The Beast Within

Chapter Thirty-Four: Leave

Nyssa stood in the kitchen making dinner for everyone in the house, Jerome sat outside and took one last puff of his cigarette then ashed it out and stood up, Nyssa walked to the island counter with her back facing the back door where Jerome was leaning on the door frame admiring his wife, he smirked and wrapped his arms around her waist and she smiled and leaned her head back into his chest, he moved her hair to the side and kissed her neck making her playfully roll her eyes and turn around to face him "I'm trying to make dinner" "I won't stop you" "you're a distraction" he smirked and ran his hand up her stomach to her chest and cupped her breast "am I?" "mhm, yes you are" he just shrugged and quickly lifted her up with one arm and she wrapped her legs around his waist then looked at his left hand that was still on her breast "how so?" she rolled her eyes and he took his left hand and lightly smacked her bum "don't roll your eyes doll" she took a sharp breath and tried to contain her raging hormones "I need to feed everyone including your children" "well, since you put it like that" he carefully placed her on the ground and she turned around and started grating a carrot.

Jerome walked next to her by the counter and picked up a knife "what are you doing?" "I wanna help" "I can make dinner on my own, Jerome" he sat the knife down and grabbed her wrist then pulled her in front of him and placed his finger on her lips "shut up and let me help baby" she smiled against his finger and pecked his finger as he pulled it away and turned back around and started cutting up some tomato's, Nyssa was having trouble cutting through a sweet potato, Jerome stood behind her and placed his hand over hers and put some force down and guided her hand down and the knife sliced through the vegetable, Jerome let her go and Nyssa quickly turned around and cocked her eyebrow and he shrugged "you looked like you needed some help" "I could've done it" "before or after you severed your finger?" she dropped her head down and he lifted her chin up "it's okay to ask for help, I won't belittle you for needing some help doll" she leaned her head into his chest and sighed.

He kissed the top of her head "you're such an amazing husband" he chuckled "and you're the most amazing wife, now let's finish this meal so we can feed our kids" she nodded and they both turned back to the counter, after an hour they finished cooking and started serving dinner on plates, Nyssa ran up the stairs and walked into her and Jerome's room to see her two kids cuddled up together on her bed, she smiled and took a picture then sat down and shook their shoulders lightly till their big blue eyes shot open "sleep well my darlings?" Crimson sat up happily "yep! I was dreaming of all different kinds of cool knives" Nyssa was a little taken a back by her daughter but decided to shake off her uneasiness "that's great Crim, and what about you big handsome boy" Jason just sat silently with his head down "JayJay, what's wrong?" she saw his eyes were glossy and puffy.

She lifted his chin and saw his glassy blue eyes dripping tears "Crim, daddy's downstairs with dinner, go tell him I'll be there in a minute" she nodded and pulled Jason in for a hug then climbed off the bed and ran out of the room, Nyssa pulled Jason into her lap and pushed his soft hair back from his face "what happened baby?" he cuddled into her chest "I don't want to lose you mommy" "you'll never lose me honey" "I saw it" "saw what?" "you, you weren't moving and there was a lot of blood stuff everywhere" "oh honey, it's okay it was just a dream" she cuddled him closer and kissed his head "it was just a dream, I'm not going anywhere" after he calmed down they walked downstairs where Jerome was placing Nyssa's plate in her spot then sat down at the head of the table and watched Nyssa pull a chair out for Jason then she sat down next to him.

Jerome took her hand and sent her a concerned look "I'll talk to you about it later" he nodded and turned to the kids "we're leaving tomorrow night so make sure you don't forget anything" they nodded and Nyssa cocked her head "since when were we leaving tomorrow?" Ed and Oswald turned to them both and Jerome sighed "I have to get back to work, there's some things I have to deal with" "you said we could stay till the end of the week" "I have to work Nyssa" "you promised me-" "get over it, I still have shit to do, my life does not revolve around you!" he snapped at her, she sat her fork down and stood up "Nyssa-" she threw her knife onto her plate loudly making him shut up and stormed out of the kitchen and ran up the stairs.