Fate

Chapter Fifty-Two

Chapter Fifty-Two

I sat against the wall crying quietly. The idea of my family being threatened was a little funny when it wasn't perfect, to begin with, but here was a fresh threat when the other hadn't been completely quenched yet. If Eric didn't tell he'd tell. I didn't want that as much as I wanted Kenneth away from mom and me. What did I really want? What did they really want?

"Eric, I'm sorry. Please leave," Mom begged desperately.

Indeed the desperation was clear in her voice and it broke my heart. Much like me she was caught in the middle and didn't know what to do. I figured she was also frightened. Both by the fear of losing me and what Kenneth's anger might mean for her later. Of course, she was scared of him just like I was.

"Kenneth don't get violent with your wife and daughter. They don't deserve this."

"Right now your the one thats causing them harm. Your upsetting my wife and it will upset my kid too."

"Eric please," Mom requested.

"I'm sorry. I'll go but are you sure you're going to be okay?" Eric asked.

It was clear in his voice he was both concerned and that he really cared about the distress he was causing us. That was important but it did little to actually help us. If he kept angering Kenneth now I feared what he might do to mom later. Right now I didn't think I'd be able to try and stop him as I didn't want to get hurt myself. I didn't want either of us to be hurt.

"I'll be fine," she sniffed.

"Get out of my house!" Kenneth snapped.

"Kenneth, if you don't get it together and figure this out the cops will be at your house. That's how it's going to be. They shouldn't live in a  house where they have to be afraid," he stated matter of fact before I heard the door shut behind him.

I listened tensely. Easy for him to make threats when he was leaving. Thankfully a fight hadn't broken out but then again he wasn't here now to protect us. He had to know what would happen if he left. How was that protecting us? Maybe he wasn't much better than his son.

"Asshole. Asshole!" Kenneth roared as I heard loud noises and the sound of glass shattering downstairs.

I wondered what he'd broken and if it was important to mom. Probably was. I heard her sobbing again and I almost went downstairs to see if she was okay but I didn't hear anything else for a second. What was going on?

"Luci, don't cry. It's okay." I heard him soothe her.

"Kenneth, this is not okay. They're going to take our daughter away. My baby will be taken from us. I can't allow that." She augured.

"She'll probably end up at Kaylin's house then she'll be returned to us. It's not so bad."

"She's going to be eighteen next year. The last thing I want her to do is to be driven away from us any more than she probably will be."

"Look—"

"No, I won't lose her. You have to get this together. You have to try and if you don't I'll leave you."

I gasped in shock as I'd never heard her threaten it in person though she had in the past.

"Luci," he warned.

"No, I will not lose my daughter. If it's between her and you then I'll always pick her. She's done nothing wrong and you have."

"Just shut up! I don't want to talk about this."

"They aren't giving us much of a choice." My mother sighed and I just knew he was glaring at her.

"It doesn't matter what they say. We're a family and it matters what we say. Who cares if they call. We'll just tell them something else like we always do."