Beautiful Love

Thirteen

Jax

I woke up in a dark room.

Nothing could be seen except for the bare walls and floors. The sound of whimpering grabbed my attention and I looked towards the closet.

I stepped out of bed and opened the door to see the three angels I've grown to love, with duct tape around their wrists and on their mouths.

"Daddy!" they all cried but it was muffled by the tape. They looked at something behind me and I turned around to see my father.

"What the fuck?" I was punched in the face but for some reason, I felt no pain.

"I told you to stay away from that whore!" my dad grabbed me by the collar and dragged me out of the room as three other men grabbed the triplets.

"Hey, let them go!" I fought against his grip but there was no use.

"Jaxon." my head snapped up towards the voice and I saw Maggie tied to a chair, beaten up and bloody.

"Angel..."

"Not so fast." a hand grabbed my shoulder and I looked up at Brittany.

"You leave her alone!" I yelled as she made her way over to Maggie.

"Jax." she spoke fearfully.

"Mama!" the triplets cried out. I wanted nothing more than to grab all four of them and hold them in my arms.

But I couldn't move.

I was frozen in place as Brittany approached her and punched her.

"Leave her alone!" I tried to run towards her but she just became a distant figure.

"Save Mommy!" Emmy yelled. I looked to see that the three of them were now lying unconscious on the floor.

"No..." my mouth dropped open seeing the blood on their little heads.

"Jaxon!" a blood curdling scream got my attention as several gunshot went off.

"Maggie, no!"

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Shooting up out of bed my chest heaved up and down and sweat overcame my skin.

Was that just a nightmare?

I jumped out of bed, rushing down the stairs and hallways. I stopped outside of the triplets room and braced myself before opening the door.

I let out a breath of relief seeing the babies asleep peacefully in their beds. Except for one.

"Sam." I whispered and ran towards Maggie's room. I burst through the door causing her to shoot up out of bed.

"Who the hell are you?" my eyes widened seeing her pointing a gun at me.

"Maggie, it's just me." I panted out.

"Jax? What the hell? I could have shot you!" she whispered through her teeth.

"Are you guys okay?" I asked noticing Samuel asleep against her chest.

"Yes, why wouldn't we be?" she asked, adjusting him in her arms.

"Nothing, no reason, uh..." I looked around awkwardly.

"C'mere." she motioned me over to her. I walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Come in, I don't bite." she rolled her eyes.

I sat against the headboard right next to her and ran a hand through my matted hair.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she wound her hand behind my head and threaded her fingers in my hair.

"Just uh, a bad dream. I thought something happened to you guys." I messed with my fingers before turning to look at her.