Chapter 14.
"Dante, out, now!" Clarice yelled and banged hardly on the door, her patience by now run out.
"Relax mum, I'm done just let me open," he said and opened the door and let her in.
"What did you do to my clean bathroom," she said and looked around it was clothes and blood all over.
"I found this dog and he got hit by a car and I tried to fix her up the best I could, cause she's so cute, I'm gonna call her Josie and after I did that I tried to find an outfit cause I want to look real nice for school. I just wanted to look nice and your bathroom has the biggest mirrors," he said.
"I can't look at this blood right now would you please clean this up, because it's making me sick," she said.
"Miss dad that much huh?" said Dante.
"I don't miss him, he's a stupid man and he better stay away," she said annoyed.
"Admit it you do," he pressed.
"Clean up this mess so I can take a shower and get ready in time," she said.
"Can I keep Josie?" he asked.
"I'll think about it, just clean up this mess I have bad time, and as I said this blood is making me sick," she said in a warning tone.
"Okay, okay just give me ten minutes and I'll fix it," he said with a sigh.
"You better or else…" she said.
"Yeah, yeah," he said and started to clean up his mess while Clarice sat down in front of her laptop and logged on her MSN to see if anyone was there.
MSN.
TheLion: Clarice, my lioness, how are you?
TheLion: Clarice
TheLion: Clarice, talk to me you know you want to do so
ClariceM: I'm here, just a bit don't know, all outta place
TheLion: What is wrong?
ClariceM: You got me pregnant and I'm all sick that's what's a matter
TheLion: You know I didn't mean to do so, it is as much your fault
ClariceM: Blame me for not using protection you silly man J
TheLion: Well I thought you were using something and besides you like it when…
ClariceM: I do, I miss it, when are you coming back?
The Lion: I don't know, how mad are you?
ClariceM: I could kill you, but I need you, and the children…
LittleStarling: Hey daddy, have mum told you she grounded me for a month, and I won't even have my birthday party.
TheLion: What did she do?
ClariceM: Claire, would you get of this conversation and get ready for school
LittleStarling: Fine, talk to you later daddy
TheLion: Fly along little Starling wouldn't have you skipping school, now where were we, yes what did she do?
ClariceM: She took a bite of two of her friends to try, but she didn't like it, yet she's so young Hanni, too young for this
TheLion: You must have been furious and I agree with your decision, speaking of when did you eat last
ClariceM: I don't remember, not been hungry or up for hunting lately, too much to do and I… never mind
TheLion: You're lonely to aren't you?
ClariceM: I miss us, do you think we ever can have what others have
TheLion: I don't know, I really want us to have that, I really miss you too, to be near you and to hold you
ClariceM: I need you to hold me and kiss me, to make me feel safe
TheLion: There's nothing I would want more right now, and if I were there I would even bring you a fresh meal
ClariceM: That's so nice of you to say, I have to throw up just a minute
TheLion: My poor lamb-chop
ClariceM: I'll be ok, so did you like the last picture I mailed to you?
TheLion: I did very nice and very sexy I must say
ClariceM: You liked that didn't you, did it get you aroused?
TheLion: It did very much, so did you get mine.
ClariceM: Let me check my inbox, oh here it is, you look very sexy.
TheLion: Why thank you, but you look even better
ClariceM: Speaking of Claire and her friends may have seen the pictures, but you got to send me more.
TheLion: I will, trust me, but now I have to go, talk to you later lamb-chop
ClariceM: I have to go to and I talk to you later, so you don't mind they saw the pictures
TheLion: Let them look I have nothing to hide, do you?
ClariceM: Not really talk to you later, mio amore
Clarice M have logged off
Clarice got ready walked into Dante's room and saw him sit next to a German Shepard pup and pet it while he said, "Don't worry Josie everything will be okay, no one will harm you I promise."
"So this is your dog?" said Clarice and walked over to them.
"Yeah isn't she the cutest," said Dante.
"She is, but I think I better take her to the vet to be on the safe side and you have to go or you'll be really late," said Clarice.
"Ok, promise you will do it?" he said.
"I promise," said Clarice and smiled at him.
"Thanks mum, you're the best," he said gave her a peck on the cheek and run downstairs.
"So Josie we better get to the vet," said Clarice and gently lifted her up.
"Mummy, I'm not feeling well, my tummy hurts," she heard Claire say.
"Mummy, I'm not feeling good I hurt all over," said Hannah tiredly, she was really feeling awful.
"I guess we are going the doctor as well to then," said Clarice with a sigh.
Some moments later they were inside the doctor's office, he looked at them and said, "How are you doing?"
"Just peachy, so what is wrong with my girls?" said Clarice.
"Youngest one has food poisoning, but that will pass in less than a week if she takes the medications I subscribe," said the doctor.
"It's the meat isn't it," said Claire holding her belly.
"Yes, and this one?" said Clarice since as far as she knew she should be okay.
"She just has the flu, that will also pass," said the doctor.
"Thank God," said Clarice with a sigh.
"You don't look too well," said the doctor.
"Pregnancy is though nothing to worry about," she said and smiled at him.
"Hope your husband is helping out then," he said.
"He is," she lied.
"You know it's dangerous to take on to much right?" he said.
"I know and I'm taking it easy, we better get going," she said.
As they walked towards the car Hannah said, "You were totally lying, you work lots and dad's not helping."
"Shush with you and get in the car, I need to get Josie to the vet, you too home and take the day of to stay home with you," she said a bit annoyed.
"You don't have to we can manage ourselves," said Hannah.
"I prefer to stay home when you're ill" she said and started the car with a sigh thinking, 'Why do I always have to do everything.'
After Clarice had put the children to bed, she lay down on her own and let silent tears fall from her eyes while she though, 'I can't do this alone anymore, I'm so tired.'
Clarice closed her eyes and fell asleep hoping Hannibal would show up and save her.
When she woke up it was dark, she looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand 9PM, had she really slept that long, she at least felt a bit more well rested. She walked into the bathroom to fix herself up a little and went to check on the children, they were all sound asleep.
It was then something hit her, why hadn't they woke her up at any point, the girls where after all sick and she would assumed that they at some point would yell for her.
Clarice walked downstairs and looked around, it was clean, not a toy in sight, not a dirty dish, nothing, now she was starting to get scared, that wasn't how it usually was.
Clarice looked scared around wondering who had been taking care of her house and her children when she was asleep when she felt some hands wrap around her waist and froze to ice as she tried to figure out what to do when she suddenly realized the hands were gone, she turned and saw no one as her pulse started to raise like crazy and she said, "Hannibal is that you?"
No answer was she imagining things, she walked into the living room and turned on the TV and started to watch a lame TV show when she heard a noise in the kitchen and startled.
Clarice got up and went to check, nothing, but by now she knew it was her husband, he used to do that a lot when he escaped before they meet again, but then again so did she so she just smiled and walked back into the living room and saw him sitting on the coach and said, "It's not nice to scare me like that you know."
"Sorry, so how are you feeling?" he asked concerned.
"Well rested, when did you get here?" she replied.
"Round five I think, so we got a dog now," he said.
"We do, and did you feed them and put them to bed," she said.
"I did and no worries nothing fresh," he said and smiled at her.
"Hmmm," she said and sat down next to him.
"I'm staying, at least for a while," he said.
"I surly hope so," she said and lay down so her head was resting on his lap.
"Hopefully no one will find me," he said as he stroked her hair.
"They won't," she said.
"How do you know they aren't staking out the house," he said.
"I don't, just hope they aren't," she said.
"And what do you do if they are," he said.
"Go to jail with you I assume" she said.
"But I will get killed," he said since he knew he would get the death penalty if he got caught.
"Then I'll die with you," she said silently.
"Clarice what about the children?" he said.
"I don't know, can we just not think about it right now?" she begged.
"Of course," he said with a sigh and continued to stroked her hair.
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