Saving Ma

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Chapter 8

After they picked up Emma they went to Company and were in a back booth eating their ice cream and looking up travel info on the laptop. They were discussing the hotel. Emma sighed. "Just get the three bedroom suite like at the Beacon."

Ava shook her head. "That's not enough rooms Jellybean."

Emma sat forward. "Yes it is. Tell mom I will sleep with Natalia and you can sleep with her. Once we get there I will take care of it. Promise."

Rafe smiled slightly. "Munchkin, you're not going to get them to share a room right off the bat."

Emma shook her head and sighed. "No faith." She put her spoon down and crawled in his lap. She looked up at him with biggest teary eyes and protruding, trembling lower lip he had ever seen. Then turned it on Ave.

They both were reassuring her in a heartbeat. Ave rubbing her back. "Hey it's ok. We'll do it your way." Rafe nodded holding her close.

Emma turned it off in an instant and started laughing. "You guys are so easy."

Rafe looked up at Ave in shocked awe. "See it told you. Worker."

Emma laughed harder. "I told you, I will take care of it."

Ava laughed. "I should have seen through that. Ok baby sis, we'll try it your way. The worse that can happen is mom booking another room."

Emma pointed at the screen. "Not if we stay here."

They looked at the hotel listing and saw that it was the last room available. Ava fist bumped Emma. "Score! You're a genius."

Emma deadpanned. "I know, you guys are the ones that doubted me."

Rafe and Ava looked at each other and burst out laughing. Emma smiled brightly and Rafe pulled her into a hug. "We will never doubt you again mi pequeńa hermana."

Ava scooted the computer toward her and booked the room with their mom's card. "There the package is book. We have the suite at Disney resort, the airline tickets, and a decent rental car. The package includes two day passes for all of us at Disneyland and a one day pass for Disney's California Adventure. I also got us VIP passes at Universal Studios."

She was about to continue when Frank came up and interrupted their conversation. "Hey Rafe. How's it going?"

Emma buried her face Rafe's neck. Confused he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm fine Frank. What's up?"

Frank just gave him that dopey smile. "I wanted to see if I could talk with you privately?"
Emma just burrowed in harder and started trembling. Rafe look to Ava who was just as confused and getting worried about their little sister. "I don't think that's a good idea man. I'm eating ice cream with my sisters and we are having a serious conversation. I really don't have anything to say to you."

Frank started turning red. "They are NOT your sisters." He yelled and Emma jumped at the sound and started sobbing.

Rafe held her tighter and Ava wrapped herself around them both. "What the hell Frank? You're scaring the hell out of Emma. Back the fuck off." Ava yelled back.

Frank was about to say something else when Buzz came up and pushed him away from them. "FRANK? What are you doing making Emma cry. Get out."

He pushed him into the kitchen. Ava turned her head back to Emma and Rafe. Emma was still sobbing loudly. "I… want… my mama…"

She just shook in his arms. Ava jumped up grabbing their things. Blake saw what had happened and rushed over to help her. Ava grabbed the now packed bag and yelled to Buzz as he came back out. "I have to take her to our moms'. I'll pay later." Rafe got up still holding Emma close and they headed to the door.

Buzz held a hand up. "It's on the house. I'm so sorry about him. Is she ok?"

Ava shook her head slightly panicked. "I don't know. I'm taking her to mom and ma." Buzz nodded, he and Blake stood there looking concerned as they left.

Ava opened the back door and Rafe got in never letting her go. She rounded the car got in and shot out of the parking lot and headed to the Beacon. She pulled up and slammed the car in park in front of the building. Jumping out helping Rafe get out with Emma still clinging to him now silently crying but still shaking violently. They half ran into the lobby.

Ava saw Greg and yelled to him. "Where's mom?"

He looked panicked. "She and Natalia are in her office." Ava nodded and they shot to the elevators.

Rafe burst through the door of Olivia's office as Ava opened it "MA, MOM!"

They looked up startled and rushed to them seeing the state Emma was in and the panic written all over both older kids. Emma looked up and saw Natalia. "Ma." She held out her arms and launched herself at her as soon as she was close enough.

Olivia wrapped around them as soon a Natalia settled Emma in her arms. "What the hell happened is she hurt?"

Rafe shook his head. "No. She's scared."

Emma nodded into Natalia's neck. Olivia guided them over to the couch, sat and pulled them both down with her almost in her lap. She looked back up to them. "What the hell scared her like this?"

Ava was fuming. "Frank."

Natali looked up, "What did that bastard do to my baby?" they all looked at her in shock at the venom and profanity coming out of her mouth.

Ava shook it off. "We were in company talking about our trip and finalizing tickets and things. Frank came over wanting to talk to Rafe."

She looked to Rafe and he continue, "As soon as he walked over she buried herself into my neck. When he asked to talk to me she held on tighter and started trembling in my arms. I told him I had nothing to say to him and that I was busy with my sisters and he started yelling. As soon as he yelled she started sobbing, Buzz came over and pushed him into the kitchen yelling at him."

Rafe took a breath and looked at Ava so she finished. "She asked for ma so we brought her here, I didn't know what else to do. She didn't let go of her hold on Rafe until she saw you."

Olivia was in furious, and Natalia looked ready to kill. She rocked and cooed in a gentle voice but her face told a different story to the rest of her family. "It's ok baby. I'm here, and mommies here. You're ok." Olivia rubbed her back as Natalia calmed her.

Emma sat back a little and Natalia's face change to calm in an instant. "He was yelling like the other night. He scared me mama. I don't like Frank anymore, he made you cry."

There were gasps around the room. Ava and Rafe because of what she said, Olivia and Natalia because they didn't know she had heard Nat crying. Rafe stepped forward slightly. "What happened the other night? That's the second time that it's been brought up."

Nat sighed holding Emma close leaning into Olivia. "I told Frank I didn't love him and wouldn't marry him and he didn't take it well. He started yelling and I had to call for Olivia to help me make him leave. He didn't leave until Emma came out because she heard the yelling."

Rafe and Ava were seeing red. Rafe headed toward the door but stopped when Olivia rushed to him and put a hand on his arm. "No Rafe. You can't go to him."

Rafe shook his head. "Yes I can. I'm gonna kick his ass."

Olivia pulled him back. "You will NOT. We just got you home and he is a cop. You go off half-cocked and you will be back in jail in a heartbeat. You can't do that, this family needs you Rafe." He deflated and she continued. "I have Doris working with us on keeping him away. You let me deal with this, I promise you he will not get away with it."

Rafe leaned over and pulled her into a hug burying his face in her neck. "He just scared her so bad mom. You didn't see it, she had calmed down tremendously by the time we got her here. She almost had a panic attack."

Olivia held him close and pulled a trembling Ava into the hug. "We will deal with it, but for the time being no Company. If she want ice cream take her to Baskin Robins. If we want Burgers I will have Buzz deliver them, we will go to the dinner on 5th, or hell I will fire up the grill and make them myself. Stay away from Frank and from company, all of you. If you see him walk the other way." They nodded their understanding and she released them kissing their cheeks.

She walked over and knelt in front of Natalia and a now calm Emma. "You ok Jellybean?"

Emma nodded into Natalia's chest. "Yes mommy. He just scared me and it made me want to see that mama is ok still."

Olivia cupped Emma's face in her hand. "Your mama is just fine and I will make sure she stays that way." Emma nodded and leaned forward to hug her. "Now, are you ok to go home with your brother and sister? Your ma and I need to finish up here and call Doris."

Emma nodded. "I'm ok, I just needed to see her." She hugged Natalia then looked at Ava and Rafe. "Can we finish the stuff for the trip?"

Rafe and Ava chuckled. "Absolutely Jellybean." She ruffed her hair.

Rafe held out his arms. "Come on Munchkin. We will go home and finish booking the trip then you can help me make our moms' dinner."

Emma squealed, hugged Natalia jumped off her lap to hug Olivia then jumped into her brothers arms. Ava turned to Olivia and Natalia. "We will take her straight home. Be careful, and let me know what Doris says."