Family Reunion

3. Where's My Son

"Shit, shit, shit!" Charles yelled. "Dad calm down!" Jimmy raised his voice to his father. Charles, Jimmy and Tommy including Gabriel all headed back to the store in the small town to find Buddy but when they got there he was gone. And no one had seen anything. "What should we do dad?" Tommy asked, he wanted to kill the clerk who was a woman and have her served for dinner. She was overweight and could be slow roasted. 

"Ma'am could you maybe take a ride with us and maybe see if you can help us find my grandson please I'm begging you." Charles said, he knew that he anted to kill her as well but he wanted to find Buddy. "Of course. You got room in your truck? I can't drive which is why I don't got a car." She said sweetly. 

"Mary where are you going?" Susan her co-worker asked. "These gents lost a little boy when they came in here earlier and I'm gonna help them find him. That poor boy must be so frightened. I wish I had kept a better eye on him. I saw him playing with some toy plane but lost sight of you guys. Then a customer needed my assistance." Mary said in tears. 

"There, there dear, you didn't know." Gabriel said hugging her. "Come on, and Ma'am you can also join u if you like." Gabriel said pointing at Susan. "No, no that's alright I guess I'll see you later Mary be safe please." Susan said hugging her best friend. 

Mary left with Charles and them to help find Buddy. Few hours had passed and no sight of Buddy anywhere and Mary desperately needed to use the toilet. "Can we please pull over? I really have to go." She squirmed for a bit in the back seat. "Don't worry, we'll let you out soon." Gabriel said as he drove. Charles his head hanging out the window calling or his grandson. Tommy was scared for his little boy he was worried since the world is so dangerous. 

Time went by and they got back to Gabriel's home. "Where are we?" Mary asked in fear. "We are at my house dear, you get to meet our wives and other sons and nephews." Gabriel said as he put the truck in park and they walked Mary inside with wobbly legs she walked. "Don't worry dear." Charles said with a grin on his face. They walked Mary inside and everyone stared at them. "Tommy, how was town?" Carried asked. Everyone looked at the men and knew something wasn't right. 

"What is it?" Carrie asked rushing over to Tommy. "Where's my son? Where's Buddy?" She asked. Carrie started to get teary eyed. "Ma'am I'm so very sorry. It was all my fault." Mary said crying. "What do you mean?" Carrie asked. "If I may please use the toilet then I can explain?" Mary asked once again. "Of course Mary dear, upstairs through the hall to your left." Gabriel said. 

Mary quickly raced to the bathroom upstairs and then came out not long after doing her business. She dried her hands again on a towel in the kitchen. Everyone sat at the table to listen to her. She explained how she watched him playing with some toy plane and then lost sight of him.

She shivered and cried telling them. "I'm so sorry. I have a little brother that I had to help raise and if I had lost him I would be out of my mind right now." Mary looked at Carrie who got up and came over to her, she sobbed when Carrie slapped her across the face. "Ow, please Carrie, I didn't mean to please." Mary cried. "Carrie!" Charles spoke in anger. "This isn't her fault now." Said Jimmy. 

"What? Yes it is. You guys are probably gonna kill me now right?" She asked. "What?" Charles said coming closer to her. "I deserve it." Mary said with tear soaked face. "Let's get her some food." Julie said standing up. "Yes let's, you girls get up and make some dinner." Mary stood up to help but she was sat back down by Tayler. "No girl you sit." "Yes, sir." Mary looked around at the house seeing the colors and the flowers that were inside the home and she saw it was a farm house. 

"This house is lovely." She said trying to calm down. "Thank you dear." Gabriel said with a smile. He looked up and down Mary's body to see her shaking. "Why are you frightened?" He asked. "I don't know, I just want to die." All the men looked at one another knowing that this girl wasn't right. Something was making her feel this way. It wasn't her fault. But she felt like it was. So she sat there, when dinner was served she waited for everyone to get themselves a plate before getting her own. Food passed around, and she grabbed two slabs of meat that had been fried. "Dear you can get more if you like." Said Noah. 

"I'm already big enough, I should cut back." Mary said politely. "Well in this family we make sure everyone gets their fill so please help yourself." He said. So Mary got another slab of meat and some potatoes and greens. 

Mary started to slowly forget her feelings as she watched this family. She had gone through her whole life being depressed and wanted to die anyway but couldn't go through with it. So she was hoping these people would kill her. 

"So Mary you said you had a little brother how old is he now?" Said Gabriel. "Oh he's about twenty now, I'm thirty." "Oh, does he have a wife?" Charles asked. "No, not really, he went away for college and I stayed in town to run that store, my parents are both gone. It's hard going to an empty house alone." Mary went on about her brother, and how she missed him. 

But she still wished death would come. Dinner was finished and the girls helped each other clean up. The men went upstairs to talk. "We have to kill her, she has to be our meal." Tommy said. "Shut up Tommy, she's too sweet for this." Jimmy spoke up. "Since when you care?" Gabriel asked. "She doesn't seem like the type we should kill and eat." 

Time went by and it was late at night the men finally came down to the decision that they would kill Mary and eat her. She can't be let go. When they went down the stairs they were stopped by an angry Dylan. "Dylan move." Said Gabriel. Dylan was the fifteen year old. "What are you going to do to Mary?" He asked. "Have you been talking to that girl? She's far older than you." He said. 

"I don't care, I think she's cool. She's sweet, and caring." Dylan said as he wiped the tears from Mary's eyes. 

"When I'm of age I want to marry her, if she'll have me." The girls all looked at one another in shock. "Oh Dylan." Mary said in tears. "Please Mary, I will take care of you." He said getting on one knew with her hand in his. "When you are eighteen?" She asked. "Twenty, we have a tradition in this family." Dylan said with a smile. "Well, yes." Mary said. 

"You would want this body I'm not skinny." Mary said smiling. "I don't care. I'd make sure that you would enjoy our love making." Dylan said winking. "Ewe!" Heads turned and it was Hunter. "I mean um, aww that's sweet." "Shut up Hunter." Everyone said. 

"Well, looks like we got another person added to the family. Mary you can sleep with Dylan in his room." "Oh I couldn't possibly." She said smiling. "It's alright. Nothing will happen right now till I'm twenty." He said laughing. "That's enough, everyone it's very late and we should all be getting to bed." Gabriel said. Those who were staying in the house stayed but everyone else had their houses near by to sleep in. Dylan lived with Noah so he brought Mary to his room. They all made it to bed and turned out the lights and slept. 

(I know this chapter might be kind of lame but it was all I could come up with. LOL) Hope everyone is enjoying the new year.