The tires screeched against the pavement as the car whipped out of the parking lot and onto the main road. Gerard’s eyes stayed glued on the road in front of him, not daring to look back.

Jaydee tried to steady her breathing. In her brain she was still trying to process what was going on. She was running away from people who were trying to help her and her daughter so she could stay with a murderer who she just happen to be madly in love with. This kinda of stuff didn’t happen in real life. This was the kind of stuff her and Frank used to watch in movies, while curled up on the couch eating pop corn. This couldn’t be happening.

Jaydee glanced up at Gerard and sighed when she saw how nervous he looked. She reached out and took one of his hands off the wheel squeezing it tightly. He looked over at her and smiled slightly. The tension seemed to melt away when he realized she was there for him. Jaydee wasn’t gonna leave. This wasn’t kid nap anymore. She actually wanted to be with him.

Gee glanced in the rearview mirror and saw Peyton sucking her thumb with her face still tear stained from earlier in the elevator.

“Everything’s gonna be alright Peyton. I won’t let anything happen to you I swear.” Gee said smiling slightly through the mirror. Peyton simply nodded and sniffled.

“Where are we gonna go Gee? We can’t stay here and they called the cops. I can’t lose you again.” Jaydee said with tears rimming her eyes.

“I’m not going anywhere baby. I promise. We just need to get out of here. We’ll just go somewhere no one will expect. You need to stop using your credit card too. Next chance we get, go to an ATM and take out as much money as you can then were gonna cancel your card. We need to get a different car too.” Gerard said squeezing her hand reassuringly, “We’re gonna be ok Jaydee.”

“I love you Gerard.” Jaydee said wiping her eyes on the back of her hand.

Gerard let go of her hand and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders pulled her into him and kissing her head.

“I’ll never let them hurt you. I promise. It’s gonna be ok.”

Mikey stormed into the hotel room and started digging through one of his bags until he found what he was looking for. A gun.

“What the fuck are you gonna do with that? And how did you get it here? You can’t bring
those on plans.” Frank asked looking at Mikey like he was crazy.

“I picked it up at a gun shop around the corner while you guys were getting lunch earlier. My I got my gun license when I was a kid so my dad could take me and Gee hunting. I’m gonna kill him Frankie. I’m gonna fucking kill him and not you or anyone else is gonna stop me.”

Mikey smirked and shoved the gun in his back pocket. Picking up his bag he left the room and went out to one of the cars they rented. He wasn’t gonna let Gerard get away with any of this.

He drove in the direction he thought Gerard went and didn’t stop until dawn. He wasn’t sure how yet but he was gonna find them.

“Fuck dude. We can’t let Mikey kill him. Jaydee wants to be with Gee. Why can’t we just accept that and let them be happy?” Ray said plopping down onto one of the beds.

“You’re right. I’m not chasing them anymore. Gee might be fucked up but he loves them and wouldn’t hurt them.” Bob agreed.

“He put a fucking gun to my nieces head guys!” Frank yelled feeling his blood boil.

“Dude he probably only did it to keep you away from them. They just wanted to leave and we were preventing that. If we leave them alone things will calm down. But what we do need to do is get Mikey and stop him. He’s just making things worse.” Bob tried to reason with Frank. He could tell it was working but Frank was stubborn and would need a lot of convincing.

“I don’t like him Bob. But you guys are right. I still don’t trust Gerard but we can’t let Mikey find. What’s the plan?” Frank sighed.