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POV: Emily / Zac
Word count: 3373
December 15, 2014
Each Saturday Zac had chosen to stay home while myself and the girls did all the shopping. Although, Casey and Robert had kept Alexander and Isabella for him yesterday so he could do some shopping of his own. Casey had said Alexander was wild man the whole time and I’d come home the days I was gone to the house looking like a hurricane went through it and generally Zac would be worn slap out. I was done however Eliza and I were going Friday to shop for our brother’s, because she didn’t know what to get them or the kids. I promised Zac I would take at least one or else call reinforcements for him.
The boys had done their annual Christmas Stream the Friday before and it was a blast to watch. Although I was staring at a blog post he made about Alexander being able to turn on his X-box.
“Babe, when did Alexander do this?”
“Last weekend while you were shopping. I went to fix her bottle and came back to him staring at the screen trying to get into the game. You know that’s the only reason I survived Saturday, I got him settled on a game and let him just have at it.”
“Seriously? He’s not even old enough to play the ones you do.”
“I put in one of the games we have for Ezra, something not involving guns and killing.”
Isabella was laying between the desks playing with her play mat and Alexander was currently playing with his stand up toy behind Zac. I was browsing the forums just checking things out because I was caught up for once this year.
“No way! You organized your drums too?!”
He slowly turned to me. “Have you not been out of this office in the last month?”
“Not really. Between end of the year paper work and Christmas stuff, I haven’t left this office. Added, it’s difficult to leave with them both and oh my god! Isaac replied to your post.”
“Seriously?”
“Yep. He liked the set up too, it made him happy.”
“He had been nagging me for a few weeks to organize them because each time I needed one it took me an hour to find it.”
“Well, can you do that to your desk?”
“I can tomorrow, we’re finishing up the meeting today.”
I rolled my eyes at him, last week it was meetings too. He kissed both of them and me before heading out, Alexander was fine for like ten minutes and then it seemed like he just went insane. He took the toys from her causing her to cry, Refused to give them back, and when he got bored of that he went after Zac’s desk. I stepped out of the room for a moment to get my cell phone from Isaac’s office. I heard a loud crashing noise and then Isabella started screaming. I ran back and found Zac’s painting tray laying in the floor. Alexander was crying and covered in neon paint and Isabella was screaming because apparently one of the cups of water hand landed on her. I got him first, making sure there wasn’t any paint in his eyes, there was neon colors all over his hands and clothes and I knew I was about to eliminate a shirt but I couldn’t clean with them both crying. I picked her up and then Alexander and went down to the studio. The three of them looked up when they heard them.
“I want him right now and he won’t be back for a while.”
“By all means. Are they ok?” Taylor asked.
“I presume they are.”
Zac took Isabella since she was technically clean but Alexander wanted him, regardless I went back to the room with him. I stood him beside the mess in the floor and he actually got popped for messing with it. I’d already told him more than once to leave the paint alone.
“Ems.” Zac said.
“I wouldn’t have to correct him if you had cleaned the desk off last week when I asked you too.”
I sat him in the desk chair I knew could be cleaned, he kept asking for Zac but he was calming her down and making sure the water was clean and then he changed her clothes and got her calmed down. He did leave her in the baby bed for the moment, she had toys there too.
Alexander sat and cried while we cleaned up the paint, the carpet square would have to be replaced and he went to do that while I went to Alexander. I picked him up and sat him in my lap, cleaned his face off.
“Alexander, you cannot play with the paints. There not for you. Daddy uses those. Your paints are at home. You scared Isabella and you got paint all over you.”
I checked him just to make sure I hadn’t been too rough and then let him sit there until he was calm. Zac brought me clean clothes for him and while I got him cleaned up, he changed the carpet squares that had to be. He went to Zac when he was done and Zac talked to him, told him he got daddy in trouble too.
“Daddy deserved the spanking more than he did.”
Zac looked up at me. “Your paddle is still with Casey right?”
“No. It’s at home where it belongs. Don’t tempt me to use when I get home. You get that desk cleaned off before he seriously does hurt himself or her.”
He smiled and after a few more minutes he did start working on the desk. Alexander helped some and I got to nurse her without worrying about him being hurt. I laid her down for a nap and when Zac was done he went back down, but Alexander seemed to just go insane afterwards. I realized it was coming, the inevitable melt down and sure enough about 2:20 it happened. He barely touched his lunch and then he just melted down, screaming and crying. I managed to get a text to Casey, because when Alexander melted down Isabella did too, she’d been woke up and she was pissy when she was woken up. Alexander did not want to have anything to do with Casey, so he took her instead and left the room. I finally got him in my lap and held him there. Part of the issue was he was tired, he’d gotten up super early and hadn’t napped. I rocked him and sang until he was asleep.
Zac came into the room right after he was asleep. “Why does Casey have Isabella?”
“He melted down over a toy not rolling like he wanted it too. When he started screaming she got woken up.”
“Is he asleep?”
“Yeah, go ahead and fix her a bottle though. I’ll pump when I lay him down. He’s not good and asleep yet.”
“I came for one, she’s getting whiney with him it’s how I knew she was there. We’re just jamming and I heard her cry out.”
He fixed the bottle and left and once he was good and asleep I laid him down in the baby bed. It was becoming clear that trying to keep them contained in this office was not going to work long-term because there just wasn’t enough for them to do here and when she started moving I was never going to get anything done. I did pump and was just putting the items away when Sean knocked very lightly.
“Zac said you’d be ticked if I woke him up.”
“Ticked would be an understatement.”
I stepped into the hallway so that Alexander wouldn’t be disturbed at all.
“What’s up?”
He handed me a handful of complaint orders.
“What is this?”
“Complaints about items, double shipments and wrong items sent. I’ve been watching inventory too and it’s off. These are resolved issues but I felt like you should be aware of the problems occurring in shipping.”
“Thank you. Resolved how?”
“A lot of the double orders kept the items and we charged for them again, some were sent back. The complaints we resolved to the best of our abilities and some actually said they sent you messages.”
“I haven’t checked my messages today but I did see some last week.”
“What do you want me to do?” He asked.
I looked over the complaints again and then looked at him.
“You’re the warehouse manager Sean, do what you need to do. Figure out what the hell is going on with the shipping department and handle it.
If you need to write up, fire, or replace people that can be arranged.”
He blinked. “I thought you handled all of that.”
“I can if you want me too.”
He stood there and I am sure he was smart enough to know this was a test of his abilities.
“How about I investigate and find out what is going on and then we can determine what to do.”
“That works for me. Do you think it’s because I am not as visible on the floor as I use to be?”
“Honestly, maybe. You use to be more active on the floor but now you’re pretty much stuck up here.”
“Ok. Well, find out what’s going on and we’ll go from there.”
He smiled and headed back downstairs. I returned to the office and did check messages, getting several from fans that were part of the fan club for ten or more years. I responded back to them and assured them we would work on the problem and we would fix the issues and if they had more to contact me. Casey brought her back to me right after Alexander woke up. He was much better, he was fine and happy. I was just sitting with them playing when Sean returned.
“Package for you, delivered from Fedex.”
I looked up but he held nothing. “Where is it?”
“Just inside the door, I have to get the hand trucks for the others which is some of the stuff for the island gig, was just gonna drop it off but wanted you to be aware. Were you expecting anything?”
“No. But the island merchandise doesn’t go to the floor. Ask Isaac where he wants it this year, last year it was office but I closed his door so he’ll need to open it.”
“Ok.”
He trotted past the window and I didn’t move, mostly because Isabella had already gotten onto her hands and knees and was rocking. Seriously, she wasn’t even six months old yet! Yet, rocking is all she did before she laid back down. I saw four people go by, guess he wouldn’t be using those hand trucks after all. I glanced up when Zac went back down to the door and was still watching the door when he stepped over the
gate.
“Isaac put the island merchandise in his office again. He said we should get the rest this week around Wednesday.”
“Any idea what that is?”
“None. There is a return address but it’s not one I’m familiar with. No name. It is addressed specifically for you.”
“Could it be something a fan sent?”
“Most likely it is.”
He sat the box down on the desk and I sat down with them, curiosity got the best of me so I got up and walked to the desk. I used a pair of scissors to cut through the tape and then opened it. There was a note on top which I laid aside and then removed the packing paper but something felt wrong about it. Fans had sent stuff to me as well as Natalie and Nikki but it was usually inexpensive and sometimes just a homemade item. This box was quite large. I paused before clearing all the paper.
“You didn’t order anything for me? Casey? Robert?”
“No sweetie. I have yours but it’s wrapped up at home. Would be kind of weird to mail your Christmas to you when we see you.”
“Right…”
I carefully removed more paper and finally seen items in the box, clothing items. Maybe it was just from a fan, yet when I pulled the suit up I quickly realized it was no fan. The suit was latex, too small for me, and didn’t give any. I pushed it aside and under that was something else, I lifted it up and found a head mask, something I’d only seen in novelty stores. Sensory deprivation mask..it was clear this was not from a fan.
“Ems?” Zac asked.
I moved it aside and the items laying across the bottom of the box I’d never seen before. There was a paddle with metal spikes, I recognized a nipple clamp and steel dildo that were used in conjunction with electro-simulation. I could feel the slight trembling as I picked up the handle of a flogger but my eyes traveled down to the metal razor blades on the end and I let it go and backed away.
“Emily?”
Zac was suddenly in front of me and I couldn’t breathe, it wasn’t from a fan it was clearly from Glen. All the sadistic things he said he was going to do, I thought he was bluffing yet he had the items right there. The overwhelming images of anything in that box touching me was too much.
-Zac-
I knew she wouldn’t be able to wait until we got home to open it, her favorite scarf had been made by a fan a few years back. Yet after she asked there was just something about her movements that I didn’t like, so I got up. I heard the clang of metal when she dropped whatever it was and her eyes seem to glaze over.
“Emily?”
I tried to get her attention but like she’d done so many years ago she never replied, instead she just fainted, I called for Isaac, Taylor or Casey anyone as I laid her down.
“Mama.” Alexander said.
“It’s ok Alexander, just stay with Isabella.”
“Tay with Isa?”
“Yes, stay with Isabella.”
He moved away as Taylor and Isaac appeared at the door. “What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know she was looking at the box and then just fainted.”
I was fanning her with my hand because I didn’t have anything else available and they came in. Taylor went to the kids, because while Alexander was with her he was starting to whine some. Isaac checked the box.
“Who in the hell send this to her?”
“I don’t know.”
Taylor and I looked at him and I saw the flogger but was that metal razor blades? I felt slightly sick then.
“Isaac call the agents and she laid something on the desk.”
He moved the tons of paper and lifted the card and opened it, silently read it and then he called Agent Stewart.
“What did it say?”
He looked at Taylor and then me. “It’s from Glen. He said he got the message that nothing would break her but that she would feel differently after he used the items in the box. There are pictures too of a dungeon like room. No windows. Are you keeping something from us?”
“No. We told you guys about Glen.”
“You didn’t say he was this bad Zac, this is worse than Adam ever dreamed of doing.”
When I didn’t reply Taylor looked at me. “Did Adam ever say he would use stuff like that?”
“His text messages mentioned the use of knives and other items that would draw blood. But he didn’t use them the week they had her, I also
didn’t recall seeing anything like that there.”
Emily was finally beginning to wake up some and Alexander was still kind of whiney. She looked far away though.
“Ems?” I asked.
“I uh…why am I in the floor?”
“You fainted. Are you ok? You haven’t done that since you had her.”
She glanced around until she seen the box and she just crawled into my lap.
“It’s ok Emily, I won’t let him hurt you. Isaac called Agent Stewart and he’s on his way.”
“Mama.” Alexander whined.
She moved and he came to her right into her lap.
“I think you scared him.”
“I uh..need to get out of this room.”
She got up and Alexander clung to her so she picked him up and Taylor picked up Isabella and followed her out of the room. I got up and checked out the contents without touching them and they even made me a little sick. I spoke with Agent Stewart when he arrived and explained what occurred and he took the entire box with him, wrapped in plastic. His hope was that the address on the box would lead him to someone, I was fearing it was probably some random address or a fake one. I walked down to Taylor’s office where she was sitting with
Alexander in her lap and Taylor was making fish faces at Isabella who was loving that.
“Agent Stewart took the entire box, even the paper and the note. He said if you got any other packages that you were not expecting or from someone you don’t know to call him before you open it. That way, if it from Glen it can be preserved.”
She nodded. “I’m ready to go home if you are.”
“We are done.” Taylor said and then made another fish face and Isabella squealed at him.
I got the dirty clothes from earlier and we went home, she fixed dinner and I could tell it was bothering her. She had dinner done before Isabella got hungry, so she fed her, while Alexander and I ate. Then she ate and I entertained them for a bit. We both took them up-stairs about 8:45 to get them ready for bed. Alexander got a bath, because I found some paint in his hair. She changed Isabella into her night clothes and when I came out she was feeding her. I dried him off at the foot of the bed and got his pajamas on. He wasn’t really tired so we sat down and read a few stories in the bed. Once he’d fallen asleep I laid him down in his crib. Although, a few times the last week we’d found him asleep with us, I was wondering if he was climbing out. She was laying her down when I came back but I waited until we were both settled in bed ourselves.
“Are you ok? You’ve been rather quite this afternoon.”
“I’m ok.”
“Ems.”
She cuddled up closer to me. “I just…the idea that he would really use those items on anyone is disturbing. I mean razor blades?! Those could
kill someone if you hit them in the wrong place. Everyone keeps saying he’s not that big of a threat, but…”
“He’s a threat Emily, we both know that. Would you feel better if Eliza was at the office with us this week?”
“I know he can’t get to me there. I could use Zoe though if she’s willing to come in one day to watch them. Sean brought up a stack of complaints about shipping. He’s suppose to investigate and then bring the results to me so we can determine how to solve the problem. It may require replacing individuals.”
“I’m sure someone would watch them, in fact we’re just kind of planning so I could have them use our office and that way you can spend some time down in the warehouse and I can keep them up-stairs.”
“You three would get nothing done.”
“Not like we have a lot to do!”
“I think that would be a good idea, maybe it will calm Alexander some I think he misses you somehow. He acted insane each time you leave the office.”
“Maybe. It will also give me more time to better clean the desk off. I guess I need to move some stuff higher.”
“Yes, you do.”
I kissed her. “Ok, sleep now. They’ll be up early.”
“For sure.”
We settled down and she fell asleep pretty quickly, I held her tightly for a little bit longer before I fell asleep too.
**If you’d like to view some of the items Glen mentioned, you can find them at the link below.
**Warning: This IS a Sexual website and there are nude woman and men, along with some scary stuff. I used that “scary stuff” as a guide…**
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