Enough (Bendy Character Story)

Chapter 4

Bendy POV

The next day during noon, I drove up to Mugman's place. I dropped Gracie off at daycare so she was watched. I know I said I was going to cancel seeing him, but I lied. I wore shades cause I felt for some reason, I had to be sneaky about seeing Mugman. I was hoping he could help me, but I didn't know what with. I pulled into the drive way of his home, his large home that he bought. He must've seen me pulling up cause he was out the front door when I parked.

"There you are! You're late, I was worried you weren't coming at all!" He said in his cheerful voice as he came up to my car. I felt nervous as I looked down taking my shades off, and he looked in the backseat expecting my daughter.

"No Gracie? Oh, well that's okay. You and I will have a nice luncheon and-" He stopped his sentence and his smile dropped when he opened my door and saw my face. He gently caressed my face avoiding my wound as he shook his head.

"Oh Bendy. I am so sorry." He whispered to me giving me a hug as I felt tears in my eyes and my nose becoming runny. I sniffled as he looked at me and he had the most concerned face.

"What did you do? What did you say to him?" He asked me worried as I looked down. That reaction. Something tells me he knows something I don't. After I saw him I went back to my old diner I worked at. I sat at the counter with Boris as we talked.

"Men are like landmines. Some can be triggered the first week, others take's years in. The thing is, Cuphead is a man, man. Like he's built with muscle and strength, which is good, but it also means he can turn around at any time and just. Hit you." Boris tells me as I looked at him feeling like a crying mess again as my eyes felt puffy and my nose runny.

"I'm not this person." I say shaking my head. "I'm not a person who's husband beats them up!" I say feeling my stomach tightening at my emotions.

"I know." He told me rubbing his arm along my shoulder and arm. I looked around and placed a hand on my head feeling fidgety. 

"What do I do?" I ask finally looking back at him.

"You've gotta go to the cops." Boris tells me with a serious face. I let out a small whine as I shook my head. I stood up grabbing my coat as I looked at Boris feeling my anger boil at his idea.

"He is the father of my child! I will not put him in jail!" I exclaim at him. I tried to turn away to leave but Boris grabbed my hands and faced me towards him.

"Okay Bendy. I'm sorry. But sit down. Relax for a second okay?" He tells me as I sigh sitting back down.

"I'm just saying you either endure this, and take all the pain like you're in some western country song. Or you take Gracie, and get out." He tells me as I furrowed my brows. I guess. I really have no other options. 

I parked by the large daycare I had Gracie at waiting for her. Except I was soon approached by one of the people who watched the kids.

"Bendy, how are ya? Your husband got her." She tells me as I felt a sudden shock in my body, but I played it cool in front of her.

"Oh. I totally forgot." I said letting out a small chuckle as I held my smile.

"Yeah, Gracie was totally psyched, she said he should do it more often." She tells me as I nodded. I quickly drove off and headed towards my house. I pulled up into the driveway and parked my car as I ran into the house.

"Cuphead? Sweet pea? Gracie?!" I exclaimed hearing no reply as I went through the living room and hall.

"God." I muttered as I walked into the middle of the living room. I grabbed my phone and started to dial 911 as I was freaking out. But after the first ring I quickly closed my phone. What was I supposed to say to the cops when my daughter was taken by her father. I opened my phone and decided to dial Cuphead using the line he used with Darcel. I had a feeling he'd answer quickly if he thought it was her, instead of me. Like I expected, he answered after the first ring.

"Is that my little croissant?" He said in a baby voice. I held in my scoff as I walked through the living room.

"No, it's your loaf of bread." I said in a sarcastic tone.

"Oh, hi. How's it going?" He asked after realizing it was me.

"Where are you?" I asked trying to sound as calm as I could even though my breaths were shaky.

"Zoo." He said. I stopped walking as I stood by my kitchen counter.

"Well, why didn't you tell me that you were gonna-" I began to say but he cut me off.

"I called the house phone. Left messages." He said as I stopped talking and went quiet. I could hear my lil peanuts voice over the phone as she was trying to get Cuphead's attention. He told her I was on the phone.

"Hi mommy! The elephants are huge!" She exclaimed to me sounding excited. I bit my bottom lip at how happy she sounded with her father. I did my best to hold back my tears, so he didn't know I was crying.

"Come here daddy! Look at the giraffes!" I could hear her saying as I walked over to the sink turning it on.

"Okay, so when are you guys gonna be home?" I ask before I washed my face feeling the tear stains ache my cheeks.

"I don't know. I'm gonna take her for a pony ride, get her cotton candy. You want a cotton candy honey?" He asked Gracie as she said she wanted green. I turned off the faucet leaning my head back letting out a quiet sigh.

"I'll see you later." He said in a tone that concerned me. He sounded annoyed that I called.

Later that night, I was still at the table with Cuphead eating dinner, but Gracie finished quickly. So she was playing with a puzzle a few feet away from the table.

"Made me nervous, when I couldn't reach you today." Cuphead said as I set down a plate of bread. I was quiet as I ate.

"I thought you were gonna cancel with my brother?" I didn't answer as I looked at my plate.

"Then you had to go crying to your old gang at the greasy spoon." He said making me look up at him my face feeling like it was full pissed mode.

"Whatever happened to privacy?" He asked me as he ate. I had to fight with myself to keep the scoff from escaping my throat.

"Well I guess it's dead along with chivalry and fidelity." I said emphasizing dead as I narrowed my eyes a bit more, but not so much that I would trigger him to hit me again. He nodded as he started to radiate a pissed off energy that made me on guard.

"Tell me. Do you know how bad things can get?" He asked in between bites of his food as he looked at me. I straightened my back as I felt the fighter in my stirring.

"No. Educate me." I said with an attitude as he let out a sigh.

"Bendy, I'm a determined man. I was determined to have you, and I did. This house," He gestured around him with his fork with a piece of meat. "my company. I am a person who will always gets what he wants" He tells me eating the food off his utensil. I looked at him before looking away baffled by his ego and pride.

"And, I still want you." He tells me as I looked up and we made serious eye contact. I looked away again as I messed with the food on my plate.

"You can either accept that, or you can fight it. Which way you wanna go?" He asks taking a drink of his wine. I bit the inside of my cheek before answering.

"I want to be happy." I looked up at him as he nodded.

"Good. Good." He said as he continued to eat. I completely dodged his question, but I'm assuming what I said was good enough. I looked over at Gracie who was looking at Cuphead, but then looked at me. Her face was blank, but I could tell she was worried. I need to figure out what to do to keep us both safe, cause I don't want to stay with him anymore. I love him, but I will not put either of our lives at risk because of his selfishness.