Santana stood at the top of the stairs and waited for Duncan and Sue to enter the kitchen before she walked over the bed. The sunlight must have started to wake Rachel also because she had her head buried underneath the covers. Santana smiled at the site, all she could see was Rachel's long brown hair sticking out from the top of the blanket.
"Rachelllll." Santana spoke quietly, she didn't want to startle the woman awake. Grabbing the edge of the covers, she started to pull them down slowly revealing Rachel's head. The woman groaned and slid down the bed trying her bed to keep her head hidden. "Wake up babe. Sue and Duncan are here, they want to talk to us." Santana sighed when she still received no response other than an un-lady like grunt. Rachel whom was normally up at the crack of dawn with Santana on most days refused to get up today for some reason. Deciding to switch tactics Santana released her hold on the blanket and walked to the end of the bed. She had to do this quick before Sue got impatient and started yelling for them to hurry up. Gathering the blanket in her hands, Santana made sure she had a firm grip on the blanket and sheet before jerking forcefully, successfully exposing Rachel's naked body to the cool air of the loft bedroom.
Rachel shrieked when she felt the coolness of the room settle over her, she couldn't believe that Santana had just done that. Especially after relaying the information that Sue and Duncan was in their home. "Santana, what are you doing?!" She glared at the woman standing at the end of the bed smirking with an armful full of their bedding.
"We have to get dressed and go back downstairs. Something is going on and they aren't talking until we go down there. Chop chop, breakfast is ready too." Santana dropped the blankets and walked over to her closet pulling out some sweats and t-shirts for her and Rachel to put on. This wasn't the time to make sure that they look super presentable or whatever, at least she wasn't coming back down the stairs naked.
Rachel wondered what could be going on and then she remembered her dad was still out of town. Had something happened to him? Quickly putting on her underwear and clothes that Santana had tossed to her, Rachel took off down the stairs, skidding to a halt in the kitchen. She looked back and forth from Duncan to Sue, they seemed off but their expressions didn't change to looks of pity. That meant there was still a hope that nothing had happened to her father.
"My dad...is he okay?" Rachel asked with pleading eyes. She felt like someone had a vice grip on her heart twisting it tighter and tighter.
Duncan cleared his throat and stood up from where he had been seated at the island. "I promise Leroy is fine. He said he left you a message that he was coming home tonight. I spoke to him before we came up here."
Santana who had finally made her way down the stairs spoke from behind Rachel. "He text you earlier, I was going to tell you when I brought up breakfast, before I was interrupted by these two." Santana waved her hand in the direction of Sue and Duncan. "Now will you two please tell us what is going on?" Grabbing the tray that she had prepared earlier, Santana unloaded it onto the island so that she and Rachel could also sit down to eat.
Duncan looked to Sue to take the lead. He really didn't want to be the one to deliver this news. Santana was slowly growing impatient. They both made it seem like this was super important and now they weren't saying anything. Finally Sue stood up from the island and began to pace, however she refused to look Rachel or Santana in the eyes.
"Conner Porter escaped from prison this morning." That was the best way to do this. Just tell them the main problem and then work on how they were going to keep them safe.
Santana's spoon clattered to her bowl, Rachel sat there not saying anything her breathing slowly becoming shallow. "How...how did he escape? Where did he go? Is he still loose?" Santana seemed to recover first as she began spouting questions off as soon as they came to her head.
Sue held up her hand, effectively cutting Santana off. "He was at the hospital for swallowing some not so nice items, his guard fell asleep and we think he knew someone at the hospital who helped him undo his cuffs. Yes he is still loose and we are working on figuring out exactly where he has went or where he is going."
Before Santana could ask anymore questions, Rachel spoke up. "You think he is coming here, don't you?" She didn't even need an answer, obviously they thought he would try and come here. Neither of them would have came around this early in the morning if everything was okay.
"I'm taking care of everything up here on the property. I'm sending my guys around to do more perimeter checks and we will be up here full time until he is caught." Duncan tried to assure the women the best that he could that they were going to be safe. He would never let anything happen to them, their safety was his life. Some people never understood that when you became a body guard and headed a security team your clients came first no matter what.
The kitchen went quiet as the news settled into a stifling silence. Rachel couldn't stop her mind from reeling, Conner had escaped. Someone had helped him escape. Three years of complete radio silence from those men and now all of a sudden her life could possibly be turned upside down again and all for what? Why had he escaped, did he do it for his brothers? She wasn't aware of them having very much contact with each other, of course there were always ways in prison that the men could chat with each other. Rachel still hadn't regained all of her memories from that weekend even with more therapy from Dr. St. James. The last time she had had a flash back was more than a year ago. She had been out on a date with Santana at some restaurant and dropped her spoon. When she leaned over to pick it up a gentleman a couple of tables over had on these bright shoes that triggered something. The shoes didn't trigger much just the instance when James tossed her over his shoulder to place her under Cross Peak.
Slamming her fist against the counter, Rachel stood up abruptly. "I refuse to start living my life in fear of what ever it is that those men may be planning. You can beef up the security and go back to doing more town checks, but I am not going to let that stop me. We have a beautiful home and I love living here, but I refuse to spend everyday until he is caught practically locked up in here. I just won't do it." Shaking her head, Rachel couldn't help the angry tears that began to fall. The Porter's at one point in time had such a hold on her life and she be damned if she let them have that hold again.
"Hey, don't worry. They'll catch him and we'll be okay." Santana spoke softy as she reached out to place her hand gently on Rachel's arm. Sue watched the two women interact, she really hated that all of this was happening. She might just kill the guard that was supposed to be watching Conner in that damn hospital.
Sue pulled out her notepad so that she could go over the plan of action that she had already started on. "Practically the whole state is on the look out for him. First off, we have road checks to be set up at both main road entrances into town. If he is on his way here, then he will most likely try and come into town tonight. We also have the mountain ranger and his crew keeping all eyes on the trails. I have a couple of officers on their way to Woodland Cabins, he may go there if he gets that far." Keeping an eye on the trails was so much easier now. After everything that happened with Rachel and the incident with the group of hikers who got lost, new measures where taken to ensure that things like that never happened again. Several live streaming camera's were installed on the main trials, along with GPS systems that were set up for convenience of the hiker if their personal GPS system failed. All they had to do was find one, send out the ping and help would soon be on the way. If you found a GPS system then you were too far off the main trail and it was best to stay put. "I promise and you know I don't make those willy nilly, that we will find him and we will find out what they may be planning."
Duncan looked at his watch, his security team would be arriving soon and he needed to brief them on the severity of what they were getting into. "Okay, I am off to meet my guys. I know you want to go pick your dad up this evening Rachel and you can, but I will have two of my guys trailing you. Please don't be stubborn about this, you won't even know they're around."
Rachel sighed and shuffled her feet, she wanted to argue she wanted to fight this, but she knew that Duncan was just doing what was best for her. She didn't want to live in fear right? Knowing some of the security guys were around would aid in relieving some of that fear. "Okay, but if I see them I will unleash my fists of fury."
Santana snorted into her glass, successfully almost strangling herself on the orange juice she was drinking. "Sorry." She apologized as she sat her glass down and wiped her mouth. Jeez, strangling yourself on orange juice could really pack a punch. Totally worth it to see Rachel standing there with her hands on her hips giving Santana an incredulous look. Yeah, her girl totally had fists of fury..insert internal eye roll here. She wasn't about to physically do an eye roll, she didn't want Rachel to unleash her fists of fury early than needed today.
"As fun as this had been, we both need to get going." Sue motioned to her and Duncan. "I will call later with updates. Hopefully they catch this bastard soon, I don't need him causing trouble in my town again." Rachel walked Sue and Duncan to the door, quietly closing it once they both had left.
"What are we going to do Santana?" Rachel asked as she walked back into the kitchen.
"We are going to do exactly what you said. We aren't going to live in fear of them, the police will catch him. He really couldn't have gotten far and if he is on the roads he will be spotted." Santana hugged Rachel close to her body. She began wondering if going through with the engagement plans was still a good idea. She couldn't let this stop her, Rachel was going to be her fiance'...hopefully and then her wife. No one could take that away from her, well except Rachel herself.