Chapter 8
Had he heard that? He stopped and listened. Again he heard the distant screams of a woman. "Stop it!" he spun round, "please don't do this!" he ran from the pool house. Sandy would never hurt her. Never. No matter what Kirsten had done. Abortion or no abortion. But what would he do if he ran into the same scene he had seen all too often with his mother. Whenever he had tried to protect his mother from beatings he would just end up getting his own ass kicked... but this was different. It was Kirsten. She had been more of a mother to him than his own had ever been. He had to protect her, the way she would protect him. He knew he would kill Sandy if he had hurt Kirsten.
He got to the kitchen. He heard the muffled sobs of Kirsten. He sprinted into the living room to find them both in a heap in the middle of the floor. Sandy had his back to him and Kirsten was weeping into Sandy's chest. Between sobs she repeated, "Please. Don't. I can't."
Ryan realised his mistake and tried to get away discreetly but just then Kirsten spotted him. Sandy noticed the tension in her body and looked around. There was Ryan. Out of breath from the panic rather than the race into the house. Sandy stood up and left Kirsten on the floor and quietly asked Ryan if he would excuse them. "It's Ok." Kirsten said shakily.
"Kirsten I don't really think this is the time to be telling..."
"He knows." She interrupted, "Theresa told him."
Sandy looked incredulously at Kirsten and said, "How many people know about this?"
"Just us. And Theresa. When I was talking to Theresa before Ryan left I let slip about it." Kirsten said while picking herself up off the floor. She tried to wipe away the tears but they didn't stop coming.
"And this is why you decided to tell me now? Because your secret was out?"
"No Sandy it was never like that. This is just the thing that pushed me to tell you. I've wanted to tell you forever but I've never had the courage but knowing that someone else knows about it made me more eager to tell you."
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to barge in it's just I heard you screaming and I thought... that uh well you know it doesn't matter... now," Ryan cut in.
"What did you think was going on?" Sandy intercepted
"It doesn't matter I jus..."
"NO! Tell me. I wanna know."
"I thought. I know it's stupid and you would never."
Sandy's face grew grave. He looked at his son and walked quietly out of the room. Kirsten turned to Ryan, "He would never... ever." A tear rolled down her cheek," He couldn't."
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