Sitting next to her on the bed I brought her head to my shoulder while my hand went to her flat stomach where my son or daughter laid; an innocent just as she'd been.
I needed to make our world just a little safer for my child and I needed most of all to erase that fear and apprehension from my loves' eyes.
"There's nothing wrong, they're just going over the stuff we found earlier that's all.
"Did you figure it out yet?"
"Not quite baby but we'll get it eventually."
"Maybe..." Her body trembled slightly as she broke off what she'd been about to say.
"Maybe what hon?" I kissed her softly in reassurance.
She shrugged before answering me under her breath. "Perhaps my father might know something, I mean he knew them right, he must know what they were planning to do with me."
"I'm way ahead of you babe, we're going to question your father later but we need more first."
I still wasn't telling her about the younger kids who'd been abducted. First because we needed concrete evidence that the two fuckers were involved though everything pointed to that fact already, and most importantly, I wasn't sure how she'd react to the news and with her pregnancy so new and already threatened I didn't want to take the chance.
"I don't want you thinking about this anymore for today okay, you just rest."
"But you said I could help."
"And you have love, and tomorrow I'll think of something else you can do to help, but no more today."
There's no way I'm going to have her in a room full of men, not while she was looking all vulnerable and sweet and...fuck I'm an ass. I didn't want anyone else near her, wasn't willing to share her just yet if ever and I didn't want to leave her up here on the computer where she might run across something by mistake.
I couldn't distract her the best way I knew how, not with a roomful of men downstairs waiting for me, neither was I too thrilled about leaving her up here awake.
"I'll tell you what babe, how about you watch some movies and have your pizza while I finish up with the guys and then I'll come up and..." I whispered just what I wanted to do to her in her ear.
Her face grew beet red and she clapped her hand over my mouth as if I was in danger of being overheard.
"Gideon..." She was blushing and chastising me but I noticed her breath was already short and her nipples were pebbled.
"The hell with it." I had her under me, still being careful of her injuries as I kissed the hell out of her. The ringing of the intercom from the doorman brought me back to reality.
"Fuck...you're dangerous little Blossom, you made me forget we're not alone, now be a good girl and give me a couple hours okay?"
She nodded her head and bit her lip, which made my cock twitch. I turned away before I lost my fucking head and took her guests or not. I took care of the pizza delivery and saw that she set up. Just as I was about to head back down to the office my phone went off in my pocket.
It was one of the guys I had on Lynn. She was supposed to be moved in a few days and I planned it so that everything went off without a hitch. I didn't want any trails, there was to be no escape for her ever.
"What's up Skinner?"
"She called a hit."
"She what?" What the fuck? I looked over at my wife who was too busy enjoying her pizza to pay me too much attention.
"Not to worry we took the call, her line goes directly to our switchboard."
"Who?"
"Your misses."
Was this bitch psychotic? She was putting another hit out on Ashley? She was laid up in the hospital and already she was back to her shit, fine.
"Move to plan B."
"Yes boss."
Chapter 23
With this new development although it was likely impossible that anyone could bypass the safeguards I had in place, I was not about to leave Blossom's side. I called down and had a private talk with Gage who assured me that they could handle things without me for now. I told him to send one of the guys up for the pizza and hung up.
I didn't share any of this with Blossom as I joined her in the bed for pizza but my ears were pricked for the phone call I was expecting. It shouldn't take long to introduce air into an IV needle and kill that evil bitch. So much for trying to be merciful, these people had none and I was fast finding that when it came to Ashley, neither did I.
"You're tense again Gideon what's wrong?"
"Not to worry sweetheart, eat your pizza." She bit into the hot gooey cheese eyes closed a humming noise coming from her throat. Damn, how could one so young and innocent be so effortlessly sensual?
Her every move made me rampant, like an untried youth with his first woman. She was hardly through chewing before I was stealing a kiss. Pizza forgotten we attacked each other's mouths like starving hounds.
Making sure she was comfortable I crawled between her thighs and with her head in my hand plundered her mouth. She was always ready for me, even now when she was hungry for food. There was no, not now Gideon, just total acceptance. And more than that, she was with me all the way, a full participant. That kind of acceptance was intoxicating, made me want to be in her all the fucking time.
"How badly do you need that pizza?" I nibbled her ear as I ground my thickness against her, letting her feel my need. "Later, I'll eat later, kiss me."
I was only too happy to comply. Her sweetness went to my head making me lose my hold on sanity. All I could think of was getting inside her, having her, owning her.
Our loving was soft and sweet, no rush to the finish. I poured all the love and devotion I felt for her into my every touch, my every whisper. And for those moments in time it was just us, me, my wife, and the miracle that was our love. She refused to release me from her clutches after I emptied my seed inside her and I was only too happy to stay right where I was; buried to the hilt.
The ringing of my phone had me jack knifing off the bed after giving her a quick kiss and pulling out.
"Thorpe."
"Your wife is safe."
"Good."
I hung up the phone there was nothing else that needed to be said. Now I needed to pay Sanders a visit to gain some insight into whatever sick shit the senator was into.
I was no longer worried about going too far, my conscience was clear. I'm no vigilante but I understand the concept of doing whatever it took to keep your loved ones safe.
Blossom had fallen asleep in the short time I'd been on the phone so I pulled the covers up around her shoulders before going back to work on the computer. I guess that last round had knocked her out.
Picking up the phone I called Gage once more to make plans for my visit to Sanders. I will have to put that off for tomorrow. The new threat to Ashley was still too fresh and I didn't feel comfortable letting her out of my sight even though Lynn had been eliminated.
I didn't feel one ounce of remorse for her demise. I might regret slightly the fact that I hadn't been the one to end her, that I hadn't been able to look her in the eye as I took her life, vicious bitch.
I guess I could have the kid she'd used to hurt Ashley released, I'm sure he wouldn't be any trouble. The beating he'd sustained should help him see the error of his ways, dumb fuck.
It didn't escape my notice that we'd been robbed of a honeymoon. When this was all over I was going to see to it that she got that. Starting with a wedding that she could be proud of, I'll have to get mom on the ball for that one; just as soon as I cleaned up the mess that was cluttering up my fucking life.
Blossom slept peacefully that night as I kept watch over her. As long as her enemies were still alive and free I don't think I'd sleep comfortably again. Obviously the senator had been grooming her for something I didn't see him just giving up this easily.
Who knows how much money he'd invested in this thing or what the hell her virginity had to do with it? I had no doubt that that's what all the physicals had been about, not to mention the way her father had raised her.
It's almost as if he'd been rearing her for just the purpose of selling off her virginity; that alone was cause for me to break his fucking neck.
There were no reports from the guys on his house, no red flags, but who knows, the sick fuck could be communicating with the senator in other ways. I still had yet to decide what I wanted to do with the senator and the doctor. Full exposure, which might mean getting Blossom involved or just death; either way they were both gonna die.
A man with the senator's power would have a long reach. It might take years to bring him down and there was no guarantee that he didn't have safe guards in place to cover his ass. So I had to think long and hard about where I wanted to go with this exposure thing. I had no qualms about finishing off a piece of shit child molesting bastard and his sidekick. I just needed to find all or as many of their victims as I could before making that move.