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life will be exposed. You sure you really want to go down this
road?” Jagger asked.
                “Look
guys I’ll just go stay at my house. I really don’t want to cause you all any
grief,” I spoke up, at that Archer slammed his hand down on the counter top.
                “I
said she is staying here. She is my mate, I don’t give a damn about the
technicalities of her being married to Richard Higgins. Fate says she and I
belong together,” he looked at me and picked up my hand again. “I don’t want
you to go stay in a house that will cause you nothing but sorrow by reminding
you of your children.”
                “Wait
a second, he took your kids away from you?” Darla asked. I nodded my head yes as
fresh tears fell from my eyes. “That’s just wrong,” she said quietly.
                “Fucked
up is what it is. A child should never be separated from their mother,” Jagger
said. “What a dick, I’m really sorry.”
                “Yeah
me too,” Darla chimed in. “Screw that dude you can stay here as long as you
want.”
                “Thanks,”
I said as I wiped the tears off my face. “I really appreciate it guys.”
                “And
if Richard even tries to show up around here, he will be the one that is
sorry,” Archer said as he cupped my face in his hand.

 
    Chapter
6

 
              I finished up my
spaghetti which was really just me picking around on my plate. Once the subject
of Richard and my children were brought up my appetite had vanished and had
been replaced with depression. Archer and Jagger conversed for a few while Darla
prepared something on the stove. I sat there staring at my plate of food
questioning what in the hell was going on in my life and wondering if I would
ever get to see my kids again. After a few minutes Archer glanced over at me
and I saw a look of concern flash across his face.
                “Liz,
you ok?”
                “Yeah
I’ll be fine,” I answered.
                “You
wanna go for a ride?”   he asked with his
eyebrows raised.
                “Uh I
don’t know”- I started but he quickly grabbed my hand and began to pull me out
of the kitchen.
                “I
want to show you something,” he said smiling at me over his shoulder.
                “What
about my plate? Shouldn’t I clean it up?” I asked. I guess I was used to being
the one left to clean up all the messes in the house.
                “Don’t
worry about that Darla will clean it up,” he said and I felt kind of bad for
leaving a mess for someone else to clean up.
                “But
that’s not right,” I said stopping at the doorway of the kitchen and looking
back at Darla. She had already picked up the dirty plate and had placed it in
the dishwasher. She looked at me and smiled waving her hand for me to go on
then she winked at me. I smiled back at her brightly and let Archer pull me
down the hallway to his room.

 
                                        ***

 
                After
I quickly got dressed we headed off into the night. We rode for quite some time
and I found the stress leaving my body as the brisk night air rushed by me. I
clung to Archer tightly turning my head and lightly laying my cheek on his
back, taking great comfort in being so close to him. We rode up to the highest
point right outside of Talon Hills. I had never been out here before as it was
nothing but a bunch of woods and I was never much of a nature person until
Archer had taken the time out to show me such beautiful things like the
waterfall. I never imagined Talon Hills held such hidden gems. I was excited to
see what he was going to surprise me with this time.
                He
pulled over on a lonely road, again he grabbed my hand and took me through a
narrow path. We