Chapter Seventy

When they exited the monkey house Sebastian attempted to set Jaxsen down to make sure that he really was okay, but the boy would have none of it. He did not scream. Or panic, or make a scene. He simply whimpered and held tighter to him.

“No, Daddy, don’t put me down. Take me home, Daddy, I wanna go home.”

Sebastian nodded. “Okay, sweet boy. What happened, Jack?” Jaxsen, who was already trembling, began shaking quite a bit more.

“Th-th-they found me, Daddy.”

While still walking Sebastian glanced around, his stomach falling to his toes. He saw no one that struck him dangerous, but kept a sharp eye out nonetheless. When they reached the truck Sebastian had a hell of a time trying to convince the boy to let him go to get inside his seat. When he let lose Sebastian buckled him up and wiped gently at the boy’s face.

“What do you mean they found you, Jack? Who found you?” But he already knew the answer, he just really wanted to be wrong.