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Mark opened eyes , he smiled at the sight of Sammy curled up to his side like a kitten, he had almost forgotten what it was like to wake up with a soft, good smelling woman beside you, he realized he missed it, the last few years had been filled with one night stands, hit it and run. Mark turned to his side and watched her, she instinctively moved closer pressing her face to his chest. Mark lifted his hand and rubbed her head fondly, against all odds, he liked the girl, he watched her yawn and open her eyes.

If she had any fear waking up in bed with him, he didn't see it, instead she cuddled closer and closed her eyes again. "No way Shorty, I'm awake so you are too, get your butt up."

Sammy opened her eyes and looked up at him. "Why do I have to get up?"

Mark sat up . "Because I said so, c'mon we'll start breakfast."

Sammy nodded and hopped out of bed, Mark had taken to letting her help cook, and she was actually getting better. They made their way down to the kitchen and Mark grabbed eggs and sausage from the fridge. "You start on this." He said handing her the sausage, I'll make waffles."

Sammy nodded and got busy cooking sausage, Mark watched her as he mixed up the waffle mix, she was improving, she hadn't burned anything in two days, he thought smiling.

Kevin crossed his arms and looked at his wife. "You're not going anywhere."

Mia was beyond mad. "Oh Yes I am, I'm going to give that rat bastard a piece of my mind, then I'm going to track down that pervert and cut his nuts off." She said tried to storm past Kevin.

Kevin sighed and wrapped his arms around her lifting her in front of him. " You're not going anywhere near either one of them, Mark, Scott and I will deal with this."

Mia tried to get loose, but there was little point, Kevin was just too strong. "Kevin let me go."

Kevin sat her in a kitchen chair and looked at her. "Mia, your sister needs you, now settle down, I mean it."

Mia frowned and crossed her arms. Kevin bent down in front of her. "Stop pouting, I don't want you near your father, that clear?"

Mia nodded but didn't say anything Kevin leaned forward kissing her gently and she had no will to resist him, he pulled back smiling. "Mark is going to bring her over after while, he said she was fine, now stop worrying."

Mia nodded and hugged him, she was just worried about Sammy, she was beginning to really hate her dad.

Mark sat down with Sammy after breakfast. " I want you to go stay with Mia today, I have some things to do, I don't want you here alone, I called Kevin and let him know what happened."

Sammy sighed. "I don't want sis to worry."

Mark took her hand and patted it. "She worries regardless, now c'mon, you stay there till I pick you up."

"I really should work." She said.

Mark got up. "If you feel like you have to work, get your laptop." he said letting her know that was end of the discussion.

Sammy sighed, he sure was bossy, but she found she wasn't all that bothered by the fact.

Mia grabbed her sister and hugged her. "You okay?'

Sammy nodded. "Don't worry sis, I'm fine, I promise."

Bailey and Emma were there too, Scott , Kevin and Mark were holed up in the kitchen with the door shut.

Emma and Seth ran over giving her a hug. "You want to play with us."

She nodded and followed the kids over to their video game and sat down with them.

Bailey looked at Mia. "Do you think she's really okay?"

Mia looked at her sister. "With her its hard to tell, she don't show what she's feeling, she buries everything."

Kevin, Scott and Mark came out of the kitchen. "We're going out, you girls sit tight." Kevin said.

Scott kissed his wife. "We wont be long." Bailey nodded. Kevin pulled Mia in his arms and hugged her tight. "Stay here."

Mia nodded. "I will, but what are you guys up to?"

"Not anything for you to worry about." Kevin said .

Mia frowned but didn't comment.

Emma and Seth looked over at Mark, he was watching Aunt Sammy. "C'mere Uncle Mark." Emma called grinning. Mark sighed and walked over. Emma and Seth were good kids, but he just wasn't a kid person. He bent down beside Emma, he looked at Sammy who was sitting between Emma and Seth. "Yeah?"

Emma gave him her cutest smile. "I want a kiss and hug bye."

Mark figured he might as well give up, these kids were not going to let him alone. Mark pulled the little girl in his arms and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Emma smiled. "Thank you, but you better give Seth a hug , or he'll feel bad."

Seth grinned and got up and hugged Mark. Mark gave him a quick hug and was about to get up, but Emma stopped him. "What about Aunt Sammy?"

Mark looked at the little girl, she really reminded him of Scott sometimes, Mark wasn't big on public displays of any kind, but he decided to humor the kid. Mark wrapped his arms around Sammy. "You stay put till I get back."

Sammy nodded."I will." She said returning the hug.

Across the room Mia couldn't believe it, Sammy freaked if a guy touched her, but it was obvious that she didn't mind Mark touching her.

Mark let go and was about to get up. Emma tapped his shoulder. Mark looked at the pretty little girl. "Yes?"

"Uncle Mark you have to give her a kiss." Emma said her green eyes sparkling.

Kevin, Scott , Bailey and Mia, were having a hard time trying not to laugh, Emma really needed to learn a bit more about being subtle.

Mark gave the little girl a look. "You are just like your daddy, sneaky."

Emma just grinned and looked up at her daddy who winked at her. Mark bent and pressed a kiss to Sammy's forehead, causing her to blush.

Mark just shook his head and got up. "Let's go." He growled at his friends, who were trying their best not to laugh at him.

Emma leaned over to Seth. "Wasn't a very good kiss, I guess he needs practice."

Seth nodded. "Yeah, maybe Papa and Uncle Scott can give him some lessons."

No one was able to contain their laughter not even Sammy, Mark just frowned and walked out the door followed by his two laughing friends.

Scott stopped at the police station to talk to one of his friends, he wanted to find out any information he could about this Jefferson Reynolds.

Kevin and Mark waited outside for him and he came out about a half hour later. "He's been in trouble a couple of times for picking up underage girls, never convicted of anything though, and I got his address."

Kevin nodded, he wanted a piece of that jerk. "I get him, you and Mark go have a talk with daddy."

Mark shook his head. "I want to take that pervert out."

Scott looked at the two big men. "Kevin maybe you should deal with your father in law."

Kevin nodded reluctantly. "Okay, but give him a couple of shots for me."

Mark rubbed his big fist. "Don't worry bro, he's going to get whats coming to him."

Mia , Bailey and Sammy sat at the table drinking coffee. "So what do you think the guys are up to ." Sammy asked.

Bailey set her cup down. "Truthfully, there probably kicking that guys ass as we speak."

Mia nodded. "Yeah and I hope they break him in half.

Sammy jumped up. "What if Mark gets hurt?"

Mia laughed. "Who the heck is going to be able to hurt Mark, calm down."

Sammy sat down, but she was still worried. "I just don't want anything to happen to him."

Bailey smiled. "So whats up between you and Mark?"

Sammy looked confused for a moment and then blushed. "Its not like that, he's my friend and well...he takes care of me, thats all."

Mia looked at the blush on her sister's face. "And how do you feel about him?"

Sammy played with the handle on her coffee cup. "He's my friend, besides he don't look at me like a woman, I told you he acts like my daddy or something, thats it."

Mia grinned. "Hell sometimes I call Kevin daddy, that don't mean I think he's my daddy, the man makes me hot, c'mon, are you attracted to him?"

Sammy blushed. "He;s handsome, I mean he's very ...sexy, but theres nothing there, really."

Bailey and Mia weren't buying it, she was red as a tomato, she was in denial, both women let it drop, there was more there than friendship going on, but maybe her and Mark didn't realize it yet.

Mark walked up to the big house, he was so mad, he felt like he could kill this guy. He knocked on the door and waited.

Mark looked at the guy who opened the door, he was in his fifties, with graying hair. "Jefferson?"

"Yes..who are you?" the man asked.

"Your worst nightmare." Mark said grabbing his neck and pulling him in the house and slamming the door. "You like screwing around with little girls you sick fuck?" Mark asked, his thought on Sammy crying in his arms last night.

Jefferson panicked. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Mark's big fist slammed in his face. "Fucking liar." Mark punched him in the face again and let him fall.

Mark pulled back his big foot and kicked him hard in the gut, Jefferson coughed and sputtered. Mark pulled him up again. "Its going to be a long ten minutes for you, you better never touch a child again, cause I'll find out and then I'm going to come back and kill you."

Mark brought his knee up in the man's balls and laughed when Jefferson screamed.

Scott and Kevin stood in Tyson's den as the man poured himself a drink. "What do I owe this pleasure to, my daughter driving you crazy already." He asked his son in law.

Kevin wanted to punch the man in the face. "No, I just want to let you know, if you come anywhere near, my wife, my son or Sammy, I'll stomp a mud hole in your ass."

Tyson just shook his head. "Mia always did love you low class types, very colorful, but Sammy is my business, I have no interest in your wife or son, I tried my best to whip that girl into shape and it didn't help at all."

Kevin moved so quickly Tyson didn't have time to move. He grabbed the older man and punched him in the mouth, letting the man fall to the floor. "You bastard, you're no better than that bastard that molested Sammy, you abused both those girls, just in a different way, I mean it asshole, leave Sammy alone."

"I'm calling the police!" Tyson yelled.

Scott smirked. "Go ahead, I'm sure they would love to hear how you do business with child molesters, listen buddy, I got lots of friends down at the prescient , and I can make things real hard on you, all you have to do, is stay away from Sammy, now if we have to tell you again, we'll be talking with our fists."

Tyson just lay there for the first time looking scared. Scott looked at Kevin ."Lets go."

Kevin nodded and shot one last glare at Tyson, he wanted to rip the man from limb to limb, but he let it go for now, he just better stay away from his family.

Mark leaned down over the bleeding and battered man. "Next time, I have a few friends that wouldn't mind using you like the little bitch you are, I hope you believe me, maybe thats what you need, to be used the way you used those young girls.

Mark got up and walked out of the house shutting the door, he walked out to his truck and got in, damn but that had felt good, every time, he thought about Sammy crying over what that pervert had done to her, it made his blood boil.

Mark knew he couldn't change what had happened to her, but beating the crap out of that pervert had gave him a lot of satisfaction, but Mark knew that was for him, his anger, Sammy needed healing of her own, she had a lot of pain locked up inside her, she had talked to him last night, with a lot of urging, maybe he could get her to open up, it would be good for her to get it off her chest.

The guys met up at the local bar and had a few beers. "So you beat his ass good?" Kevin asked.

Mark gave a deadly grin. "Yep, felt good too."

"Yeah I punched that bastard father of theirs in the face too, I think he got his jollys beating the hell out of those girls, sick bastard."

Mark frowned. "What the hell you talking about?"

Scott looked at Kevin, seems he didn't share that bit of information with Mark.

Kevin sat his beer down. "Their old man beat the hell out them for any reason, real piece of work, Mia don't like to talk about it, but from what she has said it was pretty bad, and when Sammy told him about Jefferson touching her, he beat her for lying."

Mark big hands clenched into fists. "If I ever see that fucker again, he's going to get a beating." Mark growled.

Both men knew he was dead serious , Kevin gave his friend a curious look. "You're awfully concerned about Sammy."

Mark downed the rest of his beer. "She's my friend."

Scott gave Kevin a look, Mark sounded awfully sure of what he and Sammy were to each other, he just wondered if Mark was hiding his real feelings.