Voracious Angel

Chapter 20

Isis walked down the hall to Happy's dorm room. She knocked before opening the door. Both girls rushed at her and wrapped their arms around their mother. She chuckled as she hugged them both back. They fired several questions at her making her hold her hand up for them to quiet down.

"Are you two safe? No harm was done to you?" Isis looked between the two girls.

"As soon as the black SUV's showed up, he gave us the key to his room and told us to stay in here until he came and got us." Leia explained, "What's going on?"

"We haven't heard anything. Except until a few minutes ago. We heard a loud bang sound." Ashanti stated.

Isis sighed not knowing if she should tell her children she just murdered their father or keep it from them.

"You know I love you both, right? (Both girls nodded) You know I'd do anything to keep you both safe, right? (Again both girls nodded) Well, I have to tell you... (she sighed) ...a few minutes ago...I shot your father. That's the loud bang sound you heard." Isis explained.

"You actually shot dad?" Leia's eyes widened.

"You know I wouldn't have done it if things weren't dire." Isis stated, "And I gave him a choice. He could keep harassing me and die or he could forget about all of us and go back to Texas and live peacefully. He didn't want to let us go."

"But...but why?" Ashanti took a few steps back from her mother.

"He wanted us to go back to Texas and be a family again. I refused bringing up all the emotional and psychological abuse he put us all through. The birthdays he blew off. The school functions he promised to attend and never did. Why should we live somewhere that we weren't wanted and loved? I didn't want to go back to that and I didn't want to subject you two to that either. I understand you both need time to digest what I've told you.

I also understand that you're probably upset with me for killing your father. I want you both to stay in Happy's room until I come and get you. I'll give you some time and space so you can process all this information. Just know I did it because I love you both very much." Isis explained before backing out of the room and shutting the door.

She walked to the bar, sat down, and asked for a bottle of Vodka and a shot glass. Chibs sat across the room and watched Isis down three shots back—to-back. Happy, Juice, and Tig had just left the lot to take care of the body and the six men who Happy was about to kill. Bobby was enjoying a beer with him. Seeing Isis' slumped shoulders, the medic decided to go check up on her to see how she was doing. He had a seat next to her and waved the prospect over for a shot glass.

"Lass, ye look like ye can use some company." Chibs' thick Scottish accent came out as he spoke.

"I didn't feel right keeping information from my children." She stated bluntly, "So I just told them I just killed their father. They were curious why so I told them the truth. I decided to give them some time and space to process what I told them."

"I see. Must've been 'ard." Chibs said.

"Very." She retorted.

"What all was said between ya? None o' us knew wha' ye was sayin' to each other." Chibs questioned.

"Talking about our past, talking about a future he wanted that was never going to happen, talking about what he did to us, what I thought about him. Threats. More threats." She shrugged, "You know he actually threatened to have me killed just so he could take my children back into the emotionally abusive household we left? I wasn't going to stand for that. My children deserve better than the shit he put us through!"