Complicated Love
Chapter 4 A New Day w/ Old Pains
Chloe awakened the next day with a pain. Swollen and her body felt stiffened as she looked to her left at him still sleeping soundly. Their was once a time when she use to live for mornings which she woke up in his arms and could turn to look at him, then knew everything would be perfect. He use to be her everything. So kind, understanding, loving, and most importantly faithful to her in all aspects. She remembered their times back in Salem. Happy memories is what she lived on now when it came to him. When in depth, she trusted him with her all. Even when she finally decided to move on with a child. Giving into him and how much she knew that he would never hurt her. So she gave her heart away again but once they got to New York she soon realized it was a short lived happy feeling of finding a new love.
Chloe felt him move a slight bit under the covers which caused her body to jump in panic. But he had just simply been rolling over. He now laid facing her which brought a tear to her eye. How could the man still sleep like an angel but be sent from the devil's own flames. How could he love her so but still hurt her the way he did. Chloe shuddered remembering the night before when they finally reached the apartment.
(Flashback)
He unlocked the door and stood behind the door waiting for the two to enter. As they did so, he tripped Chloe up which caused her to fall and Sarah came running to her mother's side.
"Go to your room, sweetie" Chloe pleaded as the tears began to rush from her eyes and landed on the carpet in heavy thuds. She used her palms to push herself back to a standing position which only caused her to be kicked back down.
"STOP! Your hurting her!" Sarah screamed at the enraged man, who was to her the cause of all of her mother's scars.
"No honey, go! Go to your room, and hurry" Chloe said coughing up blood and saliva. Choking on her tears as she just stayed in a position of all fours. She pushed Sarah to go to her room, which was useless she was her daughter, she was a fighter. And that is what scared Chloe the most about coming home.
"Get up!" he shouted to Chloe.
Chloe could do nothing but obey as she used one hand to hold her stomach and attempt to stand once again. Feeling quite weak she stood but was shaking and quite wobbly. Her hair covered her face like a mop. She tried her best to lift her head, with the mind numbing migraine she began to have.
Sarah hugged her mother tightly and Chloe held her with her available hand and said, "Sshh baby. Don't cry, but I need you to go…" and Chloe was interrupted by the yanking of her daughter from her arms.
He pulled the little girl by her shoulder and practically through her to the couch. He turned to Sarah and said, "Get the he** out of here!"
Chloe looked up at him wide-eyed and knew what she was doing. As she noticed her daughter weap even harder and had a floodgate of tears soak her pretty face. As he tried to walk over to her daughter to do God only knows what, Chloe jumped on his back. Which in effect caused him to fall to the ground and she began telling her daughter, "KATY-BEAR go, go and lock your door! Now!" she screamed at her daughter. "Please!"
Sarah felt as if she couldn't leave, but jumped to the side of the couch and did a 3 step sprint to her room and closed the door hard. When Chloe heard it lock she felt safe. Safe in the way that a piece of her was. She looked down and soon realized he hadn't even so much as moved after she pounced on him. Which worried her, 'Did I kill him' she thought. But her answer was soon answered when he started moving from below her. She stood and got up as he did so too.
Placing a hand on his head he looked at Chloe, then from out of nowhere he slapped her. And slapped her and slapped her. Slap after slap left Chloe shedding more blood than the last one. After he was tired, Chloe fell to the ground with a thud. She found herself becoming tired. Weak and so tired. He left the room a while and then returned.
Chloe felt herself being picked up and being carried. Somewhat out of it she looked at him. He looked like the guy she met earlier. She stared at him with adoration written in her puffy eyes. He placed a kiss on her cheek, which caused her to smile. She felt him undressing her and then felt herself become picked up again as she felt her body become enveloped in warm water. He was washing off her face, from all the blood that lay on it. Though she jumped every now and then from the sting in certain areas. Still half in it and out of it she asked, "Why are you doing this?"
He replied, "Because I'm sorry."
She didn't reply. Instead she went to sleep thinking that she would be in good hands with the officer who presence had captivated her.
(End of Flashback)
Chloe turned around after being off into her own world, looked at him again. She now realized she had been dreaming about the other guy taking care of her. But she still felt she needed to see him again. She had no idea where to start off until she remembered he said he was a police officer for the NYPD. But there were so many precincts, 'Where am I going to start?' she thought. Blowing a sigh of air through her mouth she realized it was hopeless. Even if she did see him again what would she say, 'Hey, I was just in the neighborhood and decided to stop at the police station to report my abusive boyfriend and see if maybe me and you, could go out to a movie or something?' she thought realizing she would sound like a complete idiot. Going to the movies? Come on, she wasn't a school girl back in high school. "But how I would almost give anything to live one of those days again," Chloe said aloud not realizing she was being listened to.
Outside her door stood her daughter. Sarah knew her mother would be waking up around this time. She was about to knock when she heard her mother's comment. Being the girl she was, Sarah figured it must have been the days her mother was truly happy. And that was back in high school, when she was dating her father. Sarah knocked on the door and then opened it, not waiting for a reply.
"Mommy you ready to take me to Daycare?" Sarah asked. She liked being away from home. But away from him especially.
Chloe smiled at her and said, "Yeah, let mommy just get on her clothes so that after she drops you off she can go to school. You know mommy's still studying to be a famous opera singer" adding the extra posture of someone with high confidence and her head held high. Chloe kneeled in front of her daughter to add, "And so that you can have a better life."
"My life is already better. I have you as a mommy," Sarah smiled. And exited the room so that she could ready as well.
Chloe thanked god everyday for blessing her with sweetest little girl. She sighed and began to pick up some clothes then left the bedroom. Closing the door quietly so that she would not disturb him as he slept.
As Chloe got showered and ready in the bathroom, Sarah got her a few cookies from the fridge and placed them in the microwave. 'I can lure my mommy's knight with this bait,' she thought smiling at her genius idea.
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Elsewhere
Chief Darwin was grabbing a cup of Joe when he noticed the smile planted on his officer's face. Very confused he walked over to his desk and said, "Now what has you smiling so hard Bozo? Just the other day it was hard enough to get you to blink and today your looking like you should be offering advice to people thinking about committing suicide."
He smiled as he kept remembering Chloe. "Nothing, nothing but I wouldn't go that far as being a counselor" he said to his boss.
Darwin smiled because he knew just exactly what to have his officer do today, "Look I need you to do me a favor. You know what, it's not even that. Your assignment today is to do my daughter one as I promised I would send over one of our finest here to her Daycare and talk to the kids."
He looked up to his boss in utter disbelief once again and before he could say anything, his chief spoke again.
"And did I mention this is an non-negotiable. Oh and officer your to be needed at 10 and its…" Darwin looked down at his watch "and it's about quarter past 9. I say you best get a rush on" as he once again patted his officer off and walked back into his office.
Staring blankly at the shut door, he got up from his desk chair and began muttering words that the little kids sure didn't need to pick up on. Then he realized he didn't even know what Daycare he was suppose to be going to.
And as if his boss was reading his mind he said, "You are to go to 'Bouncing Babies All Day, Daycare!" shouting from his chair Darwin said.
Taking his jacket from the back of his chair he began his journey to his car and then to the daycare.
*******
(10 minutes Later)
"Look Mommy I can read the sign now 'Bouncing Babies All Day, Daycare"
Chloe smiled as she opened the door for her daughter and saw that Penny was working today. "Hey Penny, it seems I'm going to have to be running a little later than usual. Can you do me a favor? (Penny nodded for her to continue) Do you think you could watch Sarah for me? It might be a little late before I get in."
Penelope, one of Chloe's oldest friends. Who was also from Salem had become one of Chloe's closest confidants while in New York. Although she didn't know of the circumstances of her boyfriend, Penelope often suspected something. "Sure, Chloe and you go now. Your late for class," Penelope said rushing Chloe out the door.
Chloe left and began walking off as the officer was just pulling up.
Sarah was glad to hear from 'Aunt Penny' that their guest speaker was an officer. She could only hope as she reached out her pocket and pulled out the chunky chocolate chip cookies.
"Please be him" she silently chanted to herself.
As the doors to the Daycare opened….
TBC….
Chapter 4 A New Day w/ Old Pains
Chloe awakened the next day with a pain. Swollen and her body felt stiffened as she looked to her left at him still sleeping soundly. Their was once a time when she use to live for mornings which she woke up in his arms and could turn to look at him, then knew everything would be perfect. He use to be her everything. So kind, understanding, loving, and most importantly faithful to her in all aspects. She remembered their times back in Salem. Happy memories is what she lived on now when it came to him. When in depth, she trusted him with her all. Even when she finally decided to move on with a child. Giving into him and how much she knew that he would never hurt her. So she gave her heart away again but once they got to New York she soon realized it was a short lived happy feeling of finding a new love.
Chloe felt him move a slight bit under the covers which caused her body to jump in panic. But he had just simply been rolling over. He now laid facing her which brought a tear to her eye. How could the man still sleep like an angel but be sent from the devil's own flames. How could he love her so but still hurt her the way he did. Chloe shuddered remembering the night before when they finally reached the apartment.
(Flashback)
He unlocked the door and stood behind the door waiting for the two to enter. As they did so, he tripped Chloe up which caused her to fall and Sarah came running to her mother's side.
"Go to your room, sweetie" Chloe pleaded as the tears began to rush from her eyes and landed on the carpet in heavy thuds. She used her palms to push herself back to a standing position which only caused her to be kicked back down.
"STOP! Your hurting her!" Sarah screamed at the enraged man, who was to her the cause of all of her mother's scars.
"No honey, go! Go to your room, and hurry" Chloe said coughing up blood and saliva. Choking on her tears as she just stayed in a position of all fours. She pushed Sarah to go to her room, which was useless she was her daughter, she was a fighter. And that is what scared Chloe the most about coming home.
"Get up!" he shouted to Chloe.
Chloe could do nothing but obey as she used one hand to hold her stomach and attempt to stand once again. Feeling quite weak she stood but was shaking and quite wobbly. Her hair covered her face like a mop. She tried her best to lift her head, with the mind numbing migraine she began to have.
Sarah hugged her mother tightly and Chloe held her with her available hand and said, "Sshh baby. Don't cry, but I need you to go…" and Chloe was interrupted by the yanking of her daughter from her arms.
He pulled the little girl by her shoulder and practically through her to the couch. He turned to Sarah and said, "Get the he** out of here!"
Chloe looked up at him wide-eyed and knew what she was doing. As she noticed her daughter weap even harder and had a floodgate of tears soak her pretty face. As he tried to walk over to her daughter to do God only knows what, Chloe jumped on his back. Which in effect caused him to fall to the ground and she began telling her daughter, "KATY-BEAR go, go and lock your door! Now!" she screamed at her daughter. "Please!"
Sarah felt as if she couldn't leave, but jumped to the side of the couch and did a 3 step sprint to her room and closed the door hard. When Chloe heard it lock she felt safe. Safe in the way that a piece of her was. She looked down and soon realized he hadn't even so much as moved after she pounced on him. Which worried her, 'Did I kill him' she thought. But her answer was soon answered when he started moving from below her. She stood and got up as he did so too.
Placing a hand on his head he looked at Chloe, then from out of nowhere he slapped her. And slapped her and slapped her. Slap after slap left Chloe shedding more blood than the last one. After he was tired, Chloe fell to the ground with a thud. She found herself becoming tired. Weak and so tired. He left the room a while and then returned.
Chloe felt herself being picked up and being carried. Somewhat out of it she looked at him. He looked like the guy she met earlier. She stared at him with adoration written in her puffy eyes. He placed a kiss on her cheek, which caused her to smile. She felt him undressing her and then felt herself become picked up again as she felt her body become enveloped in warm water. He was washing off her face, from all the blood that lay on it. Though she jumped every now and then from the sting in certain areas. Still half in it and out of it she asked, "Why are you doing this?"
He replied, "Because I'm sorry."
She didn't reply. Instead she went to sleep thinking that she would be in good hands with the officer who presence had captivated her.
(End of Flashback)
Chloe turned around after being off into her own world, looked at him again. She now realized she had been dreaming about the other guy taking care of her. But she still felt she needed to see him again. She had no idea where to start off until she remembered he said he was a police officer for the NYPD. But there were so many precincts, 'Where am I going to start?' she thought. Blowing a sigh of air through her mouth she realized it was hopeless. Even if she did see him again what would she say, 'Hey, I was just in the neighborhood and decided to stop at the police station to report my abusive boyfriend and see if maybe me and you, could go out to a movie or something?' she thought realizing she would sound like a complete idiot. Going to the movies? Come on, she wasn't a school girl back in high school. "But how I would almost give anything to live one of those days again," Chloe said aloud not realizing she was being listened to.
Outside her door stood her daughter. Sarah knew her mother would be waking up around this time. She was about to knock when she heard her mother's comment. Being the girl she was, Sarah figured it must have been the days her mother was truly happy. And that was back in high school, when she was dating her father. Sarah knocked on the door and then opened it, not waiting for a reply.
"Mommy you ready to take me to Daycare?" Sarah asked. She liked being away from home. But away from him especially.
Chloe smiled at her and said, "Yeah, let mommy just get on her clothes so that after she drops you off she can go to school. You know mommy's still studying to be a famous opera singer" adding the extra posture of someone with high confidence and her head held high. Chloe kneeled in front of her daughter to add, "And so that you can have a better life."
"My life is already better. I have you as a mommy," Sarah smiled. And exited the room so that she could ready as well.
Chloe thanked god everyday for blessing her with sweetest little girl. She sighed and began to pick up some clothes then left the bedroom. Closing the door quietly so that she would not disturb him as he slept.
As Chloe got showered and ready in the bathroom, Sarah got her a few cookies from the fridge and placed them in the microwave. 'I can lure my mommy's knight with this bait,' she thought smiling at her genius idea.
*********
Elsewhere
Chief Darwin was grabbing a cup of Joe when he noticed the smile planted on his officer's face. Very confused he walked over to his desk and said, "Now what has you smiling so hard Bozo? Just the other day it was hard enough to get you to blink and today your looking like you should be offering advice to people thinking about committing suicide."
He smiled as he kept remembering Chloe. "Nothing, nothing but I wouldn't go that far as being a counselor" he said to his boss.
Darwin smiled because he knew just exactly what to have his officer do today, "Look I need you to do me a favor. You know what, it's not even that. Your assignment today is to do my daughter one as I promised I would send over one of our finest here to her Daycare and talk to the kids."
He looked up to his boss in utter disbelief once again and before he could say anything, his chief spoke again.
"And did I mention this is an non-negotiable. Oh and officer your to be needed at 10 and its…" Darwin looked down at his watch "and it's about quarter past 9. I say you best get a rush on" as he once again patted his officer off and walked back into his office.
Staring blankly at the shut door, he got up from his desk chair and began muttering words that the little kids sure didn't need to pick up on. Then he realized he didn't even know what Daycare he was suppose to be going to.
And as if his boss was reading his mind he said, "You are to go to 'Bouncing Babies All Day, Daycare!" shouting from his chair Darwin said.
Taking his jacket from the back of his chair he began his journey to his car and then to the daycare.
*******
(10 minutes Later)
"Look Mommy I can read the sign now 'Bouncing Babies All Day, Daycare"
Chloe smiled as she opened the door for her daughter and saw that Penny was working today. "Hey Penny, it seems I'm going to have to be running a little later than usual. Can you do me a favor? (Penny nodded for her to continue) Do you think you could watch Sarah for me? It might be a little late before I get in."
Penelope, one of Chloe's oldest friends. Who was also from Salem had become one of Chloe's closest confidants while in New York. Although she didn't know of the circumstances of her boyfriend, Penelope often suspected something. "Sure, Chloe and you go now. Your late for class," Penelope said rushing Chloe out the door.
Chloe left and began walking off as the officer was just pulling up.
Sarah was glad to hear from 'Aunt Penny' that their guest speaker was an officer. She could only hope as she reached out her pocket and pulled out the chunky chocolate chip cookies.
"Please be him" she silently chanted to herself.
As the doors to the Daycare opened….
TBC….