Chapter 42: Water Under the Bridge

Since kidnapping is a federal offense, the FBI became involved in the case despite the objections of the local police, but with Ethan's extensive connections, the FBI quickly dropped out of the case after Angel insisted she didn't want to press any charges and Jordan didn't want to press any charges either.

The police interviewed Angel the day after Thanksgiving. She told them that a man who worked for her former employer had acted on his own and that he was her kidnapper. When her former employer had learned about the situation, her former employer had quickly been able to track her and her captor down. As far as she knew, the man who kidnapped her had escaped into Canada. She didn't want to press charges because she just wanted to put it behind her. It wasn't exactly the truth, but it was close enough.

Detectives Lloyd and Berger were relieved when they no longer had to investigate Angel's disappearance and kidnapping because the rape charges were more than enough to keep them busy, but something nagged at both of them. They sensed there had to be a connection between Wiley Bills and Angel's disappearance, but they didn't know how or why.

Angel agreed to the paternity test. Her portion of the test consisted of a mouth swab to obtain her DNA and when she was finished the lab had acquired samples from Mia, Coach Bills, and now Angel and the paternity test could be completed in order to determine if Wiley Bills was in fact Mia's biological father.

After her lengthy interview with the police, Angel and Jordan went home together and collapsed onto the bed in exhaustion. A few hours later they woke up in each other's arms. Jordan examined Angel's welts. They were beginning to heal. "I hope they drop the kidnapping investigation," he said softly as the fingers of his unbroken arm caressed her flesh and he rubbed some ointment on her welts. "I just want to put all of this business behind us."

"Something bothers me," Angel said and she rolled over and looked up at Jordan.

"What is it?" Jordan leaned down and kissed her tenderly.

"I just keep wondering how Ethan figured out where I was," She sighed. "I had a lot of time to think about it while I was at Ethan's ranch and I can't figure out how he tracked me down."

Jordan lay down next to her on his back and looked up at the ceiling. "I'm bothered by that too."

"Do you think Bills had anything to do with it?" Angel asked.

Jordan pulled her close, "I've wondered the same thing."

Angel felt his hard penis pressing against her leg and she smiled at him, "If Wiley Bills had something to do with Ethan being able to find me, then I might still be in danger. What if he tries something else to get rid of me? A man with the size of his ego doesn't take something like rape charges lightly."

"I won't let anything else happen to you," Jordan assured her, but he wasn't certain how he could stop Wiley Bills because if he had learned anything it was that if someone was determined enough, it meant they could do almost anything.

Angel felt Jordan climb on top of her and she parted her legs. Without much fanfare she felt him enter her, and she wrapped her arms around his neck as he began to move in and out of her. "You feel so good," he sighed as he thrust inside of her. He felt her instinctively tighten around him and he savored the feel of her body. He could not get enough of her. They engaged in non-stop sex every chance they got since they had been back together and Angel wasn't complaining.

Jordan listened to her breathing change as she began to climax. He felt her tense up and her climax created excitement for him and he quickened his pace, savoring the feel of her warmth as she released her hot liquid. She became looser after her climax, and even though she attempted to remain tight, she was slippery and wet.

He gently rolled her over on her stomach and entered her rear with his naturally lubricated cock. He easily slipped inside of her tight opening because of all the juices that covered him. He felt her anal sphincter tighten around him and it tugged a little as he moved in and out of her puckered opening. It was a much tighter fit than her other opening had been and it didn't take him long to release his load.

Angel enjoyed it when he took her anus because it gave her a completely different sensation than her vagina. She smiled as she felt him release and then he lay on top of her. Being this close together gave them both a sense of comfort and satisfaction. Jordan was larger than she was however so he didn't lay on her for very long. He soon lay off to the side and held her close, despite his broken arm. He was never sure after all they had been through if he could ever let go of her again.

Over the weekend Mia got her first email from Riley Bills. He was in Ohio now and from his emails it appeared that he was happy. Mia quickly wrote back to him and told him about her mother's return. She was excited that her mother was safe and sound and she wanted to share the news with everyone, including Riley. They exchanged several emails back and forth by the end of the weekend and Martin chuckled to himself and began to tease her that he never should have helped her create an email account because now he could never get on his computer.

Riley responded to Mia's latest email about her mother:

Mia, that's great news. I'm too late this year to get on the football team, but I'm going to try out for it next year. Wish me luck! I'm so happy that your mother is back safe and sound...

Mia felt a strong connection to Riley and she savored every word of his emails. On Monday morning when Mia returned to school, Carly was happy to see what she felt was a whole new Mia. The sullen expressions and gloom that Mia had exhibited for so long had disappeared. "Does this mean you'll go live with your mom now?" Carly asked.

Mia was stunned by her question. It wasn't as if it hadn't occurred to her that living with her mother might be a possibility, but there had been so many other things on her mind, that she had managed to push those thoughts to the back of her mind. "I don't know," Mia said thoughtfully.

Carly could tell she had accidentally probed an area with Mia that maybe she shouldn't have. "Sorry Mia."

"No, it's OK," Mia said slowly, "I just don't know if I'll go live with my mom now, that's all."

"Well I hope at least Coach Bills stands trial for what he did and they lock that bastard away," Carly said, then she realized she was condemning Mia's father, "God, sorry again Mia, I know he's probably your father." Every subject suddenly seemed off limits to Carly.

Mia laughed, "Stop saying you're sorry! I hope Coach Bills gets locked away for a long time too, he deserves it. He's a real jerk, and even if it turns out he is technically my biological father, he was basically just a sperm donor. I don't think of him as a father. Popoff has been more of a father to me than he ever dreamed of being."

Carly grinned, "Yeah he has, even though he's an old fashioned coot sometimes."

Mia smiled, "Well he means well. I love him like a father and I love Gram like a mother. It's sort of weird to think of Angel being my mom sometimes. She's never been part of my life up until a couple of months ago."

"Yeah," Carly sighed, "But that wasn't by her choice."

"True," Mia said, and she began to puzzle over the possibility of living with Angel. Somehow it didn't make sense, at least not right now, but she wondered what her grandparents thought of the whole thing, and she wondered what her mother thought. She was definitely entering unknown territory.

"I was glad to hear about your mom," Kyle Crenshaw said as they stood waiting for the school bus to take them to school.

Mia blushed, "Thanks." Kyle was a nice guy, and Mia was pretty sure he had never said two words to her before. She noticed his face was a little pink.

Kyle couldn't think of anything else to say to her. It had taken him all weekend long to gather the courage to say that much to her, so he just smiled at her and felt like a complete idiot.

Carly nudged her playfully as they got on the bus and sat down, "I bet he likes you," she whispered excitedly.

"God Carly!" Mia said and looked away, though she had to admit the idea of Kyle Crenshaw liking her was an intriguing one.

After a long weekend of staying in bed unless they were eating, Jordan and Angel returned to the office on Monday morning. Meredith and Connie were overjoyed to see both of them. Angel was stunned by their warm reception.

"We were so worried about you," Connie said as she hugged Angel. "It's so good to have you back."

Angel wanted to remind Connie about how she often complained about Angel's incompetence and lack of skills, but she knew now wasn't the time. She returned Connie's hug with affection. She figured Connie would return to her old self soon enough so she may as well enjoy Connie in this state as long as she could.

"It's so good to see you both," Meredith hugged them both. "We've got a full schedule today. I think everyone in town was panicked that you would never be back."

Jordan sighed, it would be more difficult for him to see patients with his broken arm, but other than that, he felt as though he was healed. Soon he was concentrating on his patients and the day seemed to fly by.

Angel had fallen back into her habit of smoking cigarettes, something that she couldn't seem to give up. So whenever she needed a break and went out to smoke, Jordan became nervous. "Keep your eye on her," he said to Connie.

"I can't take up smoking just to keep my eye on her," Connie informed him.

Jordan laughed, "Well you might want to give it some thought."

Connie rolled her eyes, but even without Jordan telling her to do so, she was keeping her eyes open and watching Angel like a hawk. After everything that had happened to Angel, they were all very paranoid.

Frank had begun working on restoring Angel's Mustang before she got back to town and he was still keeping himself busy doing that in his spare time, but he was working a lot of hours. Amanda planned to allow him to move back in with her and their son Colton and he was thrilled. This time he was determined not to blow it.

As Frank finished up on the car he was working on, Amanda arrived at the garage to bring him some lunch. He got a semi-hard on whenever he laid eyes on her. Her long blonde hair and beautiful features made him aroused every single time he looked at her. Today she seemed especially beautiful.