The trip across town was merely a few blocks away. I couldn't understand why it felt like hours to get to the restaurant. My heart was racing and my palms were sweaty on the steering wheel as I neared it. There, right ahead of me was the framiliar blue antique house that was that was home to some of the best foods in British Columbia (or so people say). Nothing looked out of the ordinary. Lin's red jeep was parked out front along with a few other vehicles, most of which I recognized. My tension was not eased by this. I brought my truck to a sudden stop that was not avoidable for the speed I was going, I jumped out of my truck and ran inside.

Entering the restaurant I was slightly winded. People turned from their meals to look at me curiously, I didn't blame them. I needed to find Lin.

Right on cue she emerged from the kitchen, her green eyes sparkling like they always did, "Jake! You said you weren't coming in till five today! Remember, you were going to fix that leak in the roof."

"I just wanted to check in on you, hun," I threw my shaking arms around her and then whispered in her ear so no one else could hear me, "We have to leave town. Like today."

Lin pulled away from me with concern on her face, "Are you okay? Jacob, we can't just leave town like that, we have a job here. It's nice you want a vacation."

"I'm not kidding. We have to go get Bo now and leave. I don't know where but it's too dangerous here."

"Your scaring me now," The concern on her face was morphed into fear, as if to prove what she said, "What's going on?"

I sighed painfully. God she was beautiful, "I cant explain now, but I will. I promise you Lin, come with me now and it will be the best decision you've ever made. If you stay here, god I can't even think of what will happen. I put you in danger by marrying you, Lin. My life, well it's so violent."

She seemed to be thinking things through thouroughly, "I'll go with you, if only because I trust you. I don't want to believe you've put us in danger. I thought your high school drama's were in the past though, Jake?'

"I thought so too, but there's no time for discussion. Marty will be okay running the restaurant for a while. Okay, let's go."

I grabbed Lin's hand and we were out of the reastaurant just as fast as I had entered. Lin attempted to protest, there were things she needed to do first. Naturally, I ignored her. She would thank me for it later. I looked back at her the wind had made a mess of her long blonde hair and her face was fixed into a hard expression. My god, I loved her so much.

It was like time had slowed down on the way to the day care. I was breaking all the driving laws, although I barely noticed. In the passenger seat Lin was shouting questions at me, I didn't answer her. I barely cared at the moment. There was plenty of time to explain everything to her when we were out of town. Right now I had to get Bo. It felt like the same situation all over again, except now it was Bo instead of Lin, not that I wasn't worrying about Bo the whole time. It was one of those feelings, I was more than positive he didn't know I had a son.

I was fuming inside. Why now? Why was that god forsaken man coming after my family now? I completely rebuilt everything. I was finally happy, and he has to come find me, for what? The bastard got what he wanted from me, unless...unless what? nothing made sense to me now. All I knew was that if that piece of scum tried to touch my family, he would pay with his life.

Finally, we reached the daycare centre. Despite my best efforts not to overanalyze the situation, something seemed more out of place here than the restaurant. I had to reassure myself over and over again that everything was alright. Finally I undid my seatbelt and gestured for Lin to get out of the truck.

Inside everything seemed wrong. It was too quiet. My heart began to race and senarios ran through my head. The worst possible ones. I knew I should have been faster, If I hadn't spent so much time in the god damn hardware store after Emilio left. A few minutes could change everything.

As if to prove my morbid thoughts correct, Janice, the childcare woman came running frantically down the hall towards Lin and I, "Oh god! I'm sorry!" She exclaimed hysterically, "I didn't know, then it was too late!"

Lin gripped my arm too tightly, I was horrorstruck and furious, "Shit! What the hell happened here, Janice! Where's Bo!"

The woman seemed frozen in place. She was trying to control her emotions, "He said he was supposed to pick Bo up. He said that he was his uncle. I should have known! When Bo started crying, I shouldn't have been so stupid!"

Emilio. He took my son. It felt like my world was crashing down, like my heart would soon stop, "Did this man say anything else? Anything?"

Janice took a deep breath, "He said his name was Emilio and that I should tell you he said 'hi'. He told me that it's been a long time since he's seen you and wants to do some catching up. He didn't say where he was going though."

Lin, who had been so quiet in her shocked state squeezed my arm even harder than before at hearing Janice's story, "Emilio! What the hell, Jacob! Don't tell me this is the guy you've been hiding from for the past eight years! You said our family would be safe from him and your past! You lied to me Jake! Now our baby, our baby, is gone! He could be dead for all I know," She couldn't go on, she dropped to her knees and began to sob uncontrollably.

I couldn't talk, my tears were about to betray me, "Lin, he's okay," I managed to force these words out then,then it started to become easier again, "He wouldn't hurt him now. He's trying to lure me to him."

Lin didn't look reassured in the least, "We're not leaving town now, are we?"

I took a breath, this was not supposed supposed to happen, "Maybe you should leave Lin, but i'm staying, there's no doubt. I'll find our baby, I promise you that one thing."

"I'm not leaving without you," Lin protested crying even harder, "I would rather die, than leave you Jacob."

I knew she would insist on staying with me. I wasn't going to force her to leave, I believed every word she had said. Staying with me was the best, maybe even the safest thing for her to do right now.