressed, she simply walked out of the room. But despite her reluctant behavior, he could see how attached she was to Jennifer and when she wouldn't let go of Jennifer at nap time, Channing decided that he'd had seen enough, that the whole concept of Jennifer putting her child in danger was ridiculous and he would insist to the judge to lift the conditions immediately.

The next day was spent in a comfortable silence between Jennifer and Jonathan because whatever Monday brought, the time was needed to be in their daughter's company but Jennifer couldn't help but feeling that something was missing or rather someone..

Her Bailey..

Monday Morning came too early for them and when they arrived back at the courthouse, the press had doubled and they were forced to go through a back door under the parking garage. Jennifer wanted to scream that this was ridiculous that she was being charged for a crime she didn't commit but Jonathan's handhold told her that now wasn't the time.

Dash met them in the Lobby, asking them their visit with Channing went and when he discovered that Channing had left early, he was enraged because he was sure this would be a direct violation and insisted his assistant finding the man before the morning session

Jennifer was lead to the front table with Jonathan behind her gripping her shoulder, she had made sure just in case that she didn't come home that night, that she packed a bag in the Bentley, she had a feeling it would be a while before she saw Willow Pond again.

"The People versus Jennifer Eileen Hart, the charge kidnapping in the first degree as well as child endangerment, will the defendant please rise?" the bailiff announced

Jennifer stood up next to Dash, the butterflies going into overdrive

"The Honorable Arthur Rittenhouse presiding,"

The Judge came in, looking harried or maybe even spooked, "Please Be Seated, Let's get this trial started, Mr. Stack, you're up,"

"The prosecution calls Rachel Crawford to the stand,"

Rachel Crawford, a thin woman with slightly greying hair marched to the stand and was sworn in

"Mrs. Crawford, tell us why you think you are the best candidate for Bailey?"

"We are her blood, the only family she has and we don't feel the Harts are capable of raising our girl,"

"Why don't you feel they can raise Bailey?"

"Because Mrs. Hart has emotional problems and I don't think my granddaughter should be around that!"

"OBJECTION!, Slander your honor!" Dash jumped up

"Overruled, Continue on Counselor.." The judge said

"What do you mean, Mrs. Hart has emotional problems?"

"I meant she isn't stable, she's promiscuous and that's not the lifestyle we want for our grand daughter,"

"How do you know she's promiscuous?"

"Because when she was sixteen, she had a baby out of wedlock!"

A gasp was heard throughout the court room

"What's she talking about" Dash whispered to Jennifer

"Sophie, but she was stillborn, how could they possibly know that?" Jennifer was stunned

"Your Honor, How is this relevant to the charges?" Dash asked

"We're question Mrs. Hart's stability in dealing with the minor child and whether her past mistakes will affect the child,"

"Your stepping over the line Counselor, stick to the facts and try not to drag Mrs. Hart through the mud too much," The Judge said

"Yes Your Honor, Mrs. Crawford Why do you think Bailey was left by your daughter to the Harts?"

"I don't know, we never knew that Bailey even existed and then we found out she did, we immediately reached out to the Harts to get her back," Rachel dabbed at an imaginary tear

The prosecutor seemed satisfied with her answer and sat down at his own table

"Mrs. Crawford, you say you never knew of Bailey's existence but wasn't your daughter living with you at the time of her conception and birth?"

"Yes but she never told us that she was pregnant?"

"And why was that?"

"We don't know, we certainly would have embraced Bailey immediately,"

"Your Honor, I submit as exhibit A the diary of Winnie Crawford Cooper, in which she writes that after informing her parents of her pregnancy, she was forced into nearly having an abortion and when she refused she was shoved into a broom closet for a week with no food or water" Dash held up a diary

"How do we know that it's legitimate?" the Crawford's lawyer asked, Mrs. Crawford had gone pale at the sight of her daughter's diary

"A Forensic hand writing analysis was performed and I have a letter stating of the diary's legitimacy.."

"I'll Allow it,"

"Now Mrs. Crawford, Since you swore, …under oath that you never heard of Bailey's existence why would your daughter would write that?"

"She wasn't mentally stable!" Mrs. Crawford cried , "She was a vehement liar and a sociopath who didn't deserve a child ."

"And so you felt the need to force an abortion then use mental cruelty on your unstable daughter, and yet the curiousity for why she abandoned her baby"

"Your Honor!"

"I apologize, Sir now explain to me, Mrs. Crawford why you waited an entire year to search for your granddaughter, when most grandparents would be frantic to find their missing grandchild?"

"We searched but we knew that if Winnie didn't want to be found, she wouldn't and when she would become desperate and run out of money, she'd come home.."

"Mrs. Crawford, could it be you only searched for your granddaughter after discovering she was living with one of the wealthiest industrialists in the world?"

"Of course not!"

"Mrs. Crawford, how your relationship with your daughter?"

" She and I had a very misunderstood relationship,"

"You mean you bullied her and she only took it for so long,"

"Your Honor! Badgering!"

"Mr. Crest, your bordering …"

"Sorry your honor, explain why your relationship with your daughter was misunderstood? "

"She refused to cooperate with our rules and she became out of control, staying out all night and promiscuous behavior, drinking and lying constantly and when we confronted her, she ran away and claimed we were abusing her which we weren't. We were ashamed of her behavior and with our position In society we don't condone outrageous behavior "

"Thank you Mrs. Crawford," Dash sat down.

"Alright before we break for lunch, are there any witnesses I need to be notified of?" The judge asked just as Dash's assistant walked into the court room

"Just a moment, Sir," Dash listened to what she said "Are you positive?"

"Yes" She nodded and sat down next to Jonathan

"Your Honor, my surprise witness has just become available.."

"Who is it Mr. Crest?"

"Charley Cooper,"

"Who is that?"

"Bailey Leigh Cooper's father"