Having Her

Chapter 22

Third Person POV:

Absolute chaos erupted through the house. While Jack and his dad tussled around the living room, Lucian was on a warpath. He wanted blood and he wanted it now! He smashed his way through the front door with Winter's arm firmly gripped into his hand, pulling her through the crowd of people that had collected in the living room to see what the ruckus was all about. All movement haulted as the muscular teenger grabbed the nearest solid item he could find and smashed it into the man's head, completely knocking him out.

The room grew quiet as they watched with wide eyes as Lucian ran hands through his hair, marching to and from mumbling incoherent words under his breath. He continued to pace the room until he completely stopped and turned a menacing eye to Winter's mother.

He pointed a finger straight in her direction and without missing a beat he started spitting questions at her without waiting for an answer.

" How fucking long have you known huh? HOW FUCKING LONG?" He yelled in her direction startling her, causing hot tears to pour from her eyes. She was well aware of what he was talking about by the way he savagely attacked her husband after dragging Winter's body through the room.

" Don't you dare fucking cry, don't fucking do it. I will drop you where the fuck you stand you stupid bitch. So tell me fucking now, HOW. FUCKING. LONG?" He seethed through gritted teeth nearly cracking them into pieces.

Jack jumped in the middle of the two of them, utterly confused and already fuming mad.

"Hey Luci, What actually is your fucking issue with my mother?" As soon as he asked, she began panting and crying telling Jack that it was ok and to please let it go.

" Fucking tell him, open your fucking mouth and tell us all. Say it now, TELL HIM." He yelled and began pacing again.

The question sparked in Candace's mind and she began crying as well. She had an inkling of what he was doing creeping through Winter's door in the middle of the night, but she just couldn't make herself question that kind of behavior from her own father. Sure, he beat her mom's ass so bad she had lost nearly all her teeth, but she never fathomed that he would take it as far as touching his own daughter.

"Tie this fucking predator up, strap his body to the back of the fucking f150 and drag him for the next fucking 10 miles Parker, FUCKING NOW." he barked that order, his friend Parker, who had been there to celebrate Winter's big double digit with them He jumped from his spot and began looking for something to tie the man up with. Lucian was a force to be reckoned with after spending so much time training under Jack and was one of his best enforcers in the business. Lucian had a soft spot for Winter but people knew he was anything but soft.

" Will you please fucking calm down and explain what the fucking problem is Lucian, seriously. You're talking about dragging my father's body for 10 fucking miles somewhere." shouted Jack. He was so annoyed with the way his baby sister's birthday was turning out and he wanted answers.

" Why don't you ask mommy dearest? I knew your mom was a fucking train wreck, but I didn't think she would ever be so fucking as to ignore something like this" He was upset and tears began to blur his vision and a sob burned at the back of his throat.

Luciano held Winter close as they sat on the sidelines and she cried her eyes out onto his t-shirt. She didn't know what was happening, she only told about the secret game. She didn't know her dad would get into trouble for playing the game with her. He had told her as they played that when two people love each other and want to see each other happy, that that's how they played. She wouldn't go as far as saying the game made her happy, and she hated the cream treat she would have to eat at the end of the game but she just wanted her dad to be happy.

Lucian took a deep breath, turned to Winter's mother again and spoke so calm and slowly that it raised goosebumps on her arms and made her breathing quicken.

" I am running low on patience mam, I am asking you very respectfully before I completely lose my temper. How long have you known? Did you know at all?" He shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose to keep from pulling his pistol on her right in front of everybody.

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop before she finally spoke at a whisper, that almost couldn't be heard.

" I uhmm, I knew. I just, Lucian, you don't understand. Nothing I did would have protected her. I knew from the start of it. Some nights he would sneak from bed and I would slip out shortly after to follow him. I was afraid of what he might have done to hurt me if I tried to stop him. I could hear them talking, but she wasn't screaming so I didn't think it was more than just touching I swear." Her head hung low as she was trembling and tears poured down her face.

Jack snapped his head in his mother's direction and his breath hitched in his throat. Had he heard her wrong? What the fuck was she talking about? What did the two of them know that he didn't know. Jack lifted his hand stopping Parker from bringing his father's body out of the house.

" Sit him in a chair, Parker. My mother, Winter, Lucian and Luciano stays right fucking here, everyone else needs to leave, including you Candace. Take Lucy across the yard and don't come back until I call for you. When I do call for you, by god you better fucking come or I will fucking snap your neck." He mumbles still trying to wrap his mind around what was being said.

He cracked his neck and rubbed roughly over his face before ordering Parker to stay in the room as well. Being that Parker and Lucian worked as enforcers for him, he didn't doubt that he couldn't trust Parker. He took a seat on a chair sitting in front of his unconcious father and turned his gaze to Winter.

" Winnie Bear, please come here love. I want to ask you some questions ok. You're not in trouble, I won't be mad at you, I just want the truth so that I can understand ok?" The young girl walked across the room still clinging to Luciano with tears silently falling down her face.

Lucian stepped closer to her and rubbed her back while whispering into her ear to tell the truth of what she told him and his brother about the secret game she has with her dad. She relunctantly nodded her head while sniffling and wiping her tears.

" What is mom saying? What has dad been doing in your room, precious girl. Don't be afraid, it will be ok I promise." He spoke softly to Winter's as her hands shook violently while she clung to Luciano.

" Well, uhm we have a secret game we play before bedtime. Daddy says that it must be so secret and I can't tell you or Candace. I didn't know I couldn't tell my boys about the game. I'm sorry that I told the secret" She began to cry again as she continued to speak.

" The game is with daddy's uhm, his joystick in his pants. When I win, I get a cream treat that I can eat off my hands and when I lose I have to eat the cream treat off of the joystick," The room went deathly quiet. Jack sucks in a sharp ragged breath and tears begin to pour from his eyes uncontrollably.

Jack felt responsible, he felt it was his fault. He couldn't protect his mother from being beaten almost to death most days, and now he couldn't protect Winter from being molested by her own dad. His head hung low, his palms became sweaty, and he breathing was harsh and labored. He felt like he was drowning, he just couldn't seem to catch his breath and for the first time since his father beat Candace so bad she was bloody, he was having a panic attack.

" I'm sorry, I promise I'll be a good girl and I won't tell anymore secrets and then everybody can be happy again. I didn't mean to get anybody in trouble, I just wanted to show the secret game to Lucian and Luciano." The boys' bodies shuddered in disgust as they thought about their little birdie being a victim of such a heinous act, especially performed by her own father.

Luciano hadn't spoken a single word the entire time, he just held tight onto Winter and rocked her soothingly. Inside, he was fuming so bad it made his skin feel like it was set on fire. He couldn't believe this, all these years his precious little birdie was a victim in her own home.

Finally after a long silence Jack spoke up." Winnie Bear, it's not your fault. He was supposed to be your protector and he took advantage. It's not your fault, and I never want you to play that game with anyone else ever again, it's not a good game, okay baby?" She slowly nodded her head.

This was supposed to be her special day, and it had all been ruined. She was so upset with herself for not keeping the secret because now her whole party was ruined, her dad was hurt, her mom was crying, and her boys were so upset that they didn't speak nor smile anymore.