Jaydee unbuckled Peyton from her car seat and carried her out to the swings at the play ground. After a while Jaydee ended up on the park bench watching Peyton play with her ball in the sand box. She was so cute rolling it around and throwing it in the air.

Gerard stood from behind a tree watching his daughter intently. He had been watching Jaydee enough the past few days to learn that she named their child Peyton. She was beautiful. She looked just like him.

Gerard watched as her ball flew up in the air and smack hard against the ground. It started rolling towards him and Peyton stood and chased after the ball giggling. The red ball bumped his foot and he smiled down at the child who looked up at him with an innocent look on her face.

“Hello Peyton.” He smiled and picked up her ball. “Looking for this?”

Peyton smiled and took the ball. “Elmo.” She laughed and touched Gerard’s hair.

He smiled and kissed the top of her head. Jaydee’s voice was echoing through the air screaming out Peyton’s name.

“I’ll see you later Peyton.” She said before stroking her hair.

“Bye-Bye.” She smiled up at Gerard and watched as he walked away.

Jaydee came running over with a panicked look on her face.

“Oh my god Peyton! You scared me sweetie. “She hugged her daughter tightly and saw a man with bright red hair walking away in the distance.

“Sweetie who were you talking to?” Jaydee questioned.

“Elmo!” Her daughter squealed. Jaydee couldn’t help but smile at the childs innocence.

“Ok honey. Time to go home. You need a nap.” She picked up the daughter and the ball and carried her back to the car.

Peyton watched in the direction Gerard went and she waved. “Bye-Bye Elmo.”

Jaydee plopped onto the couch exhausted. It had taken two hours to get Peyton to sleep.

She looked over at Mikey who was sitting in the recliner watcher TV.

“Mikey?”

He glanced up at her and smiled slightly. “What’s up babe?”

“I saw someone talking to Peyton at the park earlier today. A man.” Her voice was scared and she felt her skin crawl at the thought that a strange man was talking to her baby.

“Did you see who it was? What did he look like?” Mikey sat up with a concerned look on his face. He loved Peyton like she was his own.

“All I saw was bright red hair. Peyton kept calling him Elmo. I didn’t get a good look at his face though.”

Mikey sighed. “I’m sure it’s ok. Just keep a better eye on her while you’re at the park and don’t let her wander.”

“I think it’s just because this whole Gerard thing. It’s got my stomach doing flips.” Jaydee sighed and rested her head back onto the back of the couch.

“I know you’re scared but he won’t find you. You moved into a house and he doesn’t know where it is. He won’t get to you Babe.” Mikey reassured her, “I got to go ok? I’ll call you later and if you want I can baby sit while you go to work tomorrow.” He smiled, kissed her, and walked out the front door.

Jaydee sighed and decided to go take a shower. She felt gross from her trip to the park and she needed to take advantage of the time Peyton was asleep.

She stripped down and turned on the shower. Stepping in, she let the hot water run down her back and through her hair. She just closed her eyes and let her mind wander.

At first she thought about Gerard and how he broke out, but then she remembered her life with him before he broke out. How they use to take showers together. How his lips felt
against her skin. The way his tongue felt running against her soft body. She remembered the feeling of his hands on her thighs spreading her legs and thrusting inside of her. Just at the thought she felt herself growing hot.

She sighed and turned the shower off. The steam wasn’t helping much for her situation. She wrapped her hair up in a towel and tide her robe around her damp body. She heard the door bell ring and she thought that maybe Mikey forgot something.

As Jaydee made her way down stair to answer the door she realized that Mikey had a key. Slowly reaching her hand to the door knob she pulled the door open and her heart dropped. She felt like all the blood was drained from her body. Her limbs went numb.

Gerard smirked back at her and brushed his bright red hair from his eyes.

“Hello Sugar.”