The Beast Within

Chapter Thirty-Five: I Am A Machine

Nyssa sighed and checked her phone for the fifth time in 3 minutes "it's been 2 weeks darling" Jeremiah said opening the door to his house and let her two kids run inside happily "we could have stayed with Ed and Ozzy you know" "I know, call me selfish, but I like having you with me" she ran her hand over his shoulder and sighed "I'm still married to Jerome, and I want to stay with him" "I know, I just wish you wouldn't let him push you around so easily" "I can't fight him, I can't afford to get injured and lose the b-" she quickly stopped talking forgetting that she hadn't told Jeremiah about the twins.

He cocked his head to the side "Nyssa, are you pregnant?" "I-" "does he know?" she nodded slowly and saw his rage build quickly "he laid a hand on you while knowing you were pregnant!?" "Miah, please calm down" "how are you still defending the bastard!?" "I need you to be calm because I have something important to tell you" he took a deep breath and contained his rage and it amazed her how he could go back to being so calm in seconds unlike Jerome "you have my undivided attention darling" "the truth is, I'm pregnant and it's twins.. but they're not Jerome's" "wait- are you saying-" "they're yours Jeremiah" "are you serious?" "100%" he had a smile on his face until his eyes turned dark "does Jerome know?" she nodded and he let out a low growl "he hit you whilst knowing you were carrying my children!?" "Miah, please calm down" "he's crossed the line this time!" "Jeremiah" he grabbed his gun and loaded it "Jeremiah no!" he swung the door open but stopped at who was in front of him "you!" he lunged and punched Jerome square in the face "Jerome!" Nyssa squealed and ran outside where the two brother's were punching each other "Miah stop! Jerome get off him!" Jerome had Jeremiah pinned down on the driveway punching him in the face "Jerome, stop!" Jerome struck him again and Nyssa pulled him off Jeremiah.

Jerome stepped back and Nyssa pulled Jeremiah to his feet "of course you're running to his side!" Jerome said spitting out some blood "he's a lot worse than you Jerome!" Jerome rolled his eyes and pulled out a cigarette and lit it "whatever Nyssa" "you have three seconds to get off my property brother or I will kill you" Jerome scoffed "oh really?" Jeremiah pulled out his gun and cocked it pointing it at Jerome who just rolled his eyes and pulled out his gun and pointed it at Jeremiah and cocked it "try it" he spat "stop this!" "mommy, what are daddy and uncle Miah doing?" Nyssa felt her heart drop as she turned and saw her two kids terrified at the door "nothing, come on, let's go inside" she took their small hands and furiously turned to the brother's "don't ever do this when my children are around" she turned and walked inside and slammed the door.

Nyssa laid on the bed in the guest room Jeremiah gave her, there was knock on the door but she ignored it, the door slowly opened and the persons footsteps stopped at the doorway and the door closed and a shadow hovered over her body "how long have you been in Gotham with my kids?" "we only got here today" "when were you planning on telling me you were here?" "I was about to call you before you showed up" "did you fuck him?" she shot up and turned to him "no, I would never cheat on you!" "it's a reasonable question to ask!" she huffed and stood up "I'm not doing this with you" she pushed past him but he grabbed her wrist stopping her "let me go" he stood still and glared at her.

She raised her free hand but he grabbed her arm with his spare hand "don't forget what happens when you raise your hands to me" "fuck you, get out!" "I'll leave, but I'm taking my kids with me" "you're not going anywhere with my kids!" "I haven't seen them in two weeks, I'm taking them!" "you aren't taking my children!" "you gonna try and stop me?" "if I have to!" "you may be my wife, but I have no problem with making you lose those kids to see mine" "you bastard!" "you married me" "you're a monster!" "we all have demons and beasts within us, it just takes a certain person to push you to the limit to have it claw it's way out.. fight me on this and I won't hesitate to hurt you to see my kids" "you're not taking them, you're fucking crazy!" "try and stop me!" she glared at him and opened her hands making sparks fly "you'd really do that, to your husband?" "if I have to" "go ahead then, do it" she glared one last time and dropped her head then closed her hands making the sparks disappear.