Danger: Part Two
Alex lay next to Bobby in their bed, rubbing her swollen belly. Her collarbone still bore the bruises where Slater had held the gun to her body. Truth be told, she had been terrified, but something else kept her from losing it. She knew Bobby would chill the guy out, even for just a moment, enough to distract him, and she knew to take advantage of the moment, no matter what the outcome. It was a risk and she knew it, but it worked and now she was home, reading a magazine and watching Bobby sleep. She scanned over an article about mothers with dangerous jobs, her interest piqued. "To ride a wild horse or save some one from a burning building, you must cast fear aside; you must forget, for just one moment, that you are some one's mother." Alex read that quote over and over, her eyes welling up. She thought about what she had done today, the risks she took not only with her life, but with their daughter's life as well.
A/N- The quote is from the article entitled "Mothers & Danger", by Karen Karbo. The article appeared in the June 2006 issue of Redbook magazine.