Chapter 10.

Murdoc, Hannibal, and Jacob (c) Damon and Jamie

Ch 10. Part 2

Later thatnight, Jacob came home to a completely empty home. He looked in every room and couldn't find his wife or son anywhere. After fifteen minuets of looking he began to get angry and impatient. He picked up the phone and called what little friends Samantha had and all of them said that she hadn't been by to see them.

"Where the bloody hell are ya woman?..." Jacob sat in a kitchen chair and tapped his foot on the floor. When he entered their bedroom to get ready for bed, he went into the closet to hang up his shirt and that's when he noticed the missing dresses and skirt. Especially her light blue night gown that she mostly wore in the winter time. He then checked in her drawer and saw that shirt and underclothes were missing. Jacob put two and two together.

"DAMMIT!" The olive skinned man pounded his fist on top of the dresser and figured out where Sam had went, but he wouldn't be able to go there for a couple of days because he had to work the night shift for those two days.

It was a late Saturday afternoon when Jacob arrived at Samantha's parents house. He rang the doorbell and Gloria answered it.

"Where is she Gloria? I know she's in there." Jacob looked at the woman.

"What makes you think she's here Jacob?" Gloria crossed her arms over her chest.

"She wouldn't run to any of her friends because she'd be too easy to find. Now I ask you again, where's Sam?" Jacob's patience was starting to run thin.

"Have you ever thought that hurting her in any way caused her to do this? I thought you loved her?"

"I do love her. Why did you think I married her?"

"You have a funny way of showing it and you married her partly because she was pregnant with Hannibal and you wanted to protect her dignity."

Jacob scoffed. "I married your daughter because I fell in love with her bottom line. Not because she was pregnant and her dignity was shot after she began dating me anyway."

Gloria stepped aside to let him in and led her son-in-law to the kitchen. "She's at the market with Hannibal and David. They should be back soon." She poured him a cup of tea. Despite knowing how Jacob, was she still showed hospitality even though it was a little difficult to do so.

Thirty minuets later, David, Samantha, and Hannibal walked into the kitchen carrying groceries and stopped when they saw Jacob sitting at the table.

"Why is he here?" David narrowed his eyes at the man.

"He was looking for his wife." Gloria looked at her husband and daughter.

Jacob looked at Samantha. "Babe, why did you leave?"

Sam frowned. "Because it seems you don't love me or this baby that I'm carrying. The way you reacted to the news told me so."

"I over reacted and it had been a long day." Jacob stood from his seat and went over to his wife hugging her. "I'm sorry." He tilted her head up so she could look at him.

Samantha looked into his eyes and saw some truth in what he was saying but the other hand she knew he was pissed. Hannibal tugged on his father's pant leg, and looked up at him.

"Can we go home?"

"Sure. That is if your mum wants to." Jacob looked down at him then back to his wife.

Sam knew her parents weren't going to bail her out, so she gave an inner sigh and nodded. "We can go home Hans."

"Yeah! I'll go get my things." The boy left to go get his luggage.

Twenty minuets later, the family of three stood at the front door saying their goodbyes. Gloria kissed her daughter and so did David. They both watched as Jacob, Sam, and Hannibal got into a taxi and left for their home.

Once there, Jacob sent Hannibal to his room and he and Sam stood in the foyer. They both looked at each other for a few minuets.

"I know your pissed but you have to understand." Sam began to try and reason with her husband.

"Understand what exactly? That you ran off?" Jacob folded his arms across his chest scowling.

"You hurt me Jae..." Sam used her nickname for Jacob. "You hurt me and Hans and the baby inside of me. I sometimes still don't quite get you."

Jacob closed the space between them and Samantha had to step back a bit. "Hurt you? I'll show you hurt." He backhanded his wife with an open fist.

Sam staggered back holding her right cheek. She looked at Jacob with tears in her eyes. "Why, Jacob, why?"

Jacob didn't answer but her grabbed her and threw her down to the ground and loomed over her. Samantha looked up at him with fearful eyes because she knew what was coming.

"He beat me hard that afternoon, almost knocked me unconscious." Sam frowned reliving that moment. "He began to drink a bit more than he usually did and the abuse didn't stop. I was too scared to do anything because I was afraid he'd kill the both of us so I just took it. Somewhere in my mind, I had lost it. I became numb to Jacob's insults and name calling. That winter was hell and so was spring. It was nearing the end of May and Jacob didn't care about the pregnancy anymore. I wondered out of the house one night and began to just walk around aimlessly around the town until I came to this place's doorstep." Samantha looked at her son with sad eyes.

Only a couple more chapters to go and then an epilogue.