co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo.
Allie sighed as Finn cried and she climbed out of bed to go check on him. She smiled when she walked into his room and saw him standing at the side of the crib waiting on her. She picked him up and kissed him on the head before she changed him. She was just about to get his breakfast together when the phone rang.
"Hello." Allie said when she picked up and put Finn in the high chair.
"Ms. Jackson, this is John Cena."
"Yes, Mr. Cena."
"I'm calling to let you know that your sister has escape from prison."
"What? How did that happen?" Allie was shocked but she wasn't sure she was sorry. She hated that her sister was in jail.
"She apparently had help. She escaped in a laundry truck. Do you have any idea where she might be?"
"No. I haven't heard from her since they took her back to jail. I'm sorry to have to cut this short Detective Cena but I have to feed my nephew and get ready for my court appearance." She hung up before more was said.
John looked at Stephen. "She says she doesn't know and I believe her. She wouldn't risk custody of her nephew."
"I agree." Stephen replied. "So, what now?"
"We see if we can find her."
"I know who could find her." Stephen said. "All you have to do is make a phone call."
"I haven't spoken to him in almost a year."
"That's because you shot him. But regardless, we need him this time. He's the best bounty hunter in the business." Stephen said. "And he's your kid brother."
"Fine. I'll call Mike." John got out his cell phone and dialed the number. He hoped Mike would talk to him. Once Mike picked up, John quickly explained the situation to him. They arranged a meeting.
Allie walked into court that morning. Because of the escape, the custody hearing had been moved up. Finn was safely at daycare and it had the best security system and no one could get in. She saw Drew there with his lawyer. She spotted Chris and walked over to him.
"Are you ready for this?" He asked her.
"I am. I just want this over with. Drew shouldn't have Finn."
"I know that and I'm going to make sure you get custody." Chris said as they walked into the court. The judge was the same one who had given her temporary custody of Finn to begin with.
They were seated and the judge began hearing the arguments. "Your honor, my client has taken care of Finn since his mother was sent to jail. She's an upstanding member of the community and a terrific lawyer. She has no criminal record. Finn is safe, comfortable and thriving in her care and to take him away from her now would only cause harm to the child." Chris said.
"Mr. McIntyre is Finn's biological father. He has never been anything but loving and nurturing to his son despite the relationship he had with the child's mother. I don't see how it would not be in the child's best interest to be placed with his father."
"Alright. Let me hear from social services." The judge said.
"Your honor, I feel that Finn is where he should be. His mother going to jail and everything has really taken its toll on the child. He has a bond with his aunt and to take him away will further do damage to him." Trish Status said. She was the social services worker assigned to the case. "Finn's relationship with his father is strained. I don't feel he would do well in his care."
"Thank you." The judge looked over everything he had for the case. "I have heard from sides as well as social services and the psychologist. And I have made my ruling. Full custody is hereby awarded to Alexandria Jackson. Mr. McIntyre will have visitations Wednesday from 4 to 8 and Saturday from 10 to 6. These visits will be supervised for the first three months. After that, they will be unsupervised. Mr. McIntyre, you have a checkered past and do not have a home suited to raise this child. This ruling is final and we will revisit these issues in a year. That gives you one year to prove yourself Mr. McIntyre. Court adjourned."
Mike sat in the booth nervously tapping his foot as he waited for John to arrive. His hand rubbed his shoulder under his t-shirt and he could still feel the slightly raised skin of the crescent shaped scar where 9 months before a bullet from John's gun had landed. It wasn't John's fault. Exactly. He'd been in a hostage situation and if John hadn't winged him...Well, he told himself. He didn't want to think about the alternative. He looked up when the door opened and John walked into view. He stood and looked at John for a minute before he sat back down in the booth.
"You look good." John said. Mike nodded. "How's the shoulder?"
"Hurts when it rains. But I'll live." Mike took a sip of his coffee. "So what you need my help with?"
"This." He laid a picture of Ellie on the table. "Eleanor Jackson. Charged with killing her fiancée and getting ready to sentenced for it. She escaped from prison and I need you to find her before something happens."
"Why?"
"Because I don't believe she's guilty. I think she was set up and I'm working to prove it. She has a little boy who needs her."
"Was her fiancée the child's father?"
"No. Another man was. He is trying to fight her sister for custody of the child. I don't trust him."
"Why the interest in this case?"
"Like I said, she didn't kill anyone. And you're the best." Mike nodded.
"I'll see what I can find out. Where she may have gone. Anyone contacted the sister? Maybe she knows where the girl went."
"Called her this morning. She claims she knows nothing. And I believe her. We've got to help them out Mike."
"Alright. I'll find her and bring her in. And I hope like hell you're right."
"Do me a favor...when you find her...lay low for a while. Keep her hidden until I can prove she didn't do this."
"You want me to hide a fugitive?" Mike asked. "That's so unlike you."
"I feel it in my gut that she's in danger. And if we keep her in hiding, we can draw out the real killer."
"By using the sister as bait?" Mike asked.
John shifted uncomfortable in his seat. "I don't want to use her as bait. She's looking after her sister's child. Here is everything I know about their family. I will go talk to the sister again and see if maybe she knows somewhere her sister could be."
"But if someone is after this girl, don't you think they will go after the sister and the kid?"
"I will look after the sister. You focus on Ellie Jackson."
"What? You got a thing for her sister?" Mike asked. John looked at him and he decided to drop it.
"Never mind. Focus on Ellie Jackson. Got it. I'll call you when I have her." Mike said as he threw a couple of dollars on the table and walked out.
Ellie walked up to the house and stood there for a moment before she knocked. She hoped Beth had somehow gotten word to Adam about helping her. And she hoped that Adam could help her formulate some sort of plan as to what to do next. The door opened and a tall blonde haired man stood there. His green eyes studying her before his lips turned up into a smile.
"I've been expecting you." He said. "Let's get you in the house and get you bathed and fed. We'll go from there."
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