Disclaimer: I don't own the charcarters or the song is this story. They are owned by NBC and the song is owned by Tina Turner.

Parker arrives in Blue Cove. She has to see someone first. She walks over to her mother and father's grave. She lays flowers down and says, "I'm sorry daddy but I had to do it." She turns back for another look. Then walks away with tears falling down her cheek.

She goes to her old house. It still looks the same. She goes in and noticed everything was left the same as if she hasn't left. She picks up a picture of her mother. A tear starts to fall. She wipes her cheek. She looks around some more before she leaves. She drives to the Centre.

She walks in like she did everyday. She goes up to an office and walks in. A man has his back turned toward the door. He is on the phone talking to someone. She still stands there not saying a word. He turns around and sees her there. He drops the phone and picks it back up. Then says, "I will call you back." He hangs up the phone.

"Hello, Lyle." Parker says.

"I thought you were...."

"Dead." she says as she finished his sentence.

"Yeah. What are you doing here?"

"I came back to take what is rightfully mine."

"And what would that be, Parker?"

"The Centre." she says as she walks over to him.

"I am sorry daddy left it to his only living child."

"I think you are mistaken. I have a copy of that will, dear brother. He left it to is oldest child and that would be me. You see he changed nothing. He didn't get a chance to. I guess lucky me."

"But you were dead."

"I know. You shot me, if memory serves me correctly. Besides how many times have you been dead, little brother?"

"Lets not go into that." he says. "Besides you put daddy through more grief than I ever could. He wouldn't let us touch any of your things."

"What?" she asked confused.

"That's right. Your office, it is the way you left it and your house, the same. You see daddy never believed you were dead. I guess he was always right."

Parker not knowing what to say next just looked at Lyle. Then he said, "What's wrong big sis, the cat has your tongue?"

"No. I don't believe you."

"Why because daddy sounded so caring?"

Parker quickly turned around. She pulled herself together and said, "I will take over the Centre." She faced Lyle and added, "Is that understood?" She points her finger at him.

"I don't know how you are going to do that."

"Well, you see little brother. I am going to make the Centre what it should have been to begin with. Not what it has become."

Lyle laughes and says, "Right. How are you going to do this?"

"Well, first off children will come here to be tested on their abilties not experimented on and second, this chase you have on for Jarod will stop."

Laughing even louder he says, "Why Jarod?" He could see something different in her eyes and says. "Come on, admit it. You know where Jarod is."

"That's is none of your business." She walks over to Lyle and gets into his face, "The hunt for Jarod is over! Do you understand?" she said loudly and clearly.

"Sure. What ever you want?" he answers as he falls back in his chair and grins.

Looking into his eyes she didn't believe him. She gets some paper out of the desk and and starts writing. "What's this?" he asked.

"You are going to sign this paper saying you will leave Jarod alone and everything you do goes through me first."

"Come on Parker, that is still your name, isn't it? I will leave him alone. Trust me." he said as noticed a ring on her finger.

Parker starts to laugh and says, "You know the last person that told me to trust him almost got me killed. I don't trust anyone."

"You didn't answer my question."

"And what question might that be?"

"It is still Parker, isn't it?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?" she saw him looking at her ring. Then she realized she was still wearing it. She hasn't taken it off since her and Jarod left town several years ago and forgot to take it off before returning.

"No reason."

She hands him a pen and says, "Sign here."

Lyle knows he will never win against her. He signed the paper and throw it at her.

"Thanks." she said and started to walk out.

"Wait. When you planning on taking over."

"Soon." she walked out.

She walks to her office and goes in. Lyle was right. Everything was still the way she left it. She picked up a picture of her mother and father. "Why daddy? Why Brigette?" she asked as a tear fell from her eye to her cheek. She wiped her cheek. Her door opened a man walked in. Parker turned to see who was standing there.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Jarod told me you came back. Why?" the older man asked.

"I had to, Sam."

"But why couldn't you just stay where you were and be happy? Why return here to this place?" he said as he looked around the room.

"Sam, I wanted to change the Centre."

Sam looked into her eyes and knew what she was feeling. He hasn't seen her look that way in a long time. "I am behind you all the way and by the way, it's good to see you again."

"Thanks, Sam. Now the question is how do I tell Jarod?" She gave him a pat on the back.

"I think he knows. Just talk to him.I could tell in his voice when he called." Sam answers as he puts his arm around her. They walk out.

"He called." she said looking at him confused.

"He was worried about you. He wanted me to make sure you were okay when you met with Lyle." He drove her to the airport.

Parker boarded the next plane out. She needed to talk to Jarod. When she arrives home everyone is in bed. She goes up the bedroom. She sees Jarod sleeping in the bed. His back is to the door. She slips her clothes off and climbs in. She ran her fingers over his back and to his chest. She kisses his shoulder when he says, "You're home."

"Yeah." she answers softly.

He turned to face her. She gives him a kiss. "I missed you." she said.

"I missed you too." he quickly replied.

"How did you and kids make out while I was gone?" she asked thinking how can I tell him I want to go back.

"Fine. You want to go back to live don't you."

"How did you know?"

"I know you better than anyone. You should know that by now. Besides you are changing the subject. When do we leave?"

"As soon as we can but tonight I want you."

She kissed his neck. He held her tight. She kissed his bare chest as her fingers ran throughthe hair on it. She ran her tongue up to his mouth. She gave him another kiss. He rolled her over to face him. He ran his fingers down her body. She spread her legs and he slipped inside her. She ran her fingers through his hair and down his back. She squeezed slowly as he kissed her hard breast. He ran his tongue over the dark of her nipple. Then he looked at her. Their eyes met before she kissed him again.

"I love you Jarod." she softly.

"I love you too." he said back in a low panted voice.

He held her close to him more now than before. She nibbled on his ear as he kissed her neck in short small kisses.

The next morning Parker woke to little footprints coming her way. She opened her eyes to find Catherine peeking around the door.

"Mommy, mommy you're home."

"Yes, I am." she said as Catherine ran toward her. She hopped on the bed and gave her a hug.

Then she heard Sydney crying. Jarod rolled over and said, "I'll go. You stay here."

He left the bed and bought her to his wife said, "She's hungry." handing her a bottle.

Parker took Sydney from his arms and began to feed her. "I missed all of you." she said as she looked up at Catherine. Catherine just smiled and said, "We missed you too."

As Sydney ate Parker sat there holding her daughter. She hope she was doing the right thing after she Sydney's bright brown eyes looking up at her. She held her closer.

"I'm going to check on Kyle. " Jarod left the room. Jarod comes back with Kyle. They all piled up on the bed for most of the morning. He liked having his family around him.

After a while, Jarod takes the children down stairs. Parker takes a bath. She hears something coming from the bedroom. Then a little voice outside the door.

"Mommy." said Catherine.

"Yes, honey."

"Sydney is crying." she responded back as she open the door carrying her little sister.

"Catherine, stay there. Mommy will come to you." Parker got out of the tub and carefully took Sydney from her arms. She was afraid Catherine was going to drop her. "Honey, you don't need to carry her. She is almost as big as you. Will you do mommy a favor?"

"Yes mommy and I wouldn't drop her."

"Can you bring me that carrier that is sitting over there?" Parker said as she pointed to it sitting in the floor.

Catherine turns arounds and bring her mother the carrier that she asked for. "Here you go, mommy."

"Thank you." Parker sat her daughter in the carrier. She puts on a robe and they walked down the hall. Jarod is sitting in the floor playing with Kyle.

"I thought you were watching them." Parker said as she walked down the stairs.

"I am. Are you through with your bath already?"

"I guess so. Catherine brought me Sydney."

Jarod gets up and walks over to his wife. He gives her a kiss and said, "Go finish your bath. I will watch them."

"I know how you watch them, Jarod." she said as she gave him a look.

He knew that look and said, "Go." He takes Sydney from her arms. She went back upstairs to finish her bath.

Debbie came to the door. "Hey, Debbie." Jarod said as he opened the door.

"Hey, I was wondering if I could take Catherine to the park."

"Sure."

"I could take Kyle too if you like."

"It is up to you."

Debbie took Kyle in her arms. She and Catherine walked out. Jarod took Sydney up stairs and laid her in her bed. Parker comes out from finishing her bath listening to the radio.

"I thought you watching..."

"Debbie took them to the park." he said before she could finish her sentence.

"Oh, I see." she said and toweled dried her hair.

Jarod walked over to her and said, "You really want to go back."

She stops what she is doing and answered, "Yes. I have to."

"Why?"

"Because Jarod I want to finish what my mother started. I want to rebuild the Centre for what it should be not what is has become."

"It is a cruel place. I can't believe you want to go back. Now that we are free from it."

"You don't understand Jarod. I want to make peace with the Centre and in order for me to do that I have to go back. I want us to be free from it forever. Don't you want the pain to stop?"

"Yes more than anyone. But...."

"But in order to do that we have to go back."

"Yeah, but why?"

"Jarod, listen. I want to turn the Centre around. I want to help the children not hurt them. I want to stop the experiment that Raines did."

"But Raines is dead. The experiments are over."

She looks into his eyes and says, "Okay, I won't go back to live but I have to go back for a while."

Jarod hearing the radio playing in the background.....

Baby I need a hand to hold tonight
And one bright star to remind me
How dear is this life
Baby I've never known anyone like you
There's something very special about you
I can't imagine living without you

Jarod could see he couldn't change her mind. When she puts her mind to it, nobody could change it, just ask Sydney. "No, let's go back."

"No you don't have to go back. I will go alone."

"I just want to make you happy and if this makes you happy then I will go back."

It's the way of the world and it's motion
And no ocean can keep us apart
When the moment is right
And you're holding me tight
You capture the beat of my heart
In my heart there's a fire that's burning
And there isn't a thing I can do
I'm resigned to the fact
That there's no turning back
And I'll never regret loving you

"Thanks, Jarod. I love you." she said as she gave him a kiss. He took her in his arms and held her tight. She knew deep down inside he wasn't going to be happy but she felt like she owed it to the children hurt by Raines. She looked up at him and said, "Thank you."

"You have already said that."

"I know but I want you to know how much I mean it."

He just held her tighter and kissed her lips. She pulled away and walked over to mirror. Jarod went over to the bed and sat down. She watched him in through the mirror as she combed her hair. She could see him watching her. Then she went back to him.

Jarod said, "Listen to this part of the song. It is how I feel about you." She listen as Tina Turner sang.....

Baby I will go anywhere you lead
As long as you're there beside me
Baby that's all I need
Hold me hold me and never let me go
I'm always gonna care about you
I never want to be without you

It's the way of the world and it's motion
And no ocean can keep us apart
When the moment is right
And you're holding me tight
You capture the beat of my heart
In my heart there's a fire that's burning
And there isn't a thing I can do
I'm resigned to the fact
That there's no turning back
And I'll never regret loving you

You're everything I believe in
Don't ever lose the feeling

"I fell the same. And I want to thank you again for going with me." she said as she looked over at him. "I bet we have some time before the kids come back." she said as rubbed up against him.

"You think so." he answered as he touched her soft silky leg with his hand.

She place her lips onto his neck and kissed him. His hand moved up her robe. She looked into his eyes not saying a word. They both knew what the other one was thinking. He pushed her back against the bed and climbed on top of her. He kissed her lips. Then he untied her robe. She ran her fingers over his body and down to his Levi's. She slowly unbuttoned them and her fingers slipped down into them. He just looked at her and kissed her soft, warm lips. She gently guided him into her. He could feel his body into hers as he continue to kiss her. She wrapped her long slender legs around his waist. Then moved her hands up his back and stopped them at his shoulder. She held onto him as tight as she could. He looked up at her and kissed the end of her nose. She rolled him over and kissed his bare chest with her lips. He ran his hands through her hair and pulled her closer to him. He opened his mouth and his tongue slipped inside her. She pulled away longer enough to shift him under her. Then, she kissed his neck and then his lips. Before her tongue entered his mouth again she kissed his top lip and sucked on it. As they were about to get lost into each others bodies she heard the front door open and a little voice yell, "Mommy!"

She quickly moved off of Jarod and tied her robe. "I'll be back." she said quickly.

She met Catherine half way up the stairs. "Mommy."

"Yes." Parker answered as she looked down at her daughter.

"Can I stay at Debbie's tonight?"

"If it is alright with Broots."

"Uncle Broots said he doesn't care."

"Where is your brother?" Parker asked.

"He is still over at uncle Broots'. We will bring him home later. We are watching a movie."

"Okay. Well, you better hurry up get back over there." Parker said as she hurried her daughter out the door.

"Okay mommy." she said as she gave her mother a kiss.

Parker shut the door and quickly went back to Jarod. When she got back up there he was still laying on the bed. She laid beside him and gave him a kiss. Then she heard him snore. "Great!" she said. She got up and finished gettting dressed. She took Sydney and they went down stairs.

After a while Jarod gave downstairs he saw his wife laying on the couch watching TV with his daughter laying on her chest.

"Why didn't you come back up stairs?"

"I did and you were asleep."

"Oh." he said. Then he walked over to her and said, "I'm awake now."

"I'm not in the mood now." she said as she continue watching TV.

Jarod kissed her neck and said, "Come on. We can finish where we left off."

"Maybe later." she said as she pushed him out of the way.

"Fine." he answered. He sat down in the chair beside her. He kept his eyes on her. He wanted to touch her again, to feel her warm body beside his. Then he said, "Can I lay beside you?"

She looked over at him and said, "I guess." smiling.

He quickly got up and moved to the couch. He laid his head across her legs and hugged her. They stayed there until Catherine returned home with Kyle.

*********

A few days later, they were packing their belongings up getting ready for the move. Jarod had everything at the door. He couldn't find his wife. He went up the stairs and found her in the bedroom. Parker was looking out the window when he walked in. She turned to him and said, "I wanted to take one last look."

"It's beautiful isn't it?"

"Yeah, I am going to miss it."

"We don't have to leave."

"Yes, I have to." she said as she took his hand. "Come on. We have a plane to catch."

**********

Parker took Jarod's hand before she walked into the Centre. Jarod turned to her and said, "Why are you nervous?"

"I never thought I would be going in here with you." she said softly.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah." she answered. She dropped his hand and walked into the Centre's front doors. Jarod waited in her office.

Parker walked into a big room. She walked over to a table with several people staring at her.

"I'm glad you could make it. I know this was short noice but I do appreciate everyone's attendence." Parker said as she sat down in her chair.

"What's this meeting about?" a man from the other end said.

"I'm glad you bought that up. I am here to tell you about some changes that are going to take place here."

"What kind of changes?" another man said.

"Changes for the better."

"Yeah, well we like things the way they are." the same man said.

"If you don't like this changes you are free to go."

"What do you mean by go?" somone else asked.

"You can leave and never come back." she answered.

"We are listening." a man from the right of her said.

"Well, first off I would like to say the hunt for Jarod is over. He can't hurt you."

"Why do you say that?" Lyle says as he walks into the room.

"Because Raines was the only one that could hurt you and now he is gone." she said as she turned to him. "Now let me finish." she replied sternly.

"Okay, we are listening." someone said for the other end of the table.

"The Centre is now going help children with their abilties not experiment on them. I have added some new people to the board to help with this."

"Oh really. Who?" Lyle asked.

"Well, I will introduce them to you." she said as she motion for Sam her long time acquaint. He left the room and returned shortly. He shook his head and she continued. "I think you all know Sydney and Mr. Broots." she said as they entered the room. "They are going to be joining us once again. I believe you all have heard about the other person I am going to introduce." Then Jarod walks in. She turns to him and then back to the board. "This is Jarod. I believe you know who he is. He is going to help the children use their abilities."

Lyle turned to her and said, "I can't believe you. You brought the man we have been chasing for so long to be a board member."

"That's right, Lyle. He can help the children better than any of us. And I told you, you are free to leave if you don't like these changes."

"No there, fine." he answered softly.

A woman from the far corner stands up and says, "I think it is a wonderful idea. She has a point. Who better to help than the one with a special gift?"

"Thank you." Parker answered. "Any one else like to comment." Parker looked around the room. "Okay, this meeting is ajourned."

Everyone gets up and walks out. Lyle walks over to her and says, "I can't believe you. You have been hiding him all this time."

Parker gets up from her sit and looks Lyle in the eyes and says, "You will leave him alone. And let me tell you something little brother, if you try to pull any of the stunts our father or Raines did you WILL go down. Do you understand?"

"May I ask why?"

"You mean daddy didn't tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"Jarod is my husband."

Lyle looked her and then at Jarod. "You mean you are married to him." he said as he pointed to Jarod.

"That's right." Parker answered as she smiled.

"HE is Catherine's father?" Lyle said.

"Yeah, and we have more children now. So, I am telling you if you mess with him, you mess with me. Got it!" She pointed her finger at him.

"Yeah, I got it." he said as he stormed out of the room.

Sydney turns to her and said, "That went good."

"Come on let's go home." Parker said as she took Jarod's hand and Sydney's arm. They walked out of the Centre and didn't looked back.

"You know, tomorrow is another day." Jarod said as they got in car to leave.

"Tell me about it." Parker answered as they headed home.

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