The Next 3 Days

One Odd Team

8 years ago

"I'm leaving I'm going to Gabriella" Marcel looked Bill dead in his eyes
"Oh Jesus, how many times do we have to go through this" Bill rolled his eyes
"Honey, please, don't upset your father" Lilian stammered
"Lilian, you can't keep defending him like this. Look at you! How many time did you reapply your make up to cover that black eye. You want me to stay here so Mo and I could end up just like you?" Marcel yelled
Lilian slapped Marcel in his face "How dare you. I clothed and fed you. Kept you out of harms way and you still decide to be difficult"
"I'm getting out of here. Try and stop me." Marcel turns and walks to the door.
Bill presses a button on his office table "Rig, would you please hold Marcel and Monique. Take them to the basement. I'll be down shortly."
"W-why are- what's in the basement?"
"None of your concern. I'll be back."
"Bill, Bill! Do not hurt my babies" she screams down the hall but he doesn't acknowledge her.

Bill walks down the basement and uses his key card to open the door. He opens another door and Marcel & Monique are tied to a metal pole.
"Dad!" Monique whimpered. "Why are you doing this?"
"Cause he's a fucking psycho" Marcel retorts
"When will you learn that nothing happens without me saying it will" Bill turns and grabs a whip.
"You don't have to hurt her." Marcel speaks up
"I won't" Bill smirks "she's here to watch"
"Watch what?" Lilian interrupts "Why do you have our children tied up. Bill what are you doing" Lilian walks in the room and picks up a sharp object to cut the ropes
"How'd you get in here?!"  Bill exclaims
"Jesus Christ Bill, these are our children. Not your child whores."
Bill slaps Lilian and tosses her little body across the room
"Mom!" Monique and Marcel yell
Bills walks over to Lilian and gets on top her "Child whores? I'll show you what I do to the child whores"
Bill reaches under her dress and rips her panty, Lilian screams."Get off me" Bill unbuttoned his pants 
"Shut up" Bill hisses
Lilian speaks during her cries "Please don't do this in front our children"
"I'll stay, I'll stay" Monique speaks up "Marcel too"
Bill pauses and fixes himself.
"Yes, Marcel will."
Bill calls Rig to pry open Marcels mouth. "And to make sure you get the point I'm trying to prove" he takes up a blow torch.
Muffled agonic screams from Marcel and screams from Monique and Lilian fill the room

Lilian called a doctor a few days later to check Marcel. He left his room and met with Lilian in the hallway
"Uh. I'm still unsure about how he burnt his tongue but I don't think he will speak again."
"Oh god!" Lilian cries out
"Mrs. Hampton" Doctor Maxwell looks at her & takes a step closer "Did your husband do this?"
Lilian stares at him and as she's about to answer she hears Bill coming through the front door. "You have to go, please follow me" she pushes him down the hall to down another set of stairs and out the back door through her garden
"Lilian, you can trust me" Dr. Maxwell ensures
"But I can't trust my husband. You have to go."
"This will take down the swelling and this is my private line. Call me anytime." He hands her a prescription and a card and he walks to the corner where he parked.
Lilian quickly walks back to the back door when she meets a drunk Bill staggering in the corridor.
"Ahh there she is" he said in his imitation British accent "I've been looking a over for you love" he stumbles over to Lilian and tries to kiss her but she uses her hand to stop him while turning her face. "Who is he?" He whispers in her ear
"Who is who?"
"You fucking dirty whore! Are you cheating on me?"
"What? No!"
"Was that who you came running inside from?" He frowns "you're leaving me?"
"Bill, no one was here"
Bill begins to cry and drops to his knees "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything. I don't know what's wrong with me. Please don't leave me, I love you so much and and and I'm trying to change. Please, please. Don't leave me"
Lilian sobs and slides on the floor with her back against the wall and cups his face you say that all the time then you hit me, you hurt our kids, you burned Marcel's tongue" she bursts into tears "you aren't gonna change"
"No no no, that's the past Lilian" Bill shouts and begins to get angry as Lilian gets up to walk away "That's the past Lilian! Lilian! Lilian!" He yells after her "Don't leave me. You can't leave me" he drops to his knees "I'll, I'll go to therapy" Lilian halts at the desperation in his voice
"You'll what?"
"I'll go to therapy. I can change. Just, don't leave me"
"Okay" Lilian sighs "I'll call"