[b]Jessalyn - Baton Rouge Street - Kerry, Bad Men[/b]

Jess shrieked when the other men suddenly appeared. She struggled but there were four and she had one arm occupied with Ben.
One of them tried to take Ben from her. "No!" she screamed. "Don't!"
Thankfully he was stopped by the actor, the man who had lied to her so underhandedly. She had just been trying to help him. Why was he doing this to her?

From the way the men listened to him she could only assume that he was in charge. Once they were in the van he got in and they took off. She held Ben close as he screamed in protest to all of the upset. Tears stung her eyes as she kissed him and murmured soothingly to him to get him to calm down. Once he was whimpering quietly, she turned her angry gaze on the man near her.

"How could you?" she asked accusingly. "I wanted to help you. How could you use that to do something like this?"
It infuriated her that he had used her kindness against her. Floyd had been proved right yet again. She was too trusting of people. Her gentle nature had now placed her baby in danger.
She pressed a gentle kiss to her baby's head, keeping him sheilded from the man in case he changed his mind and tried to take him away. "If you dare touch my baby, I will kill you," she said, saying each word slowly and with emphasis. Her eyes told him she meant every word. Jess may have been kind and gentle and warm, but when it came to her son she would slaughter anyone who tried to hurt or take him with her bare hands.

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[b]Katie - Motel - Scarlett, Tyler[/b]

Once they reached the motel from before Katie put her sleeping kitten in her and her Daddy's room before she followed Scarlett to her room and sat on the bed, bouncing a little.
"Scarlett," she said, speaking with all the seriousness a seven year old could muster. "I need to talk to you."
When Scarlett sat next to her Katie swallowed hard, suddenly nervous about what she was going to say.

"My mommy and big brother got sick and went away," she said quietly. "I have trouble remembering her sometimes. Daddy is still really sad about it, I know he is. I love my Daddy, I don't care what anyone says or who doesn't like him. He is my Daddy. He always takes care of me and hugs me and plays with me and carries me when I am tired and makes sure I have something to eat when I am hungry and he always comes for me when I am in trouble. He is best Daddy in the world," she added firmly, as if daring anyone to argue that point with her.
"But I want my mommy and big brother back," Katie informed her. "Then we'll be a whole family again and Daddy will be happy again too and he'll smile again. I want Liam to be my big brother and..." she paused for a moment, then looked up at Scarlett with wide puppy eyes. "I want you to be my new Mommy."

Then the words came in a rush, with Katie barely breathing in between.
"Please Scarlett! Please, please, please! I want you to be my Mommy! You're pretty and nice and you take care of me when my Daddy is not around and you talk to me and I love you! Please Scarlett? Please be my new Mommy. I want you to be my new Mommy!"
The little girl threw her arms around Scarlett as she begged, suddenly afraid. What if Scarlett said no? What if she didn't like Katie? What if she thought Katie was annoying and a brat like other people had? What if she got mad?

The door opened and Katie gasped when her Daddy walked in. She let go of Scarlett like she had been caught doing something wrong. "Hi Daddy," she said, but since she was a seven year old every emotion read on her face. She looked down at her feet guiltily.