Facing Egan By the time theyd reached Sacramento , it was nearly eleven at night .
and despite the lovely couple offering to let her stay in their hotel room with them , she asked them to drop her off at the bus station .
However , the minute the couple left her , she was climbing into a taxi and making her way to the airport .
From the airport , she booked the first available flight to Vancouver using her fake Canadian passport and drivers license .
Ten hours later , landing in Vancouver , she walked up to the nearest flight counter and booked a flight to Toronto .
From Toronto she took a short flight to St.
Catharines and then she drove the forty minutes .
to the Fort Erie border crossing in a rental car and crossed back into the USA .
Maam , youve been through two US borders today .
The border patrol agent was reviewing her history .
I know .
As you can see from my passport , Im originally from Vancouver .
I was in Seattle on business yesterday and I swear , the moment I touched down in Vancouver , my boss was demanding I fly to Buffalo to meet with a prospective client .
Youll see my paperwork for working is in order .
Even my car rental is in the company name .
My meeting is at nine tomorrow morning and the only way Im making it is by driving across this border tonight .
The next flight from St.
Catharines was tomorrow and I wouldnt have made it .
I really wish hed let me Facing Egan 2/10 know when I was still in Seattle .
I could have gotten a direct flight from there to here , Im sure .
What do you do for work ? Im an acquisitions editor .
I meet with authors to try to convince them to sign books which we think will do really well in the market .
Were a small publishing company but were starting to make a name for ourselves .
If I can get this guy to sign with us tomorrow , in addition to the guy who signed yesterday , well be on the map .
I really cant miss this meeting .
Do you have a hotel booked ? My boss sent my itinerary , and it included a stay at a motel .
She lifted her phone , I can bring it up if you want .
No.
Youre good .
How long will you be in Buffalo ? Im hoping no more than tomorrow .
My boss needs to give me a vacation after this , she rolled her eyes for dramatic effect .
Id say .
Have a safe drive .
If I were you though , maam , Id demand your boss book you a direct flight from Buffalo to Vancouver .
You were doing a live version of Planes , Trains , and Automobiles .
The John Candy movie ! I loved that one .
She smiled brightly at the border agent .
The agent waved her through and then she was on her way .
Facing Egan 3/10 It took another hour before she reached the town of Medina , New York .
She parked the car and let out a shaky breath .
Her hands were trembling so viciously as the car engine shut off , she knew she needed to collect herself before entering the Inn .
Shed done the impossible for the second time in her life .
Shed escaped Kiefer OReilly and his Iron Force Gang .
However , once again she was going to be forced to reinvent herself , find another town to run to and hide in and pray chance encounters didnt destroy her .
Taking her time to get her emotions under control , she quickly locked the car up and went in search of Astra .
She entered the Inn and nodded to the person working the front desk .
Im here to visit my friend Astra and her son .
Can I go right in ? Absolutely .
You know where they are ? Yes .
Room two twelve .
Second floor .
Astra told her shed be in room four twenty four of the Fairmont in downtown Vancouver .
If anyone managed to intercept her .
phone , they would not have known theyd preplanned years ago to divide the room number in half .
Knocking on the door of the room , holding her backpack on her shoulder , she was shaking like a leaf .
She heard the whispers in the room and the footsteps from Astra as the woman tread carefully to the door and Genesis made sure she was seen through the peephole .
Facing Egan Password ? Chocolate Fudge Oreo .
4/10 The door opened and Astra was yanking her into the room , wrapping her arms around her and squeezing her tight .
They didnt follow you ? she whispered in her ear .
No.
Flew into Vancouver on my fake id so well need to get me new ones .
!! Already done .
I have them in my bag .
She pulled from her friends embrace and looked at the angry child sitting in the middle of the bed , arms folded across .
his chest and eyes blazing at her .
Oh , he was breathtakingly beautiful even when he was furious with her .
Hey buddy ! I didnt want to leave all my friends .
I know .
She swallowed nervously as she studied the blue eyes so much like his fathers .
The spiky red hair a flaming homage to his genetics was the icing on the cake of his clonelike appearance .
Egan was every bit the image of his father .
Ill make it up to you .
Why did we have to come here ? Why Mom ? I was playing with my friends at recess and then Auntie Astra came and took me from school , and I was having fun , he punched the bed furiously .
She made lie and say Auntie Astra was my mom and Facing Egan we got on a plane ! I dont like planes ! Theyre smelly ! 5/10 Egan , she took a breath and sat on the edge of the bed .
You are six years old now and you need to understand some things .
Ill explain it to you but first , can I have a hug ? I really missed my favorite boy .
Please ? she batted her lashes , and he lunged .
at her and wrapped his chubby arms around her neck and squeezed .
I was scared , Mommy .
Auntie Astra was worried , and I could tell , and I was so scared , and I thought she was kidnapping me away from you .
Oh baby , no , no , she shot Astra a look , but the woman shrugged helplessly .
I told him I was bringing you to meet him but when we got here ahead of you , he didnt believe me .
I couldnt take him out of the room just in case .
Egan , Mommy needs to explain some things and I need you to listen very carefully , okay ? He nodded , his blue eyes watery and the freckles on his cheeks dark in contrast to the pallor .
She brushed the tears away with her palms and kissed his forehead .
First and I cannot say this enough , I love you more than anything or anyone in the entire world and so does Auntie Astra .
She loves you so much .
If anything , ever happens to Mommy , she is the one who will always keep you safe .
Always .
You can trust her no matter what .
Facing Egan I was really scared .
I know baby , I know .
She bit her lip , remember when in kindergarten last year and the kids were making fathers day cards and you asked me why you didnt have a father ? You said I did but he didnt live close by .
Right .
She took a shaky breath and began , your father .
Is a fucking criminal .
Astra muttered and then realizing she spoke aloud coughed .
Sorry .
That was not my in my head voice , was it ? My dad is a bad guy ? Fuck it , Genesis thought with a sigh .
Taking a deep breath and then letting it out she nodded , a long time ago , I met this man who was so nice to me at first .
He made Mommy feel like the most special lady in the universe .
You are special .
Thank you , baby , she kissed his forehead , and he beamed at her .
I met him in a country called Ireland .
Auntie Astra and I saved up for four years to go there .
Astras grandmother was born there and she always wanted to visit .
So , on the spring break before we graduated college , we went .
We were there for two whole weeks and on the last few days there I met a man named Kiefer .
Facing gan Kiefer , Egan rolled the name on his tongue as if tasting it .
Right .
I fell in love with him like a princess in the movies and when my trip was over , I was so sad to leave him behind , but he came with me , and he promised me Id never be alone again .
We came back to America together and it wasnt long before we got married .
You were married ? his eyes grew wide at the revelation .
Yes .
I married Kiefer because I loved him very much .
Then his family moved in with us .
Kiefers sister and her friend came to stay .
Kiefer and his sister argued all the time , so he stopped coming home and he left me alone with them all the time .
I didnt get along with the girls either and they were really mean to me .
I was there , in the house all the time with mean people and I became so lonely .
You did ? I really did .
Why were they so mean ? They were assholes , Astra offered the explanation .
Auntie Astra ! he giggled at her words .
Im not wrong .
They were two mean assholes who thought it would be fun to pick on a woman who was lonely and sad .
You were lonely and sad ? Egan gave his mom big eyes of pity .
20 I was .
Genesis felt bad telling him such things , but she needed him to understand they were running for a reason .
And they were mean to you ? They were .
She took a breath , they were really mean , Egan and like all bullies , the more Mommy was upset , the greater their enjoyment of their activities .
I wanted to tell Kiefer what was happening but each night he would only come home after I was already asleep and , in the morning , he was already gone .
They went from teasing and saying mean things to pushing Mommy and hurting her with their hands .
One day they pushed me down some stairs and Mommy got really hurt .
Oh no .
He frowned and then as if a lightbulb went off , he exclaimed , is it how my brother died ? It is , she nodded .
Why were they such bad girls ? Kiefers family were extraordinarily rich and sometimes people with a lot of money think they can do whatever they want , and money can make what they do wrong go away .
The family also , Genesis .
squeezed his hands , well , Egan , they didnt always obey the law and rules .
They didnt care about the police or being good .
They didnt care about anything but themselves .
The whole family were bad guys ? They were not good guys , Astra didnt back away from her Facing Egan feelings on the matter .
9/10 Egan , I cant say everyone in the family were bad guys .

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Some of the family were genuinely nice to me .
But not Kiefers sister .
Or his brother at first .
Oh .
I realized then Kiefer couldnt keep us safe .
If the people in his own family were able to hurt me and my babies and he wasnt seeing it , then it meant I was in danger and you , she tapped his nose , were in danger .
However , she didnt know how to say the rest without scaring him , Kiefer told me when we got married , I needed to stay with him forever .
He was never going to let me .
leave him .
So , I needed to run away to keep you safe from the mean girls in his house .
How did you run away ? Well , remember when I said sometimes the family broke the rules and didnt care about the police ? Yes .
Well , when I was in the hospital after I fell down the stairs , some police officers came to talk to me .
They said if I helped them by telling them where Kiefer was doing some of his work the police wanted to catch him doing , they would help me runt away .
She lifted her chin , so I told them I saw Kiefer breaking Facing Egan 10/10 the law and I signed a paper .
Then when they were talking to him and keeping him busy , Mommy ran away from him and his whole family .
You tattled ? And like that , he channelled his father without even trying .
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