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police came to see what the screaming was about, but then she wasn’t surprised. They never even came wh en she called them to help her. She and Connor left with only their clothes on their backs. It had taken him eight days to find them. She’d heard that he had hired some psychic woman to find the m, but that she’d been no help. Thank goodness. That had been five months ago. Then four days ago, she and Connor gotten away again.
    It had taken some work and ne rves of steel to do it. They didn’t have any money and knew that in order to get any, they’d have to figure out a way to get into his loc ked bedroom while he was gone. The padlock on the door was bad enough, but the bars on the windows were nearly imposs ible to overcome. The plan was to get Connor inside in the morning and then out again that night. It had to be him because Charlie was too important to the daily activities around the house to be missing that long. When Anthony went to the bathroom to shower, Connor slid in the crack of the door and under the bed. Once he was locked in for the day, then there was no getting him out again until Anthony came h ome and opened the lock again. And that terrified Charlie worst of all.
    They had nearly gotten caught when Anthony had asked where her bra t was and Charlie didn’t know. He had slapped her and when Connor had heard it, he had made a noise. Charlie grabbed Anthony to keep him from going to look for Connor and that was when he’d beaten her as badly as he had. It was another day before they could leave. Charlie was in so much pain and then Anthony had beaten Connor when he had b urnt the toast for his dinner. The belt had always scared Connor and he knew it.
    The morning after that, they walked to the ne xt town and then got on a bus. The driver, another woman, had helped them get on and had even let them stay on the bus and got food for them when they made stops. That was probably the only reason they’d made it this far. No one had ever seen the two of them but the cross-country drivers.

~CHAPTER 4~
     
    Damon had fixed dinner for him and Connor about an hour ago and the little boy was so quiet that D amon knew something was wrong. He’d tried asking, but Connor just shrugged his tiny shoulders and co ntinued to play with his food. As soon as the meal was over, he went to his room and closed the door, not even going to see his momma.
    Damon was fussing in her room trying to figure out how to ask Charlie about her son. He didn’t want to alarm her with anything. Damon was sure that little boys had moods just like adults, but he was concerned. Finally, he sat on the chair next to the bed and told her about her injuries.
    “You will be able to get up in the morning. I want to have Tansy here just in case you get a little dizzy and I’ll need help getting you back to bed . Y ou’re such a little thing I could carry you, but I don’t wan t to cause you any undue harm. The catheter will come out too if you get along well enough. Do you have any questions?”
    “I’d like to get moving again. Connor told me he explained what was going on in our personal lives. He shouldn’t have said a nything and I’m sorry for that. As soon as possible, we’ll leave. If you could give me a total of what we owe you, I’ll give you as much as we can and I’ll send you the re st if we make it out of here.”
    Damon wanted to tell her she wasn’t going anywhere, but for some reason knew that she would dig in her he els and leave in spite of him. He had to figure out a tactful way of letting her know she could depend on him, all of them.
    “Miss Kirkpatrick, you’re welcome here for as long as you need to be. No one knows where you are and you are certainly no trouble. My family loves Conn or already, especially Morgan. I think she’d take him in a heartbeat if she thought—”
    “He’s mine! No one is t aking him from me, you hear me? He’s my son and I’m g oing to take him when I leave. And no one is