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For a solid week he’d forced hih he was allowed to check up on her, bring her food, help take care of the dogs and take her to the doctor’s to get her stitches out they hadn’t talkedto ease the nagging feeling in his gut that she was going to leave him

If his uncle hadn’t suspended his ass for a week from work for the incident at the bar he would have asked for the tiave her a paid week’s vacation so that she could catch up on some rest Granted, he could have really done without the lecture, well,when his uncle dropped by to tell him he was suspended

Of course his uncle hadn’t known the reason behind the fight and he hadn’t told hiain He allowed his uncle to rant about not acting like an idiot, especially when he had a baby on the way and that he was lucky that there were plenty of witnesses willing to state that they saw Hank put his hands on him first After his uncle ripped him a new one, Jared went next door and from what he could hear, fussed over Zoe for the next hour

His uncle was kind enough to stop by to see him on his way out to tell hiot into a bar fight Then again his uncle had stopped by the next day with a six pack and a grunted apology for threatening to kick his ass As it turns out his uncle overheard the real reason behind the fight when he walked to the coffee truck and heard Hank retell the tale with a few added choice words about Zoe If his uncle hadn’t fired the man on the spot, he was pretty sure he would have landed his ass in jail that night after he hunted the bastard down and beat his ass into a coo pay that assle another visit he had bigger issues to deal with, like the stubborn wo in his bed If he couldn’t fix this and get her to talk to hiood and he wouldn’t be able to handle that

Which is of course is why he decided to take matters into his own hands

First he’d shut off her hot water, hoping she’d come to him to fix it since she was a little bath addict Had she? Nope There’d been no knock on his door or yelling his naas

When she went down for her s out with a pair of his boxers and as soon as his boys latched on, he dragged the growling pups as they did their damndest to rip his underwear apart For four hours he waited for her to co for the boys and just when he was sure that he had her where he wanted her, the da all his plans After their ten h the slush he wasn’t too surprised to find Zoe waiting in the hallway for the boys That failure caused hio a little further

He kidnapped her

Okay, so kidnapping eration, but he’danywhere until she talked to his out of her car, but he also placed her car on cement blocks and stolen her tires, just in case she had a set of spark plugs lying around the house somewhere When that plan obviously failed he snuck into her apartment and shut her heat down

Now that had definitely worked because not even an hour later she ca Of course being the good landlord that he is he went and had a look and wouldn’t you know it? The heater was broken He caenerously offered his own bedrooenerous offer with a small smile and he patted himself on the back for another fine job That is until she shut the bedroo hot bath without him and he’d been forced to sleep on the couch with the two traitors

"Why can’t I catch a break?" he gru unsure "Are you awake?"