Chapter 102 - I Can Still Remember

"I wish I had followed up about her sooner.  I had a feeling about her when I started to think about it, when I thought about that night."

Jon looks at him, "What kind of feeling?"

"There is something kind of deja vu feeling about her."

Again, Jon gives him a look. "I'm not following."

Dave leans against the fence and looks over at Jon, "When I called my buddy in L.A., he sent me this picture.  I guess it was in the file."  Dave swipes his phone and after a few seconds holds it up for Jon to look.  Jon can only stare at it, his head can't wrap around what he's seeing.  "Does she look familiar?"

Jon stands there, staring at the phone screen, his mouth slowly falling open.  "Oh my God."

"You know her?" Dave questions, confirming what he thought.  He can see Jon turn a few shades paler, from tan and healthy to like he has seen a ghost.  "Is she familiar to you Jon?"

"Yes."

"Is this Melissa?" Dave asks, pulling his phone away.  "Is this the woman that's after you now?"

"No.  Melissa isn't blonde." Jon firms his stance, in major disbelief.  "She's the one that held me at gunpoint?  She's the woman that was in my room, with the intent to harm me?"

Dave nods his head, "That's what my buddy says."

"You have got to be shitting me."  Jon covers his mouth with his hands.  Through his fingers, he mumbles, "This is going to kill Beth."

"Beth knows her?"  David can't believe that Beth knows anything about her.  She's a crazy woman from his past, that is now in their lives.  "How does Beth know her?"

In a panic, with a bit of fear in his voice, he adamantly tells Dave, "She can never know about this.  This never gets mentioned in front of her or the kids, ever."

Both men, in their own little zone are startled when they hear, "Tell who about what?"  They turn around, look and are surprised to see Beth standing there, with Jon Spencer at her side,   "What are you guys talking about?  Who's picture is that Dave?"

"No one's - just a client that I have a security detail with." Dave's words roll of his tongue like he's quite familiar with telling tales, that he's used to lying.

"Why are you showing Jon?  Who is it?  Some hot celebrity?" she jokes as she moves in closer,  Jon leans over and picks up his son, kissing his cheek and then kissing Beth.

"What are you doing up?  Pete was supposed to let you sleep."  Jon takes the first opportunity to change the subject, but he should have known better.  Beth forgets very little and lets very little lie unfinished.

"Who are you guys keeping a secret from?  What are you talking about?"

"Dave was just telling me about this client, that's all."

"What can't you mention in front of this client and the kids?  And why do you care, Jon?" she's getting suspicious.  And her suspicion only grows when she reminds herself that Jon doesn't care who hears what, unless it involves his family.  

Jon looks at Dave, Dave looks at Jon and Beth sees the expression on their faces.  "It's nothing babe, don't worry about it."

"Jon." she pouts, using her playful pouty face, "What are you guys doing out here, on the property line?"

"I have my guys making sure the place is secure and that they are no hidden cameras and stuff like that."

Beth is stunned by what she just heard, she had never thought about that, "What makes you think that there are cameras here?" Jon can hear a little anxiety in her voice.

"Nothing makes me think that Beth, we just want to be sure.  We also checked all the vehicles for GPS."

"Did you find anything?" her voice cracks, as she gently moves into Jon.

Jon shakes his head, "So far it's all clear."

"Where are all of your men?" she asks, looking around seeing no one else on the grounds.  It's then that Jon remembers that he's supposed to meet the security team to take them into the house, to sweep that and make sure that there is nothing hidden that could help Dalton, Melissa, Brian and Dorothea.

"Shit.  I was supposed to meet them up front.  Let's walk." he motions for Dave and Beth to follow, and they do.  As they walk across the plush green glass, under a cloudless sky, Jon takes a few seconds and soaks up the warming rays, warming him on the inside.  "I hope they aren't pissed."

"Babe, language." Beth reminds him, even though he didn't need to be reminded that there was a child present.  He has Jon Spencer in his arms, his wife at his side and a $5000.00 a day bodyguard pulling up the rear.  He feels as safe as he can right now and he loves that his entire family, the ones that matter the most are all under one roof and are protected from the craziness of the outside world.

As they round the corner to the house, they see all of the men that came with Dave and a few additional standing in the driveway, chatting.  All of the men are dressed in all black, they have guns holstered at their side, sunglasses on and ear pieces in their ears.  When they see Jon, Dave and Bet heading in their direction, they all stand at attention, giving the Bongiovi's and their boss the utmost respect.

Beth steps are slow, Jon falls to her pace, resting a hand on the small of her back  "Are all of these for us?" she looks to her left and makes eye contact with her husband.  He shakes his head.  "Jon, we don;t need this many guards."

"Yes we do." he firmly answers her.

"NO we don't." she quickly counts the number of men standing in their driveway.  "That's practically one for each of us.  That's way too many and it will draw too much attention."

"Beth, there are ones for Tony, Matt, mom, dad and Pete.  Beth quickly recounts."How many do you have for the kids?"

"One each."  They stop just a few feet from the group of men that were waiting on them.  Dave quickly gets in between them.

"Did you find anything?"  Dave asks his #1, "Anything at all?"

"No sir." says the tall dark handsome bodyguard that looks like his full time job is lifting weights.  "We found nothing."

"Have you swept the house?" Dave responds.

Shaking his head no, Scott, the #1, tells Dave, "No sir, we are waiting for Mr. Bongiovi to take us in, on his order."

Dave looks at Jon and gives him a look.  Jon sees it for what it says and he answers, "Yeah, they can go in.  Pete is in there with the kids.  Stephanie and Jesse are in there too."

"Pete?" the #1 asks him.

"Our nanny.  Her name is Lupetta.  But we call her Pete."  Beth chimes in, "She's very protective of her kids, so you will need to remove your glasses and don;t move too fast."

Jon jumps in, "If you do, she'll kick your ass."  Beth laughs, because it's the truth.  The longer that Pete has been with them, the more involved she gets and she takes her job, her career very serious.

Dave leads his guys into the house.  Jon and Beth stand in the driveway with Jon Spencer.  They hear a car coming and then see it drive by.  As it slows down and crawls by, Beth laugh, "They even find us at the end of the world."  Jon and Beth wave as the car goes by and they can hear the loud squeal and the, "OMG he waved at us."

"Come on, we shouldn't be out here and that right there is proof as to why."  Jon hikes Jon Spencer up and put him on his shoulders.  The little boy is happy to be given a piggy back ride.  Beth reaches over and takes Jon's hand and together they walk into the house.  Leaving the rest of the security force behind them.

The security sweep is over, as is the in depth detail of what's expected of each man.  When all is said and done, they each have one of Dave's best guarding them during the day and at events that require a body guard that's top notch.  The kids each have one for school.  Pete has one for all hours that she is not at the Bongiovi house or with the children.  Jon will not let her go unprotected.  His mother, father and two brothers have a guard - as well as a 2nd 'shift' crew to guard the house and the family while they sleep.  Dave and the non working guards leave, and the rest of the men take their places.  

After a late dinner, Jon and Beth sit down with the kids and explain all that they need to know.  Stephanie and Jesse are the most difficult to deal with.  They are more worried about looking unpopular than they are with being safe.  Jon is getting irritated with the selfishness, and he doesn't think that the two young adults understand the seriousness of the situation.  Jon, after getting the attention of the nanny asks, "Pete, can you take these into the kitchen for some ice cream, please.  Beth and I need to talk to these two."  He points to the four youngest children an then points to the oldest.  

Pete stands up, "Sure thing.  Come on kids, let's go get some ice cream.  Mommy and daddy need to talk to Steph and  Jess in private."

Jon Spencer and Brianna were right on Pete's heel, while Jake and Romeo weren't as quick to move.  Once the little ones were out of earshot, Jon laid into both of them.  "I understand that you're embarrassed by having to have a man dressed in black wearing sunglasses with you at your every move - but there is no alternative other than coming back home and going to school."  The kids can hear that their dad is getting upset, but Jesse doesn't let that stop him form adding his Hurley backtalk fall from his mouth.

"This is stupid dad.  It's not us that they want to hurt.  They want to hurt Beth.  We'll be fine."

"Yeah dad!" Stephanie throws in for good measure.  "They are obsessed with Beth."

Beth takes a deep breath, "I think that they will target you guys, what better way to get at me then to hurt the ones that I love, the ones that I cherish."