culpables years later
Noah
Luckily, there was a piece of chocolate cake in the fridge that I could treat myself to. Just like Andy's time in my stomach, this baby was also into sugar. With a fork and the cake, I sat outside by the pool. Alex stood farther away, watching me. Steve shift was done for tonight, and Alex was on night shift. My feet were in the water, and I enjoyed the peace. And the cake. "Can I have some chocolate cake?" I turned to Nick in amusement. "Try, but when it comes to my sweet, I get angry." He sat down next to me and took the fork out of my hand and took a bite. "Wasn't it a nice evening freckles?"
Was he trying to be funny? "Is Andy asleep?" He gave me the fork again and nodded. "Yes, he couldn't stop talking for joy at his sibling." I had to smile. Andy was going to be a great big brother. "I know he's going to be a great brother. Did he say anything about why you look like this?"
Nick blew the air out. "Yes, but I said Badman attacked me, and I fought him with Superman." All right. "I'm sorry, Noah. I know you get scared when you see wounds like that. I just wanted to help, and I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I love you and Andy, and I wanted it to be a nice night."
I knew Nick was telling the truth. It still hurt. Especially the Jenna and Lion thing. "I know Nick. I'm sorry for Jenna and Lion. You and your fighters have taken a lot." He put an arm around me and took the plate away. He grabbed my stomach, where he lifted my dress. "How are you and the baby?" He lovingly caressed my slightly rounded stomach, and I enjoyed the tenderness. My hands embraced his. "We're fine. We're relieved that all the secrets are out." He kissed me as only he could. I embraced his face and forced him to continue with my tongue. "Nick? Shall we go up?" He smiled mischievously and kissed my tatoo on the ear. My eyes closed, and I enjoyed this attraction between us. He grabbed my legs and brought me up.
He kissed my neck and bit it. A groan escaped me. However, I had to be quiet if we didn't want to wake the others. He carefully laid me down on our bed and lay on top of me, tenderly kissing his way down to my breasts. "No hick spots, Nick." He grinned mischievously and took off my dress. Lying in my underwear, he watched me eagle-eyed.
My hands ran through his hair, and he enjoyed it. "I love you, Noah. Forever." I pulled him down to me and kissed him. Then it became a long and sensual night.
It was about two o'clock in the morning, and I couldn't sleep. Next to me was Nick, who was asleep. His hand was on my stomach, I was stroking it. My thoughts were just too deep for me to sleep.
In my mind, I was going through the evening. Everybody was happy about the news, but sad at the same time. My mom had enjoyed us living with them, but now that we're moving out, she was sad. Of course, every grandmother likes to have her children and grandchildren around her. The others were happy to have another child to spoil. Jenna had made it abundantly clear that she wanted to sponsor this child again. To be honest, I would have hoped that they would sponsor this child again. They were great. Andy is happy with them and they are family. I embraced my tummy and stroked it, being careful not to wake Nick. My tummy started to become very visible. I loved the feeling of being so in touch with the baby. It was moments like this that made me think about my father from time to time. Everyone had different thoughts about him. My mother was glad he's dead and relieved. Nick too, but he still had a hard time understanding how I miss him sometimes. William never liked him because he hit his wife.
Rarely at times was he a good father. At the age of six, he left me behind the wheel and drove cars with me. Everything I know about cars, I know from him.
Sometimes I wish it was a girl and I could see Nick be a great father to a girl. Nick is not a father like mine. I looked out towards the ocean. I wanted to sleep, but I was sleepless. Carefully, I got up and went to the fridge to get a drink. Everybody was asleep, because the house was so quiet, it was weird.
I turned off the light and sat down on a bar stool. Suddenly, a little light went on, and Michael was sitting across from me. He had a glass of whiskey in his hand and a gun with the other. "Don't say a word Noah. I'll pull the trigger. Good to see you, honey. Did you miss me?"
My heart was racing. He was here. In this house with a gun. Carefully, I put down my bottle and looked at him. He was smiling, and all I could think about was everybody sleeping upstairs, and I was on my own. Where was Alex? "Alex is not going to help you. He's out of action. He's sleeping. You're all alone with me, my love." "What do you want from me?" I wanted to scream or run, but I couldn't risk it. My baby was in danger, and my whole family was in danger.
"I want to talk to you a little bit. I mean, I like our games, and they're going to go on, but let's be serious. You broke my heart and you ruined everything, and you and your family are paying for that. You're going to lose, and your police are not going to help you. I could just go upstairs and kill everybody, but I'm not going to let the fun take away from my games." I want to kill him. Who does he think he is and can threaten me? That fucking asshole. "Fuck you, Michael!" "Listen. What I've done is just the beginning of the end. There's more to come, Noah. I can promise you one thing. You'll be dead in the end. Maybe your dear Nick and Andy will be dead."
I couldn't take it anymore. It was all too much for me. Just as I was trying to get something out of myself, Maggie came down to the kitchen. "Noah, why are you still awake?" She faltered when she saw the stranger sitting next to me. When she saw the gun, she wanted to scream, but Michael stopped her. "Go over to your sister. Be a good girl or I'll have to kill you." Maggie almost ran to me and fell into my arms.
I held her tightly in my arms and looked at Michael. He took a sip of alcohol from the bottle, and I took that chance to knock his gun out of his hand.
Maggie was ducking under the kitchen island when suddenly a gunshot rang out. Those few minutes after that were weird. All I know is I was able to take the gun out of him and beat him Chao. After that, all I remember is the voices of my mom and Nick.
Nick
When I heard the gunshot, I woke up from my sleep. Noah was gone. Fuck! I quickly ran to the kitchen, where all I saw was a figure running out the back door and Noah was on the floor. My sister was hiding behind the kitchen. What happened? I quickly went to my wife and took her in my lap. Was she okay? She had no external injuries. "Noah? Noah can you hear me?"
She was unconscious. Shit. My dad and Rafaella came running down, and when they saw us like that, they took their breath away. "Everybody okay? What happened?" I looked at my sister, and she seemed okay. Andy just came down, and I pointed out behind them that he was there and they should take him to his room. I don't want him to see that. Noah's mom took him by the hand and took him to his room. "Grandma, what's going on? Dad, where's Mom?" Andy started crying, and in his pajamas, he was taken to his room.
My dad went to see Maggie, who was in shock. "Dad, I have to take Noah to the hospital. She's unresponsive. Michael was here, I think." I carried Noah to the car, and I quickly took her to the hospital. At the same time, I tried to watch the road and watch Noah to see if she was still breathing. When I got to the emergency room, I parked and carried Noah to the counter.
"I need help! My wife is unconscious and unresponsive." They immediately came and carried her to a treatment room.
When I saw them bring her into the room and leave me behind, I had to try not to cry. Noah was hurt.