Disclaimer: I do not own the Beauty and the Beast franchise. Only the idea of this particular story.
"Excuse me?!" Belle said feeling violated. "You can't just come into our home and-" Belle fell back onto her bottom and touched her cheek. She felt a stinging sensation.
He just hit me...
Belle stood as fast as her pregnant state would allow her too and backed into the wall as the man came closer to her. Belle picked up her breathing pace.
"It is not your home!" He came almost nose to nose with her. "It's Adams and mine!" She fought back not about to let this man control her like this. He slapped her again. Harder this time. Belle gasped and felt tears started to sting at the back of her eyes.
"Adam is my husband..." she squeaked out quietly. "I will not allow my son to marry some peasant girl!"
He already did...But she thought better than to back talk to avoid getting back handed for a third time.
He looked down at her stomach. "Well...well well. This will not do. Not do at all." She looked at him confused. "W-what?" She stammered. "I refuse you and your filthy child to be a part of this family." Belle's mouth dropped open. "I beg your pardon-" Belle started to say sternly but was interrupted by him punching her in the stomach. Hard.
Belle screamed out and fell to the floor, curling into a ball and holding her stomach.
"How dare you?!" Adam came rushing down the stairs and ran to his wife's side. "She's pregnant!" He stood again and looked at his father. He froze when recognizing him. "That was the point." The man said. "I thought you...were dead-"
"Well you thought wrong. I left you to fend for yourself. There's a difference." The man said coldly.
"Why did you punch her?!" Adam clenched his fists and his face started heating up. "Adam you know how I would have approved if you married a princess...but she is a nasty peasant girl." Adam stepped forward to defend the love of his life but heard Belle start to sob. He dropped down to assist her. He picked her up in his arms. "Get out of here!" Adam screamed. "You know that's impossible. Now that I'm here it's more than my right to be living on my property. I'm the king!"
Adam knew he was right. Defeated he walked by his father and started to head up the stairs. "I'll find a way." He muttered.
He laid Belle down on bed carefully and went to their bedroom doorway and called for help. "Mrs. Potts! Lumiere! Cogsworth!"
In a few minutes they came rushing in. Mrs. Potts gasped at the sight of Belle who was crying and holding her stomach. Lumiere and Cogsworth looked at their Master with a look of concern. "He's back. Daniel, my father." There eyes widened. "Cogworth call for a doctor, he punched Belle's stomach. We need to make sure the baby's okay." He nodded and left.
"What can I do Monsieur?" Lumiere asked still stunned. "Go find where he is. Talk to him and find out his motive for this. You're his most faithful servant." Quivering Lumiere nodded and left the room.
Mrs. Potts was at Belle's side and wiping her cheeks. "Mrs. Potts...could you give Belle and I a moment? You can comfort her soon." Mrs. Potts nodded and left.
Belle looked at him with sad, broken eyes. "Oh Belle..." his heart broke at the sight of her and what had happened. He picked her up and sat down on the bed himself, placing her in his lap.
She began to cry again and he let her, holding her silently. But he knew that his father was not finished just yet.
