It had been three days since Mrs. Calaway was back. Mark and Gina met in their usual spot deep in the woods. They would talk, laugh, and make love.
"I pushed the law today. Some of the leaders weren't too pleased with it, but since it came from me and they trust my judgment. It will pass", Mark said.
Gina smiled and kissed him.
"What about you moving out?", she asked as she got redressed.
"I'm waiting for the law to pass. I don't want her to get suspicious. What we are doing, or more like what I'm doing, is still illegal", he said.
Gina nodded.
"My parents were talking about it last night. I don't know how they heard about it, but they did. They don't know its you", she said.
"And what did they say?", he asked.
"That it's not right, and a few other not so kind things I rather not repeat.", she said.
"They think I'm disgusting, don't they? When they find out it's me I mean", he said.
She cupped his face.
"I don't. If they don't like this when they find out, well it's too bad. I want this, I want you. I can't wait", she said smiling.
He kissed her.
"I can't either", he replied.
Once he got home, he found his wife in the kitchen with a bottle of wine. A smile on her face.
"What's going on?", he asked.
"I got the promotion. Me staying that extra week in Hawaii sealed the deal. They were having second thoughts, but me willing to stay longer to help the company showed them that I am willing to sacrifice anything", she said.
"Yeah, including your daughter", he said.
Her smile fell.
"Are you serious? You can't be happy for me for even a second. I have done nothing but be there for you, support you when you became one of leaders.", she said.
He sighed and nodded.
"Your right, I apologize", he said.
She opened the wine and poured them each a drink. She handed him his glass and they toasted to her future at the company. When he finished his cup, she poured him more.
"I say we go out to dinner. I can get Gina to babysit", Mark stopped her.
"No. You've spent too much time away from Ronda and this would be more exciting as a family. Besides, I think Gina might be sick of babysitting by now", Mark said.
His wife laughed softly.
"Probably, but you're right. She deserves a break and we deserve time as a family", she said, going up to him and kissing him.
She grabbed the phone and ordered out.
"Oh by the way, I heard about that new law. The one about a man being able to marry a twelve year old", she said.
He knew that as time passed the age would change.
"Actually, its sixteen", he corrected.
"Well I heard different. Anyway, I hope you aren't planning to vote yes on that. Its sick", she said, making a disgusted face.
Mark looked away. What would happen if the law passed and he married Gina? They would look at him differently. Call him a pervert. Truthfully he didn't care what they called him. It was Gina he was more worried about. Their future kids. What would they be called?
"Do you know which leader actually put in for that?", she asked.
Those proposals were actually anonymous to civilians. You didn't have to put your name on them.
"No. It was anonymous", he said, finishing his second glass of wine.
"Now we know why huh. Sick bastard doesn't want anyone to know his fetish", she laughed.
"I guess so", he mumbled.
"Want more wine?", she asked.
He shook his head no.
"I might get something stronger", he said.
She nodded and poured herself more.
Mark had called everyone back in. They told them about how everything started between them. He explained how the voting laws into order worked. He admitted that yes, he anonymously put it in.
"Word did get out that I submitted it. My ex-wife made sure everyone knew. I didn't know it was her till she filed for divorce", he said.
Gina looked at him.
"She knew about us", he said.
"How?", she asked.
"The night she got promoted, we drank too much, or more I did. She started something, I had to finish. In my mind, I was with Gina", Mark said.
"The night your wife got pregnant with your second child", Roman said.
Mark shook his head no. Everyone looked at him confused.
"No. Only one woman got pregnant that night and it wasn't my ex", Mark said, looking at Gina.
"Yeah, yeah we heard that part. So then your old lady cheated on you", Dean said.
Seth hit Dean's arm to get him to quiet down.
"Well, she let me know after the divorce that yes, she in fact did cheat on me. Getting pregnant during her trip to Hawaii", he said.
"Ouch", Dean chuckled.
"Not really. I did take responsibility of her second child. She didn't know who the father was", Mark said.
Everyone nodded.
"Anyway, apparently that night I called her Gina, repeatedly. I don't remember it. She was going to report me, but what better way to fuck up my planned future than to tell me she was pregnant and that we needed to move", he said.
"Why move? I mean obviously she was trying to get you away from Gina", Seth said.
"She would be closer to her job and wouldn't have to leave the kids as much. My job was also closer", he said.
"So you left?", Roman asked.
Mark nodded.
"Gina asked me to run away with her. I wanted too, but with another baby on the way, I just couldn't.", Mark said.
Roman nodded and looked at Quinn. She was happily rubbing her bump. Clueless to the story being told.
"I knew that moving was the better choice. If I didn't go with my family, I would continue to look for Gina and she would let me find her. It wasn't fair to her, keeping her a secret, making her a mistress. She didn't deserve that", he said.
"You were doing what you thought was best for everyone", Dean said.
Mark nodded.
"I canceled the law and I went to tell her that and her family, but when I got to her house. They were all gone and not just her family, but all the families with girls thirteen and up", he said.
"Did you try to look for her? Them?", Roman asked.
"Of course I did. We searched the woods around town and a little bit further down. Nothing", he said.
"That's because we kept walking. My parents thought the farther away we were from the town, the better. When I took over, I moved the tribe closer to the town. My daughter was a teenager by then and spending time with this boy named Steve Austin. He was also from your town. When he found out she was pregnant, he left. She never saw him again. Your town wasn't very fond of our kind", Gina said.
"How did he communicate with her?", Seth asked.
"My daughter knew English. I thought it was the right thing. To teach her both. I was wrong.", Gina said.
"So you stopped teaching them", Dean said.
Gina nodded.
"When the twins turned five, my Scarlett got sick. She died a few months later. I raised the twins as my own and found them husbands as soon as I could. I didn't want to risk what happened to Scarlett to happen to them. Then along comes my Quinn", Gina said smiling at Quinn.
She looked at Roman.
"I thought she was making the same mistakes as my daughter, but you aren't Steve and she isn't Scarlett.", Gina said.
"I love Quinn and I would never do anything to hurt her or our baby", Roman said.
Gina smiled.
"I know", she said nodding.
"When do the dark ones come into play?", Dean asked.
Sky pressed herself into his side. He wrapped an arm around her.
"This goes back to my ex-wife", Mark said.
Everyone was confused.
"How?", Seth asked.
"Her new husband. Of course as time went on, suddenly these people living in the woods show up. She knew it had to be the ones who left town. She wanted to hurt me because she knew that Gina could possibly be in those groups of people", Mark said.
Mark looked at Roman.
"Your brother kept her and her husband in check, but after he passed things got worse. Planting these bad things in my daughters ears. I was the bad guy, blinded by a witch of a woman. The wild ones were bad and needed to be taken care of. Kill or be killed, she told them", Mark said.
"Ronda", Gina said softly.
He nodded.
"Bray is her son. She didn't want kids, she made that perfectly clear to me. Saying how she didn't want to fuck them up the way I did mine", he said.
He sighed.
"My ex-wife convinced her to do it. Saying how they needed to carry on dealing with the vermin. That their line couldn't end with just them. I don't know who Bray's father is", Mark said.
"Its why they made up those lies about the wild ones", Dean said.
Mark nodded.
"It was easier if everyone was afraid of them. That way, when they said it was in self defense, you would believe them", Mark said.
Sika sighed and shook his head. He couldn't believe that he fell for that.
"I didn't know what was going on till your dad called and sent me the videos. I spoke to a few men who use to work with Bray. I never understood why they wanted to transfer out of his town. I contacted them and told them about the investigation. They wanted to help and told us everything", Mark said.
"He confronted his ex and she laughed. Told us everything.", Kane finally spoke up.
"My daughters, hearing these things and seeing them laughing. That's not what I wanted for them", Mark said.
"You might also like to know that your ex fiancée was in on it too. She paid him a lot of money to get rid of a certain someone", Kane said to Roman.
"What?", he asked.
Kane and Mark nodded.
"Find me Lana", Sika said to Randy.
He nodded and left.
A/N: Only three more chapters.