Soren You have got to be f*****g kidding me! This motherfucker seems to show up at the most inconvenient damn times. I'm sitting here in the hospital, unable to protect Alana in the way I wanted to. He would get his. I'd make sure of it, even if it killed me. As I stood up, Alana sat in bed on her knees behind me, clutching my shoulders as if I were her safety net. In a way, I guess that I was. I'll protect you, baby. No way was this asshole going to get anywhere near you this time or my unborn child. "Back off!" I warned. "You aren't welcome here." Nate was staring in my direction, but I could see his eyes were fixated on Alana. They always were. In a f****d-up sort of way, Nate and I were a lot alike when it came to her. It was obvious to me in the way that we looked at her as if