To be or not to be........a Cougar

Ch 35 .... Now, you listen to me and you listen good!

Jocelyn POV

When I got home from the interview and seeing Domnic, I noticed a note on my front door. After parking my car and going inside through the kitchen. I went to the front door to get the note off the door. But when I opened the door, Marcus was standing there.

He, not so gently, pushed me back in the house and started interrogating me. "Where the fuck have you been Joss? I've been waiting for you to come home all day. I need to talk to you about that boy toy of yours." he said as he grabbed a hold of my wrist twisting it tightly. I tried to pull away and get him calm by talking softly to him like I did at the cafeteria, "Hi Marcus. What'd you want to talk about?" But it's not working. The next thing I knew was that I was up against the wall with his hand around my throat with him screaming at me. "I know that you 2 broke up! But you don't seem to heart broken over it.   What?  He didn't do the job good enough?  You need to come to daddy.  I'll take good care of you and you know it."    I tried to pull away again but he is way stronger than I am.  

I didn't know what else to do so, I tried to explain to him, "Marcus, I am hurt over leaving him.  Didn't you see the look in his eyes when he came back in that dining room?    I'm only pretending that it doesn't bother me when I am in public.   You don't want him to know that I left him because of you, do you?  He would never let me give him up if he knew that it was because of you.  I love him and would do whatever is necessary to keep him alive and well."  SLAP   "Don't ever say to me that you love that bastard to my face.  You need to stay away from him before I have to get pretty boy's attention! You know what I mean, bitch?  If you want him to stay the way that he is and have children of his own one day, you might want to stay far away from him! I see that he got him a new and prettier woman... I don't know what he saw in your fat ass anyway." he spat at me before slapping me again across the cheek this time.   That's going to leave a mark and I hope that I can hide it from Domnic.  

I slowly raised my hand to my face where Marcus just hit me thinking if I had what I will be needing to cover this up before Domnic gets here when Marcus grabbed me by my hair and yanked me to stand in front of him screaming, "Are you listening to me bitch?  Now, you listen to me and you listen good.   You are mine and no other man is going to fuck what's mine.   I will forgive you of your so call relationship once he leaves after graduation.   Then I'm coming back home where I can give you what you need on a daily basis, bitch."   I couldn't take it anymore, what the hell does he want from me?  I lost the baby because of him and gladly gave him the divorce that he asked for.  And now he wants me back?   Is he fucking psychotic or what?

 "What do you want from me, Marcus?   Really?   There's no baby to tie you to me anymore.   I gave you the divorce that you wanted.   I didn't ask for any alimony, like you wanted.   So what is it?   Why are you back in my life?   What do you want from me now?" I begged of him while tears were starting to fall.   I just couldn't understand this man.   He grabbed my by the throat and slowly squeezed until I couldn't breathe.   I started to choke and gasp for air when I heard Star knocking on the door.   He must have heard the door too because he quickly threw me against the wall making me hit my head on the table in the foyer by the front door saying, "Since you didn't hear me the first time, you are mine and only mine.   You belong to me and no other man.   Remember that I can get to your boy from jail too.   And if you think that you can leave me and go back home to get away from me, think again bitch.   You better stay put."   Before he walked out, Star walked in screaming at him to leave me alone while talking to someone on the phone for the cops to hurry up.   When Marcus walked out the house, I passed out.

Domnic POV

I had been dodging Alex all fucking day.   My phone started ringing off the hook as I was going inside.   I was about to start to get ready to see my baby.   First it was Star calling.   Then Mac started, Mom and then Dad.   What the hell is going on!  I answered the phone not knowing who was going to answer since everyone was calling at the same fucking time.   All of a sudden I knew that something wasn't right.   "Hello?" was all I could get out before Star was crying all hysterical and shit.  "Star, calm down what's wrong?  I can't understand what you're saying.  Please slow down and take a breath." I said trying to get Star calm enough to get her to tell me what's got her all crying and shit.  "Thank goodness you answered!  It's Jocelyn......she's at the CMU hospital.  Please hurry.   The doctor says that she is stable enough to go home but she refuses to press charges on Marcus.   Get here and talk some sense into her, now!"

Before I knew it, I was back on my bike heading to the hospital.   I got there in less that 10 minutes.  Thank goodness that there were no cops around.  I would have gotten at least 3 tickets for the lights I ran.   Walking into the hospital and finding Jocelyn's room, there was a cop outside the room talking to Star.  "She's asleep right now.  They just decided to keep her through the weekend because of the pain in her ribs." Star said as she winced when she saw the look on my face when she said that my baby was in pain.   Taking a breath before I walked in, I wasn't prepared to see what I saw.   My baby was hooked up to machines, her head and ribs were bandaged and there was a fucking hand print on her cheek right below her gorgeous eyes.

I immediately walked over to the chair beside her bed and took her hand and kissed her forehead gently.   The police walked in and asked if I knew who may have done this to her.   "I don't have proof, but I know that her ex husband did this to her.   He has a tendency of putting his hands on her this way.   She even has a restraining order out against him, But I don't think that she will press charges on him.   He sent a text to her the other day that had her scared.   She thinks that he will come after me if we didn't break up.   We did break up but he still came after her."   The officer just took my statement like he did Star's and left.   He stated that he will be back when she wakes up.  

Whatever they gave Jocelyn had knocked her out for hours.   During that time, I had really thought about what I was putting Thickness through.   I couldn't  or wouldn't see what she was trying to say about us actually being separated until the wedding.   I couldn't see myself without her in my arms.   But to keep my baby safe.   I was being selfish.  Now, I was going to pretend that I wanted Alex instead.   If Jocelyn could pretend for my safety then I could at least do the same for hers.   Refusing to answer my phone calls, I was going to make this night be the last night of being with my baby until she woke up for me to explain the new changes of the plan.   While holding my baby's hand and thinking of the new changes of the plan, I vowed to Jocelyn and myself that I would kill Marcus if he ever lay a hand on her again...........