Chapter 36...

I love this cover someone sent me! Doesn't the guy look hot!?! I am so sorry but I forgot who sent me this so if you made it please comment or message me you did! I want to give you the acknowledgement for it! <3

Song on the side is Holding Out For A Hero by Ella Mae Bowen. I love this version and I felt like this is kind of how Jenna thinks of Liam. :)

Liam's POV

"How did the meeting go?" My father asked through the phone.

"It went well everything is going well." I answered clicking on my emails while talking with him.

"So well that you had to stay there an extra 3 days?" I knew he and my mother would find out that Jenna and I were gone for 4 days when it was suppose to be a one day trip. "And did it involve a women?"

I could hear the teasing tone in his voice and groaned inwardly. My father always found ways to tease me and always found things out. It was probably my mom's idea to spy on Jenna and I.

"Yes dad Jenna and I spent 3 extra days in Barbados. Happy?" I said pinching the bridge of my nose. I loved my dad but sometimes he can really get on my nerves.

"And you just got back yesterday?"

"Dad why are you even asking if you already know the answer?"

"Just curious son."

"Is that the only reason you called me today? I do have work to do you know."

"I know I just wanted to check in. Your mother wants you and Jenna over on Friday for dinner around 5 or so."

"Thanks for the three day heads up dad." I said sarcastically.

"Just passing the message on. Apparently your sister has some news to tell us too."

"Okay thanks dad. Tell mom we will be there around 5. I better go dad I have a meeting in a few minutes."

"Sounds good. Tell Jenna hi from us and see you on Friday." With that my dad hung up. I set my phone down and rubbed my forehead. Glancing at my phone I saw it was only 1. Only a few more hours and I can go home to be with Jenna. I smiled fondly at my screensaver. It was a picture of Jenna and I when we were covered in flour and eggs from the other night. Jenna was smiling widely at the camera while I was smiling down at her.

Taking her with me to Barbados was the best decision I have ever made honestly. The entire time we spent there I was the happiest I have ever been, literally. After I learned that Devon was Grayson's boyfriend I was fine with him being around Jenna. He was one less person that would steal her away from me.

If someone had told me a few months ago that I would be as happy as I am now and thinking of settling down I would have laughed in their face. So unlike me I can see myself with Jenna 10 years from now. Us having little kids running around the house, Jenna greeting me as I come home from work. I was starting to become one of those love struck guys I use to hate.

All that was ever important to me was taking over my fathers business. Sure I wanted to play football or some other sport when I was in high school but I soon realized that I was just a dream. All that mattered was doing a great job and making my father proud of me. Making him want to pass the company over to me, not because I was his son and he had to.

The past 4 years I have never really taken anything serious besides work. I use to go through women like people go through toilet paper and I wasn't ashamed to admit that. Drinking almost every night and hooking up with random women was what I did. I use to think that being 24 was the right age to be screwing off and living 'life to the fullest'. But ever since I met Jenna I haven't felt that way or done any of that stuff. Well apart from the last girl a few months ago.

Jenna was slowly becoming a stable part of my life. I was happy with the routine we had. They say you sometimes you can't see what is right there in front of you. And it is right I hadn't realized how much I needed Jenna in my life until we were at Bardados. The thought of not being with her made me go crazy as well as make my heart hurt.

I use to be Liam Stanford the one who didn't do serious relationships. Now looking back on it I noticed how stupid I was. I hurt a lot of girls feelings and didn't even care. Just the idea of doing that to Jenna made me want to punch myself. How I could have been so heartless before?

I had vowed to myself the night Jenna and I confessed to one another that I would try to be a better person for her. I would not act like a dick, I would try to be with her as much as possible, and no do nothing to break her heart. She did not deserve to have her heart broken by anyone, least of all me.

All the while I was thinking of Jenna I answered some emails and signed some forms. Just as I was finishing up my cell phone rang. Glancing at it I grinned seeing Jenna's name and picture. The picture was of her in Barbados when we tried on all these ugly hates and sunglasses. She was posed with one hand on her hip and the other under her chin trying to look like a model.

"Jenna?" I answered surprised she was calling me. I knew she was with her friends today and calling me was a surprise.

"L-Liam." I heard her choke out. I could hear her sniffling and slightly echoing through the phone.

"Jenna!? Are you okay?" I asked starting to become worried. She was definitely crying but why? Did something happen? At the thought of anything happening to my baby my heart went into over drive.

"N-no I'm not. I just talked to my mother." She hiccuped into the phone. Immediately after hearing the word mother I stood up not caring my chair it the wall behind me.

"Where are you?" I demanded already grabbing my suit jacket and pocketing my keys. I did not care I had a meeting in just a few minutes, they can do it without me. All that mattered right now was Jenna. Since I was there when she saw her mother for the first time in 14 years I couldn't imagine what she was feeling now that she said she talked to her. After I had heard what her mother did to her I wanted to march over to Martin's house and demand to see her.

Jenna did not deserve that woman as a mother. What kind of person leaves their child on the sidewalk! Sure at times my mother was annoying but never in a million years would she think of giving me or Julie up. I couldn't imagine my life without her. How Jenna survived that was beyond me and made me even more proud of her.

"T-the mall in Hill Crest."

"Jenna hold on I will be there in a few minutes." I knew where she was instantly. Not even shutting my office door behind me.

"Please hurry." She pleaded through the phone softly as I hung up.

"Deborah tell the members at the meeting I cannot make it. I have a pressing matter I have to attend to. Also cancel everything else for this afternoon. If people call answer and tell them I will get in touch with them later." I briefly told my secretary before going over to the elevator and impatiently pressing the buttons.

Within minutes I was in my car driving towards Hill Crest Mall. I was going way over the speed limit and weaving in and out of cars but I did not care. Jenna needed me and by god I was going to be there. I tapped my fingers impatiently on my steering wheel when I got stuck at a red light. Once it turned green I pressed the gas pedal jerking me back.

5 minutes later I screeched to a stop in front of the mall. I did not know where she was but it wasn't that big of a mall. Quickly locking the car I strode inside through the doors whipping my head back and forth. Thankfully not a lot of people were here on a Tuesday. As I passed stores I quickly scanned them before realizing she wouldn't be inside a store.

Just as I passed the store Build A Bear Workshop I heard a small whimper. It was almost not noticeable but it instantly made me still. Turning I turned back the way I came following the sound. Glancing in a small corner between two stores I saw a figure crouched on the ground, her body shaking. Jenna. Not wasting any time I headed to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

She instantly flung herself at me burying herself in my chest. I wrapped my arms around her to keep her up and to press her to me. With my back turned I was able to shield her from anyone who walked back. As she sobbed in my chest I gently ran a hand through her hair and kept the other around her waist.

"Everything is okay. I got you." I whispered softly above her head. Laying a soft kiss on the top of her head. For the next few minutes I kept whispering encouraging words to her waiting for her to calm down. Ever so slowly she calmed down only small quakes going through her body now and was only hiccuping.

"It is okay Jenna." I said soothingly. "Do you want to go home?" I asked quietly. I felt her nod against my chest. I felt a small spot of my shirt sticking to my body from her tears but I ignored it.

"B-but Sophia, Candy and Sky are still here." She hiccuped tilting her head to look at me.

With her face tilted up to me I brought my hands to her cheeks. With the pads of my thumbs I started wiping her tears away. I softly rubbed under her eyes that was slightly smeared with mascara.

"That is okay. Let me have your phone. I will tell them I came to get you and that the driver will be waiting to take them home." I said reaching for her phone. Her friends would understand. As I took her phone she buried herself back in my chest, gripping the back of my shirt once more. Finding the contact that was named Candy I hit call. With my free hand I rubbed her back soothingly.

"Jenna!" A familiar voice said through the phone.

"Sorry no this is Liam. Listen something happened and I am here to take Jenna home. She is not in the best state right now."

"What happened!" She demanded.

"I'll have Jenna tell you later when she can talk. You, Sky and Sophia keep shopping and when you are done the driver will be waiting to take you home. I'll have Jenna call you later when she is better. Don't worry."

Once Candy finally agreed I hung up and slipped Jenna's phone in my pocket.

"Baby lets get you home." I said softly. She pulled away from me but only so we could walk. With my arm around her waist, and taking the two bags she had I lead her through the mall and towards the car.

Once I had her in and buckled I started the drive home. I kept glancing over at her but she only stared out the window blindly. She wasn't crying anymore and her nose was slightly red as well as her cheeks. The look on her face made me slightly scared. She looked absolutely crushed.

I wanted to know what her sorry of an excuse her mother said to her. If it was anything rude or mean I will not stop in having a word with her. I did not care if Jenna did not want me to. Her 'mother' needed to know that she is not needed or wanted in Jenna's life. She was fine now without her and I did not want her coming to screw up whatever I had with her. I also did not want her mother to think she can simply come back into Jenna's life now when she and 14 years to do so.

All that mattered right now was Jenna and how she was taking talking to her mother. Later I will have a little discussion with Karen Brotherson, and trust me it was not going to go well for her.

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Once I got Jenna inside I lead her to the couch. She was like a zombie letting me lead her everywhere. She was here but not really seeing what was going on around her. After making sure she was fine for a minute on the couch I went to the kitchen to grabbed a glass of water.

"Babe are you okay?" I asked softly taking a seat on the coffee table facing her. "Here is some water." I put it in her hands when she didn't answer. She was really starting to scare me but when she brought the glass to her lips I relaxed for a second. A few more minutes were spent in silence before Jenna started to talk.

"I talked to her." She said her voice neutral no feeling in it.

"How did it go?" The moment it left my lips I wanted to slap myself. Of course it didn't go well, she called me crying.

"She said she was sorry for leaving me." She turned her green eyes on me. They say you can see people souls through their eyes, well Jenna's green ones showed she was in pain and lifeless at the same time. "She went on about how she would take it back if she could and when I told her that she left me for a guy she didn't really deny it."

"Jenna-"

"She wants to make it up to me and have me meet her other kids, my half siblings. She even gave me a card with her number." I looked down at her hands and noticed for the first time a white crumpled up piece of paper in her fist.

"Jenna you don't have to call her. In fact I say throw the card away." I said looking at her. She looked down at the card in her hand before looking back at me.

"Liam how...how can she think I will just forgive her?" She whispered in a small voice. I grabbed her hands and forced them from the fists she had them in. Taking the piece of paper I set it on the table next to me. Lacing my fingers through both of her I leaned forward, closer to her.

"Baby I can't tell you the answer to that but I know how hard this must be for you. All the things she did to you can not be forgive so easily, if ever. You did not deserve to be treated the way she did to you. You have every single right to write her off and her other family. If you don't want to see her ever again then we won't." I squeezed her hands wanting to let her know I am here for her through all of this.

"What you are feeling right now is expected, in fact I would be scared if you weren't feeling this way. Having talked to her mother after 14 years is not an easy thing to do. I wish I could have been there with you. But Jenna know this," I let go of one of her hand to gently grab her chin. "I will be here for you. Whatever you want to do I will stick by you. If you don't want to talk to her we wont, if you want to keep this card for one day that you may want to then we will." I stared into her eyes.

"But also know this I will not sit by and let her treat you like garbage again. She will not get away with it. She may think she can waltz right back into your life like nothing happened but she has another thing coming. I love you Jenna and I will do anything to keep you safe." I spoke with a firm tone letting Jenna know I was serious with everything I just said.

I watched as her eyes welled up with tears again. Before I could take her back in my arms she was coming towards me, wrapping her arms tight around my neck. I smiled softly liking the feeling that she wanted me to hold her. In all the time I have known her she has never looked more vulnerable.

When I first met Jenna at the strip club I could see this visible shield she had around her. Her face rarely showed emotions and she seemed to have a chip on her shoulder-which of course I found out. I had mistaken it at first to be because of a rich father. For the first few weeks together she didn't really let me know what was going on inside of her head, even now she didn't much but I've learned that is how she dealt with her mothers loss. Seeing her showing me her emotions made me happy that she was finally letting me inside. And for that I was grateful.

"What would make you feel better? Want some ice cream?" I asked resting my chin on her shoulder.

"Yes." I heard her mutter in my shoulder.

"Want to go out and get some or see if we have some here?" She pondered the thought for a minute before mumbling out a response.

"Out we don't have any here." I grinned thinking of the perfect place to take her.

"Okay we will go." Jenna pulled away a few minutes later wiping her cheeks. Even though she has been crying for a while she still looked perfect. Her cheeks were a little red as well as her nose but it wasn't too noticeable. And her mascara hadn't run that bad. "Do you need a few minutes or are you good?"

"Just let me run to the bathroom then I am ready." I nodded as she got off of me and headed to use the bathroom. I stood up and ran a hand through my hair. I was actually impressed with how I handled that. I am usually not the greatest when it came to comforting people, especially crying girls. I guess that is another thing Jenna has brought out in me.

Right before Jenna came back out I slipped off my suit jacket feeling over dressed compared to Jenna's sexy skinny jeans and shirt.

"I'm ready." She announced coming back in the room. I noticed her face looked less flushed and her seemed to have a little bit more of life back in her.

"Okay I have the perfect place to go." Holding my hand out for her, she laced her fingers with mine before we headed back to the car.

The entire ride to the ice cream parlor I couldn't help but keep glancing at Jenna. I was proud of her for how she dealt with her mother and how she is taking it now. Yes a few minutes ago she was like a zombie but if I could make her feel better I will go to the ends of the earth to do so. She deserved all the happiness in the world and I did not want to see that look in her eyes ever again. I gripped her hand in mine as determination formed inside of me.

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Hello my lovely readers! So here is chapter 36. Also there are ONLY 4 chapters left!! Yep that is right but that does no include the bonus chapters I plan on doing. So 40 chapters is where this book will end.

Anyways I hope you guys liked this chapter. This is probably the last chapter of Liam's POV so enjoy it! :) I actually loved writing in his pov.

As always VOTE, COMMENT, AND I HOPE EVERYONE WHO HAS FINALS OR WHATNOT THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS DO WELL!!

P.S I have finals next week so if I don't update or you don't hear from me that is why. But since it is finals that means I have practically a whole month of updates! Wish me luck!

<3

-Ken