A week later, I was on my lunch break so I went to go get the kids from school to drop them off at Chassidy's. As I arrived at her door, she answered saying
"Oh, hey Marie. Hey, little ones. Come in"
We stepped in and I sat my purse down. She sat down as I did while Mac went on her phone and mason played with Trenton, Chassidy's new puppy. Chassidy and I just chatted for a bit.
"So, while I go on this stakeout update me on if they are okay"
"Okay I know I know"
"Alright good"
"When are you gonna come to pick them up?"
"Around 11"
"Okay"
"Alright, thank you so much"
"No prob I got your back...are you okay. You know with what happened last week?"
"Yeah I'm fine now"
"Good. We'll see you" she said getting up just as I did. I grabbed my police hat and said
"Kids Mami's leaving."
They stopped what they were doing and came to me and gave me a kiss on my cheek. Then Mason asked me "Mami when are you gonna get us?"
"I'll be back later tonight Nene. I promise"
"Okay mama"
"Behave"
"We will"
"Okay bye yall" I said giving mason a hug the Chassidy a hug before leaving to meet up with my partner Katrina. We had to go on a stakeout to observe our drug dealers and see where he is selling these girls. We saw him going through a crate near an old broken-down warehouse. Then he opened a door that was on the ground covered with a trash can. I told Katrina
"Where the hell is, he going? Write this down"
"Already ahead of you"
Five minutes later a truck came and the trap door opened. Suddenly my phone buzzed. I looked and saw a message. I opened it. I thought it was Chassidy updating me about the kids.... but I was wrong when I read the from the private number's message "Hey princess you miss me?"
I froze as I dropped my phone. Everything around me went blank. I felt Katrina yelling faintly "Marianna! They are coming. Step on it!" I did not move as I grasped onto the armrest. Suddenly I heard 3 gunshots and I started to have a panic attack. I was having multiple flashbacks
Every hit
Every punch
Every kick
Every derogatory word
Every kiss
Everything......
The pain of my healing gunshot wound shot up my arm as if I was reliving that pain again but this time it hurt ten times worse. No no no this can't be happening it can't be him.... how did he find me? When I got back to Chassidy's, she said "Well Mac and mason are sleeping-are you okay?"
"Y-yeah I'm fine"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah...look I'm really tired can we talk tomorrow?"
"Yeah sure"
I couldn't tell her he was back she was going to kill him. I wanted to make him go away myself. Maybe if I did that, I can fix it. When I got the kids up to their rooms, I kissed them goodnight then headed to my room to take off my uniform to headed into the bathroom. I turned on the warm water and just stood there crying. I haven't done this in so long.
I haven't cried this long since the first night in that motel. Lord, why now can you please make him go away! I was just doing okay. Why does he have to come back into my life!? When I woke up the next morning, I checked my phone and saw that I had six new messages. I opened them and every one of them was from this private number.
"Nena, are you going to answer me?"
"I miss you"
"You better not be seeing another man you hear me?!"
"You thought you can get away from me but I got people watching you Officer Lovato"
"I will get you back rather you like it or not"
"When I fuckin see you, I will kill you"
My hands started to shake just as I threw my phone on the floor. I held myself as I started to cry. I didn't want my day to start like this. Suddenly there was a knock at my bedroom door. I wiped my tears before I got up, picking up my phone as I opened the door. I saw mason at the door as he looked up to me asking "Mami are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine...what are you doing up at five in the morning Nene?"
"I had a bad dream"
"You want to tell me about this bad dream?"
"Yeah"
"Come in and sit on Mami's lap," I said before he did so. I wiped his tears before he told me. "I had a dream about you and daddy... I saw him hit you and he hurt you badly and I tried to wake you up but you didn't say anything. That's when I woke up" he started crying as he told me. I never knew that he knew what Scott did to me. I wiped his tears then hugged him. "Sweetheart it will be okay. It was just a nightmare. Mami is here and I'm okay"
"Okay"
"Now go get dressed then if you want you can go back to sleep or play with your toys"
"Okay. Love you, mama"
"I love you too," I said kissing his cheek before he got off my lap and headed back to his room. I closed the door and took a deep breath before I got my Onex police uniform out. I grabbed a towel and undergarments before going to the bathroom. I didn't talk about my phone because I didn't want to deal with this asshole again.
As I waited for the water to warm up, I stepped down to nothing then I took off my bandage to clean the wound. It was getting better now it's almost done healing. Although it has a big ass bullet sized scar on my palm. By the time I got done sanitizing it and putting ointment on it, I got in the shower. I was careful not to wet my hand so I kept it raised on the wall as I washed up.
The warm water hitting my face and streaming down my body, felt amazing. When I was done washing up, I wrapped myself with the towel and headed back to my room. On the way there I saw that mason fell asleep with his toy Rex. He looked like an angel. After I had gotten into my room and closed the door, I had put on my undergarments then my police uniform. Then I put my hair in a low bun before putting on my hat. I checked my phone for notifications I had one from that private number (Scott) again. I went to wake up Mac and mason for school. While Mac got ready mason came downstairs with me. I put on Disney Junior for him while I packed my lunch and ate my breakfast. When I dropped my kids off to school, I headed to work afterward. I arrived one time at seven. Just as I was going to sit down at my desk the chief called me to his office aloud. I went straight to his office and asked "Yes Chief?"
"Are you aware of what happened yesterday night?" he asked getting to the point.
"I can explain-"
"No need to Martinez, I know what's been going on," he said cutting me off.
"W-what do you mean?" I sucked in every breath I had been prepared to hear him spill the truth.
"Martinez, I have a report of everything and I listened to the audio in the car. You were having a panic attack once you heard gunfire. The job can do that" I exhaled and chuckled a little in relief and nervousness as I said "Yeah ha you're right. But I swear it won't happen again-"
"And I'll be sure of it I want you to take a little break," he said cutting me off.
"But sir we caught the bad guy."
"But thanks to you he almost got away because you were screaming 'no'. Therefore, forcing Martinez to fire at our perp. He was the only one with information about where the rest of these girls were hiding and now, we have no damn clue! You know what. What I want you to do is straighten your ass up Martinez or its desk duty"
"But I-"
"Matter of fact, why don't you take a break. Then when you come back, I will think about putting you on the fields again"
"But if you just let me explain!"
"Explain what?!"
I couldn't tell him about Scott....no one knows about Scott...does he?
"You know what. Nothing"
"No, tell me"
"It's nothing I said!"
"What is it? Your kids? Friends? Your love life? Your ex? -" I didn't know what came over me but my hand went across his left cheek. A second after I had realized what I have done, I immediately said "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I don't mean to-"
With his hand on his cheek and an angered facial expression he said
"I think it's best if you'd hand in your badge now"
"No, I-"
"Now Marie!" he said in an angered tone. Before I can have another panic attack full of flashbacks, I gave him my badge and left the room running to the bathroom. On my way home, I had a call from Chassidy she asked me "Important question.... did you happen to take the kids out of school early?"
"What no what do you mean?"
"Well I went to drop off Mason's toy and Mr. Polanski said that they were taken out early."
"Chassidy, call 911 Now!"
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Stone Cold Heart
ChickLitEvery mother has her weakness and that may sometimes bring her down but when it comes to their baby, nothing will stop her from fighting for them. Even if it means risking her life. "Don't do it.... think about your kids. Think about how far you've...
