As soon as I heard the gun shot fire, I expected to feel a burning sensation burn through me which I didn't feel at all. In matter of fact, I don't feel anything. Fluttering my eyes open, I see Ace's lifeless body laying on the ground a pool of blood starting to puddle around him. Aleysa, immediately crawls to me tears still flowing down her red cheeks. I embrace her in a tight hug rubbing her back finally being able to properly reunite with her.

"I love you so much Jason!", Aleysa sniffles.

"Hello son", a deep unfamiliar menacing voice  splutters.

Both Aleysa and I pull away from one another  snapping our heads back towards the voice. My eyes widen seeing an older me standing not far from us. It's my father, the monster that abused my mother, abandoned, and now has returned kidnapping my entire life. I knew I would see him here, but after the whole Ace and Bridgette drama, I forgot about him.

"I'M GOING TO-"

"Is that how you're going to talk to your father after never meeting me once?", John raises his brow.

The nerve of him

"You ain't no father of mine!", I angrily spat standing on my two feet, Aleysa mimicking my move.

"I had to leave Jason in order for you to become the man I want you to be... I have a plan for you, for us to run this pathetic world together.. however, you became a sissy, so I had to take a different root", John casually says as he glances over at Aleysa's visible belly.

As soon as I notice this, I cringe only imagining why the heck this wicked man could possibly want with my son. "Don't you dare come near my family ever again you hear me!", I grit my teeth.

"I'm family too whether you like it or not.. I'm that child's grandfather and I'm here to collect what's mine"

My blood erupts like a mad volcano from his delusional words clearly continuing to threaten my son and Aleysa's life. I grab my pistol from the ground quickly aiming it towards John.

"Jason", Aleysa mumbles frighteningly as she clutches onto the back of my shirt remaining close behind me.

"He's my son not yours!", I sternly say.

"Wow a boy, he would make a great leader like his grandpa one day unlike his pathetic father that became lost in that nasty love dilemma.. don't worry that child will know me as it's father instead of you!", John grumbles taking a threateningly step.

If this dead beat of a father left me to wonder the streets on purpose in order for me to become a so called man and planned a terrible future for me, there's no way anything good is planned for my son. Plus I wouldn't allow it as longest I'm breathing, I will protect my son with my life from the cruelness of the world and people like John.

"Oh come on Jason, as soon as pigs arrive.. they'll just take you back to prison, but this time they will probably incarcerate you in a maximum security prison since your a fugitive. Do you really think they're going to give a damn if a poor criminal rescued a pretty rich girl?", John evilly chuckles.

As much as I hate what's slipping out of his lunatic mouth, he's absolutely right. I've been New York's most wanted since the death of Alessandra I didn't commit. My life in and out of Juvie has been one for the records. I've always thought I belonged behind bars since that's what my life has always consisted of, but then she came. Aleysa change my entire world and made me want to be something more than just a criminal. For the first time in a long time, I see a brighter future for myself, I've never once saw before nor could dare to imagine. Now being a soon to be father only pushes me to want to desperately pursue this bright future for them and myself.

The thought of going back to prison being away from my son and Aleysa pains me to the core.

"You had something to do with my father's fiancé death didn't you?!", Aleysa splutters glaring at John.

"Wrong! that was all your buddy back there, but boy did I benefit from it", he grins.

"You ordered death on me!", I mutter my index finger slowly pulling down on the trigger.

"I had to get rid of waste, but fucking Trey never has been good at getting shit done", John shakes his head.

Suddenly, a sound of a twig breaking echoes behind Aleysa and I which causes me to turn back seeing nothing besides a deer wondering around the woods. Before I can snap my head back towards John, I felt a punch to my jaw causing me to unbalance my posture dropping my gun on the ground a few inches away from me.

"Jason!", Aleysa shouts letting go of me and sprinting behind a tree cradling her belly protectively.

I retort instantly with a blow to John's right eye causing him to blink a few times. However, this didn't stop him from launching at me like an animal. The both of us wrestle with one another giving it our all into our blows.

John being way older than me and obviously stronger than me has it's full advantage as he practically drags me around like a doll. However, I don't give up giving him a challenge. I have too much in stake to fall down helplessly.

John trips on a log laying on the floor and pulls me along with the both of us now battling it out on the ground, dirt flying all over the place. As soon as John gets on top of me ready to swing his fist on my face, a gun shot is fired unexpectedly going through his head, blood spluttering onto my face disgustedly before tumbling over to the side.

A bullet wound is on the back of his head as I get up on my feet slowly. I glance over at who might have shot John while we fought. I expect to see Isaac or Rex standing there already making their presence known cause boy have I been asking myself where the hell have they been at this entire damn time.

But I don't see either of them standing with a gun in their hands. Instead, I see Aleysa trembling as she drops the pistol on the floor. A look of shock is plastered on her face as she intently beams with wide horrified eyes at the lifeless body of John.

Instantly, I'm by her side tugging her in my arms, "it's okay baby, you had to in order to save my life", I breathe kissing the top of her head.

"What the hell did we miss?!", Isaac splutters breathlessly as the entire gang finally arrives.

"It's all over now", I blankly respond not wanting to retell the story especially since Aleysa is in shock of what she has done.

"Aleysa!", Jacky splutters about to sprint to us, but Isaac immediately puts a stop on her signaling her to give Aleysa and I our time.

Suddenly, Aleysa starts hysterically crying holding onto me tight like her life depended on it. "I love you and our son Aleysa.. everything is all over now.. the three of us are safe all thanks to you", I softly murmur careful on my words.

Out of the blue, loud sirens are heard getting closer by the second.

"We must dip let's go!", Rex worriedly shouts as he grabs Tiny's arm sprinting deeper into the woods.

"Jason!", Isaac scolds beaming at me with worry.

"Just go", I bluntly say.

Isaac and Jacky still remain looking like lost children not knowing what to do.

"GO!", I mutter.

The both of them shake their head at me as they turn heels bolting away from us.

As soon as they disappeared into the woods, police officials arrive surrounding Aleysa and I. I'm immediately separated from her, my hands being pulled behind my back roughly as I'm slapped against the cop car.

"LET HIM GO! HE SAVED MY LIFE!", Aleysa shouts trying to get to me, but is instantly pulled back not allowed to step anywhere near me.

Aleysa's pov

"He didn't kill Alessandra that man over there did.. he admitted it!", I grit my teeth.

However, no one cares to give me the ear nor listen to what I'm spitting instead they're all focused on Jason who's being handcuffed his face pinned harshly on the cop car.

"Idiot!", I scold myself for being in a shock state after I shot John to protect the love of my life. I should of ran with Jason with the rest of our friends and never come back to New York, the place that threatens our future.

The ambulance arrives and the paramedics burst out of the car walking towards me to assist me on my wounded arm.

"She's pregnant", a female paramedic says to a male one as they carefully walk me over to the back of the ambulance.

I glance over at Jason who's now behind a cop car glancing back at me with brimming light brown hazel eyes. My heart drops to my stomach at the sight of this once again.

Jason escaped prison all to save our son and I. Due to the traumatic events that has occurred minutes ago, I haven't even had the time to fully register the gender of my child, Jason spluttered earlier.

The siren turns on as the cop car holding Jason inside starts driving out of this place. Jason and I watch each other as we are both being once again separated all in slow motion until he disappears out of my view leaving me aching alone.