You Are My Life

Chapter 19

A couple of months later, they planned a trip to Long Island to show off the baby. "Oh, he's adorable." Martha Grecco said. "You should've named him Andrew."

"Andrew? Why does that name sound familiar?" Chris asked her mother.

She slapped her. "Of course you wouldn't remember that name, you ungrateful brat."

"Mom?" Joe asked as he and Bryan entered the room.

"Martha, I think it's time you retired. Louise, can you take her to her room, please?" Roger motioned to a nurse that took Martha away.

"What's going on with mom and who's Andrew?" Chris asked.

"Andrew? What does he have to do with all this?" Joe said as his father looked nervously at Chris.

"Who's Andrew?"

"Andrew is our older brother. He's locked up in an insane asylum because he tried to kill you on various occasions when you were small." Joe said.

"What? Bryan, did you know about this?"

"Yeah, I remember Andrew."

"And dad? Why has nobody ever told me about this?"

"Because we thought it wasn't relevant."

"It wasn't relevant? I just learned that I have an older brother that tried to kill me."

"He's going to be locked up forever; there was no need to worry you." Joe said.

"Actually, he's not locked up anymore." Roger said.

"What?" They all said in unison.

"He escaped over a year ago. They haven't found him."

"Now that's something you should've told us." Joe said furious. "Has he been here? Is that why mom is acting that way?"

"That's why I sent Chris away to Chicago. He met with your mother and told her his job wasn't done. You know your mother went crazy after they locked him up. And with the years she got better, but after she saw him it got worse. That's why I didn't take her to Chicago for the wedding."

"His job, so he still wants to kill Chris?" Bryan asked.

"Why me? What did I do to him?"

"Be born. After you were born I admit all my attention went to you, you were my little princess. Your mother hated that I gave you so much more attention than the boys, so he would always hear us arguing about that, so he got into his head that he needed to get rid of you to have my attention back."

"She shouldn't be here." Joe said. "Bryan, we need to leave. Dad, you should've told us he escaped."

"Where's the baby?" Chris asked and panicked. "He was in the car seat right next to me. Where is he?"

"Dad, look in mom's room, we'll look around the house."

As Roger entered Martha's room he saw the empty car seat. "Martha, where's Alexander?"

"He's in a better place, Roger. Your daughter shouldn't be raising kids and stealing your attention even more."

"Where is he, Martha?"

"Andrew took him. He's going to take good care of him. He's going to make you proud so you can love him again."

"I never stopped loving him, Martha. He's my son, but he has done some horrible things and now you handed him a defenseless baby. Are you out of your mind?"

"He won't hurt him. He promised me."

"Like he promised time after time that he wouldn't try to kill Chris again?"

"Mom, where's Alexander?" Chris asked entering the room.

"Your big brother Andrew has him and he's going to take care of him for a while so you can have a break."

"Mom, please, I'm begging you. Where did he take my baby?" Chris said,crying.

"Your tears never worked on me, Chris. Go cry to your father. I don't know exactly where he took him."

"Bryan!" Chris yelled as she looked out the window. "Call the police, Andrew has him."