Jughead's POV
Being a 27 year old single father with a 3 year old daughter can be very stressful and exhausting so that is why I have chosen to go on a vacation, but not just any vacation...a cruise.
"Julie, baby get up...its vacation day!" I say walking into her room.
"Mmm!!!" she groans.
"Come on, wake up!!!" she doesn't respond, "I'll make waffles..." I say with a smirk.
"WAFFLES!!!" she screams, I chuckle.
"Okay good, you're up, now get ready." I say.
"Okay okay." she giggles. I walk out of her room.
So obviously it wasn't always just me and Julie she had a mother...my ex Toni Topaz, she was terrible, she would always come home drunk and yell at Julie, this was about was about a year ago so Julie was only 2, but she didn't care she would call her a piece of shit and a mistake, she would even hit her because she cried, so one night I kicked her out and told her to never come back.
*FLASHBACK*
It's been 5 months and Toni is still coming home drunk every night drunk but thankfully she hasn't hurt her yet but she still yells at her, calls her a piece of shit and a mistake. I keep saying to myself that she is gonna change but it never does, Toni is passed out on the couch and I'm in our room and I hear a knock on the door. I go to open it and I see Julie with red puffy eyes and a tear stained face.
"Oh baby, come here." I kneel down and she falls in my arms and starts to sob. "I know, I know."
"Daddy I'm scared.' she cries. When Toni came home drunk of course she started yelling at Julie and I stood in front of her and told Toni to stop yelling at Julie but she pushed passed me and was about to slap her but I stopped her before she could. I told Julie to go to her room, she did, me and Toni were just yelling at each other and I eventually stormed off to Julies room and saw her crying in the corner of her room, I picked her up and sat on her bed and just cradled her until she fell asleep but I'm guessing she had a bad dream and came here.
"Daddy? Can I sleep here tonight?"
"Of course baby." we go to the bed and she climbs on my chest. She finally fell asleep but its only a matter of time before Toni wakes-
"I KNEW IT!!!" Toni yells.
Julie wakes up and holds me tighter. Daddy don't let her hurt me, pease." she says with a terrified tone.
"I won't." I say holding on to her for dear life.
" You let her in and you know she's not allowed in here." she says coming closer.
"She was scared okay? You can't blame me for taking care of our daughter!" I say putting Julie down.
"FORSYTHE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU DON'T LET HER IN THIS ROOM, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT WITH HER BUT JUST NO IN THIS ROOM!" She yells. I start getting really mad.
"I can do what I want Toni it's my house to you know? And Julie has the right to come in here when ever she feels like it. It's not my fault she's scared of you!" I say starting to yell.
"You know what? Fine let her in the room do whatever you want, just make sure that the mistake comes nowhere near me!" now I lost me temper.
"HOW DARE YOU CALL JULIE A MISTAKE! I AM SICK AND TIRED OF YOU CALLING HER NAMES OK-"
Julie sniffled.
Toni looked at her and furrowed her eyebrows.
"Did I say you could cry? Huh?" she says storming over to Julie, she raises her hand and I try to get there in time but I didn't make it. I push past Toni and see a red mark on Julies cheek. I sigh and inhale deeply.
