Paula yanked Ashley back down for the third time in less than five minutes, the two had hid behind a broken down car, stripped by common thugs for money. Arthur was talking quietly with Glen as Christine kept trying to keep Spencer’s attention off them and on her seeing as the girl was shaking in fear at the sight of her father.

“Will you just hold on,” Paula growled latching her hand upon the young girl’s upper arm restraining her from moving.

“We can’t just sit here,” she sighed aggravated that this situation was getting worse and worse and a solution just seemed to far off in the distance.

Paula half smiled at the venom dripping from the teenager’s mouth, she reminded her of herself when she was younger in the way Spencer reminded her of Christine when she was young, the two had met in summer camp although when they figured everything out they made sure their husbands knew nothing of the earlier meetings. Ashley had fire burning in her soul, the need to protect and care for those that held her heart which was few. Those who dared try and take advantage or hurt the ones she loved would never see the lion attacking so to speak and this was no different, the young brunette was ready to attack her own life be damned as long as those she tried to protect were safe.

“I know you want to go out there guns blazing but if you do that they are dead,” she appealed to the part of the girl that didn’t want anything bad to happen, “Let’s just listen for a minute and figure things out okay?”

Ashley bit her lip, glancing between the hostages and the woman in front of her before she settled her brown eyes upon the blonde and nodded slowly. She wasn’t ever going to put Spencer into harms way if she could prevent it and same went for her mother, even though her heart felt like a bird flapping its wings to fly from her chest she sat on the balls of her feet watching the semi freaked out expression on her girlfriend’s face, her hands getting splinters of glass as she gripped the broken window with all her might. Blood trickled down the car door, metal and liquid meeting, Paula noticed and immediately made her let go of the car with a glare that was met with a apologized shrug the two glanced back over trying to hear something that would help them.