Easton's POV:

Amara rushes to the door as soon as she sees us pull into the driveway "What happened? Is she okay?"

"She's fine." I assure her. I take Aubreys hand and help her out of the car.

"Aubrey, thank God." Amara throws her arms around her and Aubrey reruns the hug, holding her close.

We make our way inside and sit down in the living room. "I'm sorry you had to find out like that." Aubrey says softly

"Don't be silly, this is wonderful news, I'm just sorry you had to go through all of this," Dad replies with a sympathetic look on his face

"What news?" Amara questions as she takes a seat next to Aubrey

"I'm pregnant" she gives her a soft smile

"You are? Oh my gosh, congratulations."

"They know about the baby, the Colombians know about the baby and we hadn't yet told a soul, no one but me, Aubrey and Sara knew about the baby, we made sure to keep it off the official hospital records for this very reason," I inform

"So they've been following you, listening somehow," Lane states as he shakes his head. "We just can't win, first the Russians, now the Colombians."

"Why would they be after us?" Amara questions

"They were working with the Russians, they've taken over the human trafficking so I've been messing with their supplies."

"Bad move." Chet speaks up and shakes his head "You're playing with fire here Easton."

"What do you want me to do Pops? Just sit back and allow innocent girls to be trafficked? For them to be raped multiple times a day by different men, for them to beaten, drugged? What if that was my daughter? What if that was Aubrey?" I shout.

"You know what Nate and Leo found images of just a few days ago? Whoever has been ballooning the drugs has no idea what they're doing, they've been bursting inside the girls and they die, but it doesn't stop there, they've been cutting them open chest to pelvis and fishing the drugs out so they don't lose the supply and then throw them to the bin like they're trash."

"I'm going to be sick." Aubrey stands you and runs to the downstairs bathroom as quickly as she can.

"I won't stop." I stand up looking between dad and grandad. "I won't stop until they're stoped. Every gram I keep from them is a gram not being shoved down some innocent girl's throat."

I make my way into the bathroom where I find Aubrey with her head over the toilet, vomiting. I kneel down on the ground next to her and rub her back. "I'm sorry Sweetheart, I shouldn't have spoken about that in front of you."

She wipes her mouth in her arm and sits down on the ground exhausted facing me. "It's okay."

"Maybe I should put you into some kind of protection, I need to keep you both safe, you and the baby"

"No." She shakes her head "I'm not going into protection unless you're coming with me Easton. I'm not letting them tear us apart"

"It's not that simple"

"Then make it that simple. I'm not going Easton. Just twenty-four hours ago we were celebrating having a baby and now you want me to go and live somewhere without you? No." She stands up and washes her face and mouth with water at the basin

When she's done she faces me once more. " I choose this life Easton, and I knew it wasn't going to be all smooth sailing, but I'm not leaving your side, whatever is headed your way, we'll face it together."

♠

"Is she asleep?" Mum asks softly as I make my way downstairs 

"Yeah, she's in my room." I sigh softly and sit down at the table "What am I meant to do? I know that Dad and Grandad want me to stop but how can I? Someone has to look out for these girls, if not me, then who?" 

"I don't have that answer Honey, I wish I did." She sits down at the table next to me. "Maybe there comes a time where you have to choose protecting them and protecting your family."

"I think it's a little late for that, we've already killed one of them, I don't think they're going to back down now, even I did stop messing with supplies." 

"God, couldn't we of at least been near the end of the pregnancy before things had to blow up again, I don't want Aubrey under stress right now."

"You know that's not how this life works Honey." she reminds 

"Yeah and for some stupid reason Aubrey signed herself up for it." 

"Because she loves you, and you love her that's all that matters." 

"It's easy for you Mum, you were already apart of the life, it's all you've ever known. What if the day comes when Aubrey decides it's too much for her after all and she wants to live a normal life?" 

"These are the kinds of things you shouldn't be worried about Easton, I highly doubt that would ever happen." She takes a breath "She's stronger then you think she is and I believe she proved that tonight."

"Easton." Nate calls as he walks into the room "Don Lorenzo is on the phone for you, its about the Columbians." 

Standing up from the table I take the phone and press it to my ear "Don Lorenzo, what can I do for you?" 

"I hear the Colombians are giving you trouble?"

"They tried to pull some shit on my girl at the bar tonight." I sigh 

"I heard, news travels fast and congratulations on the baby." 

"You heard about that as well?" I sigh "We hadn't even told anyone, but thank-you." 

"One of my men has been working undercover and he's been getting information from them for the past few months, we didn't know they were headed your way until tonight or I would have informed you sooner, but what I do have now is further information

"Go on." 

"The listening device is in Aubrey's car, and it's been there since the day she drove it out of the car yard. It wasn't the doing of the Colombians, but rather the Russians, however with the Russian taken out for now, the Colombians have stepped up into their place and are now running things around town."

"Are are you saying someone from the car yard was behind this?" 

"That's the only way, I can't imagine Aubrey has left the car unlocked when in public at all?"

"Definitely not, and it locks on its own after some time away." 

"I want to help you out especially now you're starting a family of your own, I know how it feels to be bringing children into the world when you're just starting out."

"How are you going to help?" 

"I'll take over the human trafficking case for now, and you stop messing with their supplies."

"You've never been interested in helping with that before." 

"Things have changed, I have a daughter now, and I see things in a new light." 

"What now?"

"Call the boss and offer some kind of peace agreement, I'll keep you up to date on everything happening with the human trafficking, just do what you need to do for your family." 

"There's one more problem." 

"What?" 

"Aubrey shot one of them and he's dead." 

"Wheres the body?" 

"Nate and Leo took care of it."

"Keep it that way, don't let on you know anything. Say you spoke, he left and that was the end of it." 

"And when we don't return home?" 

"Not our issue." 

"You really think this is going to work?" 

"It's worth a shot isn't it?" 

"Of course." I take a breath "Thanks Lorenzo." 

"No worries my amico (friend), talk soon."