After apologising to her dancers and coming up with an excuse to leave, she rushes home worried Marc might have done something to harm the children. Jen knows that he'd never intentionally hurt the twins but anything could happen while he's under the influence, and by the sounds of it he's pretty wasted.
Jen rushes out of the car before unlocking the door, barging in, "Emme?? Max??"
She looks around before going upstairs, hearing a movie playing in max's room, looking in to see the kids both laying on the bed, watching the TV.
Emme looks up at her as Jen sits on the bed next to them, the twins crawling over to her cuddling into her sides as Jen wraps her arms around them, "where's daddy...?"
Emme shrugs, sniffling a little as max says, obviously upset, Jen never having seen the kids so quiet, "he told us not to come out..."
Jen sighs, kissing their heads before getting up, "hey, everything will be okay, okay?"
They both look at eachother before nodding and looking back at the TV.
Jen shakes her head walking out of their room to look for Marc, heading to their room.
Jen looks around their room, upset that he's been drinking, trying to come up with a reason as to why.
She hears shuffling in her closet, walking over, opening the double door seeing Marc sat on the floor with a bottle of whiskey in his hand holding one of Jen's dresses, singing to himself.
Jen walks infront of him, looking down at him pissed off, "what the fuck are you doing Marc!?"
Marc looks up at her innocently smiling, "baby you're back, come here..."
He pats his lap as Jen stares at him not believing what she's seeing. She knows he likes his alcohol but never in a million years thought he'd be drinking while looking after the kids.
"Get out." She says bluntly, absolutely fuming. She grabs the bottle from his hand before pulling him up forcefully, smelling the alcohol on his breath.
Marc groans wrapping his arms around her sighing, "what's wrong Jenny? I just had a drink..."
Jen pushes him off her and pulls him out of the closet after grabbing her dress from his grip.
"I can't even look at you right now!!!" She tries pulling him out of their room as Marc roughly snatches his hand back looking at her, his eyes bloodshot.
Jen stares at him for a few moments seeing a look in his eyes she'd never seen before as he grins at her. "Come on Jen...don't be like that...give me a kiss"
Marc manages to get a tight grip on Jen's wrist pulling her close to him, forcing his lips onto hers.
She pulls away shaking her head in shock, trying to release her hand from his grip, which is getting tighter, as he says in a devilish tone, "the kids are cosy and watching a movie, it's just us baby girl."
"You can't touch me like this Marc! You're fucking hurting me!"
She struggles against his grip as he pushes her hard against the wall, scaring her further knowing he's much stronger than she is. "Of course I can touch you, you're my wife, you're mine Jen"
He pushes his body against hers, kissing her neck, making her cringe. "Get off me!"
She yells her eyes filling with tears not believing what's happening feeling his chest pressed against hers, not able to get away. Marc grins at her, completely wasted, holding both her wrists above her head. "You're so damn sexy..."
Jen shuts her eyes tight in frustration and anger, never having been treated this way, using her knee to kick him between his legs, making him groan and fall to the floor in pain.
As soon as he loosens his grip she takes her chance and runs out of their room, to Max's room where the kids are sleeping, glad they hadn't heard any of that.
She quickly wakes them up, carrying them downstairs. Emme mumbles in her arms as Jen straps them into the car, "mommy where we going..."
Jen gets into the drivers seat, looking back at the both, who's faces are completely confused as to why they'd left so suddenly, "To auntie Tiana's baby"
Emme and max look at eachother smiling, clueless. Jen drives towards her cousins house, so many thoughts and emotions taking over her mind.
They arrive at Tiana's a while later. Jen helps the kids out the back hoping Tiana can take them while deciding what to do. The kids knock on the door yelling out for Tiana as she answers to them. "Coconuts!! What're you doing here?"
Emme and max hug her legs as she ruffles both their hair, looking up at an obviously upset Jennifer. "Tia...I really need your help"
Jen sniffles a little at her doorstep as Tiana pulls her and the kids inside, entertaining them with a game on her iPad. "Jen talk to me..."
Jen sits at the kitchen counter with Tiana shaking her head, "me and Marc are having some problems...Tiana I don't want the kids to see us the way we are." She tears up as Tiana touching Jen's hand on the counter.
"Anything Jen, how long do you want me to keep them for?"
"Just until I know what's going on..a week maybe? You can take them to my mums aswell, I know I'm asking too much"
Jen looks down fiddling with her fingers feeling awful, trying not to cry.
Tiana shakes her head running her thumb over Jen's hand trying to comfort her, "don't be stupid, Jen I'll have them for as long as you need, and I'm always here if you need to talk..."
Jen nods, fiddling in her purse, handing her an envelope with a lot of money inside, "here, for all they need, if you need more just tell me okay?"
Tiana sighs, nodding at her, as Jen pulls her sunglasses on getting up, "I'll call you okay?"
Tiana nods, hugging her tight, "I hope everything works out Jen, I really do"
Jen nods biting her lip while hugging her back, holding back her tears. She walks into the living room to where the kids are playing games on the iPad explaining how she's got to work for a few days, kissing them both goodbye, trying her best not to cry.
