Summary: John is abusive and Marlena is trapped in her marriage with him. Not a story for John lovers, sorry.
Dsiclaimer: I own nothing except my own ideas.
I got the idea for this story after watching a clip on youtube of Shawn and Belle taking Bo's motorcycle for a ride. This is set when Shawn and Belle are teenagers and Shawn had just gotten back from school. I changed Shawn though because I didn't like his 'bad boy' attitude, lol. I hope you enjoy this story.
Marlena rushed into the police station. Roman had called her and told her that Shawn and Belle were there after a joyride on Bo's motorcycle. Roman and Belle were sitting in the main area when Marlena entered.
"Mom!" Belle exclaimed.
She got out of the chair and ran over to Marlena. Marlena embraced her daughter for a few seconds.
"What is going on Belle?" Marlena asked.
"I was coming home from having dinner with Mimi and I ran into Shawn. He offered to give me a ride home and I accepted. Apparently Shawn was going too fast because we got pulled over." Belle explained.
"I can't believe that you would get on a motorcycle." Marlena replied.
"It was late and he was offering me a ride." Belle defended herself.
Just then Shawn and Bo exited the chief's office. Shawn went straight over to Marlena and Belle.
"Dr. Evans, I am very sorry. I didn't mean any harm to Belle tonight. I was just trying to be nice." Shawn apologized for his actions.
"It's alright." Marlena responded.
"Come on, it's late." Bo said to Shawn and they left.
Hearing that, Marlena looked at the clock and her stomach dropped ten floors.
"We have to get going too, you dad will be waiting." Marlena told Belle, her voice a little panicky.
Roman heard Marlena's voice change and he also noticed that Belle's face paled a little. Then the two of the rushed out of the police station. They entered the penthouse and sure enough John was sitting on the couch. Over the past several months, John was becoming abusive towards his family. They had to be very careful with their words and actions otherwise they would anger him.
"Where have you been?" John demanded.
"I went to go pick up Belle. She was having dinner with Mimi and it got late so she asked if I could come get her." Marlena answered, leaving out details.
John turned his gaze to Belle and Belle moved back away from him.
"Why were you out late to begin with?" John asked his daughter, advancing towards her.
Marlena stepped in between John and Belle.
"I told her she could go to dinner with Mimi." Marlena answered for her daughter. "Belle, go on upstairs."
Belle hesitantly walked up the stairs. She wanted to get away from her dad but she didn't want to leave her mom there with him. She had just gotten to her bedroom door when she heard a slap and Marlena cry out. She was about to go back downstairs but Brady grabbed her and pulled her into his room.
"Belle, you can't go down there. He'll hit you too." Brady told his sister.
"But I can't leave my mom down there to get hit." Belle replied, tears streaming down her face.
Brady looked at how upset his little sister was.
"I'll go down, you stay here." Brady said.
Brady left the room and headed towards the stairs. He saw Marlena holding her left cheek, presumably from the smack. She was backing away from him but John kept coming towards her.
"I would prefer it if my daughter wasn't out at night." John angrily said.
"Dad!" Brady yelled, running down the stairs.
"Son, go back upstairs." John ordered.
"No dad, get away from Marlena." Brady was now standing in front of his father.
"You do not tell me what to do." John hit Brady.
Brady fell backwards and Marlena let out a shriek. Marlena went over to Brady to make sure he was alright. John looked at the two of them with an evil glare and then stomped out onto the balcony. Brady and Marlena took this opportunity to go upstairs and get away from John.