Stone Cold Heart

♡ Chapter 14 ♡

When I woke up Scott had his back turned while Mason was snuggled up on my side. As my son continued to sleep, I just listen to his breathing patterns. He sounds so adorable. My baby is already five months; he is growing up so fast. It just seemed like yesterday that he was so tiny when I held him in my arms for the first time. I lifted him up onto my chest he flutters his eyes open a bit almost about to cry. But I make sure that doesn't happen because Scott was still asleep and I know how annoyed and angry he gets when Mason is crying. He tends to blame me for making him cry.
                I put my hand on the back of Mason's head and cradled him, within seconds he was asleep. I kissed his head with had dark brown loose curled hair. He already has a full head of hair, not even one yet. When he was born, he barely had any and it was almost blonde like Scott's. Thirty minutes later, Scott wakes up and I whispered "Can you go make Mason his formula?"
    "I'm still sleepy"
    "Please, otherwise I'll go do it, I don't want him to wake up again, can you hold him while I go do it?"
    "Fine whatever"
    "Thank you"
                  I slowly handed him to Scott who was now sitting up. I tiptoed out of the room to the nursery to make him a bottle. Then I went downstairs to warm it up. Mason loves his bottle warm, or room temperature, never cold. I took off the top to the baby bottle and placed it in the microwave, setting the timer to thirty seconds. When it was done, I screwed the top back on and shook the bottle really good while returning back upstairs to my room to feed Mason. Suddenly I heard my son crying the second I came through the door. He knew it was breakfast time. I went on my side of the bed and grabbed mason from Scott and cradled him from crying, I put the nipple in his mouth and he stopped crying, I then asked Scott for one more favor "Baby can you go get him a bib?"
    "Yeah"
            He will only do something for me if it was for Mason. He loved Mason and treat him so well. But...it's like he forgot about his firstborn. I don't like that he plays favorites but I have to deal with it anyways. Fifteen minutes later, mason coughed up the formula and I wiped it off of him. Great I have to take him another bath, this is the 3rd bath today. The first from crying excessively, then it was in his crib, so that's why he is sleeping in the bed with and Scott and now this. He can be a pain but I tolerate it because I'm his mother and I love him no matter what. I carried him to the bathroom and asked Scott to help me undress him while I got his bathtub filled. I turned on the showerhead. So, it can fill the baby tub up with warm water. When I was done taking Mason a bath. I got a call; I ran to my room to answer it.
    "Hello?"
    "Hey Marie "
    "Sup"
    "What you up to?"
    "I just took mason a bath"
    "Where's Scott?"
    "Taking care of Mason"
    "And mickey"
    "She's downstairs watching TV, why?"
    "I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the carnival, it's only opened this week because it is Valentine's week."
    "Umm...I don't know if I have to ask Scott"
    "Okay"
    "Alright I'll text you back the answer to see what Scott says"
    "Okay bye"
    "Bye."
              I quickly went over to the nursery where Scott had mason all dressed in his onesie, he handed me him and he said "Ask me what?"
    "I'm sorry?"
    "Who were you talking to?"
    "Chassidy"
    "Oh, that bitch, what did she ask you?"
    "I was wondering if we all can go to the carnival with her"
    "Who is with her?"
    "Our guy friend Joey"
    "I'll think about it"
    "Please we barely ever go anywhere together as a family, just once?"
    "Fine but you better not get close to that guy"
    "What he's my friend and he's gay"
    "Still, do as I say"
    "Okay"
            He just caressed my cheek and gave me a kiss and said "Get mason dressed and tell mickey to get dressed"
    "Okay"
            I went to the room with Manson in my hip and text Chassidy back "He said yeah"
    "Okay be there in thirty, we'll meet up"
    "Alright"
            When Scott, our kids, and I got to the carnival Mackenzie was so excited. When we got there, I went on the mini roller coaster with Mackenzie, then Scott went with me on the regular rollercoaster, it was so fun to have a day. But when Joey sat next to me, I could see the anger in his eyes, he asked: "Marie can you come with me?"
    "I..um—Chass, can you watch mason for a sec?" I knew what was coming when we were out of sight of any passerby and the picnic table. Without a word, he gripped my wrist and pulled me closer to him and slapped my face. I didn't say anything as he yelled at me "Didn't I fucking tell you to stay the fuck away from him?!"
    "I know...I just, I didn't ask him to I'm sorry"
    "I don't give a fuck you're fucking lucky that our kids are around because you would have gotten worse."
              I whimpered at his grip on my wrist and I tried to get his hand off of me and pled
    "I said I was sorry it won't happen again—Scott please let go you're hurting me"
              He did and just chuckled, I rubbed my wrist as he wrapped his arm around me and demanded
    "Now come on and let's get back. Smile like you mean it " I did as tell. I will never let my kids see me get hit. I want my kids to think they had a perfect family... But it was all a lie.