I am sure I haven’t been here for longer than a week and there is no way to discover pregnancy that fast. Even the box says the earliest detection is twenty-one days. This is just another example of how crazed he has become. I will never tell him about the birth control shot I’m on because I am sure I wouldn’t survive his rage.
~Savage~
“What’s the latest information from Snake and the boys?” I have been going crazy in the hospital not able to help in the search for Livvy. Jax brought me a laptop and I have been searching for information on Jerry Stanford. I have a list of any and all addresses he has lived in since he was born. I know he has one brother named John Stanford who lives in Kentucky and his parents, Patricia and Tom, also live in Kentucky. Snake discovered that he has been estranged from his family since he started pursuing Olivia. Jerry told his parents that he had met a woman he wants to marry and would bring her home to meet his family soon. That was in the beginning of their relationship, and he hasn’t talked to them in over a year. His parents were helpful with anything we asked of them, the brother John, not so much. He refused to talk to me; once I told him I was FBI.
“The latest report from Snake is that Jerry purchased a piece of property in Alabama that was just recorded a few weeks ago. His landlord from his and Olivia’s apartment said he moved out in the middle of the night about two weeks ago and did not give any notice. The neighbors started complaining about the noise coming from his place after Olivia left. They said he would scream all hours of the night and they could hear loud crashes and things shattering. No one knew what happened to Olivia and a few of the neighbors had gone to the police fearing foul play when they no longer saw her around.”
Jax is as frustrated as I am that things are moving so slow, but it seems Jerry planned things very well. He covered his tracks, and we only got lucky on a property search that covered the Atlanta area and the surrounding states. “Has the team been to the property yet?”
“There are no mapped roads leading to his property; it may as well be in freakin’ Alaska. We are using GPS coordinates and satellite maps to locate the property line but have not located the cabin yet. We know the general area but have no idea if he has any booby traps or triggers to notify him if someone is coming. I feel like we are dealing with the damn uni-bomber. Secretive bastard. We are goin’ in tomorrow at 3:00 a.m. Our plan is to take up ATV’s as close as two miles from the property line and go in on foot.”
Derek speaks up for the first time and I can tell he is holding back for fear that I will lose my shit. “Just spit it out, Boss.” I am also losing my patience.
“Just listen to everything I have to say before you react, okay. We know you are getting released today and you are getting along fine. Our concern is the ride and hike up the mountain and what we may find when we get there. It might not be a good idea for you to come. The doc said you’d need at least two to three weeks and he ‘s only discharging you early on our word that we will keep you mellow. Running off half-cocked and out for revenge is not mellow. Why don’t you stay at the hotel penthouse with Ren, Tori, and Alex? We need someone here to watch over them as well.”
I am going to say this in as calm a manner as I can because right now I feel anything but calm. “Derek, when you were dealing with your situation with Serenity, I did not advise you to back off and let someone else handle it. I only learned of most of your circumstances recently, but I would’ve backed you in any way I could. I hope you are not asking me to sit back and let someone else save my woman.”
“You just recently learned of her identity and she has not been your woman for the last two and a half years. You also just learned of your son and he needs to be your priority right now,” Derek tries to convince me.
“NO!” I say with as much aggression as I feel. “I have searched for MY woman for two and a half years. I knew she was mine the moment I touched her. She is still mine regardless of whom she’s been with or lived with in those two and a half years. I will be there when we take her off that mountain. She will know that I am not going anywhere for the rest of her life, regardless of what that bastard has done to her in the last seven days. She will know that fate played a cruel joke on us for the last two and a half years, but I intend to make it up to her for the rest of our lives.
Jax, I have supported you in your half-cocked ideas for the last three years of being your partner. I may not have agreed with the way you handled Tori, but I supported you and went along for the ride. Don’t you dare tell me that I can’t go to Alabama to get Livvy and bring her home to our son.”
“Hey, Mate, that was all Derek’s idea.”
Jax throws up his hands and hikes his thumb in Derek’s direction but winks at me. I know it
