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Chapter 3
Madison stood ridged as Billy pressed his lips against her. He slipped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him. She stood there in shock for a minute before her eyes closed. She put her arms around his neck and started kissing him back. He started walking forward forcing her to stumble backwards and kicked the door shut with his foot. His lips moved from her mouth down her chin to place small kisses on her neck. She felt his lips curve into a smile as she let out a small moan. He walked them over to the couch and sat down on it forcing her to straddle his lap. She felt his hands on her skin as ran his hands across her back slipping under her shirt. She pulled back and looked at him. "We shouldn't be doing this. My son is in the other room along with Tanya and Gabby."
"We'll be quiet." Billy said and he pressed his lips against hers again. She sighed in the kiss and Billy took the opportunity to deepen it. She broke the kiss and leaned back slightly and pulled her top off herself so she was in her strapless bra and jeans. Billy grabbed her pulled her down on the couch so she was underneath him. He attached his lips to her neck as he started grinding against her. He started chanting her name. He started saying it louder and louder. She closed her eyes and giggled. "Shhhh. Your supposed to be quiet. Your going to wake everyone up."
"MADISON!" She opened her eyes and looked in confusion as she saw Gabby saying her name. "Maddy. Maddy get up."
She gasped and shot up from her spot. She looked around and saw Gabby looking at her in amusement and Caleb staring at her in confusion. She noticed the room lite up in sunlight. She looked at the time and saw it was 9:30 in the morning. She ran a hand threw her hair and sighed. It was just a dream she thought.
"Mommy are you okay?" Madison looked at Caleb and nodded her head.
"Yeah Mommy's okay. Just had a bad dream. That's all."
"Bad dream my ass." Gabby laughed softly to herself. Madison glared at her.
"You should have brought Mr. Twinkles. He helps me when I have a bad dream." Caleb said referring to his stuffed monkey he got for his third birthday as he got up on the couch and got under the blankets Madison had been using.
"Yeah I should have." Madison said as she ruffled his hair and kissed his head. "What do you want for breakfast baby boy?" She stood up and walked to the kitchen.
"Peanut butter toast." Yelled Caleb as he started playing with his action figures.
Madison was waiting for the toast to pop out of the toaster when Tanya walked out of her room. She sat at the table and put her head in her hands. "Ahhh my head hurts." She started whining like a little kid.
"Aw does little Tanny have a hangover?" Gabby said as if talking to a baby. Then she went over to the cupboard and grabbed a bottle of Tylenol and a glass of water and laid it in front of Tanya.
"Thank you." Tanya mumbled as she put the pills in her mouth and swallowed the water.
"So you and Baggy were getting pretty comfy with each other last night." Madison smiled as she buttered Caleb's toast.
"Yeah I remember bits and pieces of it. But I also remember getting a ride home from a Mr. Billy Darley." Tanya said trying to get the attention off of her.
At the mention of his name Madison went stiff. Her mind went back to the vivid dream she had. She calmly walked over to the table and put the plate of toast on it and called for Caleb to come and eat his breakfast. "He just gave us a ride. Nothing happened. Caleb come over you can play with your toys after breakfast."
"I didn't say anything did. Did I say anything happend Gabs."
"No. No I don't think you did." Gabby said now interested.
"So why so defensive Mads."
"I'm not defensive Tans." Madison said mocking both Gabby and Tanya.
"Okay seriously though from what I remember he seemed really into you and from what I know that doesn't rarely happen with Billy."
"And you have to admit the man is pretty good to look at." Gabby added. "So is his brother." She added quietly thinking no one heard her but Tanya did.
"Don't even think about it Missy."
"My God Tanya your hung over how did you hear that."
"It's a gift." Tanya said with a goofy grin.
"I got offered a job to work at the Four Roses last night." Madison said softly. Tanya's head shot up as she said this. "Really? I don't remember that part."
"Yeah Caroline offered when I told her I had gotten fired yesterday."
"Well are you going to take it?"
"I don't know. I mean I can't work nights because of Caleb but Caroline said she would talk to the owner about a reasonable schedule and I promised Billy I would consider it." She closed her eyes after realizing what she had just said.
"Huh what was that. And you said nothing happened."
"Well it was nothing he just said that it wouldn't be a bad idea if there were some extra hands around that's all."
"Ha ha ha whatever. He is so into you girl."
"Whatever guys." Madison laughed.
"Seriously though I think you should take it. Think about most of your days will be free for Caleb and its not like you will be working every single night. And the nights you are working one of us will watch him." Tanya said as she glanced at Gabby who nodded her head and walked into her room to change.
"I'll tell you what I told Billy and Caroline. I'll consider it." Madison sighed and took the half empty plate Caleb had left and ate the little bit of toast on it.
"That still doesn't get rid of the fact that Billy wants you." Tanya giggled.
"Okay you know what, yes he's hot and yes maybe I might you just kind of like him, but its not going to happen. Billy reminds me to much of Denny and I can't get back into that lifestyle especially now that I have a kid."
"Okay first how do you know Billy is just like Denny. You can't judge every man on the one relationship you had with an asshole. You haven't had a real relationship since Denny and that was like five years ago. It's time to get back into it."
"What's an asshole?" Madison spun around and saw Caleb standing behind her looking up at her innocently.
"A bad world that I never want to hear you say ever got it?" Caleb nodded and sat at the table with a small glass of juice Madison had gotten for him. She turned to Tanya. "Try to be careful with what you say around him. He's like a parrot I swear."
"Okay mother." Tanya laughed.
"Ha ha ha your hilarious. You just lucky I feel pity because your hung over or I would be ragging on you about Baggy." Madison said and put her arm around Tanya's shoulders and gave her a squeeze.
"Come on Caleb I'll help you get dressed." She grabbed his hand and walked into Gabby's room where his stuff was, just as Gabby walked out now dressed for the day.
"How much you wanna bet her and Billy are going to get together." Tanya said.
"Nothing because from what I hear he really seems to dig her. And she was makin some really interesting sounds when she was asleep." Gabby laughed and started to imitate Madison. Tanya burst out laughing.
"Well at least we know she digs him just as much. She better take that job. Imagine both her and Caroline working there. I'd never have to pay for a drink again." Tanya closed her eyes and bit her lip.
Madison laughed lightly to herself while she watched Caleb try to dress himself. He refuse to let her help him. He stood there with a frustrated look on his face when finally got his shirt he realized it was backwards.
"Stick your arms inside your shirt." She then took a hold of the bottom on the shirt and straightened it out. "Now stick your arms out. There you go."
"At least I put my pants on good right." He had a proud look on his face.
"Yes you did. You look very handsome." He smiled at her. He had on a t-shirt that had the words lucky kid across the chest along with a pair of jeans with an elastic waist making it easy for him to put on himself.
"Who's Billy?" Caleb asked out of the blue.
"What!"
"I heard you and Tanny talking about Billy. Is he your friend?"
"Yes. He's just mommy's friend." Madison said trying to convince Caleb and herself.
"Is he going to come over and play at our house sometime?"
"U-uh what? N-no not...Caleb I don't think that would be a good idea." She was stumbling all over her words. "Hey what do say we stop and get some ice cream later today?"
"Really! Could I have nepodean?" Caleb said completely forgetting the Billy topic.
"Yes you can have some Napoleon ice cream." Madison laughed at Caleb's pronouncing of the word. She followed him as he ran out of the room screaming.
"Woah could you keep your voice down bud. Auntie Tanny has a bit of a headache." Tanya was lying on the couch by now and had her arm laid over her face.
"Are you sick? Are you too sick to get ice cream with us?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah. You could say I'm sick. You have a good time with your ice cream. Maybe your mom will let you have an extra scoop for me."
"Really!" Caleb said excited again.
"Don't get your hopes up. The last time you had more than two scoops you got a tummy ache remember." Caleb nodded his head at his mother. "Now go make sure you didn't forget any of your toys." Caleb ran off looking around making sure he didn't forget anything.
"You wanna go with us Gabby while your sister recovers?" Madison asked grinning at Tanya half asleep on the couch.
"Thanks but I have an essay I have to finish that's due tomorrow."
"Alright. Caleb when you have everything put your coat on." Caleb ran to Madison and threw his stuff at her feet and put his jacket on but was having trouble getting his zipper up.
"I can't get it up." Caleb stamped his foot.
"Relax baby boy. You'll get it eventually." Madison knelt down and pulled the zipper of his coat up for him. She turned to Gabby. "Thank you again for watching him. I'll pay you back soon."
"I said not to worry about it. I love watching him. We have fun don't we buddy. Beats going out to party any day." Gabby laughed. " Also Tanya was right if you want that job at the bar then I will watch him. It's really no problem."
"Thanks Gabby. That means a lot to me. I'll definitely think about it. Caleb put your back pack on. Tell Tanya I'll call her later okay. I'll talk to you later."
"Sure. Can I have a hug Caleb?" Gabby leaned down and gave him a hug. Then stood up and gave Madison a hug. "See ya." She waved at Caleb.
"Bye." Caleb waved back and grabbed Madison's hand and they walked out of the apartment. She was strapping him in the car when she got a sense of deja vu. She stopped and looked around half expecting to see Billy's car drive by but to her disappointment there was nothing but a red minivan that drove by.
Wait why am I disappointed she thought to herself. He's the last person I want to see. She knew she was lying to herself.
"Can we go to the park when we get ice cream mommy?" Caleb asked as she pulled out of the parking lot.
"We'll see." Madison said and put her sunglasses on to shield her eyes from the bright sun."Mommy want's to go and get cleaned up and if its not too late when we get some ice cream we can stop at the park for a while."
"Okay."
Once they got home Caleb went to his little toy box and started playing with his toys.
"Caleb I'm getting in a quick shower. Don't answer the phone if it rings and I'm going to lock the door so don't answer that either got it."
"Yes mooom." He said in a bored voice as if he heard the lecture a million times before which he had. Madison went into the bathroom and turned the water on. She made sure it was hot. She shed her clothes and stepped under the nozzle. She winced as the hot water hit her. She thought back to the dream she had the night before. It had felt so real. She could still feel his hands on her skin and she could taste his lips as he kissed her.
God she thought, if it felt that good in a dream I can only imagine what it feels like for real.
She shook her head. She couldn't think like that. She wasn't looking for a relationship. Especially with the leader of a gang. She couldn't get in that world again and she definitely didn't want Caleb in that world. She was just washing the conditioner out of her hair when she heard the door bell of the apartment ring. She frowned because nobody she knew used her doorbell, they usually knocked. She didn't panic though because she trusted that Caleb would listen to her and not answer the door. She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She went to her bedroom to put some clothes on. She decided on a pair of old jeans that had holes in them and a simple black t-shirt that hugged her curves.
She walked into the living room and saw Caleb still on the floor with some of his toy cars. She looked out the peephole of the front door and saw no one. She opened the door and looked to look down the hall to see if she could catch whoever was at the door but noticed something taped onto the door. It was an envelope. She grabbed it and opened it. It had a little white slip of paper on it. She looked at it and gasped.
07/11/03.
That's what was written on the slip of paper. Madison's eyes widened as she realized that it was Caleb's birth date. She slammed the door shut and locked it. She walked over to the table and sat down and looked at the piece of paper.
Who could have sent this, she thought to herself. She felt a chill down her back when she realized whoever sent this was outside the door a few minutes ago while her son was alone just on the other side. She put the paper back into the envelope and put it in a drawer buy the sink. She walked over to the couch and laid down and turned the tv on some random talk show while Caleb played. After the third guy on tv claimed not to be the father of his ex girlfriends baby her eyes closed and she fell asleep.
CRASH! Madison shot up at the loud noise. She noticed Caleb wasn't playing with his toys. The note came to her mind and she jumped up her heart in her throat. She looked to the kitchen and saw Caleb sitting on the floor with pots and pans all over the place. She sighed in relief and walked over picking all the dishes up and put them back in the cupboard.
"What were you doing?" Madison said and put her hands on her hips.
"I was thirsty and wanted a drink and I didn't wanna wake you up so I tried to get it myself." He looked sheepish.
"Well next time wake me up. Scared me half to death with that crash. I thought something happened to you." She knelt down so she reached his level. "Besides you know you can't go through these cupboards without my permission."
"I'm sorry Mommy." Caleb said and put his head down.
"It's alright." Madison sighed. She looked up at the clock and saw it was almost three in the afternoon. "So you ready for that ice cream." She smiled and started tickling him.
"Ahhhhh! Yes yes yes. Stop it! Ha ha ha ha." Caleb started laughing uncontrollably.
"What's the magic words." Madison laughed along with him.
"I love you, I love you, mommy I said it. I said it." Caleb laughed.
"Okay. Get your jacket on we'll go get that ice cream." She walked over to the closet and took out her leather jacket her father gave her for her 19th birthday. She kinda hesitated for a minute not sure if whoever put that note on her door was still around but Caleb was so excited she couldn't turn him down. She once again had to help him with his zipper. She opened the front door and Caleb ran out.
"Caleb slow down. Wait for me." Madison said and locked the front door and jogged after Caleb who was waiting patiently by the elevator.
The ice cream stand was only a couple of blocks so they decided to walk. She held on to Caleb's hand as they walked and swung their hands back and forth making him laugh. He was talking non stop the whole way there and she couldn't stop smiling at him. They finally made it to the stand and Caleb started jumping up and down.
"Calm down. You want Napoleon right?"
"Yes. Two scoops." Caleb said holding up two fingers.
"Okay. Could I have two scoops of napoleon ice cream and one scoop of strawberry please." Madison asked the teenage boy working there. She grabbed some napkins laid out while he added up the total.
"That's 4.50." He smiled showing off braces and went to get the ice cream. Madison let go of Caleb's hand and took her wallet put of her purse to get some money. "Caleb stay close to me."
The boy handed her the ice cream and she laid a five dollar bill on the counter. "Keep the change." She said and handed Caleb his ice cream.
"Lets go sit on the bench while you eat." They walked to a bench and sat down. Every time she noticed a car pass she couldn't help that small part of her hope that it was black with red designs on it. While she was looking around she noticed a group of people walk out of an alley. She took a second glance and thought she saw someone familiar.
No she thought. That couldn't be him. I haven't seen him in over five years. There's no way Denny could know where she was. She hadn't told him she left her mother to live with her father all those years ago. She turned again to try and find him but he had disappeared. She hadn't seen him in that long she wasn't even sure if he looked the same.
"Mom I'm finished with my ice cream. Can we go to the park now. I wanna play on the monkey bars." Caleb stood up and tugged on her arm.
"Alright." She took what was left of his ice cream which was a bit of the cone. "Let's put this in the garbage first. Here wipe your face." She said and handed him a napkin. He hastily wiped his face and passed her the napkin and she threw that and the ice cream cone in the nearest garbage bin.
When they got to the park there were a couple of other kids playing and he first went to the sand box and started helping another little boy build a castle. Madison sat down and watched him interact with the other kids. Thank god he wasn't shy with kids his own age. He is quite shy around adults he's not used to. It took a long time before she could even leave him alone with Gabby and Tanya. She looked around the park. It wasn't the best looking park. Which she wasn't expecting it to be considering the part of town they were in but it wasn't so bad to be out during the day. Especially a nice day. Suddenly there was a loud rumbling noise and she looked across the street and her heart rose to her throat as she saw Billy's car along with the red car pull up to a building across the street. She recognized Joe walking out of the building as he lit up a cigarette. He wasn't down the steps when she saw Billy step out of the car. He walked over to Joe and pushed him a little. She heard his voice but couldn't tell what he was saying. All the other guys stood to the side not getting involved. It was obvious he wasn't happy. She was staring at them for a good five minutes before she turned her head to watch Caleb. Except when she looked at the sandbox he wasn't there. She looked at the monkey bars and he wasn't there either. She stood up and started to panic.
"CALEB." She yelled. He wasn't anywhere in the park. She spun in a circle and her eyes darted all around her.
"CALEB." She thought about the note with his birth date on it and panicked a little more. She felt the tears tickle her eyes. I take my eyes off him for five minutes and he disappears. God please let me find him, she thought.
Billy was not happy as he drove to old apartment building where Joe said he was. Bodie and Tommy were in the car with him and wouldn't say anything to him in fear of him snapping. When they finally pulled up to the building he saw Joe come out the door and walk down the steps. He narrowed his eyes as he thought back to what Joe had told him on the phone.
"Man we have a problem." Joe said carefully.
"What do you mean we have a problem." Billy said trying to stay calm. He know whatever Joe had to tell him it wouldn't be good.
"I mean I did good on the last deal right. I got a shit load of money off it so I thought I could spare a little so I found a girl who would fuck me for cheap and let me tell you Billy it was good so good I passed out after."
"How much did you give her Joe." Billy said quietly.
"Well I got 300 out of the deal and she said she would do it for 50."
"So you gave her the 50 and what."
"Well I passed out and when I woke up she was gone."
"So what. What the fuck does that have to do with me?"
"She took the other 250 with her." Joe said softly. He heard Billy take a deep breath.
"Where are you?" Billy was trying to stay calm.
"I'm at Hillview Apartments. (Not real) You know that cheap place across--"
"I know where that is I'll be there in five minutes." Billy snapped and hung up.
He got out of the car and walked up to you and pushed him. "What the fuck did you do?"
"I told you man the bitch screwed me over."
"Why the fuck was she able to fucking screw you over. You were supposed to come straight to me when you got that money. Except you decided you needed to get laid. What the hell were you thinking. You know I have to go to Bones with this." Billy was livid.
"Billy I'll go and explain to him what happened." Joe said ready to face the consequences.
"No. No you won't." He didn't show it often but he did care about his brother. Before Joe could say anything else they heard a female voice screaming.
"Hey Billy isn't that your girl from last night?" Bodie spoke for the first time.
Billy turned around and saw Madison in the park across the street. She looked to be panicking and shouting the name Caleb. He jogged across the street watching the cars and made his way toward her.
Madison was starting to hyperventilate she couldn't see him anywhere. She ran a hand through her hair and started breathing deeply. She jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She gasped when she saw it was Billy. His eyes softened when he saw the tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong. You okay?" He asked holding her by the shoulders.
"Caleb I can't find him. He was here and I turned away for a second and when I looked back he was gone and--" She started breathing hard again.
"Okay calm down. First of all who's Caleb?"
"My son. He's only four he can't be by himself. I need to find him." She turned around and started calling his name again.
"Right." Billy remembered her talking about him the other night. By this time all the other guys had come over and heard what she said.
"What's he look like." Baggy asked.
"He's small. Brown hair, blue eyes. He had a t-shirt on w-with lucky kid on the front a-and a jean j-jacket."
"Ok you need to calm down Madison. Do you have a picture or something." Billy asked. She calmed down a little when he said her name and she realized he was still holding her arms.
"Y-yeah. In my purse." She hauled out her wallet fro her purse and took out the picture of him. Billy took it and passed it around so everyone could have a look at it. Once it got back to him he looked at it again and passed it back to Madison.
"Spread out and search the area. I don't want to see any of you until we find the kid." Billy said and he took Madison's hand they started walking and the rest of the boys spilt up looking for Caleb.
While they were walking Madison realized Billy had not let go of her hand. It felt really warm against hers. She used her other hand to wipe the tears that had fallen. Billy noticed and gave her hand a squeeze.
"Hey were goin to find him alright. Trust me."
"Why are you helping me?"
"Well for some reason I like you. And once we find him you are going to pay me back by working at the bar." They turned a corner when Billy stopped causing Madison to stop.
"Is that him?" Billy asked pointing ahead of him.
Madison looked ahead and Billy could feel the tension leave her body.
"CALEB." Her son was kneeling down on the ground petting a stray dog that was sat on the ground in front of him. His head shot up at the sound of his mothers voice. Madison let go of Billy's hand and ran to Caleb. When she reached him she bent down and picked him up hugging him hard. She couldn't help the tears of relief that blurred her eyes when she held him. She put him down then got down on her knees.
"Caleb what are you doing over here. You know your not supposed to run away like that."
"I'm sorry mommy. But I saw a dog and he looked sad and I wanted to cheer him up but he walked away from me and I followed him. I was gunna come back I promise."
Madison was too relieved to get mad at him. "Don't do that again you hear me. I thought someone had taken you and I thought-" Madison couldn't finish her sentence.
"Who's that?" Caleb asked pointing to Billy.
"This is Billy. He's mommy's friend." Madison got up and turned to Billy and to his surprise wrapped her around his neck and hugged him. He stood still for a second before he wrapped his around her waist.
"Thank you so much. If you hadn't been there I would have just stood there freaking out." Billy turned his face in her hair and breathed deeply. Then when he realized what he was doing let go of her.
"Yeah well just make sure I see you working at the Four Roses by the weekend." He said and took his cell phone out to let everyone know they found Caleb.
Madison took Caleb's hand not planning to let it go until they were home. She watched as Billy hung up his phone.
"Thank you again." There was an awkward silence as they both stood there looking at each other.
"Don't worry about it. I gotta go. Some work to take care of. Can you make it home? Do you need a ride?"
"No we live just five minutes from here at Penton Estates." (Not real) Madison said. The name sounded a lot nicer than the actual building.
Billy nodded then turned and walked away back to his car when the boys were waiting.
"Bye." Madison said softly although she knew he couldn't hear her. She looked at Caleb. "You ready to go home baby boy." Caleb nodded his head and they headed home.
Ten minutes later they got home. Madison locked the door and put both their jackets in the closet. She sighed feeling relieved they were home. Caleb went to the living room and sat on the couch. "Can I watch a movie?" He asked quietly. He felt bad for taking off.
"Sure baby. Are you okay. You don't look so good." She ran her hand through his hair.
"Did I make you mad today?" Madison sighed as he said this.
"No not mad. I was more scared. I didn't know where you were. I didn't know what happened to you. I don't know what I do if you weren't around."
"I'm sorry. I won't do it again. I don't want you scared anymore mommy." A few tears leaked out of his eyes as he said this. Madison picked him up and set him on her lap and he buried his head in her chest. She rocked him back and forth for a while. She felt his breathing even out and realized he was asleep. She carefully stood up with him in her arms and walked to his bedroom and carefully changed him into his pyjamas and tucked him in bed. She walked to the living room and looked out the window as the sun started to set. She looked at the phone on the side table and thought about what Billy said to her. She looked through the phonebook and found the number for The Four Roses. She dialed the phone and waited. A man picked up. Madison took a deep breath. "Hi. I'm calling about a job. I heard you were looking for someone."
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