Chapter Ten:
She jumped up as the door opened and Max walked into the room. "How is she?" Maria demanded before he even had the door to the apartment closed.
Taking a seat Max leaned back and closed his eyes with a sigh. "I honestly don't know."
"What the hell is that suppose to mean. Wasn't you just with her." Maria yelled moving to stand in front of him. "God…I knew I shouldn't have let you guys talk me out of good to the hospital.
"God…Maria will you stop already." Isabel murmured drawing Maria attention to her admittedly.
"Excuse me! Didn't you see those pictures Max took of her. Oh yea… I forgot Liz's isn't one of the precious royal four so her human pain doesn't matter to you."
"How dare you insinuate…" Isabel looked as if Maria had physically struck her.
"I'm not insinuating anything. I'm saying it straight out." She said her brows drawn into a frown.
"I don't have to sit here and take this." She said her voice catching in her throat as she hurriedly left the apartment.
"That was uncalled for." Michael yelled frowning up at Maria.
"God…." She screamed throwing herself down beside Michael on the sofa. "I know…I know…" Taking a deep breath she sighed covering her face as she tried to control the emotions controlling her. "I'll apology to her later. If I'm this screwed up I could just imagine what Liz's is going through."
"Have the Parkers made it back yet?" Michael asked staring across the room at him.
"Yea. They show up at the hospital and took her home." He said sighing.
"I should go over there. Liz might need someone to talk to." Maria said getting to her feet.
"No!" Max yelled stopping her in her tracks. "The only person she needs to talk to at this moment is her parent. Leave it a lot Maria…at least until tomorrow."
"Who the hell died and left you in charge. I'm not one of your loyal subjects. You have no control over me." She murmured glaring angry at him.
"No I don't have any control over what you do Maria, but if you really want to help her you'll leave her alone with her parents."
"But…"
"There are no buts about it, Maria. This is something they have to get through together as a family."
"Alright…alright." She said sitting back down. "I get it. Okay what happens next."
"She'll probably have to see a therapist for a while." He said.
"No. That's not what I'm talking about. I already know her parents going to make her see a shrink. I mean what are we going to do to that monster?" She demanded staring across at him a frown on her face.
"We let the law run its course." He said returning her frown. "There's nothing else we can do."
"What!" She barked surprised. But her shock was soon replaced with rage once what he had just said really sunk in. "You have the audacity to sit there and tell me that…that we're not going to do anything…nothing at all to that man." She turned toward Michael. "I know your going to make that bastard pay." She demanded.
He shrugged his shoulder. "It's not up to me. It's Max's call."
"What?" She yelled jumping to her feet as she looked from one to the other. "I can't believe this. Your just going to let him get away with what he did to her." She cried tears running down her face. "I…I thought…you loved her. I thought that you of all people, Max would want to see him pay for hurting her." She slowly backed toward the door her hand over her heart. "Will I do love her and I won't stand by and let that monster get away with what he did to her." She said running out of the apartment.
As soon as the door slammed shut Michael leaned forward in his seat his eyes penetrating Max's. "What's the plan?" He asked letting the rage he's kept under control vibrate through his voice.
"We wait. We wait until the laws done with him and then we demonstrate to that bastard exactly what it feels like to feel powerless and scared with nowhere to hide."
Michael shook his head in understanding, but he couldn't stop the uneasiness that settle deep inside him as he watched Max across from him. Never have he seen Max so enraged and he couldn't help wondering if teaching Mike a lesson was exactly what Max had in mind. Couldn't help wondering that once Max had Mike in front of him would he be able to control the fury running inside him.
TBC
