Love Always Wins

Chapter Sixteen

Marco was lying on the couch staring at the ceiling. He got up and went out back and sat on a lounge chair and just stared at the water in the pool. He heard the front door open and close. He didn't move from the chair. Trisha came out and sat down beside him.

"Go ahead, yell, hit me, scream at me for breaking your best friend's heart again," Marco said.

"I can't do that because I know you are already hurting, how are you bro," Trisha said.

"I'm broken inside," Marco said.

"The baby?" Trisha asked.

"She's mine, we are doing joint custody, she's with Emma doing the week and I have her on weekends," Marco said.

"She doesn't want you back?" Trisha asked.

"No, she's seeing a guy who wants her and the baby, he was glad she was going to tell me about the baby being mine," Marco said.

"So I have a niece," Trisha said.

"Yeah," Marco said.

"If you need anything, just tell me," Trisha said.

"I saw Brie moved out," Marco said.

"Yeah, bro, but I don't know where she went, she didn't tell me because she figured you would get it out of me," Trisha said. They heard the front door open and close and Daniel came out.

"Hi baby girl, hi son," Daniel said.

"Hi Daddy," Trisha said.

"I guess you know," Marco said.

"Yeah, son, I know," Daniel said.

"I lost the love of my life," Marco said. Trisha hugged her brother. Daniel hugged them.

"I'm here for you, son," Daniel said.

"We both are," Trisha said. They left awhile later. Marco sat there for awhile and got up and went to the kitchen and got something to eat. The doorbell rang. He opened it and saw a guy standing there with an envelope. He handed it to him and left. Marco closed the door and opened the envelope and saw the contents. Brie filed for sole custody of their baby and gave him no visitation and even got a restraining order against him. He called his dad and sister and told them. They came over with Sam, Nate, Kristen, Lucy, Greg, Amy, Ben, and Carrie. Sam looked over the papers. He looked at everyone.

"I think she went too far with these," Sam said.

"Yeah she did," Nate said.

"Wait a minute here, it says she got this because she fears for her life, she thinks Marco would hit her again," Sam said.

"I would never do that to her," Marco said.

"He would never hit a woman," Trisha said.

"How did you get them?" Sam asked.

"A guy delivered them," Marco said. Trisha got out her phone and flipped through them and found a picture.

"Bro, was it him?" Trisha asked. Marco looked at the picture. His eyes widened.

"That's him," Marco said.

"Son of a bitch, that's Lance, I'm calling the guys," Trisha said. She went to make phone calls.

"Oh my god," Marco said.

"He did these papers so you wouldn't go to her, that you would have to stay away from her," Ben said.

"So he could be with her again," Amy said.

"But where is she?" Lucy asked.

"Grandma and Grandpa's?" Nate asked.

"Probably not, because if she hate me, she wouldn't go there where all the memories are," Marco said.

"We have to find her," Trisha said.

"Did you call the guys?" Lucy asked.

"Yep, they are mobilizing," Trisha said.

"He's so dead," Nate said.

"Nathan!" Sam said.

"I'm sorry Dad, but he's gone too far," Nate said.

"Hey guys, Dana just texted me, she said Brie is at the office," Trisha said.

"Okay, let's go, Marco, can you watch Carrie?" Amy asked.

"Sure can," Marco said. Everyone left except Daniel who stayed with Marco and Carrie.