Dangerous Daddy

Chapter 30

Now that Cooper was out of the office building he realized that he should have kept Marcus alive long enough to take some of his anger out. He was livid and really didn't want to go too far with Natalie, yet.

Gritting his teeth at his own stupidity, he marched over to his awaiting car. He was happy that Sam had turned the radio on to mask the sound of gunshots, but he was angry that his brother had put a teary eyed Natalie into the backseat and sat himself in the front passenger seat. It was clear to Cooper that Sam was trying to manipulate him into driving to keep him away from Natalie, even if it was just for the short drive.

Cooper knew that Sam had the best intentions and it was probably a good idea, but he didn't like other people trying to decide things for him. The whole situation just added fuel to his already raging fire.

Cooper climbed into the drivers seat without a word, turned off the radio, and sat still in the silence. He had a white knuckle grip on the steering wheel and refused to start the car. A fire fight with the police was bound to break out any second, they had roughed up the security guard and murdered a man after all.

"I think we should-" Sam tried to reason with his brother, but stopped mid sentence when Cooper turned a deadly glare on him.

Coopers hand shot out and punched Sam in face with as much strength as he could muster in the confines of the vehicle. Sams head snapped back into the side window, the crunch of his nose breaking broke the tense silence within the car.

"Don't try and think for me." Cooper said before tangling his hand in Sams hair and smashing his bloody and bruised face into the dashboard.

Sam knew he wouldn't get away with the seating arrangements, but he had hoped it wouldn't turn physical, at least not in front of Natalie. He took the pain with as much dignity and strength as he could, trying to put on a brave face for the poor girl.

Natalie had screwed her eyes shut when she heard Sams nose break. She didn't want to see him get hurt anymore, she was already riddled with guilt from the knowledge of what she assumed had happened to Darren.

"Lets get you home shall we?" Cooper spoke to Natalie, watching her small face scrunch up avoiding eye contact with world around her.

The drive back to the house was quiet. Sam sat still, willing his bleeding nose to stop before Natalie could see how much blood he'd lost already. He snuck a few glances into the backseat only to see Natalie physically shaking with fear.

Sam wanted to tell her that everything would be okay, and warn her about the inevitable suffering that was surely coming her way, but he didn't dare. Cooper would never allow for her to be coddled right now, the rage emanating from the man driving the car was too well known to Sam. He knew enough to keep his mouth shut and his head down.

The drive was over quickly, thanks to the disregard of many traffic laws and speed limits. As they pulled up to the front of the house, Coopers phone rang. Checking who it was he hurriedly exited the vehicle to answer.

Sam watched Cooper leave the car and immediately turned to face Natalie. "Do whatever he says." He warned, keeping an eye out for his brother. "Natalie, look at me." He paused waiting impatiently for her to finally open her eyes and see the full extent of his facial injuries.

"I'm so sorry he hurt you." She whimpered, a fresh set of tears threatening to fall.

"I'm fine, but you wont be if you don't listen to me. You have to show him you're sorry and that you wont do it again. Obey him, Natalie, or you're going to be a lot worse off than this." He gestured to his beaten face.

Sam had a lot more he wanted to say, but Cooper was finished with his phone call and opened the back door to retrieve Natalie. He watched her shakily undo her seatbelt and slowly climb out of the car, taking the hand offered to her from Cooper. Sam said a silent prayer for them both.