The story of us// baby bundle

Pt.5

The family of four were just sat in bed, talking and laughing, when Marjorie's phone went off. She looked down at the notification.

Roger.

"Who is it gorgeous?" Reece asked.
"The owner aka your lovely dad." She said sarcastically.
"Roger." Reece rolled his eyes.

Niamh and Nova looked at eachother, confused.
"Who's Roger?" They both say.
"Roger is my dad girls." Reece replied, looking at his daughters.

"I'll be back in a minute." She smiled softly, walking out of the room.

Reece smiled back at her and turned to look at his daughters, Nova was still confused.
"What's wrong princess?" He asked.
"Why have we never met Roger. I wanna meet him!" She said happily.

Reece's demeanour changed entirely after hearing that. He became more tense. The girls wanted to meet Roger? It's not like his dad knew he had children anyway. No, he wouldn't let it happen. After everything in his past, that wouldn't be happening. One memory in particular came to mind.

1998- autumn 10 Reece 12.

Roger had gotten really drunk that one night and was taking it out on Reece. Autumn saw it all happen. The hitting. The screaming. The blood. The bruises. The pain. Everything. She didn't need to see that, she didn't deserve to see that. She was only ten, her childhood was not yet complete, but neither was Reece's. He'd spent so many years protecting autumn, he forgot to take care of himself.

When Roger was done with him, he ran immediately over to autumn, doing the exact same to her. Reece just managed to stop him in time, getting beaten more.

"Go upstairs aut, I'll be there soon." He just managed to get out between hits.

She did as she was told and ran upstairs, scared for her big brother. This wasn't the first time their dad had done this. He did the same thing the day their mum left. Lucky, Mia was there that time. Now, it was just autumn on her own.

Reece finally came upstairs hours later. His face and arms were covered in bruises, his nose was busted open, she couldn't bare to see him like that.

"Reece!" Autumn squealed at the sight of him.
"Autumn, you didn't deserve to see that." He said, breathlessly.
"I don't care! Look at you!"
"It's fine aut, I'm fine. I'm more concerned about you. Did he hurt you, are you okay?" He asked, running over to her.
"Sit down, rest. It's been hours, you must be exhausted." She told him.
"I can't take that Reece. I know what he's like, if anything you need to rest, you look absolutely terrified."
"I'm terrified because I'm worried sick about you. I hate him." Autumn exclaimed.
"As do I aut, we'll be okay soon. I promise."

Present day.

"Daddy!" Niamh shouted.
"Sorry darling, yeah?" He questioned.
"So, can we see Roger!" She squealed.

Reece noticed in that moment just how much Niamh genuinely did look like him. She had most of his facial feature, and she had the same temper as him. It really scared Reece, hopefully his sweet daughter wouldn't end up like him in the future.

"No, you can't. He's a bad man." Reece explained.
"I hate bad men." Nova said.
"Yeah, he's like the villains we see on tv. A very bad man."

Just the, Marjorie walked into the room, she looked scared.

"Marj?" Reece said.
"Mhm." She hummed in response.
"What did he want?" He asked.
"Your dad's booked a me a business trip to visit another one of his nursery's, as if the one in America wasn't bad enough." She scoffed.
"Do you want to go?"
"I have to, it's booked for tomorrow." She sighed.
"Tomorrow, on such short notice!"
"Well your dad is a monster."
"You can say that again."