JARED"Hey babe." My wife, Mia, stepped in through the door.

I raised my face from the computer on my office desk to offer a smile. "Hey wifey."

She came around the desk to sit on my lap. I pushed away the computer to give her space to sit comfortably.

My hands went around her waist.

It's been five years since we got married. Mom and me decided not to go with the kidnapping plan because there were loopholes. We didn't want to tell the media a lie that would return to haunt the Johnson family — ...