A Little Mad

Chapter 21

"That beautiful little brat! I was trying to help her reach her full potential! I could have protected her and helped her be the best!"

Jeremiah's eyes widened at a sudden thought.

"Our children would be so beautiful.."

Jeremiah took a big gulp of his bourbon.

"She gave all of this up, by running away, no doubt back to me less than anything brother."

Jeremiah finished his bourbon and stared at the glass in his hand. The anger that built inside of him caused him to squeeze the glass until it broke into pieces. Blood spilled out of his hand.

"Fuck!"

It didn't really hurt. He was just so angry he broke one of his good glasses. Ecco heard his yell and came running in.

"Oh no.. What happened?"

"Daddy broke his glass Ecco dear."

Ecco helped him bandage his hand and clean up the mess. When Ecco left the room, Jeremiah set frustrated and unsure of what his next plan was. A little while later, Ecco walked back in. She noticed Jeremiah was still in the same distressed state he was when she left. Jeremiah looked up and smiled.

"Oh Ecco. What would I do without you?"

Ecco tried to calm her emotions. She knew he said that only to use it against her later.

"You seem tense. Let me help you."

Ecco set on her knees in front of Jeremiah. She turned his chair to face her. She slowly unzipped his pants and stuck her hand inside. Jeremiah watched curiously. He leaned his head back and a pleased sound left his mouth when her head went down. Ecco had no idea that Jeremiah was disgustingly thinking of someone else doing exactly what she was doing.

Jeremiah stood in over Ecco in her room while she was sleeping.

"Oh Ecco. You are the biggest pain my ass. As much as I dislike you, your body is pleasing and I don't think anyone else will ever be as devoted to me as you are. What a sad, fucked up life you live."

Ecco shuffled. Jeremiah realized that when she started talking it was all in her sleep. she had no idea he was actually standing there.

"I love you Jeremiah... with all my heart... I just want to love you..."

Jeremiah stood unphased by her.

"I know you do Ecco. I know. I know you care for me and you want to protect me. You want to be anything I need. I also know that you cannot seem to understand that I do not care. I do not love you Ecco. I do not give a shit about you, my dear. I couldn't care less if you were alive of not. Goodnight Ecco darling."

Jeremiah turned and left her room unaware that was actually awake. Ecco opened her eyes as the tears streamed down her face. Still she couldn't even think of leaving him. He was the love of her life and he never learned to appreciate her, oh well. She would not abandon him. She had nothing else to go to. She laid there thinking about all her memories with him. All the times he beat her and called her names. Nothing made her cry more than the memories of him being gentle and sweet. His hands gently working around her body. Sometimes Jeremiah looked at her with the most tender loving expression and other times he looked like he wanted to kill her. Ecco didn't understand how her life got to this. She started thinking of Mercedes again and she was now angry.