Living Dead - (completed)

Chapter 17

"Connie?!" Jacob shouted as all four of them ran upstairs.
She sat on the bed holding Tali with tears streaming down her face.
The diaries were spread out in front of her and she held one out to Jacob.
He picked it up and read over it, his heart breaking at every word.

I did feel bad, taking my daughters child away from her.
That's what drove me to it. I tried to kill him, because for some reason, just a tiny part of me felt that if I wasn't going to let her have him, then maybe I shouldn't let anyone else. I also felt that I shouldn't have a reminder out there of her stupidity.
Of course I changed my mind, he was just a baby and it wasn't his fault that neither Connie or Jacob could keep their pants up.

I was on my way to Julia's, passing the coast line with Mason sleeping in the back.
Not a peep out of him, so sweet and innocent.
Everything was becoming to much, he was there as a constant reminder of what I'd done to my daughter.
I pulled over, taking him from his car seat and walking along the pier.
It was cold, freezing in fact so I held him close to me until I got to the end.
I looked down at him, his soft brown skin, deep brown eyes, so perfect, yet such a mistake.
Slowly I stepped closer to the edge, until I reached the rail stopping people from plunging to their death on the rocks below.

No one would have known, no one would have suspected a thing.
To all my family, Mason was already gone.
Yes a baby would of been found, an unidentifiable baby because in the eyes of the law, he had never lived.
Connie would never have claimed the baby to have been hers if found, she'd already accepted that her baby was gone.
"Oh isn't he beautiful" a voice had snapped me out of my trance.
I had just smiled and nodded, realising that I was holding him a little too far away from my body for it to be considered safe and for the woman stood next to me to not get suspicious.
I'd made an excuse, told her I'd forgotten about the time and hurriedly left holding Mason close to my chest again, unable to go through with it.
For a fleeting moment, maybe I had loved my grandson.

Jacob bent down next to Connie and rubbed her arm, "shh it's ok, Mason's safe now. She didn't hurt him and she will never be able to" he said softly.
William took the diary from Jacob and held it in front of himself and Paula, out of the view of Mason.
"Let me see it" Mason said.
"You don't need to read this" Paula said.
"It's my life and I heard what dad just said, about her not being able to hurt me anymore so I want to know what it says!" Mason protested.
Jacob's ears snapped up, as did Connie's and they looked at each other, registering what Mason had just said.
"Let him see it. He's right, it's his life" Connie sniffled.
Jacob cuddled her and kissed her forehead gently as she began to calm down.

They both watched Mason taking the diary from William and slowly reading over it.
"She tried to kill me" he said, very little emotion in his voice as he was unable to process everything he was feeling.
"Mason" Connie said weakly as she placed Tali on the bed and stood up.
He turned to look at her, she was clearly broken as tears rolled down her cheeks and she looked as if she may fall apart.
Mason opened his arms and Connie moved in to his embrace, the others watching them and smiling.
"I love you mum" he said.
"I love you too" Connie replied, now producing happy tears.