Part 5

As Jeffrey closed in on the house he slowed just a bit, waiting for at least one of the other to catch up. As much as he wanted to just bust down the door, he had no clue what he was up against. He couldn't put her in anymore danger then she was already in.
In just moments Josh and Frank had caught up to him, leaving Cassie and the others behind.
"Jeffrey you go around to the left and I'll go to the right. We need to try and see what we are up against. Josh I want you out front to inform the others."
"GET OFF OF ME." Reva screamed
"NO Frank there is not enough time. I'm going in, with or without you."
Jeffrey reached for the door knob and turned it, He was shocked to find it unlocked. As quickly and quietly as possible, he opened the door and entered the house followed by the others. With a quick glance, they spotted nothing except a couple of closed doors. He ran to the door where her screams were coming from. Frank pulled his gun and on the count of three they kicked down the door.
They were horrified at the sight in front of them but they didn't miss a beat. Everything happened at once. Jeffrey ran forward, grabbing the man by the throat and throwing him to the ground, Frank kept his gun pointed at his target, ready to shoot, and Josh covered Reva's trembling body with the blanket and tried to comfort her. As soon as Jeffrey could, he turned back to Reva.
"It's OK Honey, I'm here." He said softly as he pulled out his pocket knife and cut her arms and legs loose.
As soon as she was freed, Jeffrey scooped her up in his arms and rushed her outside, away from everyone. Josh followed yet still gave them the distance that they so desperately needed.
Still holding Reva, Jeffrey sat on the ground, holding her as tight as he could and rocked her. She kept her head buried in his shoulder as she sobbed and shook uncontrollably. He pulled the blanket up around her neck trying to cover every part of her body, trying to make her feel safe. Tears welled up in his eyes as his mind finally grasped what had just happened.
"I'm sorry....I'm so so sorry." was all he could say, over and over.
Cassie come up behind Josh and placed her chin on his shoulder. He raised his hand as if motioning her away. She removed her chin and placed her hand in the same spot, turning him towards her. As she looked at him she could tell that tears were on there way, and Josh wasn't going to let her see them so he quickly turned back to Jeffrey and Reva.
Josh and Cassie stood back with a watchful eye, making sure that no one would disturb them. Cassie had a million questions she wanted to ask, because she had not seen what happened, but the look on Josh's face told her that now was not the time.
They turned toward the house when they heard Frank calling them. As they started to walk over toward him they saw the masked man being drug out of the house by two officers. Josh took off running, and as he reached him Josh pulled off the mask. He gasped at the face he saw. He couldn't believe the man that was standing in front of him.
"Josh, he won't tell us his name, Do you know who he is?"
"Yeah....yeah that is Dax. He was one of Richards......."he said stumbling for his words
Before he could finish his sentence Cassie came out of nowhere and knocked Dax out of the officers hands and tackled him to the ground. She punched him once, twice, three times before Frank pulled her off.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.......WE ALL TRUSTED YOU."
"Get him out of here." Said Frank as he was still holding Cassie.
As the two officers and Josh were taking Dax to the car, He saw Reva out of the corner of his eye.
"CATHERINE, I LOVE YOU, I WOULD NEVER HURT YOU."
"Don't you dare say another word to her." Josh said as his anger quickly grew.
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The sound of his voice made Reva's body tighten up and shake even more. All of a sudden she cried out in pain and doubled over in Jeffrey's lap.
"Honey what is it what's wrong?" quickly fell from his lips with deep concern
"The...Baby..."Was all she could say before another pain hit and she cried out again
"JOSH, JOSH, CALL AN AMBULANCE NOW." yelled Jeffrey
Josh ran over to them as fast as he could
"What's wrong?"
Reva let out another cry of pain. Jeffrey suddenly felt a warm, wet feeling on his lap where she was sitting. He immediately stood up holding her as tight as he could. The look on Jeffrey face scared Josh.
"Look at my legs." he mouthed
Josh looked down at Jeffrey's legs. His face told Jeffrey everything he needed to know.
"Blood" Josh mouthed back."I'll get the car." He said aloud as he ran from them. Jeffrey followed as fast as he could with Reva intow.
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Cassie and Frank were deep in conversation about Dax when they heard Reva's cries. They turned just in time to see Josh running toward them. Josh saw the fear on Cassie's face. He couldn't stop to tell her what was going on but she needed to come with them.
"Reva's Bleeding. " he yelled as he ran right passed.
Cassie took off after Josh and Frank after Jeffrey. As Frank got closer to Jeffrey he saw all the blood and his heart sank. After all she had been through in the last 12 hours, now she could be losing the baby.
"How could you be so cruel. You know, one person can only handle so much, right?" He asked in his mind knowing there would be no answer. "I know Reva is the strong, the strongest person I know, but even she has her limits."
Frank had finally reached Jeffrey
"You want me to......."
Frank was interrupted by another cry from Reva. Jeffrey looked to Frank as they ran faster, His eyes pleading with Frank to tell him this was not happening, to tell him that it was just a dream, to tell him he wasn't going to lose his baby, the baby he never even knew he wanted until he found out she was pregnant, but Frank's face only held sadness for them.
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They had finally reached the car, got in and before Franks door was even closed all the way Josh took off. Reva's cries ripped at everyone hearts as Jeffrey and Cassie tried with everything they had to try to calm her but their attempts were futile.
To everyone the drive felt never ending. Josh was driving as fast as his car would let him and yet it didn't seem fast enough.
When they had finally reached the hospital, Jeffrey rushed Reva into a room where Rick, Lillian, and five other nurses were waiting. Frank had called ahead of time so that they would be ready.
Jeffrey placed Reva on the bed and was instantly pulled away from her by Josh and Cassie at Ricks request. All four of them stood in the doorway watching helplessly as Rick and the nurses worked frantically on Reva. They were finally ushered into the waiting room after Jeffrey's many attempts to go to her side when she cried out.
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