Forever is Perfect

Chapter 36

DRAKE POV

"She knows.." Nic said softly as she wiped her tears away.

"You told her?" I asked.

"No, Londyn did." She replied.

I turned to her mother, "I'm getting help. I promise I have been taking every precaution to make it stop. I want to be the one to protect her, not the one she needs protection from."

She made eye contact with Nic for a moment before replying, "Thats nice, but I'm not worried too much about Nic. Its Londyn thats the issue. And later AJ too."

"What do you mean?" I asked. "I would never hurt them, and Im not gonna hurt Nic anymore."

"Not physically.. But your relationship could effect them mentally. And children tend to mimick their parents, even the negative aspects." She made it a point to lock eyes with Nic towards the end.

"I'm not mimicking you. And Londyn won't mimick anyone." Nicki argued.

She pulled away from me, "where is Londyn anyway?"

"She was still asleep upstairs." I replied.

"Where is your husband?" Nic glared at her mom.

"Go." Her mother nodded towards the stairs.

Nic ran upstairs.

"Should I?" I asked.

"No Nic is fine." Her mother sat down.

"How are you so calm?" I asked.

"Nicki is not a helpless housewife." She winked.

"What do you mean?"

"She can endure a lot. But she only endures what she allows to happen." She said softly.

"I don't follow.."

"Nic could effortlessly beat anyone's ass if she wanted to. She just doesn't." She explained.

I thought back to the day she trapped me in the basement with a hammer.

"Why hasnt she done anything to protect herself from him?"

She shrugged. "You'd have to ask her that. I always guessed that deep inside she still loves him, he is her father after all."

"I guess so."

"She loves you a lot." She assured.

NICKI POV

I walked upstairs quietly, in just enough time to see him slip into the room where Londyn and AJ were sleeping.

I leaned against the wall outside the room to spy. Hoping that possibly he would actually do something good for once.

Londyn was just waking up. She wiped her eyes and crawled over to AJ's crib.

"Buenos días AJ." She whispered.

Then she looked up and saw him watching her.

"W-where's my mommy?" Her lip quivered.

"Did she say something bad about me?" He asked her.