Killer

022

Sky

I walk over to Killer after putting the kids down for a nap, ignoring the aching pain in my breast.

He was sitting on the couch, clutching the vodka bottle and keeping watch.

"How are you feeling, Damien?"I ask, taking a seat next to him.

He sighs, placing his hand on my thigh.

"I'm sorry I got you into this."he says softly.

"It's okay Damien. How's your shoulder?"I question as I look at his bandages.

He looks up at me.

"You know I'm going to protect you, right?"he says, causing me to chuckle.

"Are you a little drunk, Damien?"I ask, cupping his cheeks.

"Maybe a little. But it's helping with the pain."he says as I lean forward a bit.

I hiss as my breast hits the back of the couch and I immediately sit back.

"Speaking of pain."Killer says, sitting up a bit concerned.

"It's fine. I think I just waited too long to pump. I couldn't even feed Tiana off this one, it's clogged."I huff.

"Clogged? What's clogged? Your nipple? Is that gonna happen to all of us?"he questions, making me laugh.

"No, Damien. One of my milk ducts is blocked. I'll just need a hot shower and some pumping."I say.

"Does that happen all the time?"he asks, gently massaging the muscles on his injured shoulder.

"It used to when I had Zac. I don't know what it was about him but I got clogged so often I had to stop breastfeeding. Ben had to drive me to the hospital once."I say.

"Ben. That your husband?"he asks.

I nod.

"Um, I'm gonna hop in the shower okay."I say, standing up.

"Okay. I'll be in in a little while, still wanna look out."he says.

I nod and walk towards the bedroom.

.....

I sit with my hand held pump, hissing with each squeeze of the handle.

I hear the door open and I look up, seeing killer quietly stepping in.

"Hi. You okay?" He whispers as not to wake the baby sleeping on the bed.

I pump once more and his again before shaking my head.

"The blockage didn't pass."I say softly as he walks over to me.

"I'm sorry. "He says before bending down and kissing my forehead.

I instantly noticed that blood had soaked through his bandages.

"What did you do Damien?"I sigh as I run my fingers over the wet bandages.

"I might've reinforced the doors a little bit."he says.

"Get me my kit, I'll change them."I say as I take the pump away from my breast.

He picks up the kit from the dresser and walks it over to me as I drop my shirt.

"It can't be too bad."he sighs as he sits before me and I squirt some hand sanitizer on my hands.

"It shouldn't be too bad."he says as he sits down before me.

I carefully begin to remove the bandage and I see one of his stitches had popped open.

"Yeah right."I huff, making him chuckle.

He then takes his head as he looks down and I begin mending his stitches.

"Damien. Why did you move into that house?"I ask softly.

He sighs.

"Witness protection."he says.

"Protection from what?"I ask.

"I don't know if I should tell you."he chuckles.

"I just pulled a knife out of your shoulder 2 hours ago. You really can't tell me?"I say, making him huff.

"A job I did. Before I quit. It's what actually made me have to stop."he says.

"He was a dirty cop. Did some terrible things to a few women he arrested. But then he arrested one of our girls. Sonny. She was my apprentice."Killer says.

"Oh no."I say softly.

"He tried to make her sleep with him to get out of being arrested. She said no. I guess she said something more than that considering what happened next."

"He beat her so bad she lost brain function. She was essentially paralyzed. He raped her and then rolled her into a ditch, face down. When it rained she...she couldn't roll over and she drowned. In a ditch."he says.

I feel his body temperature rising from his shoulders.

".. when Hog told me about it I went berserk. I blacked out for maybe two hours. When I came back around, I was on top of him...just beating his face in with my bare hands. Laughing when I was doing it."he says as I noticed him running his finger over a thick scar on one of his knuckles.

"...that's atrocious."I say bluntly.

He nods.

"I know. That's why I had to get out. I was enjoying it too much. I had to stop then or I was never going to get out."he says quietly.

I carefully remove the broken stitches as I listen to him.

"I brought it up to hog, he was in board at first. But then, something happened to another set of our girls. "He says softly.

"..is that where you went in the middle of the night?"I ask.

He nods again.

"Yeah. I didn't really have a choice at that point. Boss man calls, I gotta run."he says.

"..and where is boss man now that all this is happening?"I ask.

"He'll help when he can. As of right now, if he helps the rest of the gang is in danger."he says, looking over at his shoulder as I gently clean his wound.

"...I'm sorry I got you into this mess, Sky."he says.

He had been saying this constantly.

"It's okay. You're going to keep us safe."I say.

"I'll never let anything happen to you. Or the kids."he says softly.

I smile gently as he relaxes his shoulders, laying back against me.