daddy - j.m

chapter 16 - truth

Madison Lowe

Candles lit up our bedroom as I sat there, waiting for Jason to come back from the bathroom. He was about to tell me about the shady stuff he's been doing behind my back and the whole entire truth. I had been waiting and mentally prepared myself for this.

"Do you hate me?" My eyes shot up in the air and my eyes met with Jason's. They were filled with sorrow.

"What? N-" I could barely speak considering I was completely shocked. "I love you." I stood up to kiss him but he turned his face the other way.

"I don't want to tell you, I don't want to hurt you." I slightly scoffed before sitting back down on the king sized bed.

"Don't be such a pussy. You'll hurt me way more if you decide not to tell me. Go."

"I had  planned on how to say this but it's all gone and I'll just say exactly what's on my mind." He walked over to the bed and sat down next to me. "Blossom is.. Um- A terrible company with entertainment basements such as strip clubs and different kinds of brothels. Some worse than others." I cringed at the irrelavant information being told.

"Get to the point."

"The owner of Blossom is someone both you and I know. It might ruin or  you, but his name is Antonio Lowe."

I felt like throwing up as I my heart slowly got ripped out. "Why are you lying to me?" My voice shook with every word I pronounced.

"I'm not, baby, I wish I was. It's sick and depressing. And the name... I can't imagine how you're feeling right now." I fell into his arms and he softly stroked my sides with calming circles.

"I hate him." I whispered.

"I know, I know."

I sat there in complete silence for a while, letting the fact sink in. "So my dad sent that letter to mom? Is she okay? Where are they?"

"She's dead. He's alive and stronger than ever."

Jason McCann

She turned numb somehow, no facial expression or reaction. It kind of scared me but I knew that I had everything under control. "Baby, talk." She shook her head and kept looking into the wall, not really too deep in thought. Pure gazing. "Rest, sleep. I'll be right here all the time." I softly helped her lay down and put the covers over her body.

Alyssa felt the emotions wandering around the room as I watched her desperately trying to roll over in her crib, ending up failing and crying. "It's okay." I picked my princess up and kissed the corner of her mouth. "Daddy's here. I'm here." Realizing that it was time for her bottle, I smoothly walked out the room and started making one. Alyssa calmly inhaled and exhaled as she somewhat knew what was up, she knew she was having her bottle and that made her so happy.

Putting it in front of her face, her little hands reached up to get it. Even though she wasn't strong enough to hold it all by herself, she kept her hands on mine in a firm grip as she started chugging. She watched me smile down at her before she zoned out and completely fell asleep, by then her bottle was completely empty so I put it down in the zink and put her back in her crib. I could do this all the time. It's lovely to bond with your child.

"Jason," The third curly little girl in our house snook up behind me.

"Yes?" She looked up at me and her sad emotion was displayed on her entire face. I grabbed her small hand and brought her back to the room she stayed in. "What's wrong, B?" I asked after tucking her back in the bed.

"I miss my mommy and daddy."

Turning around in bed, she had me facing her back as those tears left her eyes silently. "Are you ashamed to cry in front of me? I've seen people cry before and it's okay to do so. I cried when my parents went away, too." Blossom jumped out of bed and slung herself around my neck.

"Did your parents go away, too? Alex doesn't have a mommy or daddy either?" I shook my head, giving her a no.

"We don't have a pair of parents but you know what? We still have a family. So do you. You have your sister who cares a lot about you, you have me and Alyssa. Alex, Calvin, Marc and all the other boys in the house. You're never alone and you can cry whenever you want and how loud you want. This is my house and I make the rules, everyone is family and we care about you. Do you get that?" She nodded and smiled at me.

"So you and I are family now, huh?" She made me chuckle a bit by the way she wiggled her eyebrows. Her sister having my baby did not stop her flirting ways with me.

"Sometimes I can't believe you're only five years old, little lady." I smiled as I tucked her in, once again.

"Sometimes I can't believe you picked Maddie instead of me."

"Blossom.. You and I would be pretty illegal, wouldn't it?" She stared up at me, right into my eyes.

"Just wait until I'm older. I'll be watching you."

I chuckled and opened the door. "Oh, God, no! I'm so scared!" I whispered as loud as I could and heard her giggles from the other side of the thick door.

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"Babe. I have to work today. Blossom needs someone to be with and Alyssa is in need of her mother. Wake up! Fuck. Wake up!" No reaction still. She was stone cold on the inside and just shut everything out. I couldn't wake her up by myself. "Alex! Marc!" I yelled and during those couple minutes I had to wait, I tried different things like dripping water on top of her.

"She doesn't want to wake up." I told them in a way that exposed how I lacked patience at this point. "I'm so annoyed right now. You guys take care of it."

I sat down on the couch and had my cereal in calming silence. Was it too silent? Too silent for a house filled with living human creatures? I liked the silence because I didn't really have to think about anyone else but myself for a second. Everyone has to do that sometimes. It's good to be a bit selfish.

What was taking them so long in the bedroom? They have woken me up in the middle of the night on those days where I was dead sick. They have woken Calvin up on the mornings where he was still drunk from the night before. How could they not get Madison up and move? I had work to do.

Then the thought struck me. Was she okay? Did something happen? Were they scared to tell me what was really going on? Did I want to know what was actually going on?

Putting my cereal down, I chewed the last couple of cheerios in my mouth. "Everything oka-" With an open door and more lighting reflecting onto her, I saw the details I missed before. Her extremely pale skin and even more emotionless facial expression.

"What the hell?" My first intention was to look at Alex. I needed his advice. "I'll call 911. Alex should go see Blossom and keep her in her room." Marc responded from the other side of the bed.

"Alright. You better do this fast. I'm- I'm-" Struttering was never a good sign when it came to me. "I'm so scared of losing her like this. I'm scared. I'm really fucking scared." They got moving, calling an ambulance and making sure Blossom doesn't leave her room as this is going on.

The room felt so quiet. All of sudden I didn't like the quiet. I wanted to hear her obnoxious laugh cling in my ears and I wanted to hear her go on and on about girly stuff I didn't really care about.

All of sudden the noise took over my head. All different kinds of sounds were playing in my head over and over again, mixing in with the sounds of the ambulance stopping right outside my house and all the people talking to each other, trying to talk to Madison.

Slow motion was my reality. I felt so zoned out and out of place. I watched the worried glances being exchanged between the men. A lady in uniform came up to me and asked me if I was the boyfriend, and I answered truthfully with a yes. She told me a bit about what might have happened and what they predict and whatever is going to happen in the near future.

"She's ......"

My heart stopped beating and I looked at the woman with crazy eyes, making her feel slightly uncomfortable. "Why?"

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UH OH! any guesses on what happened to maddie or what her condition is like?