Chapter 9

"Maria sweetheart." Kevin said shaking his wife a little bit.

She opened her eyes slowly and looked at him with a smile.

"Hey handsome." Maria replied looking at him with a little smile. "Taking Tristan to school?" she added.

He nodded at her then kissed her on the lips.

"After I drop him off I am going to head to the gym ok?" Kevin said looking at her.

"Ok." Maria said as she cuddled with her pillow making Kevin laugh at her.

"I'll see you around lunch time if you are home." Kevin said kissing her forehead.

He walked out of the room but looked at Maria from the doorway and smiled when he closed the bedroom door. Maria stayed awake until she heard the car leave the drive way. She sat up closely walked to her closet pulling out a pair of blue jeans, a black and red wolfpac hoodie, along with a pair of ear muffs. She walked to the dresser and pulled out a pair of match green thong and bra set. Maria took a few minutes and grabbed her brush from her dresser top.

"Time to get dressed." Maria said walking into the bathroom to get a shower.

It took Maria 30 minutes to get a shower and get dressed. She had dried her hair with the blow dryer. She put the hoodie on and grabbed a pair socks from the dresser and put them on and grabbed a pair of boots from the closet. She looked around the room and slipped them on.

"Let's go see mom." Maria said walking out of the bedroom.

She walked down the stairs and grabbed her pocket book from beside the door and the keys to the truck from the hook off the wall. She walked into the show and shivered a little bit as she walked to the truck. She pulled her phone out of her pocket book and put it on the seat beside her. She turned the truck on and smiled as she watched the snow fall down on the truck. Within a few minutes she pulled out of the drive way and went down town to Candy Lane her mom's candy shop.

Candy Lane

Maria parked the truck into a parking spot in the parking lot of her mom's shop. She looked around the town and smiled as she got out. She reached back into the truck and grabbed her pocket book. She locked the doors and walked into the shop seeing her mom standing there at the counter.

"Penny!" Maria said smiling.

"Maria!" her mom shouted back laughing.

She walked around the counter and hugged her mom. Maria put her things down under the counter and smiled.

"How are things going with the shop?" Maria asked as they walked into the kitchen arena.

"Great better then ever since its new years everyone has been wanting to handle their sweet tooth." Penny said smiling.

They started to make some chocolate covered peanut clusters. Maria smiled and started to look at the customers come into the store.

"Go see what they want." Penny said smiling.

She washed her hands and walked into the front of the store and saw Kevin standing there with a smile on his face.

"Hello how can I help you?" Maria asked with a smile.

"Oh I was wondering if Mrs. Penny has any fudge done." Kevin replied with a smile.

Maria pointed over to the counter that had everything in it. She was smiling at him as he looked over at the stuff that was already made.

"Well then I will take some of the peanut butter fudge and some chocolate covered peanuts clusters." Kevin said smiling.

Maria gave him the order he wanted and he paid for it then smiled at her when she gave him his change. He pulled her hand to him and pulled her close to him and kissed her on the lips.

"Maria you know your not suppose to make out customers." Penny said laughing.

When she finished her comment Maria and Kevin broke apart and looked at her with smiles on their faces.

"If it isn't my favorite son-in-law." Penny said smiling.

She went around the counter and hugged him in front of the counter. Kevin bent down and hugged his mother in law.

"He is your only son in law the rest is daughter in laws." Maria said laughing.

"So I can still brag." Penny said laughing.

Maria and Kevin both started to laugh at her as she walked back behind the counter. Maria kissed her mom's cheek as she walked into the kitchen area again.

"I thought you were going to go to the gym." Maria said smiling.

"I am heading that way now this is just my snack when I am done." Kevin replied laughing at her.

She shook her head at him as he kissed her on the cheek and walked out of the store. She watched him leave and get into the car and leaving. Maria turned around and leaned against the counter looking at her mom who was smiling.

"I am happy to see that you guys are doing great." Penny said smiling.

"I am happy that we are doing great but mom I need someone to talk to about something that happen going on." Maria said looking down then up at her mom.

Penny looked at her daughter and looked at her.

"Well talk to me sweetheart." Penny said looking at Maria. "We do it now over coffee." She added.

Maria grabbed the cups while her mom grabbed the coffee and they walked over to the table.

"I am scared." Maria said looking at her mom over the coffee.

HOME

"Oh I promise my sweet Maria you will be mine." The male said as he walked into the living room and seeing Max sitting on the couch growling at him. "Oh look it's a dog." He added with a laugh.

Max jumped off the couch and ran over to the guy who was unknown to the house and started to bark like crazy. The guy kicked Max in the side making the bark yelp in pain and run away from him.

"Dumb ass dog just like the owner." He said with a little laugh.

He walked up stairs and went into the master bedroom and saw everything making him get upset. He walked further into the room and saw pictures of Kevin and Maria and threw them across the room and started to trash the room.

"This should be all mine!" he shouted as he walked into the bathroom and started to trash everything in the room as well. "Soon so very soon you will be mine!" he added.

He walked back into the bedroom and took a knife out an started to mess up the bed and the mattress. He was laughing as he did it.

Back At Candy Lane

"Sweetheart, why haven't you gone to the police about this?" Penny said looking at her.

"What good would that do mom?" Maria said looking at her.

"It would get this damn person away from my daughter that is what." Penny said taking a sip of her coffee.

"I plan on going there when Kevin and Tristan go out for father son day today." Maria said as she took a sip of hers.

"Why not now?" Penny said putting the cup down. "They could strike when they aren't there which is what they could be waiting for. You and Kevin are NEVER apart so they know if he isn't there you aren't that protected." She added.

Maria sighed knowing her mom was right but she didn't want Kevin or Tristan to worry about anything.

"Ok mom fine." Maria said waving at her. "I'll go now." She added as she got up.

"Thank you." Penny said as her daughter grabbed her hoodie and things from under the counter.

Maria put everything on and walked out of the shop and walked to the truck. She unlocked the trunk and got in and sighed as she put the keys. She turned the truck on then her cell phone went off making her jump a little bit.

"Shit." Maria said laughing a little bit as she looked at the idea it was Tamara. "What do you want?" she added as she flipped the phone open.

"Oh I'm just letting know you that after tonight you will not be in my way. And everything will be back to normal" Tamara said in a cocky.

"Tamara what the hell did I ever do your ass?" Maria said she pulled out into the street.

"You took something that belongs to me!" Tamara shouted making Maria roll her eyes at her.

"Kevin doesn't belong to anyone but himself. You guys were WAY over before I got into the picture." Maria said with a smile. "Plus you hate me because your son likes me." She added.

"He is my son!" Tamara said upset. "He calls you mom not me! He calls me Tamara now you dumb bitch." She added.

Maria was shocked that Tamara said that Tristan was calling her mom but when he was around her and Kevin he always called her by her name not mom.

"Uh I didn't tell him to call me Mom or anything Tamara." Maria said with a slight hint of a smile. "Oh yes I am a bitch but at least I admit it!" she added.

Tamara growled loudly and hung up on her. Maria laughed as she put the cell phone in her pocket as she drove down the street. She looked at the time she had spent 4 hours with her mom as she pulled into the drive way. She put the trunk in park and hopped out as she turned it off. She locked the doors as she closed the door.

"Hello Maria." A male voice said in the door way as she went to unlock the door.

Her eyes got big and started to walk backwards but he grabbed her arm and threw her into the house. She looked at the guy from the floor she had fallen on.

"Who are you!" shouted Maria as she tried to get up from the floor. "What do you want!?" she added.

"Oh you know who I am sweetheart." He said with a little laugh. "As for what I want. I want back what is mine" he added.

"Oh god don't tell me that you want Kevin to." Maria said trying to make him laugh but he wouldn't.

Maria got up from the floor and he took the ski mask off and her eye got big the size of golf balls.

"Marcus." Maria said very shocked.

"That is right baby I'm here and I am going to take back what is mine!" Marcus said with a little laugh.

He went to touch her and she moved out of his reach which made him upset even more. Maria looked around the house trying to figure out what the hell was going on but shook her head.

"Why are you doing this?" Maria said looking at him.

"Oh don't worry your little head about that because once I get you where I want you. Everything will back to normal." Marcus said looking at Maria.

"Back to damn normal?" Maria said looking at him. "Oh shit you have to be kidding me." She added.

He laughed at her as she tried to figure out what the hell was going on.

"That is right baby." Marcus said smiling. "Put it like this. I met up with someone who wants you out of their way and I want you so we have come to agreement for 50 grand I am getting you out of the way so they can have what they want." He added.

Maria growled loudly making him smile.

"You can't touch me." He said laughing.

Marcus walked towards and Maria moved out of the way again but before she could move again he grabbed her by her upper arms pulling her to him.

"Kiss me." He said trying to force her to kiss him.

Maria tired her back to move away from him but he was to strong for it so she smiled to her self and head butted him making him let her ago.

"Why you bitch!" Marcus said touching his head.

"I've been called that twice today damn." Maria said trying to run away from him.

Maria threw some things at him but nothing would stop him. She looked around once she did he tackled her to the ground and he hit her head on the floor really hard knocking her out.

"Princess you are feisty." Marcus said picking her up from her the floor and walked out side with her in her arms.

Right as he walked out of the door with her in his arms Max was running towards them and he slammed the door making Max almost hit the door but he kept barking like crazy. Marcus quickly ran to the car that was waiting for him.

"Took you long enough." Said a male voice.

"Damn dude I'm sorry." Marcus said laughing. "She is your feisty daughter." He added.

Eric smiled at Marcus as he pulled out from the side of the road and started down the street.