Charlie and Bass Chapter 4
Both Charlie and Bass looked to Gene when he said "Charlie tell me it's not Monroe, especially after everything he has done", Charlie looked sad but said "I can't do that grandpa, I love him" she smiled at Bass after saying that. Gene stood up and tried not shout he said "Charlie he killed your brother and father, how can you do this of all people", this made Bass angry and he turned and said "don't talk to her like that, it's not her fault", "your right it's all your fault" Gene shouted back to Monroe. Charlie tried to calm the situation down by saying "grandpa stop, he wasn't even there when my dad and Danny died, he never gave the order to kill them, it took me awhile to let him see that I didn't blame him and to let him know how I feel about him".
Gene shouted to Charlie "you don't see it do you, he may not of given the order but he still set the killings in motion" he finished with disgust written on his face, Charlie retorted in a loud voice "what you, mum, Miles and my dad are any different, because what you all did got people killed too".
At this point, hearing the shouting both Miles and Rachel came into the room. Looking at them all Miles demanded "what the hell is going on in here". Both Charlie and Bass looked at each other, then Charlie turned to her grandfather hoping he would understand to keep quiet, but he looked at her and then said "no Charlie, either you tell them now or I will", realising she doesn't have a choice but to tell them, she looks at both her mum and Miles "I'm pregnant" she whispers, both Miles and Rachel demand to know who the father is, trying to stay strong Charlie says "Bass, Bass is the father", Rachel walks to Charlie and slaps her around the face and says "what you just drop your pants for him, you ungrateful child", after saying that Rachel looks away and doesn't anything else.
Miles looks between both Bass and Charlie, then he walks over to Bass and starts punching him while saying "she's my niece, you said you didn't touch her, you son of a bitch, I'm going to kill you", this makes Charlie shout "Miles stop", this makes him stop and turn to look at her and say "you said you would never let him touch you", this makes Charlie look away in shame for she knew her Uncle was right she did say that.
At this point Rachel finally finds her voice again and she says "how could you after what he did to Danny and your father, he is the reason they are dead, he kept me as a prisoner", Charlie looks to her mother and says "first of all he wasn't the one who walked away from her family to be with someone else, cause that was the actual reason you left so you could be with Miles and as I told grandpa he didn't make the order to kill or was he even there when they did die". Rachel shouts at her daughter "I had no choice but to go to them in order to protect you and Danny and Monroe was the one who kept me a prisoner, he is the reason they are dead hem may not have been there but he is the reason they are dead, you are a selfish child for being with him and I will make sure he never gets to see that child", Rachel gets too close to Charlie than was necessary.
Miles see this and steps in between them and says "Charlie did he force you", Charlie looks to Bass who hasn't said a word to see if he would like to contribute to that, which he does "no Miles I didn't force her, I love her" and Charlie says "I love him too, I know it's hard for you Miles, but please understand I never meant to act on how I felt, but I couldn't continue to pretend I hate him anymore", this makes Miles nod in acknowledgement.
Bass looks at Miles and says "you know me, so know this after Shelley and the baby died, I lost all hope in ever finding love again especially after I went off the deep end and then Charlie came along and I felt whole again, I saw someone who I loved and she makes me a better person". Miles knows that Bass would never compare someone to Shelley if they didn't mean just as much to him as she did, plus he can see the truth in both Bass's and Charlie's eye. He looks at Bass and says "ok, but it shouldn't have been my niece, but I can see the old you when you are around her and just so you know if you hurt her I won't hesitate this time to kill you, plus I still want to kill you now for being with her" and to prove his point Miles punches him again.
Rachel can't believe what she is hearing and says "that's it, you're leaving it there, well I won't, you have ruined my family and I won't let you poison my daughter anymore, so I vow I will kill you in the most painful way possible", this made Charlie so angry and turned and says "if you hurt him, I will never forgive you and will no longer be known as your daughter, plus you don't get to dictate my life you have never been bothered before", this upset Rachel that her daughter would say that, so realising she has been defeated, she leaves the room with Miles trailing behind her.
Charlie turns to look at her grandfather who has been quiet through all this, he looks to her and says "I don't like you being with him, but I love and trust you", he walks to his granddaughter and kisses her forehead before leaving the room as well.
Bass looks to Charlie and smiles to her reassuringly, then he says "well that went better than I thought" this made Charlie laugh, which made him happy. When she stopped laughing she started yawning, which makes Bass says "come on let's get some rest", Charlie smiles and says "yeah, we can talk in the morning, I love you Bass", Bass smiles and kisses her softly before leading her out the room.