In A Very Blue Moon
Except for Maya and a lonely burning candle, the house was dark and empty when Riddick returned late the next night. "Hey Maya," Riddick said as he felt around the wall for the light switch and found it. "Where's Jack?" He asked and looked puzzled at Maya's black, defiant gaze. "You mean you actually remember you're wife's name?" He rolled his dark eyes. "Don't start with all the shit now Maya. Where are the kids?" "Oh Shawn came and picked them up yesterday. As for your wife, I don't know where she is, she went away for a while"
At that moment, time stood absolutely still, even the fly on the wall wings' stopped their frantic beating. "What do you mean 'went away'?" He asked in a dangerously low voice that was edging onto a growl. "I thought that you would have recognized the meaning, you certainly did it enough. I've offered to take Matthew and Roselyn while she go away for a while and rediscover the reason she married you". The air grew so thick and hot that it was a wonder why the two of them didn't suffocate on it, but Maya held her brother's intense gaze with poise and retained the air of class that followed her where ever she went.
"Why did you tell her?" He demanded angrily. "Because you take advantage of her Rich" Maya yelled, equally angry. "You always assume 'Oh, Jack's a perfect little wifely thing, she'll always be around even if I treat her like shit!' Well now you know how it feels like not to have the woman who would die for you around, not to have the children then you abandoned for 5 years around. You're going to be alone and you're going to hate yourself because you're going to find out how much you really need Jack"
"Oh my God Maya I'm going to-" "To what?" Maya interrupted with a thin sneer. "Kill me too?" "I just might" Riddick growled, a person who had just walked into the room would have believed the words Riddick had spoken to be true, but Maya knew that he had never laid a violent hand on a woman, but that didn't make up for what he had done to the men.
A fierce headache began to form just behind Riddick's ear and he rubbed at it, annoyed for it for coming up at the worst possible moment. "Go fetch my wife" He said coldly and Maya couldn't do anything but laugh at the absurdity of the words. "'Go fetch my wife' Oh my God Rich I knew you were a little uncertain when it came to women, but that's just sad. Firstly, because believe it or not, I don't know where Jack is, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell her because if you call her and beg her the way you do then all this is going to start all over again, and truthfully Rich I don't have the energy for it"
She rose from the seat but Riddick grabbed her wrist and twisted her back down into the hard wood. "I've never raised a hand to a woman in my life, but you are sorely trying my patience Maya and I may soon forget that". Maya didn't bother to stifle an over-exaggerated yawn, the unexpected slap sent Maya sprawling on the floor and her face stung as it had been doused in drain cleaner. She reached up to her cheek and could feel the hot flesh under her finger tips.
Maya shakily rose to her feet and eyed her brother for a long moment then slowly walked to him until she was right under his chin and spoke slowly with carefully chosen words. "I don't give a fuck what you to me, you can beat the shit out of my for all I fucking care, but until this baby is born, you keep your fucking hands off me, or you will definitely regret that you ever touched me in the first place" She strode deservedly towards the door, then on a second thought turned back to her brother and began to semi-rant again.
"Y'know what Rich? You don't deserve Jackie. She's way too good for you, her and those two little children.They're all too good for you. Oh and by the way," She added as an after thought. "If you think about coming around Shawn's looking for the kids, I will call the police, and we all know you don't want that hmm?" She blew him an insulting and saucy kiss before she closed the door behind her, leaving Riddick to fight with his inner demons.
Except for Maya and a lonely burning candle, the house was dark and empty when Riddick returned late the next night. "Hey Maya," Riddick said as he felt around the wall for the light switch and found it. "Where's Jack?" He asked and looked puzzled at Maya's black, defiant gaze. "You mean you actually remember you're wife's name?" He rolled his dark eyes. "Don't start with all the shit now Maya. Where are the kids?" "Oh Shawn came and picked them up yesterday. As for your wife, I don't know where she is, she went away for a while"
At that moment, time stood absolutely still, even the fly on the wall wings' stopped their frantic beating. "What do you mean 'went away'?" He asked in a dangerously low voice that was edging onto a growl. "I thought that you would have recognized the meaning, you certainly did it enough. I've offered to take Matthew and Roselyn while she go away for a while and rediscover the reason she married you". The air grew so thick and hot that it was a wonder why the two of them didn't suffocate on it, but Maya held her brother's intense gaze with poise and retained the air of class that followed her where ever she went.
"Why did you tell her?" He demanded angrily. "Because you take advantage of her Rich" Maya yelled, equally angry. "You always assume 'Oh, Jack's a perfect little wifely thing, she'll always be around even if I treat her like shit!' Well now you know how it feels like not to have the woman who would die for you around, not to have the children then you abandoned for 5 years around. You're going to be alone and you're going to hate yourself because you're going to find out how much you really need Jack"
"Oh my God Maya I'm going to-" "To what?" Maya interrupted with a thin sneer. "Kill me too?" "I just might" Riddick growled, a person who had just walked into the room would have believed the words Riddick had spoken to be true, but Maya knew that he had never laid a violent hand on a woman, but that didn't make up for what he had done to the men.
A fierce headache began to form just behind Riddick's ear and he rubbed at it, annoyed for it for coming up at the worst possible moment. "Go fetch my wife" He said coldly and Maya couldn't do anything but laugh at the absurdity of the words. "'Go fetch my wife' Oh my God Rich I knew you were a little uncertain when it came to women, but that's just sad. Firstly, because believe it or not, I don't know where Jack is, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell her because if you call her and beg her the way you do then all this is going to start all over again, and truthfully Rich I don't have the energy for it"
She rose from the seat but Riddick grabbed her wrist and twisted her back down into the hard wood. "I've never raised a hand to a woman in my life, but you are sorely trying my patience Maya and I may soon forget that". Maya didn't bother to stifle an over-exaggerated yawn, the unexpected slap sent Maya sprawling on the floor and her face stung as it had been doused in drain cleaner. She reached up to her cheek and could feel the hot flesh under her finger tips.
Maya shakily rose to her feet and eyed her brother for a long moment then slowly walked to him until she was right under his chin and spoke slowly with carefully chosen words. "I don't give a fuck what you to me, you can beat the shit out of my for all I fucking care, but until this baby is born, you keep your fucking hands off me, or you will definitely regret that you ever touched me in the first place" She strode deservedly towards the door, then on a second thought turned back to her brother and began to semi-rant again.
"Y'know what Rich? You don't deserve Jackie. She's way too good for you, her and those two little children.They're all too good for you. Oh and by the way," She added as an after thought. "If you think about coming around Shawn's looking for the kids, I will call the police, and we all know you don't want that hmm?" She blew him an insulting and saucy kiss before she closed the door behind her, leaving Riddick to fight with his inner demons.
