Runaway

Our baby

"Noah?" She said quietly.
He looked her up and down as she remembered all the places Tommy hid guns in her house.
"Is it mine?" He asked.
"Oh wait...it couldn't be because you got the clap from some low life wannabe gangster and I couldn't touch my own wife."
"Even if it was yours, you'd kill it."
"Just like I'll kill this one." He said.
Charlotte quickly ran to a drawer to get a gun out and he ran over to her and slammed her left hand in the drawer and she screamed. She elbowed him right in the ribs and he gasped for air which gave her enough time to punch him one good time. Charlotte started towards the door and right as she opened it, he slammed it shut. He punched her and then grabbed her throat and slammed her head against the door.
          "Seriously babe? You really didn't think I'd go through the house and find the guns." He smirked.
   Charlotte just looked at him. She knew there's no way he found all of the guns...especially upstairs because Tommy was smarter than him. He gripped her throat harder and leaned in really close.
          "I'm doing this baby a favor. You're too damaged to be a mother, darling." He whispered and then made eye contact.
Charlotte spit in his face and then kneed him in the groin three times. He stumbled back and she hit him in the face a few times. Charlotte grabbed his arm and did her little move and kicked his leg to knock him down to break his arm. He yelled in pain as he grabbed his arm.
          "Thanks for teaching me that move, babe." She said.
That wasn't stopping Noah.  He got up and she ran upstairs because she thought she could lock herself in a room and find a gun. She had a good head start and she made it into a room and locked the door. Charlotte tore the room up looking for a gun, but couldn't find one. She started to panic, but calmed herself down because that wasn't going to get her anywhere.
          "Calm down, Charlotte. You have a baby to protect." She whispered to herself.
Noah was trying to beat the door down as Charlotte looked for any type of weapon. She looked in the closet and there was a bat and it had Finn's name carved into it.
          "Finn..I love you." She whispered.
She heard a gunshot and Noah laugh.
          "Looking for this?" He yelled.
Noah finally kicked the door down and stormed in. He looked around and didn't see Charlotte until he turned around and she came out from behind the door. She hit him in the hands and the gun went off as she knocked it out of his hands. Charlotte proceeded to hit him in the chest with the bat and then she got one good clean shot to his face, but it wasn't enough. Noah jerked the bat away from her and broke it over his knee with ease. Charlotte went for the gun on the floor, but Noah threw her down and got on top of her. He hit her a few times and then he put both of his hands around her throat and started to squeeze. Charlotte could feel all the air leaving her body and she was finally starting to fear for her baby's life. She turned her head as she struggled and saw the broken bat. Charlotte used the last of her strength to pick up the broken bat and stab him with it. She stabbed him in the stomach and he got off of her and she quickly stood up. Noah slowly stood up and put his hand to his stomach as he looked down at it.
          "You're finished, you bitch." He said and then went after her.
Charlotte ran out and he slammed her against the hall wall. They wrestled around and even though he was badly injured, he was a big guy so he overpowered her.
          "Noah. Stop." She screamed.
He threw her down the stairs and she laid at the base of her steps. Charlotte was badly hurt and she knew something wasn't right. Noah laughed as he slowly walked down the stairs.
          "I bet that did it." He smirked.
There was a little round table against the wall right behind her. She looked up under it and saw a gun. Noah was smirking as he got down to her.
          "Well if that didn't do it, this will." He laughed as he started after her.
He thought he had won, but he didn't.
          "You missed one." Charlotte said as she pulled the gun out and shot him twice.
He slowly fell to the floor as she stayed on the base of the steps. She watched him bleed out and eventually die.
          "You bastard." She whispered as the tears fell down her face.
She put her shaking hands to her face as the adrenaline started to wear off and the pain started to kick in. Charlotte couldn't look away from him. She's never killed anyone before and she was going into shock.
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Isaiah was watching the betting den while everyone was at the wedding. He heard the gunshots and ran to the church and found Tommy.
          "Tommy, I heard multiple gunshots around your house."
          "Charlie." Alfie said as he ran out the door.
The guys followed him and they got to her house. Tommy opened the door and he saw blood.
          "Shit." Finn mumbled.
Tommy and the guys walked in and they looked at Charlotte at the bottom of the steps. Tommy ran over and bent down.
          "He...he threw me down the stairs."
Tommy held her face and she put her hand on her stomach and he could tell her left hand was broken just by looking at it.
          "Tommy, something's wrong." She said as the tears flowed down her cheeks.
Alfie was bent down at Noah's body. Tommy turned and looked at Alfie and Alfie shook his head. Tommy looked back at Charlotte who was staring at the body as she shook.
          "I...I killed him.....I killed him....I...I...I killed someone." She whispered.
          "Shhh it's okay, Charlotte. Just close your eyes." He said.
Tommy picked her up and started to walk out. Alfie, Michael, John, and Finn all looked at her. The tears falling down her bruised and bloody face.
          "Charlotte." Michael whispered.
          "The baby, Tommy....something's wrong. What if I..what if." She whispered.
          "It's okay, Charlotte. You're okay." Tommy said as her head was rested on his shoulder.
They all got her to the hospital and the nurses came and put her on a gurney. Tommy and the guys started to follow them, but a nurse stopped them.
          "You can't go any further until we examine her."
          "But that's the mother of my child...I have a right." Tommy said.
          "I'm sorry. You will have to wait." She said and then ran off.
Tommy had his hands on top of his head and John patted his chest and got him to go to the waiting room. Tommy was pacing, Finn and Michael were just looking down, and John and Alfie looked like they could kill someone. Polly and Ada came in and tried to talk to Tommy, but he wasn't saying a word.
Grace stormed in.
          "Seriously Tommy? You just left me at the wedding?" She yelled.
Tommy stopped in his tracks and looked at her.
          "Charlotte and I may have just lost our baby and you're worried about being left at some wedding?" He yelled back.
          "You know the deal." She said quietly.
Tommy grabbed her throat and everyone stood up.
          "You're going to hang." She struggled.
He gripped tighter and pulled her closer.
          "If I lose the woman I love and my baby...hanging will be a kindness."