Meryl and Don: An Unforeseen Journey

Chapter 51

"You fucking bastard!" Larry yelled when James obviously wasn't saying anything and punched James squarely in the jaw as Don held him against the wall. "I have watched you for 30 years be a complete dick to my best friend. I have seen you beat him. I have seen you talk down to him. I have seen you tear him down brick by brick but then he came ALIVE when he met Meryl but that pissed you off so you tried to ruin that as well. You have led a fucking rapist and killer to her and your GRANDCHILDREN! I'm ready to have them fucking arrest you."

James scoffed. "You Brown men are so fucking self-righteous. You think you know what's best for everyone. I would have been able to keep this pansy ass in line when he was a kid if he didn't come home from your house with the idea that fathers liked their pathetic sons."

"You mother fucker!" Third yelled. "Enough of this shit. You are the most pathetic excuse of a father, of a Gummer, of a man that I have EVER seen. I have seen you try to destroy my best friend for years, and then my sister. Thank God they met because they brought each other to life. If anything happens to her or Henry or the baby I will help Don fucking kill you. You don't deserve to breathe the same air as my sister, nephew or DON. They have given you chance after chance. Where the hell is my sister?!"

James shook his head. "She deserves whatever she gets."

"GO. TO. HELL." Third said punching James.

Don then kneed James in the stomach and then held him back up. "Last chance...WHERE ARE MY WIFE AND SON? Archer?" Don said to the lead cop. "Get ready to arrest his pathetic ass."

"Okay, okay, okay." James croaked. "The Bronx. 309 E. 50th Street."

Jane was shocked. "How do you know?"

"I bought it so he cold hold them there." James croaked.

Jane went up to him and smacked. "You bastard! This is our son. Our daughter-in-law. OUR GRANDCHILDREN!"

"Watch it, woman!" James said as he tried to smack Jane.

Don handed James over to Archer. "Fucking arrest him. I'm going to get my wife and son." Don then grabs Larry and Third, leaving Jane and James with the police that don't follow, and went to get Meryl and Henry.

***

Meryl had fallen asleep holding Henry, again. She was exhausted. She hadn't been fed for, well, she didn't know how long. She was just grateful she was producing enough milk to feed Henry. She just hoped and prayed Don would find them soon. She didn't know how much longer she could go on. Every time the door would open she would cringe because that meant he would come in and feel her up or smack her or beat her. She would always cover her stomach, and Henry, to try to shield her babies. She didn't know what else to do. She knew she was a sitting duck and it would just be a matter of time until Mann took what he wanted. That moment came sooner than she thought as she jumped when the door opened. "It's time, my love."

"Time?" Meryl said trying to hide the shakiness from her voice.

Mann nodded as he took Henry. "For you to become mine."

"Where are you taking him?" Meryl choked.

Mann got a dirty look on his face. "To the other room. Unless you want him to watch?"

"God, no." Meryl cried. "Please don't hurt him, please. He's just a baby. Mommy loves you, Hen. Please be okay, please."

Mann looked at her before walking out. "You ARE MINE."

'Oh, God.' Meryl thought. Her worst nightmare from the last several months was coming true. She knew she would put up a hell of a fight but couldn't stop thinking about what this would do to her and her husband. The guilt he would feel. How this would change both of them. She just hoped he would be glad she was alive when he would eventually find her, and she had to keep herself and their baby that way.