Chapter 11: Trouble in Paradise Part 2
Kendall was currently sitting on the staircase listening to his mother yelling and arguing with his father. After the blonde told Jennifer about his father seeing another lady, she quickly went outside to confirm her son's suspicions. Her heart broke the minute she saw him making out with a young woman, a woman she recognized, it was his secretary she met after she dropped of Francis's lunch at his job. With deep breathes she forced herself not to go to him and kick his balls and punch the woman's face till her skin was purple and blue with multiple hints of green and yellow. Holding back her tears, she quickly went back to the house and saw her son in the kitchen waiting for her.
They stared at each other in silence before in a stoic voice his mother spoke, "Kendall I want you to tell me everything you heard from your father when he was with the lady you saw, alright?"
Without questioning Kendall did as he was told and told her he told her everything he heard, his father talking about how Katie will think the lady as her mother and how he will love her once he got to know her, and mentioned the pearl with a new life. Jennifer clenched her fists in anger after his son finished his story and quickly got her phone from her pocket.
With a stern and controlled voice she spoke, "Kendall I want you to grab the jewel box in my room and get Katie's things, you already know what they are, once you have them immediately come down stairs and set them on the couch. I'll tell you what to do next once you're done."
The blonde quickly got off his seat from the dinner table and ran upstairs to complete his tasks.
Once his son was gone Jennifer speed dialed her friend and waited patiently before she heard her friend's voice after three rings. "Hello Joanne, I need a favor, it has to do with my children's safety and my husband having an affair with his secretary."
Kendall wasn't in a hurry, but something in his gut told him he had to do his job as fast as possible and he did in less than thirty minutes. He grabbed his mom's jewelry box and then went to his sister's room, it still looked new after his parents transformed the guest room into Katie's room, walking toward the closet he pulling out a medium size pink back and began to fill it, he placed some of her clothes, her toys, diapers, binkies, and other necessities a baby needed. Placing the strap on his shoulder he got the jewelry box in his other hand and went downstairs to place them in the couch. He saw his mother placing her phone in her pocket before she walked toward him, "good job, take these and put them in your pocket."
His mother placed three keys in his palm and did as he was told, looking up he noticed he was holding three keys similar to those she gave him. "This key is Katie's room," she explained when she showed him a gold colored key before she lifted a silver key, "this key is for the back door," and finally she lifted a bronze key, "and this is the key to the front door, remember that, alright?"
He nodded, "yes mama."
The door was suddenly opened and Kendall was surprised to see Logan's mother panting before she spoke, "I came soon after you hanged up, F-Y-I, I saw the ba-," she gave a glance to the young blonde, "Francis and the b-word on my way here, he's taking the long way home, but he'll be here in a few."
"Take the stuff on the sofa, I'll get Katie, Kendall come with me," Joanne took the bag and the wooden box she gave her for her birthday before he left the house. The young blonde followed his mother upstairs and into his baby sister's room. He watched her gently pick Katie up from her crib before they both left the room before his mom turned to him, "lock the door and hide."
He turned to his sister in his arms and gave them both a concerned expression, "is Katie gonna be okay?"
Despite her situation, Jennifer smiled; a genuine one when she felt her chest warm at the thought of her son worrying about his sister. She stretched her hand to Kendall for him to take; he grabbed it and felt his mother squeeze his hand, comforting him. "I promise Kendall your sister is going to be alright she's going to be away from the house for only a short while."
"Why?" he asked curious.
"I'm doing this for you and your sister."
He didn't understand her answer, but nodded nonetheless and took the key from his pocket locking the door while his mom went downstairs and gave her daughter to her best friend.
"I'll take care of her," Joanne promised.
"I know you will."
She watched her best friend take her daughter to her car before she closed the door. The minute she closed the front door she heard the back door open and quickly stood in front of the hallway. She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes when she saw Francis walking out of the kitchen, "you're home early."
"Hey Jen, just came by to pick up a few things." He smiled at her, "how are you?"
"Certainly not making out with your secretary."
Everything went downhill from there.
After Kendall closed Katie's door he heard his dad's voice and decided to sit on the steps of the stairs. Everything was normal until he began to hear yelling from both his mom and dad and bad words that he was not allowed to hear or say. The blonde has heard stories from his classmates of parents fighting with each other causing them to separate and go through a lot of crying and sleepless nights filled with shouts and screams in the dark. He cringed at the thought and was brought back to reality when he heard his parent's footsteps closet toward shim and quickly left his spot and went inside the closet in the hallway.
He had no idea how he heard them over their shouting, but he didn't care when he hid inside and decided to leave the door partially open to see his parents. He swallowed nervously when he saw his father's angry expression; his face was red and bared his teeth in frustration when he stood in front of Katie's door. For a moment he thought if smoke was going to come out of his ears like in the cartoons by the way he was staring at the door and tried to open it. He gasped when he saw him break the door after he kicked it and stepped inside, he heard a horrible scream and some things being thrown and smashed to the wall.
He shrunk further into the closet when he got out of her room and saw him turn and narrow his eyes, "where is she?" he said through clenched teeth.
"Gone," he heard his mom's voice, but was unable to see her.
"At Joanne's?"
"No, that's too predictable."
Kendall watched his father turn his neck and realized he was looking into his room, "where's my son?"
"Not here."
His father growled before he went inside his room, he suddenly saw his mom standing in front of his room her back facing towards him. While they were distracted he quietly left the closet and saw his mom's hands move and realized she was telling him to get away. He reluctantly left and quickly went down the stairs quietly and left through the back door. The blonde quickly ran around the house toward the beach, but froze when he saw the lady from earlier standing in front of his dad's car.
Before he could run away, the lady turned to him and smiled, he felt stuck to the ground when she walked toward him and crouched. "Hello, sweetie, what's your name?"
Stranger danger! Stranger danger! "Uh…I-I have t-to g-go."
Her features softened and she nodded in understanding, "I'm sorry if I scared you, I noticed you left Francis's house and thought you lived there, you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I'm curious what's your name?"
"Uh…K-Logan!" he said quickly, catching his mistake almost telling her his name.
Her smile widened, "Oh! I heard a lot about you, you're really smart for your age and you're Kendall's best friend."
"Y-yes I am."
She leaned forward a bit before she spoke, "do you know where Kendall is?"
He shook his head, "no, why do you want to know?"
She clasped her hands together and gave him a small smile, "I'm going to take care of him for a while, but I promise he'll come visit you."
"Take care of him?" he said, confused.
She nodded, "yes, I got a text from your father telling me that he is picking up Katie and Kendall to live with us-,"
The blonde couldn't take it anymore when he felt the familiar burning in the corner of his eyes; he ran ignoring the woman calling him to come back. He ran as fast as he could heading to the only place he knew his dad won't bother to look for him, where he felt secured and protected. The blonde ran across the sand and behind the large stones and went inside the pool, he didn't bother to take his shoes or his clothes off when he sat in the water and leaned against a large rock, he brought his knees to his chest and began to cry.
Kendall didn't know how long he stayed like that sobbing until his throat began to sore and waited for the tears to stop falling. He never noticed the sudden ripples in the pool or the sound of splashing water, when he felt a soft touch on his shoulder he turned to see the merman with a concerned gaze. In a rush his tears returned greater than before when he was suddenly in James's arms and buried his face in his chest he continued to sob, his small figure unconsciously curled into the merman's warm and comfortable body, letting his anguish overwhelm feeling safe with the merman.
I AM SO SO SO SORRY! I have been really busy, with univeristy stuff and tests, so here you go (Nuria) here is a chapter (that was difficult to write) and I am now working on the next one, hopefully I'll finish it soon. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
P.S. At the last minute I decided to make this two parts so I added part 1 in the last chapter, in case anyone gets confused in the part 2 thing, thank you for reading.