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Chapter 20



One thing I've learned is that Miles and Lily were very different. Lily was sweet and calm. We knew exactly how to soothe her when she was upset. We knew how she slept how she ate, everything.

Miles, however, never slept. Not at night, at least. And god, it took so long just to feed him one bottle, sometimes we'd even fall asleep while feeding him because it would take so long. And he screamed all night long, so Frank and I never got any sleep. Lily didn't either, which meant she was just as crabby.

"Dada!" Lily cried, holding her arms out to me.

"Not right now, sweetheart, go play with your toys," I said. "You have to be quiet."

I was currently feeding Miles and Lily was throwing a fit. She gets jealous of Miles a lot, especially when I'm taking care of her. Frank was taking a nap right now and I wanted it to be quiet so he could sleep peacefully. We take turns sleeping a lot during the day, Miles keeps us up all night.

"Come here, sweetheart, sit next to me," I said.

She climbed up onto the couch next to me. She kept trying to crawl into my lap and I sighed.

"Lily, I'm trying to feed your brother," I said.

She whined and I heard the bedroom door open.

"Here, let me take him," Frank said.

Frank took Miles and sat down as I ran a hand down my face.

"I've gotta pee," I muttered.

I used the bathroom, washing my hands. I just sat on the rim of the bathtub, closing my eyes. I just needed a break, a small break. I took a few deep breaths before going back out. Frank had fallen back asleep, his head tipped against the back of the couch as he still held the bottle. Miles didn't seem to care that much as he just kept drinking.

"Nap time, Lily Bear," I said.

I put her to bed and she cried but fell asleep almost instantly.

"Good night, beautiful," I whispered.

I went back out and saw that Miles had finally finished the bottle. I shook Frank's shoulder lightly and he opened his eyes.

"He's done, he needs to be burped," I said.

I handed frank a rag and he tossed it over his shoulder, holding Miles up to his chest. He spit up over the towel and Frank sighed.

"I think Miles needs a nap," I said.

I took him from Frank, going to put him in his crib in his room.

"Get some rest, sweetheart," I whispered.

I went back out, holding my hand out towards Frank.

"Let's take naps too," I said.

Frank smiled and nodded, going back to the bedroom with me. We all fell asleep and it was peaceful for a while. That is, until, I heard someone knocking on the window. I looked out and saw someone in a bunny mask.

"Daddy," I whispered, shaking his shoulder.

He grumbled quietly and woke up. Frank looked out the window and froze.

"Go hide in the bathroom," he said.

I nodded, going up and heading to our bathroom. There were no windows so the only way in was through the door. Frank came in, shutting and locked the door. He set Lily down and handed me Miles. He pulled his gun from the back waistband of his pants and my eyes widened.

"Frank," I hissed.

I held Miles to my chest protectively as he pointed the gun at the door. I huddled with my kids in the corner as I whimpered.

"It's okay, Lily Bear," I whispered.

She was crying as she clutched onto me.

"Frank, what are you doing?" I asked. "Are you gonna kill a man in front of the kids?"

"They're too young to remember," Frank stated.

"Stop it, call someone," I said.

Frank's hands clenched around the gun and my eyes watered.

"Frank please, you're scaring Lily," I said. "You're scaring me too."

But Miles was sleeping, he didn't care. He slept mostly during the day and cried at night. Brendon said he'd grow out of that eventually and I couldn't wait.

"Frankie, call someone," I said.

"My phone's out there," he said. "Lock the door."

Frank went out and I locked the door.

"What's happing?" Lily asked.

"What's happening is that we're playing a game," I said. "It's like hide and seek. We're gonna stay here and be very quiet, okay?"

"Who's looking?" Lily asked.

I didn't say anything, just held her closer. I heard gunshots from outside and I jumped in fright. We were all silent and thank god Miles didn't start crying.

"Dada," Lily whimpered.

"It's okay, Princess," I whispered.

I kissed her cheek and she sniffled. There was a knock on the door and I bit my lip.

"Baby, it's Frank," the person said.

I opened the door and shrieked when I saw the gun aimed at us.

"Don't point that thing at us!" I screamed.

Frank lowered the gun and kissed my cheek. I sniffled, hugging Miles and Lily.

"I'm sorry, baby, I didn't mean to point it at you," he said.

"What if you accidentally shot one of us?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it won't happen again," he said.

I kissed Lily's forehead, standing up.

"What happened?" I asked as we walked out of the bathroom.

"Followed the bunny man outside and shot at him, didn't hit him at all, though," Frank said.

I bit my lip, setting Miles down into Lily's old bouncer seat. Ten minutes later police showed up at our house and I sighed as I opened the door with Frank.

"We got reports of shooting," the officer said.

"I'm sorry, I was cleaning my gun and it accidentally went off," Frank lied.

I looked over at him, a scowl on my lips.

"Mind if we take a look through your house?" He asked.

I nodded and we stepped aside as the two officers walked in. Lily hugged my leg and I reached down to pick her up.

"Hey there, aren't you just a little cutie," one of them cooed at Miles.

The other one just walked around briefly, looking into all the rooms.

"Alright, looks like everything is good here," he said. "Make sure you empty the chamber before cleaning your gun. Do you have a permit?"

Frank nodded, reaching into his wallet to hand it to him.

"Alright, have a good night," he said.

They walked out and I sighed, sitting on the couch.

"So they got away again?" I asked sadly.

Frank nodded, sitting beside me. He held onto my hand and I sniffled.

"I just want this to be over," I whispered. "I want my kids safe."

Frank nodded, watching Lily playing with her toys.

"We can send them to live with my grandma down in Florida for a little bit," I said. "I don't want to but if we need to them we can send them down to Florida and my grandma can watch them. They'll be States away, the bunnies won't harm them there."

Frank nodded in agreement.

"Lily will miss us," he said. "Miles is too young to care, he just wants food and someone to change his diapers. But Lily will cry a lot."

"I know but at least she'll be breathing," I said. "We'll pack an emergency bag and keep it in their closet and if we need to then we give the kids to Mikey with the bag and have him drive them down to Florida."

"Yeah, that sounds like a plan," he agreed. "I just want them safe, they have so much to live for. We'll send them to Florida to live with Elena. I mean, she's never met them so it'll be great, she only gets the photos we send her. Our kids will be able to meet their great-grandma."

I nodded, resting my head on his shoulder.

"Why did you lie to the police?" I asked.

"Because Jamia found me before an entire team of detectives could," he said. "Don't you think that's a little bit weird?"

"Well, Jamia's got a higher education and there was probably less distractions for her," I said.

"But still, I just think it's a little weird," he said. "They weren't even close."

"We don't know how close they were, they didn't tell us," I said. "They wanted to keep it all private so that way the bunny men wouldn't know how close they were."

"You were my fiancé, you had the right to know," Frank stated. "That's gotta go against some sort of law. You needed to know."

"It's okay, it's all in the past, I wanna put it behind us," I said. "Jamia found you and I thank her every day for that. I wouldn't have you and I wouldn't have Miles if it wasn't for her."

My eyes watered as I looked over at him.

"Baby," Frank sighed.

His arms wrapped around me as I cried. I heard crying and looked down at Lily, who tugged at my dress. I sniffled, picking her up as she hugged me tight. I smiled softly, wiping my eyes.

"Thank you, princess, I love you," I whispered.

"W-wove you," Lily sniffled.

Frank stood up and went over to pick Miles up. He smiled, looking down at him.

"Hey there, Little Frankenstein," Frank said. "You know there are some kids who start learning how to play instruments when they're three? We can get Lily and Miles one of those toddler sized guitars."

"Or they can be artists," I said. "Lily, do you wanna be a musician or an artist?"

"Dolphin," she said.

"You wanna be a dolphin when you grow up?" I asked and she nodded.

"God, you're too cute," Frank said, leaning down to kiss her forehead. "Come on, say goodnight to Miles before I put him down for his nap."

"Night night, Miles," she said, giving him a kiss.

"Good night, beautiful," I whispered.

I gave him a kiss too before he walked into the nursery.

"Are you happy, Lily?" I asked.

She smiled and nodded.

I kissed the top of her head. "Good, I just want to keep you happy."

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