Two weeks passed after Rebecca left the Crane family that surprise hanging from their door. She hid behind this car that was directly across the street for the house when the front door opened and saw Eve scream when she saw what is was. She wanted to go over there and strangler her to death, but knew she couldn’t. After that she went back to the recreation center basement and waited until it was time for her next move.

She knew she had to keep a low profile because the police were looking for her, so she decided to dye hair a different color. Instead of having red hair, which gave her away easily, she now had dark brown hair... and she even changed her eye color from blue to brown. Now she could walk around the city and not have anyone recognize her.

Meanwhile back in his apartment, Carlo had been working nonstop for a way to find Rebecca Osborne before she came out of her hiding and went after Eve again. From what he collected in his research besides the fact that she wanted Eve dead, he found out that she wanted Eve dead so that she could have Julian. Well he wanted Julian dead so he could have Eve, so they sort of had something in common. She wanted Julian…fine, but she couldn’t kill Eve to get him.

The next day, Julian stood in front of the Donaldson Building for the first time in ten months. Eve had been talking to him for a while now about going back there. It wasn’t like she was trying to get rid of him or anything, but she could tell by the way he would mope around the house some days that he missed his job. Julian took a deep breath then walked through the doors of the building straight to the receptionist desk. Once the receptionist looked up from her computer, she gasped and placed her hand over her mouth.

“Mr. Crane?” she whispered.

“Cathy, why look at you? You’re still as beautiful as you were the first time I laid eyes on you two years ago.” He flashed her that ever sexy smirk that always drove the women crazy…especially Eve.

“Well I see some things never change Mr. Crane.” She blushed. “It’s good to see you again. It’s been really awkward here without seeing your face everyday.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I mean, when we all thought that you had died, I don’t know it just felt weird, you know?”

He nodded.

“And then all of sudden, you’re alive and it’s more weirder than it was before.”

“Tell me about it.” Julian sighed.

“But now that I’ve seen you with my own two eyes, what can I do for you?”

“Well…I was wondering if Ivy was available today.”

“Let me just check.” She said, then reached over and picked up her phone.

After talking for a few minutes, Cathy hung the phone up and looked back at Julian.

“She’s free to see you Mr. Crane.”

“Thanks Cathy and from now on its just Julian alright?”

“Alright Mr. Cra…I mean Julian.” She smiled.

It took Julian five minutes to arrive at Ivy’s office door…well his old office. He knocked twice and waited for her to let him in.

“Come in.” Ivy said.

Opening the door, Julian walked in with a smile on his face as he noticed how comfortable Ivy looked behind his old desk. Ivy looked up from her computer and smiled when she saw Julian walk in.

“Well come all the way in here, it’s not like you haven’t been in this office before.” Ivy said playfully.

“That’s true, but now it is a bit too girly for my taste.” Julian smirked.

“Oh whatever.” Ivy scoffed.

“But seriously Ivy, I really have to talk to you.”

She nodded and waited as Julian walked over and sat down in the chair in front of her desk.

“What can I do for you?”

“Well, I need a job.”

“I see.”

Julian noticed the way she looked at him.

“It’s not what you think, don’t get me wrong, I need job but I don’t want yours.”

“I didn’t say anything.”

“You didn’t have to, I saw the way you looked at me.”

“Sorry.” She apologized then lowered her head. She felt like a monster for the way she looked at him just now.

“It’s alright.” He smiled to reassure her.

She stood up from her desk and walked over to the window.

“Well, my old job is still available. I tried to promote Daniel but he turned me down. And I’ve been looking at a lot people to fill my old position but I haven’t found the right one.” She turned and looked back at Julian. “Are you sure you wouldn’t mind me being your boss Julian?”

“Not at all. When I was your boss, we got along just fine so I don’t see a problem with you being mine.” He answered truthfully. “Well… except for the fact that you’ll be making more money then me now…”

Ivy just shook her head and started laughing.

Eve had just finished her rounds and decided to head back to her office to rest. Her lower back was sore from standing up so long and her feet were the same way. Opening up her door, she came to an abrupt stop when she saw Carlo standing next to her desk with a picture of her boys in his hand.

Carlo arrived at Harmony General an hour ago with one goal in mind. (And we all know what that is…) He needed to hear Eve’s story in her own words about what happened when she was 15. And even though he knew she hated him right now, he still at least wanted to try and reach out to her.

“What the hell are you doing here?!”

“I came here to see you Eve.” He said then turned around to face her.

“You’ve got some damn nerve showing your face here. I want you gone now before I call the police.”

“Eve please, just hear me out, and I promise I won’t stay long.” He pleaded.

Eve was about to tell him to kiss her ass, but then she decided against it only because she realized that he might actually enjoy it. She rolled her eyes then sighed in disgust.

“Five minutes and no more.” She said then closed her office door. She then walked over to her desk and sat down with a frown instantly on her face.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me, just hurry up.” She scoffed.

“Well this may seem blunt but I don’t care. Tell me about what happened to you when you were 15.”

Eve looked him up and down as if he had lost his everlasting mind!

“I don’t have to tell you a damn thing about my past! I knew this was a mistake, get out!” She demanded.

“I already know what happened, I just want to hear it come from your mouth.”

“Why is my past so important to you Carlo?”

“It just is!” He snapped. “What I don’t get is how can you look Julian in the face? He just sat there and let this TC person rape you! What kind of man is he for allowing that to happen to you?!”

“You know nothing! What happened to me wasn’t Julian’s fault, so you keep my husband out of this!” She sneered.

“Knowing that he let you be raped has only fueled my desire to have you more. He doesn’t deserve you Eve.”

“I want you gone now!”

“Very well.” He said then turned and walked out of her office.

Once Carlo was gone, Eve dropped her head onto the desk hard. Realizing what she just did, she sat up and began rubbing her forehead.

“Not only are my feet and lower back sore, now I have to add a headache to my problems as well. This is not what I needed today.” She whined.

Julian was now at home with Kellen resting comfortably in his arms and William next to him with his head on his forearm as they watched the movie Toy Story. Okay, so Julian knew that Kellen was too little to understand what he was watching, but he didn’t want to leave him out of the pastime he and William shared together.

“Daddy?” William said.

“Yeah sport?” Julian looked down at his older son.

William pointed to the TV and then started clapping. “Buzz!”

All Julian could do was smile. “Yep that’s Buzz. Do you know who he is?” Julian said and pointed to the other guy on the TV.

“Woodsy!”

“Woodsy?” He raised his brow.

William clapped again.

“Ok sport ‘Woodsy’ it is.” Julian chuckled.

An hour later, the movie was gone off and Julian was on the couch asleep with William resting on his chest. He had placed Kellen is his bassinet, which he brought into the living room, once he was asleep and then went back to the couch and brought William up to his chest and watched the rest of the movie.

Eve arrived home a few minutes later and walked into the living room. She shook her head slowly then smiled. ‘Some things never change.’ She thought fondly. She walked up to Julian and kissed him softly on the cheek, before heading into their room. Inside, she walked through the room undressing then headed into the bathroom. As soon as she stepped into the shower, she moaned out and let the warm water run down her sore body. This was exactly what she needed after the day she had. It had to be a good fifteen minutes later when she stepped out of the shower and nearly screamed. She had been so into her shower that she never heard Julian when he came in.

“Rough day?” Julian said as he held open her bathrobe.

“Definitely.” Eve whimpered out as she took a deep breath then walked over to Julian and let him place her bathrobe around her body.

“C’mon.” Julian took her by the hand, walked out of the bathroom back into their room and over to the bed. He then motioned for her to lie down on her stomach and once she was settled, he sat down next to her and began messaging her lower back.

“Ohh yes…” Eve moaned out.

Julian smiled lecherously. He just couldn’t get enough of her moaning like that, all it ever did was turn him on…

“I have some news for you.”

“Really…” Eve said in a drowsy voice. The message he was giving her was making her sleepy.

“Yeah. I went back to the Donaldson Building today and asked Ivy for a job.”

“And…”

“I got it. I didn’t want my old job back because it was hers now, so she gave me her old job.”

Eve shifted so that she was now snuggled comfortably in his arms as they lie back on the bed together.

“That’s great,” She yawned. “at least your day was better than mine.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sleep now, tell you in the morning.” Eve barely managed to say as sleep overtook her.

Julian kissed her on the forehead before joining her too.