Chapter 13

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Rudy and Abby sleep all through the night. Sheila takes care of Willo the entire time. She tells him stories about their family comes from Salem and that they have had some of the most powerful witches in their bloodline. When Willo starts to fuss, Sheila calms him down and takes him to the kitchen to make him a bottle. As she gets the water ready, she notices that Willo is fixated on it. The more she moves him the more he trys to look at the water. She finally shuts the water off and finishes making his bottle. She walks to her room where she sits on the bed and gets comfortable then begins to feed Willo. "After your bottle baby, were gonna lay you down so we can get some rest." As Sheila is feeding him he starts to fall asleep. "What a sweet boy you really are." Sheila pulls the bottle from his mouth when she sees he is no longer feeding and places it on the nightstand. She carries Willo to his bed and lays him down.

The next morning Sheila wakes up to the sweet coos of Willo. "What an amazing baby you truly are. No fussing in the middle of the night. Did you sleep the whole time?" The baby starts to babble a bit. "Well then, you must be super hungry. Let us go to the kitchen after I change that diaper of yours. As soon as Willo is all changed and dressed again, Sheila takes him to the kitchen where she sees Rudy and Abby talking. Rudy is making some coffee. "How did the parents sleep?" Rudy laughs and says "Just like a baby." Abby smiles. Sheila notices that she seems to be better. She has Rudy hold the baby and sit so she can make breakfast. During breakfast everything seemed to be going well. They all ate and talked. It was like nothing ever happened and Abby was back to her normal self. Rudy says "Well, breakfast was great. Do you mind if Abby and I spend time together with him?" Sheila shakes her head. "Of course not, I'm just the grandma. I suppose I can share. Besides I have some stuff I need to get done.

Rudy and Abby take Willo back to Abby's room. Rudy lays him on the bed and sits next to him. "Look at you little man. You're so happy in the mornings." Abby sits on the other side of Willo and cautiously reaches her hand over to touch his face. As she slowly puts her hand down, Willo reaches out and holds onto her finger. As this happens, as soon as their hands touch, Abby starts to cry. She picks him up and holds him to her chest. "I'm so sorry little one. It's going to be okay, I am here now." Rudy looks at them together. "I knew what your mom said wasn't the truth. Just look at you guys. Maybe she was tired and just dreamt that you tried to hurt him." Rudy stands up. Walks over to Abby's side of the bed, leans down and kisses them both. "I'm going to go check on your mom and see why she told me the story she did." Rudy walks out of the bedroom in search Sheila.

Abby was rocking Willo and looking down at him. "How could you be a boy?" She stands up and goes into her bathroom and closes the door. She sets Willo down on the rug and starts to run water in the tub. As the tub fills, Abby bends down and picks Willo up. "I'm sorry that I had to bring you into this world. I am sorry you aren't what was promised. I need to get rid of you once and for all." Abby shuts the water off and removes Willo from his blanket. She slowly starts to move him into the tub. Willo starts to fuss a little. As Abby is lowering him into the tub she's staring into his hazel eyes. "You're not meant to be her." And she pushes him in the tub under the water.

Rudy finds Sheila digging through a closet for some old toys and some blankets. "Why the hell did you lie? Abby is perfectly fine with him." Sheila stands up and turns around. "What do you mean?" Rudy crosses his arms over his chest. "If you wanted me to be here, all you had to do was ask. There was no need for you to go into this long story about how Abby tried to kill our son and how she isn't herself. Tonight, I am taking my wife and my son home." Sheila starts to open her mouth when she notices the lights start to flicker. Rudy looks around and asks "What's that?" The lights begin to flicker more then suddenly get really bright then go out. Sheila gasps. In shock her and Rudy both notice the house seems to shake. Then in the silence, they hear the baby cry. "Where's Willo?" Sheila asks panicked. "With his mother. She's fine now. You don't need to worry." Sheila pushes past Rudy and runs to the bedroom. She notices that Abby and Willo aren't there. She throws open the bathroom door and sees Abby. Rudy comes rushing in next. He runs to Abby and screams "The baby!" Rudy grabs a hold of Abby. She lets go of Willo. Sheila reaches into the tub and grabs Willo out. In that moment she notices that there seemed to be an air bubble around the baby. She pulled him out and his clothes were dry. Willo opened his eyes and they were a bright violet. Rudy lets go of his wife and looks at the baby. "Is he alright? Why isn't he making any sounds?" Willo looks to his father and Rudy sees his bright violet eyes. "He's one of you isn't he?"


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