writer, "I've been asked by Kyle and Steve to tell you their story thou, John Paul and Craig will still be in it but mostly Kyle and Steve, their dads will be in the story to lend their support,"
To the reader's
From, Kyle, Steve and Jonthan;
We hope you enjoy this story as much as the last one.
Its been a hectic years for them, but now everything is falling into place, Kyle graduated with a degree in Finance and Steve passed his Bar exam and is now a Lawyer, working with his brother-in-law, Greg who's employed by Craig's investment company.
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & C “Forever”)
I stretched my arm out and try to reached for Steve but only felt an empty, cold space on our bed, I sat up and rubbed my eyes, and looked around, then it dawn on me that he’s still in Michigan and I’m at my dads house in Manchester, UK. “I know your probably asking why am I here and not with Steve,” well, I’m here ‘cause my dad wanted me to go over some paper work and to show me how to manage my money, “gawd, so many paper work,… I know my dad, Craig, is just looking out for my best interest and I kinda like it ‘cause, I know where my money is going and how its spent and I love working with him but I rather be with Steve, its been over a week and my heart ache for him,…GAWD, how I miss him,… I miss his touch, his smell, his kiss, and am sure he feels the same,…sigh” as I though to myself, “but I had to shake my head ‘cause thinking about him is making me hot, and I began to focus my memory back to that place, when I came out from that hotel,…I’ll never forget the look on that little girl‘s eyes thou, she smiled, you can see the pain, of years living out on the street,… no where to go, no one to turn to, she must have been no more than six or seven years old, and than something inside me opened up and need my attention, and form there, I told my dads what I wanted to do with my life and they agreed to it and that, they’ll back me one hundred percent.”
I picked up the pictures on my night stand and stared at them, one with my dads, Steve and I and the other with my real dad, “Mark” and my mom “Brooke” I smiled and held the pictures against my chest, closed my eyes and took a deep breath and let it out slowly. I stared at it and smiled again before placing it back on my night stand, then I looked to my right and stared at Steve’s family and smiled, mostly at the twins and it made me laugh, ‘cause they’re so cute and adorable and fun to be with, I’m now part of their lives and I love it when they call me Uncle Ky,… thou, they still can’t pronounce my full name, as I laughed, but that’s part of the fun, I kissed the tip of my fingers and touched their faces, “well,…I’ll better go see what my dads are up too, before I fly back to Michigan,” I though to myself.
There was a knock on my door when I got off the bed, “come in,” “good morning, Kyle I thought you might need this,” smiling, he was holding two cup of coffees on his right while he opened the door with his left,… Robert Turner, I call him Bob, he’s one of my dads, “Craig” assistant since Susan Berg left on maternity leave, “oh gawd,…you’re a life saver, Bob thank you,” he smiled as I took a sip, “so, Kyle your heading back to Michigan,” “yes,” as I began to undress, “oh I’m sorry, do you want me to leave?” “no, that’s okay, I could use some company,” “you miss Steve, don’t you?” he smiled, “yeah, I do,…its like apart of me is missing and when he’s with me, I become whole again,” he sighed, “aren’t you guys getting married?” “yeah, we just haven’t set the date yet,” “is it gonna be a big one?” “probably not, just families and closed friends, and yes your invited, Bob” as I peeked out from the bathroom and smiled, he smiled back, “that’s nice to know, Kyle” as he let out a soft laugh, “your welcome.”
He finished his shower, shaved and began to dress, “this feels sooo good,” as he put on a pair of jeans, “this beats wearing suits all day,… if I had my way which you and I know, I probably won’t or anytime soon but I’ll wear this to the office everyday,” “sorry to tell you but its not gonna happened,” they both laughed, “I know,…I know,” said Kyle as he put on his shirt, “I gotta go to your dads office and make some phone calls, I’ll see you later before you leave,” “okay,” he smiled and walked out. I went back in the bathroom to check myself again before going to see my dads and I grab my watch, the one my real father gave me after he pass away, I stared at it and smiled as I put it on.
I knock on their door before entering, “are you decent?” said Kyle, “when did that ever stop you?” said John Paul, smiling “yes we are, come in,” said Craig I walked in and smiled at them, they were both wearing their terry cloth and reading the paper, “good morning,” Craig got up and kissed me, “good morning, son how did you sleep?” “its okay, but its not the same when Steve is not with me,… the bed feel so cold,” “come here and sit down,” as he led him to the sofa and they both sat down, “you really miss him, huh?” said Craig, “yeah,” “and your glad to go home to him and give each other some dessert,” said John Paul, laughing, I looked at both of my dads, “you guys are worst then us dads, I remember when one of you is gone and came back, you guys were all over each other and on fire, I practically had to hose you guys down, just so the house doesn’t get burn,” and I burst out laughing, followed by them, “we know,” and they both smiled at him, “are you hungry?’ “starving,” “come on lets have some breakfast,” Craig put his arm around Kyle’s shoulder and kissed his cheek, he looked at his dad and smiled.
They finish their breakfast, and Kyle went back to his room to grab his briefcase and his laptop, as he was walking pass his dads office, he said, “good-bye” to Bob and that he’ll call him later, and headed for the front door, “well,… I guess this it,” he hugged and kissed his dads, “don’t forget to call us when you get there, we wanna know if you made it there safe,” “I will, dads,… will I see you guys again?” “you will, we’ll come and visit, as often as you like us too,” there were in a verge of tears, and Craig held his sons face and kissed his forehead, Kyle wiped his tears, “I’m sorry dads, it just that I get emotional when I leave home,” “I know son, we get that too, when you leave us, but you know what,” ‘what’s that dads,” Craig tapped Kyle’s chest where his heart is, “as long as you keep us here, we’ll always be there with you,” he pulled him in and hugged him as his tears fell, “bye, son” “bye, dad” sniff, he let go of Craig and hugged John Paul and kissed him, “bye, dad” “bye, son we love you, you know that,” “I know” and kissed him again, they watched him as he walked towards the limo, he turned to looked at them, smiled and waved,…and was gone.
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
The limo pulled up to the jet and Captain Eric, his co-pilot Chris and Stacy were outside to greet Kyle, “good morning, Kyle” said Eric, smiling “good morning Eric, Chris” “good morning, Kyle its good to see,” “good morning,” said Stacy, he smiled at her, “good morning” and they all headed inside the plane, “would you like some breakfast?” “no thank you, I just had one with my dads before I came,” she smiled, “let me know if you need anything,” “I will” he smiled at her and sat down, while she went to see if Eric and Chris might want some breakfast, while their up in the air, The plane began its taxied out onto the runway, and ascended from Heathrow Airport, bound for Michigan, as soon as their in the air his phone rang.
“hi babe” “oh gawd, Steve I miss you,” “I miss you too like mad, guess what, I got a surprise for you,” “Steve, I’ve seen it already,” “no not that,” they both laugh, “veer your mind from that I’m already hot for you as it is,” and laughed again, “remember I wanted a certain car?” “yeah, tell me you bought,” “well,… not the one exactly, but this one is better, wait ‘till you see it, its beautiful, I’ll come and pick you up at the airport, I gotta go, bye I love you” “okay, bye babe I love you too,” and both hung up, he stared at his cell phone picturing Steve’s face and caressing it with his thumb and sighed, and began to dial his dads phone number.
“hi, son miss us already?” “I’ll always miss guys when I’m not with you,” “anything wrong?” “no, Steve just bought a car, he didn’t tell me what kind said it’s a surprise,” “must be something exotic, he did say, he wanted something European,” “yeah, he did,” “son, I forgot to ask you to write up the report on the shelter,” “I’m on it dad, I’ll email it to you once its done,” “thanks, son” “dad,…do you think am doing the right thing, you know by setting up this shelter,?” “of course, son you are and we’re so proud of you, you’ve help so many people since you started up that shelter, and you also change a lot of families lives, you gave them their confidence and hope back,…I’m sorry to say about the others before them,…but a lot of them found a good job to provide their family now, and not have to depend on hand outs, yes you are doing the right thing son,… and use every resourceful means including the government agencies and other private sectors, if you want, I’ll contact my investors to make some donations, its good for tax purpose and they’ll be glad to do it,” “thanks dad, I could sure use a lot of help,” “any time son, don’t always count on your money, if they found out your giving away any of it, it’ll only defeat the purpose,” “I try not to, thanks dad” “any time son, call us when you get there, we love you,” “bye dad, I love you too,” and hung up, he began to type his report and notice his email box is blinking, he clicked open and a image of Steve in a chair with nothing on, leaning back and smiling, with the words flashing on the screen, “come and get it” “why does he torture me like that, I swear he’s such an evil, evil person,” as I thought to myself and let out a soft laugh, I looked around making sure Stacy didn’t see it, clicked on save and send it to my personal documents, I shook my head, smiled and laughed again to myself and started up on my report.
We began to descend as I closed my laptop, and looked out the window. The tires touch the runway and headed towards the hangar, “worry Kyle you’ll see him, in minute,” “huh?…oh” he smiled, “I know who your thinking about, it looks as if you wanted to go out there and pull the plane yourself,” smiling, “I’m I that transparent?” “only when you wanna be,” “you’ll see him,” she smiled again and left to check on Eric and Chris.
The plane made a complete stop and the door open, in ran Steve, Kyle didn’t have time to pull himself up, Steve was already pulling him off his seat and kissing him, “GAWD,… I miss you,” and kissed him again, Kyle laughed, “I want you right now, Kyle” “down boy,” laughing, Steve began kissing his neck, it was embarrassing, there they are all over each other and Eric, Chris and Stacy standing there laughing and shaking their heads, “it must be nice to be young and in love,” said Stacy smiling, Steve stopped and looked at them and smiled as he cleared his throat, “sorry, I couldn’t help myself,” and laughed and they all got of the plane.
I know you probably, feel icky from all this love that we give each other, but its love and love never hurt anyone, not that we know of, if you feel weird about it, we don't want you to feel that way, you don't have to read it, GAWD,... we don't want to offend anyone especially to our readers, we'll try to make it as decent as we can, we want everyone to enjoy it and experience our lives with you,... you'll soon meet Jonathan, not right away but you will we promise.
"and yes, my dads will still be in it, how could they not be, their the main characters, without them we wouldn't be here telling you about ours,"
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
They both got off the plane and walked towards the car, Kim was there and four other bodyguards “so, what do you think?” “she’s beautiful, babe” “she is, huh one of our clients are getting a divorce and need to get rid of this, she wanted it and he wanted it but the judge told them to sell it and split the money, and I got it for a bargain, isn’t that great?” “it is, babe” and kissed him as he held me I could feel his body heat coring through his suit and I could have melted right there and then, I wanted him so bad and he could see it, “come on lets go home,” they got in the car and Steve put his hand on the back of Kyle and drew him in for a long kiss, they pull away and looked at each other, “I miss that,” as they lean their heads together, “we better go before we end up messing your car, and both laughed. They drove in between the two black SUV’s as the head home.
“I gotta call dads,” he held Steve’s hand and kissed it, and Steve looked at him and smiled, “hi, dad” “hi, son” said John Paul “hold on let me put on speaker so your dad can hear you too,” “hi, son glad you made it safe,” “I know,” “hi, dads” said Steve, “hi son, how are you,” “I’m fine, just miss my baby, that’s all” and smiled at Kyle, they both laugh, “yeah, we can see it now,” said John Paul, “so, did you get your car?” “yeah, she’s beautiful, we’ll send an email picture,” “we’re glad you made it safe son, we’ll talk to you guys later,” “tell Bob I said, hi” “we’ll do, we love you,” “we love you too, dads, bye” “bye, sons” and hung up, “speaking of email, I love the one you send me,” “you like that, huh?” “I loved it,” and smiled, Steve turned his head slightly and kissed Kyle while trying to steer at the same time, Kyle wrapped his arm around Steve right arm and leaned his head on his shoulder.
Their in bed, Steve has his armed wrapped around Kyle and kissed his head, “I miss this,” said Steve, Kyle intertwined his fingers with Steve and kissed his hand, “me too,” “you know I slept with your shirt while you were away,” they both laughed “it’s the only thing that kept me sane,” “our bed feels so cold when your not there, and I feel empty, and now that your with me I feel whole again,” “I know what you mean,” and kissed his head again, “you smell that?” “yeah, smells good, must be pot roast,” “you hungry?” “after what we went through, I’m starving,” and both laugh, “well,…if you want I can give you seconds,” and kissed him, “thirds,” and kissed him again, “and more if you want and I’m willing to give,” “you know, your gonna kill us both like that,” and burst out laughing, “come on lets eat,… get our energy back , ‘cause its gonna be a long, long night,” Steve held Kyle’s hand and led him to the kitchen, “wait lets put on something,” “its okay, there’s no one to see us, come on” they got there and the table was already set there was food on their plates and more for seconds, “they sure can cooked, it looks good,’ and both sat down, feeding each other, smiling, laughing and kissing, “you know, they’ll make anything for us, if we ask them, dads said, write down what we wanna eat and they’ll make it and by the time we get home, its already prepared and all we gotta do is sit down and eat, even breakfast” Steve put his hand behind Kyle’s head and drew him in for a kissed, “I’m so glad I met you,” as he looked at Kyle, “I guess it was destine to be,… you know what I mean,” Kyle smiled and nodded, “like what they say, that every person has a mate out there, just be patient and he or she will come along, and you came and you brought nothing but joy into my life,…please don’t leave me Kyle, don’t ever leave me, I don’t know what I’ll do if you leave me,” he covered his face with his hands and cried, and wiped his tears, “shoot,… how needy is that,” sniff, “I feel like and idiot,” Kyle got up and held him, “its okay to be needy, I need you too, and your all that I ever want and will ever need and besides you’re my idiot and am yours too,” they both laugh,” Kyle held his face and kissed him, “come on, you promise me more dessert,” “wait,” said Steve and picked up Kyle, “don’t drop,” and smiled “not in a million years,” and carried him back to their room.
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
Steve got up early ‘cause he had a meeting to go to, we kissed and said his good-bye and that he’ll see me at the shelter later on tonight. I finish my report and email it to my dad, Craig, he needed it for our organization records, “McDean and Larson Foundation” since he’s the President and CEO and I’m one of the board members. Its the first week of November and its already getting cold, as I stepped out and headed towards my car, Kim followed with two bodyguards in a black SUV, “I should tell them that I’m okay and that I don’t really need an escort all the time, but Kim wouldn’t hear of it and neither my dads and if they find out and believe me they will, I don’t know how but they always do, they’ll go ballistic and I wouldn’t hear the end of it, their so protective over me, so is Steve, I guess when you’re the only child or that person that they love, they’ll do anything to protect you, any parent for that matter and I could see why and I’ll probably understand more if we had our own. We so desperately wanted a kid of our own, Steve and I discuss about adopting, and your probably thinking that we’re to young and not ready for a child, but who is, its part of learning and we’re always learning something new everyday,… nobody ever stops learning, and even when you write a story, you bring characters to life and you write down who they are, where they from,…see that’s learning, your learning to write and expressing how you feel towards others about that character, that’s how Steve an I feel about a child of our own, and if Heather and Greg gave up the twins right now, I wouldn’t hesitate to snatch them up,…oh well maybe someday,…huh,” I thought to myself.
I pulled inside the parking lot, and I got out and stood as I looked at my car, “I really should buy another car, this one makes me look to rich, I should just donate it, yeah that’s what I’ll do but I need to discuss it more with Steve, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind, he rather drop me off and pick me up later and besides he and I could use the company when either of us is in the car,” Kim and the bodyguards came out form the SUV and followed me inside the building, one stood by the door looking out, the other scan the inside of the building, while Kim walked around checking doors and restrooms. My office is located in the back, along with Eva Barnes, my assistant, she’s great, I love her, she does things that sometimes I don’t have to tell her, and she’s already on it, before I could say anything, its like she can read my mind, I don’t know if that’s good or bad, “Kyle, your back” she smiled and hugged me, “hi, Eva anything new?” “just the usual, people lining up to be fed or pick up some boxes of food,… and I’m hoping we don’t run out of supplies and to top it off, Thanksgiving is coming up, I mean the pantry is stacked up but you know how that goes, and we have more volunteers, that’s the plus side and their out picking up donations,” “are your dads coming over for Thanksgiving?” “they wouldn’t miss it,” “since you sign the checks, here you go,” she smiled and walked back to her office as fast as she can, “I love you Kyle, but I can only do so much and that’s not my department,” and blew him a kiss, I looked at the stack of bills in my hand, I shook my head and laughed.
“the shelter that my dads and I set up, pretty much consist mostly with volunteer’s, some with degrees, like retired teachers, counselor even judges for legal advice or students from local school they come in and help serve or help kids who are having trouble with their homework, which is great ‘cause we also provide scholarship programs. A lot of adults are being treated for drug or alcohol abuse or medical problems and we provide them with free counseling and medical help, and the thing that really gets me is, I get so emotional when I see mothers with their children come in with bruises on their faces or broken arm and some will even suffer mental problems for live, just the thought of it makes my stomach churn. We take down their information and set them up at a home for battered women, we inform them, they can not tell anyone, not even their closest relative or a friend where this place is located otherwise their jeopardizing the other housemates lives, the house provides daycare, counseling and weekly allowance to help with food for their children and they always seem to go back to the abuser, we can only guide and do so much for them and its up to them to make that choice not us, its sad, really ‘cause some of them don’t make it back here alive,” I wiped what little tears I had in eyes as I shook my head and try to focus on helping them and not get to attach to my work, “after all I already have a big baby to look after and that’s Steve,” I laughed at the thought of it, thou Steve tries to come and help as much as he can when he doesn’t have a client that needs his attention, I love it when we’re working together, he’ll kiss me and we’ll get stares and he’ll say, “I just love him, don’t you?” and he’ll make a funny face and they’ll laugh. The people who got helped love the place and its like a chain reaction they stay and help others recover ‘cause they know what its like to be like them, and now they work for us and it makes them proud that they contribute back to their community and be able to afford a place of their own.
Everyone went home and I was by myself not entirely, Kim and the two bodyguards are still out there. I began to organize the paper work and there was a knock on the door, I didn’t turn around, I just said, “you forgot something Eva?” no answer, I turned and there stood by the door, Steve hold on to something and smiling, I look down and back up at him and smiled, he walked towards me and wrapped his arms around waist, “all day I thought about you,” and began kissing me, “those three are still out there, babe” “I know, I can wait till we get home,” still holding me and kissing me, smelling me, “mm, you smell good,” “okay, down boy” he began to nibble on my neck and I started to laugh, “stop, that tickles,” still laughing, “you like that, huh?” and started up again, am laughing, “okay, how about this, lets go home and you can have me anyway you want, just not here, especially with those three out there,” he smiled, a wicked smile and I laughed.
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
I rode back home with Steve and left my car at the shelter, hoping it doesn’t get stolen, I left it there before and everything seems intact, no windows was broken and it was still there when Steve dropped me off, plus Eva is always early, to let in the volunteers so that, they’ll prep for breakfast and other meals for the rest of the day.
I woke up and looked at the clock and read, 6:18am, “good we still have about an hour and a half before we get ready,” as I thought to myself, “I laid on top of Steve with my arms folded and my chin is resting on the back of my hand and just stared at him while he sleeps, and I know he does the same to me, except he‘s on his side and his head is resting on his arm, “he’s so beautiful to watch, his eyelashes are light brown and long and he has a cute nose,” I smiled, as I stared at it, “he has a chisel jaw line, and soft lips,… oh, gawd those lips, I can easily get lost in his kiss, I don’t know how to describe it but there’s something about the way he kisses me, that gets my body so hot and makes me want him even more, it reminds me of Tomm…I shook my head and refocus my attention on Steve” I traced his lips with the tip of my index finger and gently press down on it, he licked his lips, as he stirred in his sleep, and slightly open his eyes as he stared down at me and smiled, I smiled back at him, “good morning, babe” said Steve, I still have my finger on it, as he lightly pinched it with his lips and gave it a kiss, “good morning,” “I was dreaming about you,” as he smiled, “I thought you were, ‘cause I felt something,” I looked down and back at Steve and we both laughed. I pull myself closer to him and our lips are just a fraction away, I ran my fingers through his soft hair and held the back of his head and drew him for a kiss, and there I was lost again.
“I’m thinking of getting rid of my car,… donate or something,” “why would you wanna do that?” “I don’t want the people to get the impression that I’m using the donation money to purchase it, so I’m just gonna get a regular one, something practical and not to flashy,” he kissed me, “whatever you want,” and smiled, “you know you very understanding person, that’s one thing I love about you,” “I figured your worth it, and what’s the other thing?” “this,” I wrapped I’m arms around his shoulder and gave him a kiss, “I love this thing,” he smiled “I wish we had more time but we gotta go,” I turned to walk out the door and he gave me a smack, I turned around and looked at him, he smiled and gave me a wink, I smile and shook my head.
“burr,…its getting cold,” as we got in his car, “I have something to warm you up,” “babe, we don’t have time,” “no, not that,…this,” and began to kiss me and it did work, he got me hot again, he tried to pull away but I held the back of his head with my right hand, he tried to laughed while our lips still press together and finally we broke free, and burst out laughing, we looked at our window and it was all fogged up, and Steve turned up the heater, “gawd, babe could you at least let me breath,” and smiled, I laughed at him, “I couldn’t help it anyway, its your fault,” “why is it my fault,” “your kiss is addicting,” “is that good or bad thing?” “it’s a good thing,” “your feeling better,” “a lot better and more,” he looked down and I followed and looked back at him and we both burst out laughing, and drove off followed by Kim and two bodyguards.
I held Steve’s hand as I looked out the window, we began to pass by a tot lot area when I notice something curled up on a park bench, and I could see a small person, “babe, stop the car” “what is it?” “just stop,” Steve pulled over and I got out and ran towards the figure on the park bench, it was a small boy, looks to be four or maybe five years, with jet black hair, shivering in the cold, I removed my coat and covered him, “babe, what is it?” “it’s a child,” Steve ran and kneeled next to us, Kim and two bodyguards all got out and stood guard, scanning the area, “babe, we gotta get him inside the car,” he was shaking all over, “ccccold, mmmomy” Steve began to dial 911 as I carried him to our car, he opened his eyes as if to see who was carrying him and I gasp when I saw it, it was the most beautiful green eyes, and my tears fell, I sat him on my lap as Steve got in from the driver side, I held him as closed to me as I can, I looked at Steve and he saw my tears, “who would do such a thing,…leave him out there to freeze?” as I cried, “there on their way, babe” “your gonna by okay,” I kissed his head, he’s still shivering, and I could see his hands were blue and I began to rub it to get his blood circulating. I looked at Steve and he too had tears in his eyes as he lightly stroke his head, I asked him, as his body began to calm down, “what’s you name,?” “Jonathan,” “hi, Jonathan I’m Kyle and this is Steve,” he looked up at me and I could’ve sworn my heart stopped for a second and looked at Steve, he closed his eyes and laid his head against my chest for more warmth.
writer, "gawd Kyle, why you always do this to me, get me all emotional,"
Kyle, "I'm sorry," as he held Jonathan
writer, "its alright, you and Steve are telling it as it is," as I wiped my tears, "hey buddy, how you doin'?" as tousle his hair, he looked up at my and smile and ran behind Kyle, laughing and had his arms around Kyle's should, Kyle laughed, Steve came form behind and lift him up and placed his face on his tummy and scream with laughter, Kyle and I burst out laughing.
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
Officer Todd Timmonds was the first to respond, “you called?” “yes, I’m Steve McNeil,” as they walked towards his car, and stood on the back side of his vehicle, within a few minutes the fire truck came followed by the ambulance and another patrol car, “we were driving by and my fiance saw a small boy laying on that park bench over there,” as he pointed out to Officer Timmonds, “where is he now?” “in our car, he’s keeping him warm,” he took out a note pad and a pen from the left side of his jacket and began to write down information from Steve, he asked for, his full name, address, phone numbers, “here’s my card, I’m a lawyer,” Officer Timmonds took his card, glance at it and placed it inside his pocket.
The Paramedics came with a stretcher and tapped on the window, Kyle opened the door, as they wrap Jonathan with a blanket, laid him on the stretcher and wheeled him inside the ambulance to be checked out. Kyle walked over towards Steve and Officer Timmonds, “we like to ask you a few questions, Mr.” “Kyle McDean,” “Mr. McDean, you saw Jonathan laying down on a park bench?” “yes” “was the parent around when you got here?” “no” “did you see anyone, any adult that might have left the area?” “no” “was that all he had on?” “yes” “I just need to write down your information incase we have any more questions,” “sure” Kyle gave Officer Timmonds what he need from him, he thanked Kyle and walked to the other officer and explain what happened, “Officer Timmonds?” “yes” “what’s gonna happened to Jonathan?” “first of all, we need to find his parents, and of course he or she will be charged for child endangerment, and find out if he has any relatives that can claim him, if not then he belongs to the state, he’ll be placed in a home, until some one can foster him or adopt him,” “how do I go about doing that?” he took out a business card and wrote a number on the backside, “call this number and they’ll give you more information,” I looked at him with a concern look as I asked him a question, “why would somebody leave him out here?” “ from years of experience, there’s three that are more common, either the parent is on drugs, prostitution or just couldn’t take care of him anymore, it’s a good thing you found him, any minute longer he would have been gone,” “thank you” he nodded and walked towards his vehicle. Steve and I followed the ambulance to the hospital with Kim and two bodyguards right behind us.
“hi, Eva” “Kyle, are you coming in?” “yes but I have to go to the hospital first,” she stood up where she was sitting and with concern in her voice asked Kyle, “what happened? Are you alright?,…is Steve with you?” “yes, I’m fine and Steve is with me and he’s fine also,” “then, why are you, both going to the hospital?” “there’s someone we need to check on and make sure he’s okay,” “whose that Kyle?” “I’ll tell you more when I get there, don’t worry I’ll be there, bye” “okay,…huh bye” “are you okay, babe?” “yeah” as I nodded, “he held Steve’s hand and kissed it, and closed his eyes as he thought about Jonathan’s green eyes,…the ones like Tommy’s,…emerald eyes, I call it” I can feel Steve staring at me and I opened my eyes and looked at him, he smiled and I smiled back, “babe,… I know we talked about adopting,..” as they both squeeze each others hand, “how do you feel about Jonathan?” “I think he’s right for us,” “I think that too,” “do you remember what I said,… about people are destine to be together?” “yes” as he listen to Steve, tears began to fill his eyes, “I think, Jonathan is meant for us,” he kissed Kyle’s hand, “its like something led us there, honestly babe, I’ve never driven through that area before, and its like someone or something led us there in hopes that we may find him and we found him,” he glance at Kyle, “you wanna adopt him,” “more than anything,” they pulled inside the parking lot, and Steve placed his hand behind Kyle’s head and drew him in for a kiss, he pulled away and looked into his eyes, “lets do it,” Kyle began sobbing and kissing Steve, “I love you,…gawd I love you,” sniff, “come on lets check on our son,” they smile and let out a soft laugh, at the sound of it, “our son.”
Steve, laughing with Jonathan as he made funny faces at him and rubbing his face on his tummmy, and all along he's laughing and calling him dad, and I too was laughing.
Steve, "yeah, thats one of 'em,... I'm gonna getcha," Jonathan screaming and laughing ran to Kyle and hid behind his back.
Jonathan, "dad, help me dad," laughing he jumped and wrapped his arms around Kyle's shoulders and pull him back for protection.
Steve, "gotcha,"
Steve grab Jonathan and laid him on his chest, while his head is on Kyle's lap, both laughing as their laughter began to subside, Jonathan looked up at Steve,
Jonathan, "I could hear your heart, dad" and smiled
Steve, "you wanna know what its saying?"
Jonathan, "whats that dad?"
Steve, "its saying, I love you," he looked at him and smile and laid his head back down on his chest, listening intently to his dads heart.
Kyle, "oh gawd, we almost forgot," he lift Steve's head and kissed him as he stood up and walked to the table and pull out a picture, "this is for you,"
writer, "what is it," he handed to me what it looked like an 8" x 11" photo, it was a picture of them, Kyle, Steve and Jonathan, "its beautiful, when did you take?" he sat back down and placed Steve's head back on his lap and kissed him while he tousles Jonathan's hair and smiled at hi, he smiled back,
Kyle, "one of our friend's hobby is photography, he took that picture and the ones you have on your wall,"
I looked at it as tears fell from the corner of my eyes, I've never seen anything so beautiful, eyes that can pierce a soul, blue ones, hazel and the most beautiful sets of green eyes that can melt away your fears, your troubles, your worries. I wiped away my tears as I hung the picture next to the one with John Paul, Craig, Kyle and Steve, they stood by me and each placed their hands on my shoulder, I looked at them and smiled, "thank you," they smiled back, I laughed at Jonathan who was holding on to my leg and looking up.
Jonathan, "why are you crying?"
writer, "there happy tears, sweetheart,"
Jonathan, "not sad ones?"
writer, I laughed, "no,...no sad ones," he smiled. We all heard the front door opened and closed,
Craig, "hello, anyone home?"
Jonathan, "grandpa!" running towards the front door, "grandpa!"
John Paul kneeled down and scooped up the little rascal, and kissed him, followed by Craig, he kissed them back and hugged them, both.
Kyle, "hi, dads" Kyle and Steve hugged and kissed them, "hi, sons"
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
“babe, I don’t think they’ll let us see him unless we’re his relatives,” “I’ll tell them I’m his Uncle,” and smiled, he looked at him, with a concern look, ‘cause to him, it didn’t feel right to lie, “babe, please I wanna know if he’s alright,” Steve smiled at him and nodded, “if it’ll make you feel any better,” “it will,” and kissed him, he wrapped his left arm on Steve’s right arm and both walked towards the emergency room, followed by Kim and the other bodyguards.
They stopped at the nurse station and asked for a Jonathan, “hi, there’s a little boy about four, five years that was brought in a little while ago, we’re wondering if we could see him,” “he’s being check by a doctor, he should be out any minute,” “thank you,” few minutes later, Doctor Stone came out from one of the examining room, “Susan,” “yes doctor,” “I need for you to call the police,” “what happened?” “it looks like he’s been abuse and we need to report this,” “hi doctor, what do you mean abuse?” he turned and looked at Kyle “and you are,” “his Uncle,.. Kyle McDean,” “do you know anything about this?” “no, may we see him,” he looked at Steve, and back at Kyle, “yes, this way,” and followed him, one of the bodyguard stood by the door while Kim and the other stood, and observed the emergency waiting room.
I was on the verge of tears when I saw him, he looked at me and Steve with fear in his eyes, “please don’t hurt me, I’ll be good, I promise” shaking his head, “please, don’t, I’ll be good,” nodding his head, as tears fell from his eyes, he moved further to the edge of the bed and held up his arm as if to protect himself, seeing this I broke down and cried and sat next to him and with trembling hands reached out to him, “we would never hurt you, we promise,” and gently touched his arm and I could see, what looked like cigarette burns on his arms that are beginning to heal, and other cuts, I covered my mouth trying not to throw up, I looked at Steve and he too was crying and I could hear cracking sounds coming from his gloves as he tighten his fist, I held his hand to calm him down he looked at me, and knew. Again I looked at him still has his arm up, “its okay,…its okay Jonathan we won‘t hurt you, we promise,” he slowly let down his guard and looked closely at Steve and I, “gawd, those, eyes again,… its like being stabbed a thousand times over and over,” he threw himself at me and began to cry, “sobbing” as he held on to me for dear life, I cried, held and rocked him, as I kissed his head, sobbing, “its okay,” I looked up at Steve he sat next to us and placed his hand and gently stroke his head, sniff.
One of the nurse escorted Officer Hagen and a Photographer to the room, “Doctor Stone,” he turned and saw Susan along with the Officer and the Photographer, “thank you, Susan” “Jonathan, there’s someone here to take your picture," he looked up at Officer Hagen, "would you let them take your picture,” said Kyle, he nodded, “don’t leave me,” “we won’t,… we promise,” and kissed his head, he let go of Kyle and looked at him for reassurance, “we’re gonna stand right there, we promise,… we won‘t leave you” he nodded. Kyle and Steve stood where Jonathan can see them, Officer Hagen looked at the Photographer and nodded, “Jonathan,” said Officer Hagen, “could you do me a favor and stand up for me, and take your gown off,” my body was trembling as I held on to Steve he held me and gave me a light squeeze, as Jonathan slowly began to take his hospital gown off, “oh my gawd, we could see him shaking as he stared at Steve and I, as his tears began to fall, sobbing “please, don’t hurt me,” I held my mouth as my tears fell from my eyes uncontrollably, I stared at Steve, his tears fell as he looked at Jonathan. Officer Hagen cleared his throat and held back his tears, he didn’t look at the Photographer, he just nodded and began to take pictures, still sobbing, and shaking, “Jonathan, could you turned around for us,” said Officer Hagen, sobbing he stared, never wanting to take his eyes off of me, as soon as his eyes was away and I saw the scars, cuts and burns, I ran to the restroom and began to throw up, “oh gawd,” and threw up again, I pounded my fist on the bowl and cried, Steve stood and stared at the scars. I heard him crying out, “please don’t leave me,” I got up and walked out, sniff,… he was sobbing as he looked at Steve and I, “okay, we’re done,” said Officer Hagen, “thank you, Jonathan” I quickly walked over and held him, he cried, I cried, we all cried, I kissed him and carried him away from his bed, kissing him, “no ones going to hurt you, ever again, we promise,” as he cried.
Kyle & Steve - Finding Jonathan (JP & Craig “Forever”)
As soon as they heard the news they flew to Michigan, Kyle stayed in the hospital and slept with Jonathan on his bed, while Steve slept on the other side, and at times he would wake up crying and screaming, and his whole body shaking, not fully awake but they could hear him talking in his sleep, “please, mommy don’t hurt me, I’ll be good,” Steve and I both looked at each other and we could both see are eyes glistening, “sssshhh,… its okay no one is going to hurt you,” as soon as Jonathan heard his voice, his crying subsided, his body stopped shaking and pulled himself closer to Kyle as he held him and comfort him, Steve lean forward and kissed him, stroking his head.
The sun began to shown through the window, Steve opened his eyes and saw Kyle staring at Jonathan, “ did you sleep?” “barely,” “how is he?” “he still wakes up now and than but he seems to calm down when I spoke to him,” Jonathan began to stir in his sleep, he slowly opened his eyes and blinked, he rubbed them and looked up at Kyle and smiled, “good morning, sweetheart,” he stretched out his arm and hugged Kyle and kissed him, he smiled at Jonathan and looked at Steve, who smiled at him. Steve touched and stroke his head, he than turned and looked at Steve, smiled, hugged and kissed him. He laid on his back, held their hands and from time to time he would stare at them smiling, “you stayed?” said Jonathan, “yes, we stayed,…we never left you,” “I’m glad,”
The door opened and in came John Paul and Craig, with a worried look on their faces, “we heard what happened,” “how did you know, we were in the hospital?” said Kyle “from a friend, Terry Ward, The Attorney General,” “you know him, dad?” said Steve, Craig smiled, “yes,” he looked at Jonathan, “how is he?” “he’s okay now,” said Kyle. Jonathan scoot himself closer to Kyle and he could feel him trembling as he held his arm tight, scared that he might leave him or the two stranger who is staring at him, is there to hurt him, “its okay, that’s my dads,” he stared at Kyle for a few seconds, and looked at John Paul and Craig, “hi” said John Paul, “your dads?” “yep, and Steve too,” he looked at Steve who smiled at him and nodded, “I don’t have a dad,” he lean his head on Kyle’s arm and gave it a squeeze, “would you like us to be your dads?” “mommy will get mad,” “do you know where mommy is?” “I don’t know,” “sweetheart, who left you at the park?” he’s eyes began to tear up, and Kyle held him, “I’m sorry, sweetheart,… its okay you don’t have to answer that,” and kissed his head.
“Doctor Stone,” said Steve, as they sat up, Jonathan wrapped his arms around Kyle‘s waist, while Kyle held him, “good morning,” “hi, I’m Craig McDean,” he extended his hand out and shook hands, John Paul followed, “I’m John Paul McDean, we’re Kyle and Steve’s dads,” “nice to meet you,” he looked at Jonathan, “sweetheart, Doctor Stone is just gonna check on you,” “its okay,” as he examines Jonathan, “he looks fine, there’s someone here for him,” “who?” a middle age woman came in carrying a briefcase, “she’s a CPA worker,…Child Protection Agency,” “hi, I’m Carol Sanders, I work for the state of Michigan,” she showed her picture ID to Kyle, “hi, I’m Kyle McDean, this is Steve McNeil and my dads, Craig and John Paul McDean,” “hello,” she smiled at them, and brought her attention to Jonathan, “hi, Jonathan,” she looked at Kyle, “does he have any clothing?” “yes he does,” “well,… my work is done here, bye Jonathan,” said Doctor Stone, “thank you,” said Steve, he nodded and headed out the door.
Steve went over to the table and grab Jonathan’s clothes, “here, babe” and gave it to Kyle, “don’t be alarm when you see this,” “I assure you, I’ve seen worst,” said Carol, “sweetheart can you stand up for me and put your clothes on,” he nodded, and stood up, Kyle held back his tears as he began to take off his hospital gown. Craig and John Paul could not believe their eyes when they saw the scars and cigarette burns on his arms, chest and on his back, Kyle glance at his dads who looked at him with a concern look, he was done putting on his clothes, the ones he had on when they took him in, “there, we go,” said Kyle and kissed him, he smiled at Kyle and hugged him “who would do such a thing to their child?” said Craig, “like I said, I’ve seen worst,… some don’t even make it on their six birthday,” Craig’s body began to tense up, John Paul placed his hands on his shoulder, he reached up and held it and looked at him, “I’m fine,” and smiled, “we want to adopt him,” said Kyle, “everyone does, Mr. McDean, when they see a child that has been abused, that’s the first thing on their mind,” “can we take him, for now,…I mean Thanksgiving is around the corner and we like him to spend it with us, please Mrs. Sanders,” as he looked at her with a plea look, “I suppose its okay, no one has stepped forward to claim him,…do understand this Mr. McDean, there is a slim chance a relative will come and claim him, rarely but they do come and I’m sorry to say,… you have no choice but to give him up,” Kyle bit his lip and held back his tears and all he could do is nod at Mrs. Sanders, “I need you and Mr. McNeil to fill out some papers,” “what happens if we don’t wanna give him up,” Steve placed his hand on Kyle shoulder, “babe, don’t,” “you can get arrested, and more serious if you take him out of state, without the parents consent,” Kyle closed his eyes and held Jonathan, “I’ve seen and heard a lot of cases concerning children who were abused, concerning the adoptive parents” “what do you mean?” “the adoptive parents rather end the child’s life then to have him or her go back and be tortured by their biological parents of a relative, in actuality it’s the child that suffers the most,” “is there a way were they can give him up?” “yes there is, they have to sign a paper giving up their parental privilege, its not gonna be easy,” she looked at Kyle for a second, “do you want him as your son?” “yes, more than anything,” “and are you willing to fight for him,” “we’ll do whatever it takes,” “prepare yourself for a long legal battle,… I hope they give him to you, you both make good parents,” she looked at the papers and stuff them in her briefcase, “I’ll stop by to look at your living arrangements, have a nice day,” thank you Mrs. Sanders,” “your welcome,” she smiled and left the room, Kyle held Jonathan’s face and a tear fell as he smiled and kissed him, “lets go home, son.”
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