"What's that guy's problem?" Stacey said.
"I don't know. He won't leave me alone," Adriana said. "Take that cat out back to her owner. She's good to go."
Stacey left the room to give the cat Adriana attended to back to its owner.
"Hey, is Adriana here?" Daniel asked.
"Yes. But she's busy giving an animal their shot. I'm not trying to be rude but you need to leave," Stacey told him.
Stacey handed the cat back to her owner then went back to check on Adriana.
"I'm about to put my foot up his ass," Stacey said once she closed the door.
"Don't put your foot up his ass. Just calm down," Adriana said.
"Does Jonathan know about this?"
"Yes. He told me to just reject any of his advances. I'll let Jonathan handle it. It's just best for him to handle it. He works with him anyway. You know what, I'm going to call Jonathan right now. He went back to work today and Daniel needs to be there with him Not lusting over me. He can't have me."
"I'm glad Jon recovered quickly. He's a tough cookie. I hope he kills the bastard," Stacey said.
"I'm gonna kill that bastard," Jon said.
"Jon, please remain calm," Adriana said.
"I am. But he needs to leave you alone. I'm going over there right now."
Jon soon arrived at Adriana's shop and saw Daniel sitting in the waiting room.
"Oh hey!" Daniel said, standing up.
"Hey. What's going on here?" Jon said.
"Just wanted to make sure everything was okay," Daniel said.
"Looks like everything's fine here. Wait for me outside," Jon said.
"Yeah. Sure thing," Daniel said.
He quickly walked out.
Jonathan went in the back to Adriana's office to check on Adriana and Stacey.
"You two okay?" he said, walking in.
"For now," Stacey said. "I was about to put a hurtin' on him."
Jon walked over to Adriana who was standing in front of her desk and gave her a kiss on the lips and a hug.
"I'll protect you," he said quietly to her. "Don't worry about anything."
"I'll try not to," Adriana said.
Jon stayed with the two ladies to make sure Daniel didn't try to come back.
"I'm going to head back to work now. Call me if he shows up again. I've been buried under a lot of work so I know he's going to take advantage of the opportunities to come here," Jon said. "Just our luck."
"I'll shoot him the next time he come's around. Say, can I babysit your kids sometime? I really adore them," Stacey said.
"You can watch them this weekend," Adriana said. "Me and Jon are going out to eat. My brother Max also wants to watch the kids. He has a little crush on you too."
"Oh lord," Stacey said, rolling her eyes.
"He's a good kid. I had to be on his case a lot too," Jon said. "But thank you for volunteering. Alright ladies, Officer Good out."
Adriana was having second thoughts about going out to eat with Jon.
"I'm not sure if we should go out this weekend," she told Jon.
She was looking at him while he got undressed for bed. Jon slid under the covers and looked right back at his wife.
"Everything will be fine. Especially with Stacey around," Jon said.
J.J. then burst through the door and ran towards the bed. He jumped on his father.
"Boy! Are you crazy!?" Jon said. "You want a whoopin'?"
"There's a spider in my room!" J.J. said.
"Damn," Jon said quietly.
He got out of bed and went with J.J. to kill the spider.
"Come on Daddy before the spider gets away!" J.J. said.
"Where in your room is it?" Jon said.
"In the corner! Right there!" J.J. said.
He was pointing to the corner where the spider was.
"Give a shoe," Jon told J.J.
J.J. gave his father a shoe. Jon took it and quickly went to kill it.
"Daddy! It's getting away!" J.J. said.
J.J. pushed his dad.
"J.J.!"
"Kill it Daddy!"
"I am trying to kill it but you pushing me isn't gonna help!"
Jon then squished the spider and watched it fall to the ground dead.
"Don't touch it," Jon said. "I'm gonna get some tissue."
Jon went to get some tissue and came back to see Aiden and Madaline inspecting the dead spider. Madaline picked up the spider.
"It's dead! Poor spidey," she said.
"Madaline Linda Good! If you don't put that spider down, I'm gonna whoop you!"
"Eeep!" Maddy said.
She dropped the spider and scooted away.
"Aiden Lee Good, you move your butt too before you get a belt to it," Jon warned him.
Aiden quickly ran back to his bed and hid under the covers with his brother.
Jon picked the spider up with the tissue.
"Okay you three, I got the spider. Now, I hope everyone can sleep well tonight," Jon said. "Goodnight you two. Come on, Maddy."
Maddy followed her father out of the room. Jon went outside onto the front porch and threw the spider out onto the grass.
"No Daddy, the spider is gonna come back alive and get bigger!" Maddy said.
"No, it won't," Jon said.
He came back in the house and locked the door.
"It's gonna grow big Daddy. Very big. It's gonna eat us!" Maddy said.
"I'm gonna eat you!" Jon said.
He chased Maddy back into her room.
Maddy jumped over her toys and hopped into her bed.
Jon didn't see Maddy's toys all over the floor and tripped over them.
"Shit!" Jon said.
"Ooooh! Daddy, why did you say a bad word?" Maddy said.
"Daddy got hurt. Tomorrow you're going to clean up your room young lady," Jon said.
"Okay Daddy."
"Ah. I broke my butt," Jon said, getting up. "See you in the morning."
Adriana was waiting until Jon got back in the room. She was giggling when he came back in and slid into bed.
"Yeah yeah yeah, keep laughing. Next time, you are killing the next damn spider," Jon said.
"Aww, you're so cute when you're angry," Adriana said.
"Whatever. I need sleep," Jon said.
"I still feel bad about believing Daniel," Adriana said.
"It's okay. But it's a good thing you learned to calm down though. If this was any other time you would be ready to slice my head off," Jon said.
There was a knock at the door.
"Daddy, I want to sleep with you and Mommy," Maddy said.
Jon threw the covers off of him and got back up. He opened the door and let Maddy in.
"Hi Mommy. How are you?" Maddy said, sliding into bed and scooting next to her mother.
"I'm good. About to head to sleep."
"I like sleeping with you and Daddy."
"I know you do," Jon said.
He climbed back into bed and turned out the light.
"Goodnight ladies."
"Goodnight Daddy."
"Goodnight Dimpleface."
"Ha! Dimpleface!" Maddy said.
Jon quickly turned back on the light and stared at Maddy and Adriana.
"Both of you are grounded," Jon said. "For eternity."
Daniel watched as the children played in the front yard of their home. J.J. and Aiden were chasing Maddy around the yard as Jon and Adriana watched from their porch. Daniel also saw that Adriana was holding the baby in her arms.
"That should be me," he grumbled under his breath.
Daniel had parked across the street from Jon and Adriana's home. He had rented a car so he thought that Jon wouldn't know it was him.
Jon looked up and caught sight of the rental car.
For some reason, he started getting an uneasy feeling. As if he's seen this car before. And he knew who was driving it. At least twice Jon saw this car.
The other day when Jon came home from the grocery store, he saw the same car parked in the exact same spot.
Later on that night, Jon concluded that it was indeed Daniel in the car.
He had distinctly remembered someone mentioning that Daniel would rent cars and stalk his exes. And Daniel had drove the same car to work.
No wonder the car across the street looked familiar.
Jon was going to simply ask Daniel a few questions at work the next day.
Like hell was he going to let Daniel continue to mess with his wife.
Not on his damn watch.
Author's Note: No comment.
P.S. Congratulations to Dean winning Breakout Star of the Year at the Slammys! :D