[b]Jessalyn / Ben - Plaza - Could it be...?[/b]

Jess followed the girl, Becca she had said her name was. She kept looking around as if she expected to be attacked at any moment, holding Ben close. At the mention of Kerry's name she flinced. "The men who were with him tried to take my baby from me," she said. "I haven't killed anyone before, but I will if anyone else tries to take Ben from me," she said firmly.
She could see the questions in the girl's eyes but was glad she refrained from asking them, except the one about Jess' group. "I was with a man named Abram and a couple of women : Turisa, Leah and Sam. Before that I was with a man named Floyd," she looked at the girl closely, hopefully. "Have any of them come here?"

Before the girl could answer a few men walked by close enough the girls could hear their conversation.
"Any of the new people worth anything?"
"Women are always worth something. The boy doesn't look like much but the guy looks strong and tough enough. But he also looks like he's going to be a bastard."
"The way the world is now you have to be," one the men pointed out. "Besides with the way things have been going with Magnus we're going to need a few bastards on our side of things."

Jess looked at Becca with questioning eyes. New people? And one looked strong and tough? Could it be Abram and the others? Had they been captured too?
"Can I see them?" she asked. "They might be my group."
Without seeing if Becca said yes or no Jess hurried off towards the warehouse where she had been brought when she had first arrived. She noticed a man following close behind her but Tremblay had promised her that she wouldn't be harmed here, so she'd see if that was true. He was probably assigned to be her warden in a sense, making sure she didn't try to run off or do anything stupid.

She reached the warehouse but stood off a ways, watching the door intently. She didn't know if Becca had followed her and right now she didn't care. Jess was trying not to get her hopes us, having been disappointed so many times, but maybe, just maybe this once things would go her way. Fate had not been that kind so far. Perhaps Jess was due for something good to happen.

The door opened. She held her breath.
Tremblay came out first followed by a few men, then a woman followed by a teenage boy. Then...

Her breath caught.
No....
It couldn't... be...
But it was. It was him.

Tears flooded her eyes. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. "Fl..." she stammered breathlessly, almost afraid to move in case this was a dream. After all this time... all the weeks and months of searching...
"Floyd..." she whispered.
Suddenly her heart burst in her chest. Pure joy erupted from inside of her, bubbling over in the tears that flooded down her cheeks. Ben let out a squeal just as she screamed.

"FLOYD!"