Gee woke me up by shaking me and I muttered unhappily.

"Daddy, there's something outside," he said.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I don't know," he said. "It's coming from the sky."

I could hear the pitter patters of rain and I sighed.

"It's just raining, Baby," I said.

A loud crack of thunder shook the ground and Gee screamed.

"Baby, Baby, I've got you," I whispered.

I wrapped my arms around him, hearing him sniffle. Gee cried quietly and my alarm went off, making him scream again.

"Alright, we have to go out now to the van," I said.

I got up and got Gee dressed. I put a nice, fuzzy, warm sweater on him, a black skirt, solid, warm black tights and warm black boots. I put his hat on him and he giggled. He grabbed his stuffies and I opened the door but Gee refused to step outside.

"What's wrong now?" I asked.

Gee shook his head and I sighed as the others came out of their rooms.

"Gee won't come out," I said. "He's too scared of the rain."

I held his hand, pulling him outside. I picked him up, carrying him down to the van as he sobbed. We got into the back and I started the car before the others joined us. Gee sniffled as he curled up in my arms.

"The next show is closer to home," Jamia said. "And unfortunately the last show."

"I thought we had one more," Evan said.

"It got cancelled, a pipe burst at the venue," she said.

Gee and I watched videos on my phone until we got to the new venue. It was already late when we got there and we set everything up.

The show seemed to go by quickly and soon we were at my house with beers to celebrate. I tapped glasses with the others as we smiled.

"Okay, so you know how I told you we wouldn't really make any money and how we'd barely break even?" Jamia asked and we nodded. "I kind of lied because I just didn't want to get your hopes up since I didn't know how much we'd actually make."

"Okay, how much did we make then?" Matt asked.

"Well, after all the expenses and cuts, you each made almost eighteen hundred dollars," she said. "Lucky for you we don't have an actual crew to pay or booking agent or a separate tour manager or anything like that."

"Oh, that's fucking great," Evan said.

"Oh, d-don't swear in front of him," I said, gesturing to Gee. "I'm trying to stop myself, he's starting to repeat me and I don't want him to start cursing all the time because he doesn't know what it means."

"Wow, there's not as much cheering as I thought there would be," Jamia said.

I smiled, giving her a hug. We played music as we partied, drinking for hours until they had to leave. I smiled, shutting the door as I giggled.

"Daddy, I'm sleepy," Gee said. "You never put me to bed."

I giggled, holding his hand and bringing him back to the bedroom..

"Why are you acting silly?" Gee asked.

I opened the dresser, taking a handful of clothes and tossing it over my shoulder. I got Gee changed and he frowned.

"Daddy, this is a bathing suit," Gee said.

I looked around and got him changed.

"These are good," he said.

I smiled, looking at his little sleeping shorts and sleeping shirt that had a picture of a little sleeping kitten on it. I stripped down to my boxers and curled up in bed with him.

"You didn't turned off the light," Gee said.

"That's okay, i-it's like it's...it's day at night inside," I said.

"Daddy, I don't understand your speaks," Gee said.

I giggled. "You're so cute."

I leaned forward, pressing my lips against his. I kissed him softly as I pressed him back against the mattress. I sucked on his neck, hearing his quiet whimpers.

"Is the room spinning?" I asked. "Oh, it's dizzy in here, are you dizzy?"

I laid down on the bed, my eyes shutting as I quickly passed out.

When I woke up my head was pounding. Gee gasped happily when he saw me awake and jumped on the bed.

"Daddy! Daddy!" He shouted happily.

I whined, clutching my head.

"Daddy! Come play with me!" He yelled.

"Shut up!" I shouted.

Gee stopped jumping and he let out a soft whimper before I heard the little footsteps as he ran out of the room. I closed my eyes, holding my head. Finally I got up to go get some coffee and some medicine. I sighed as I sat down on the couch, closing my eyes.

As soon as my hangover started to pass I stood up and sighed. I frowned in confusion as I looked around. I couldn't see him anywhere and I bit my lip. I opened the bathroom door and found him sitting in the corner facing the wall.

"Gee? What are doing?" I asked.

"I-I was a bad boy," he whimpered.

"No, no you weren't," I denied. "It's okay, sweetheart. You weren't bad, I just wasn't feeling well. I didn't mean to yell at you, I'm sorry."

Gee looked up at me as he sniffled. I picked him up, carrying him out to the couch with him curled up in my lap. My eyes glance down to where there were dark hickeys on his pale skin.

"What is this?" I asked.

"What, Daddy?" He asked.

"The hickeys. Who the hell did that to you?" I asked angrily and Gee whimpered. "No, Gee, I'm sorry, I promise I'm not mad at you, you don't know any better. And because you don't know any better they were taking advantage of you. No one should be touching you in that way ever. Just tell me who it was and then I'll make sure they don't touch you ever again."

"Daddy, Seb Seb is hungry," Gee said. "And my tummy is too."

I sighed. "Okay, what do you want?"

Maybe he'll talk to me when he's eaten.

"Pan cake," he said.

I stood up, looking at the mess in the room.

"What did we do last night?" I muttered.

It was almost noon now as I started making pancakes.

"What time did you wake up?" I asked.

"I don't know time," Gee said.

"What was the number on the clock?" I asked.

"The number Evan next to the clock had a seven as the first number," he said.

"You've been awake for five hours and you didn't eat?" I asked.

Gee nodded. "I was gonna wake you up but then your breath smelled so I didn't want to go near you."

I held my hand against my mouth and exhaled. Yep, it smells like alcohol, mostly vodka. I made him some pancakes before I went to brush my teeth.

"You not eating?" Gee asked.

"No, I'm not," I said. "I'm not very hungry."

I went back to the bedroom to get dressed, sighing when I saw Gee's clothes strewn across the room.

"Why are the clothes all over the floor?" I asked.

"You did it while you were silly last night," he said.

I cleaned up his clothes, picking an outfit out for him. I laid it out on the bed and went out to clean up the living room. I threw away bottles and trashed, cleaning up the sticky surfaces. I got Gee dressed and into the car.

"Wheres we going?" Gee asked.

"Just gonna talk to some people," I said.

I got to the police station and he held my hand.

"Hi, Gerard," one of the cops said.

Everyone here knew him, he was the amazing boy who was kidnapped and found nearly two decades later.

"Look at my Squilly," Gee said.

"Very cute," she said. "You want a sucker?"

Gee nodded and the two went back into the breakroom.

"Hey, I said to the man on Gee's case. "Have you heard anything about Gee's family?"

"No, not yet," he said. "And if I'm going to be honest, I doubt we will. This is starting to become old news. Before photos and information of him was circling the news and social media for people to claim him but now it's just old news, people aren't spreading the news to raise awareness anymore. I don't think that he's going to have a family."

I nodded sadly, looking down.

"He doesn't have to stay with you, we didn't know it was going to be a permanent situation," he said. "We can probably find him a new home to live in permanently. I know it isn't the ideal situation or anything but there's a home nearby where he can live. It's a special group home for adults with special needs. I know he doesn't have special needs but they can really help him there. There's only a couple people there who are developmentally disabled and special needs so Gee will be able to have a lot of one on one time with nurses and they said they would love to take him in. They teach people a lot of things there so he can learn to do things like dress himself and bathe himself and can teach him how to read and write. It can be really great for him there."

"Oh, no, I'm just sad for him because he'll never know his family," I said. "And I want him to stay here with me, he's so sweet and kind and I love having him here with me."

"Alright, that's going to be fine then," he said. "But it's okay if you change your mind, we would all understand. Having Gee is a lot of hard work."

"No, really, he's so sweet," I said. "I just wanted to come by and see if you got any messages while we were away."

"No and I don't think we ever will, really," he said.

I nodded and smiled softly. I mean, I wanted Gee to know his family but I didn't just want him to leave. Gee came out with a lollipop and I smiled.

"Hey, you wanna go to the park?" I asked.

Gee nodded excitedly and I held his hand, pulling him outside.