The Boy With A Child

Chapter 57

                            Primrose's POV
"Do you know that, I know just about how many scars he has on his body?"

"Y-you do?"

"Yep. Unfortunately I do. He has 1,450 scars. All from Mason or Donovan or self inflicted."

"How do you know? He has so many tattoos."

"That's since, he covers all of them. He remembers where they are. He remembers why it happened. He's been shot. He's been stabbed. He said that, you even stabbed him."

"T-that's true."

"That's another reason for me to be overprotective. How do we know that...you're not just trying to get a chance just so, you can kill him."

"You have a good point. How do you think, he'll feel when he finds out, this is how you're talking to his mother?"

                                   Onyx's POV
I felt someone next to me. I opened my eyes quickly. I saw Marionette snuggling with me.

"Hey princess."

"Hi daddy!"

"Where's Prim?"

"She's talking to Grandma Cece."

"Do you know about what?"

"No."

Marionette rubbed her left eye.

"I don't hear any yelling so, I guess that's good. I don't feel like going down there. Do you think, I should?"

"I dunno. Daddy?"

"Hm?"

"I'm sad Grandma Cece came."

Shit.

"Why's that?"

"She always hurts you."

I sighed.

"That's sadly true. I know, she scares you."

"She makes me sad too."

"I know. She makes me sad too."

I moved some hair out of her face.

"I don't like being sad."

"I know. I don't like being sad too. It hurts me when, I see you sad."

Marionette started playing with my necklace.

"Daddy? Is it my fault she upsets you?"

"Oh no. No no. You had nothing to do with that. She was like that, before you were born. What made you think that?"

"Mason never liked me. He told me I was a mistake." She said as her voice cracked.

"Princess you're not a mistake. Amy and I talked about having you. Mason's just a meanie. I wouldn't change a thing."

"Really?"

"Yes. I went around, telling everyone I was expecting a daughter. We got judged since, we were only 14. I didn't care. People have their opinions. I just let them talk."

"Did you get scared?"

"I did. I didn't want to mess anything up. Now, I see that I didn't. I'm really proud of myself for that. I really, really don't want to go talk to my mother. Do you want to?"

"Nope. I don't want to be mean to her."

"That's a very good decision."

I heard Primrose scream. I ran downstairs. Primrose ran into my arms.

"Woah! What's wrong?! What'd you do?!"

My mother threw her hands up.

"Nothing! She was on the phone then screamed!"

"Baby? What's wrong?"

Sue burrowed her face into my chest.

"Honey? Why did you scream?"

"M-my cousin back in my home state...h-he..."

"He what?"

She gulped. She started holding my shirt so tight, I thought she'd rip it.

"Please don't make me say it! J-just don't!"

"Babe? How can I help if, I have no idea what's going on."

"He fuckin got into a car accident! H-his mom was drunk driving! T-the car wrecked! H-he's not doing well! My uncle said, I can't go see him!"

"Oh god. I-I'm so sorry love."

"Nyxy I'm so scared!"

I started rubbing her back.

"I have to see him! I have to!"

"Did they say why, you can't see him?"

"No! This isn't fair! H-he's only 16!"

"Baby...go hug Marionette. M-maybe that'll make you feel better."

"C-can you just h-hold me?"

"Sure. Let me know when, you want to get off your feet."

"I have to go!"

"Do you want me to sneak you in?"

"As great as that seems, I can't risk it!"

I heard little footsteps running.

"Why did you make my mommy sad?!"

"Woah! Princess this isn't her fault."

I crouched down.

"Marionette something really bad happened to one of mommy's cousins. His dad won't let her go see him."

"Did you just-"

"Yeah. I just said that."