Endings and Beginnings

Chapter 71

The next week was spent with Don and Meryl constantly around each other; and monitoring their kids. Luckily the kids didn't ask too many questions as to why their parents were now picking them up from school; and why they were always together when they would pick them up from school. Don and Meryl were constantly on the phone with Larry trying to find ways to keep Mann in jail for as long as possible. Don told Meryl and Larry that he had hired a private investigator to find anything they could use against Mann in order to keep him in prison; but so far it had been a bust. Don hadn't wanted to tell Meryl how terrified he was that Mann would be released on Friday; he knew that he was her strength and that if he told her how absolutely terrified he was then her confidence would crash and he couldn't let that happen.

***

It was the morning of Mann's parole hearing and Meryl was in the bedroom getting ready. She heard Don close the bathroom door and she jumped. She was transported back.

***

Meryl 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 from her. "For you to become mine."

"Where are you taking him?" Meryl choked as Mann ripped an 18 month old Henry from her arms.

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.

***

The tears streamed down Meryl's face as she stepped into her lace panties while she still had her robe on. She could feel his hands on her. She could feel his breath in her ear. It was happening again. He would do it again.

***

"No more interruptions." Mann said as he walked in wearing only boxers.

Meryl swallowed hard when she knew what was going to happen which was evident by the tent in his boxers. "Please, God, please no."

"Already putting up a fight." Mann said cockily as he got on his hands and knees and crawled over to her. "I like it."

Meryl's legs were still tied and tried to scoot away. "STOP. DON'T."

"You...are...mine." Mann said as he slid her pants and panties down her legs and untied her.

Meryl squirmed away. "NO! GET THE FUCK OFF ME."

"Listen, you ungrateful bitch." Mann said ripping her shirt off her body and biting her breasts. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

Meryl flinched as she continued to fight with all she had against him. "The hard way."

"Well, I am hard." Mann said flipping her on her stomach.