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Chapter Seven
What just happened? She was lying on the floor in the foyer, her cheek was red (stinging too) and he just stood there with a smirk on his face. She stared up at him in fear. He just slapped her. He just slapped her. The man who promised to always be there for her, to always love her and never let harm come to her. He had hit her because she wanted him to stay home. Was this the feeling she had been getting? There was no inch of remorse or shame in his eyes or on his face. Just that sadistic smirk he used to give when he was a teenager; when Yugi and the gang first met him.
Serenity tried to move away from him but as soon as she rose a little, he grabbed her naked arm, pulling her up. He dragged her up the stairs in an iron grip, not caring for her cries of pain. When they reached the bedroom, Seto threw her into a corner and approached her slowly. "Serenity, Serenity, Serenity. Shouldn't you know better than that? You should never get me angry."
"Seto, why did you do that? I only wanted you to st-"
SLAP!
He grabbed her soft chin, pulling their faces only millimeters apart. He stared at the red cheek and the salty tears that were running past it.
'How could he?'
His lips were practically placed on her's as he spoke, "You bitch. Don't speak back to me, ever!"
She wanted to kiss him, to hold him, to plead for him to stop messing with her. She wanted to cry into his shoulder and melt into his chest as his arms would snake around her, pulling her into his usually warm embrace. Why was he doing this? What had happened? Did she do something or say something that offended him? All she knew was, Seto was killing her. He would never say something like that or do anything like that! Her tears kept falling and she couldn't think straight!
What did he just say? What? 'Why would he? I was right! I never should've listened to Joey!' She thought, the feeling of betrayal causing her soft heart to bruise and swell, to burn and finally shrivel up into a broken toy; the toy he used to capture her.
"I only used you. All I want is an heir. I manipulated you and your stupid family. I can do whatever I want now. Mokuba's gone off to college so he won't know anything and you'll do what I say otherwise..." He leaned in closer to her ear. "I will burn you... I will beat you... And I will cut you... Slowly. And until you die... I'll make sure everyone thinks you're insane if you dare to let even one word out, or show a scar..."
He rose and left the room. She heard something click; he'd locked her in.
She kissed him softly as he came back to her through the door. His arms snaked around her waist as their tongues battled. He won and as they parted ever so slowly, she whispered in his ear, "Nice to see you again, sir."
"I'm glad to finally be back." He rubbed his curving nose against her soft, slender neck, sending a shiver down her spine.
"DADA!"
"Hey Lucas!" Joey tore away from his disappointed wife and took his son out of his high chair and squeezed him in delight! "I missed my little baby boy!"
Lucas giggled and pulled on his dad's golden locks as Mai went back to making her apple pie. "How was work?" She asked.
"It was fine. Some rich brat wanted her car repaintin' and da interior redesigned. I says to her, "Look girly, we don't do all dat stuff; we're freakin' mechanics!" And guess what she said den!" He took a seat at the table as Mai stuck the pie in the oven and joined him.
Lucas was put back in his high chair, playing with his hair, as Mai grinned. "What, she threatened to sue ya?"
Joey did a double take at his wife's face. 'How can she be laughin' about dis?!'
"Yes actually, she did! Now I'm stuck with a pink convertible..." He grumbled.
Mai smiled. "Well, speaking of rich brats, I heard Beauty and the sexy Beast are coming back from their honeymoon!"
Joey grimaced; sexy beast? Really? What was wrong with women these days!?
"What? You don't wanna see your sister?" She raised an eyebrow and cooed to her recently turned nine month old, "You wanna see aunty 'Ren? Do you? Do you?"
He giggled and grinned. "Yah! Atty 'Wen! Unca!" He clapped his hands in delight as Joey rolled his eyes. It was always about "atty and unca" wasn't it? Why couldn't it just be Joey, Mai and Lucas? Then again, Joey didn't want his only son to be a hermit! Suddenly, an idea came to mind! "Mai. Let's have sex."
Mai stared at him in shock, slapped him and shouted, "DO YOU MIND NOT TALKING LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF OUR BABY!?"
"Shex."
Mai and Joey turned to the baby in the high chair.
"Shhhhex!"
"Oh no." Joey muttered, glancing at his wife who gave him a death glare.
"Look. At. What. You. Did. NOW!"
He rose from his chair so fast that it fell over as he decided to sprint out of the door, Mai at his heels.
They didn't realize they'd left a laughing Lucas inside all by himself... With the door open...
'I can't believe he did something like that.' Serenity slouched against the bed in defeat; the door would NOT budge. She was locked in for only God knows how long! She left her phone in her suitcase and there was no other way to call anyone. She'd been in there for about an hour, rubbing her bruised arm, wiping away tears and just staring at the mahogany door in fear and failure.
Then, she heard voices outside. Very familiar voices. It was Roland!
She knocked on the door and said, "Roland? Is that you?"
"Yes, it is ma'am. What do you need?" He sounded nervous but Serenity brushed it off.
"Umm... Well, I need you to unlock the door."
She heard another voice laughing as it muttered, "Stupid women!"
"I heard that! Roland? Do you have a key?"
Roland sighed as he elbowed his co-worker in the ribs. "I'm sorry ma'am, but I don't. Master Kaiba took the bundle before he went to work." And with that, he walked off.
Serenity fell to the floor and slumped against the door in defeat. She glared at the wall. Suddenly, something rang. 'The doorbell. Oh no! What am I going to do?'
So sorry this is late... I was stuck with coursework. Mountains of it. Plus, I kinda... Lost the... passion to write? Plus I had writer's block on how to end this chapter... BUT I'M BACK! And happy!
I'm so glad that I have new readers! I'm also glad my old ones want to stick with me! Cus damn, do I take the pee-pee with updating...
Anyway, please review! And tell me what you think'll happen! Oh, and what's gonna happen to silly Joey Wheeler? :D
