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Chapter 6
Red's POV
I'm getting to eat dinner when there's a knock on my door. I open it and I'm shocked to see Sadie. "Hey Sadie. What brings you by?" I ask her.
"I needed someone to talk to." She says sadly.
"Come on in." She walks in and I close the door. "Does your dad know you're here?"
She shakes her head and sits on the couch. "Nope."
"I'm going to let him know so he won't worry."
Sadie shrugs. "Fine."
I send Kenny a text. "So what do you want to talk about?"
"My mom and Craig." She starts crying and I hand her a box of tissues.
"You just found out she's alive?"
Sadie glares at me. "You knew too?"
I nod. "I just found out yesterday."
"Excuse my language, but my mom is a selfish bitch for that!"
I nod again. "I agree."
"What I don't get is my dad!"
I raise my eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"He's being so...calm about it. He should've hit the roof by now!"
"He's really upset. More so worried about you guys."
"He should be going off on her and Craig!"
"Maybe he doesn't want to do that in front of you guys."
"I wouldn't have cared."
"There was a time when he got into it with Craig and you begged him to stop. Do you remember that?"
She nods. "I was young and didn't know he was a snake!"
"So you see the position he's in now? Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't."
"I don't like that daddy is the one that got hurt in all this. They're getting away with lying to us and hurting my daddy and it's not right!"
"They may not."
"I hope so. She went off and had more kids! I don't think I can forgive her."
"You should try, she's still your mom."
Sadie shrugs. "She didn't care about that while playing dead for five years."
"I know, but you have to learn to be forgiving. Just like you forgave your dad."
"That's different. He really didn't do anything wrong. I was being a jerk for no reason."
"I'm sure he would be happy to heat you say that."
Sadie smiles a bit and wipes her eyes. "Thanks you listening to me vent Red."
"Anytime sweetie. Are you hungry? I was just getting ready to eat."
She shakes her head. "I don't have an appetite, but please don't let me stop you from eating." I decide to wait so I can keep her coming until Kenny arrives. I really feel bad for her, I just hope Kenny is still ok…
Tammy's POV
Kenny sits down on the couch and puts his hand on his chest. This is the second time I've seen him do that. I hope everything's ok, but I can't let Craig know that I'm concerned. "What's your problem?" I ask him.
"Sadie is at Red's house." He says relieved, but he still sounds out of breath.
"You better go get her! I don't want Red near my kids!"
Kenny frowns. "She's been around them. She's going to be their stepmom."
Tammy looks at Johnny and smiles. "Honey, can you go upstairs for a few?"
"But I thought I was going to meet my new brother and sister?" Johnny pouts.
"We will as soon as Craig and I talk to your dad."
"Ok, I'll go upstairs." He heads upstairs. I walk over to Kenny.
"I don't want that home wrecking slut near my kids! You get my daughter RIGHT NOW!" I order him.
"Red isn't the home wrecker." Kenny glares at Craig.
"Yes she is! I don't want her disgusting behavior to rub off on my kids, especially Sadie."
"Well that "home wrecker" was there when you weren't. She's been there to give Sadie motherly advice while you were off playing dead."
"That stops now! I'm back so she doesn't need Red anymore."
"That's not up to you, that's up to Sadie."
Craig gets in Kenny's face. "You better make it up to you!"
Kenny stands up. "This is between Tammy and me. This is about OUR kids!"
"I'm their stepfather so I've as much to say about this as you do."
Kenny laughs. "No you don't! You're not shit to my kids! Your marriage isn't even legal!"
"What?"
"Tammy isn't dead so I guess we're still legally married! Which means you're not and you're not my kid's stepfather!"
Craig shoves Kenny into the wall. "Just remember that I was the closest thing to a father they had before I left! They didn't give a shit about you!"
"That's because you and Tammy's parents tried to turn them against me. It didn't work for long!"
Craig shakes his head. "No! You turned them against you when you spent more time caring for that retarded retard of a brother instead of caring for them!"
"You leave my brother out of this!"
"That's the only thing that offends you! You're a joke!" Craig laughs.
"You're a joke! You're the one who helped a woman abandon her husband and kids!"
Craig slams Kenny against the wall. "Maybe if you were a better husband, she wouldn't have wanted to leave you!" He slams Kenny again. I realize it's time for me to intervene.
"Let him go Craig." I stand in front of him. "Johnny is upstairs and you don't want him to hear this."
Craig glares at Kenny before letting him go. "You're right, he's not worth it anyway!" He smacks Kenny in the head.
"Get out of my house!" Kenny orders us.
"It's my house too! I'm getting Johnny first and we'll be out of your way!" I tell him.
"Johnny is staying here!"
"Tammy, go get Johnny!" Craig tells me.
"I'll call the police if you try to take him!"
I glare at Kenny. "We're just taking him to meet his siblings, what's the big fucking deal?"
"The big deal is you can't just come back into his life after five years and act like nothing happened."
Craig grabs Kenny's arm and twists it behind his back. "Go get Johnny." I look at Kenny who's obviously in a lot of pain, but I can't do anything about it.
"Mommy?" I hear Johnny coming down the steps.
"Let him go!" I whisper to Craig who releases Kenny just before Johnny comes all the way down. I look at Johnny. "Yes sweetie?"
"Can we go now?"
"We wish you could Johnny, but your dad said no!" I notice Craig turns to Kenny and smirks.
"Please dad, can I go? I want to spend time with mommy and uncle Craig! Plus I want to meet my brother and sister!" Johnny pleads.
"You can go…" Kenny says through gritted teeth.
"Thanks dad!" Johnny hugs him. "You're the best!"
Kenny sighs. "You're welcome buddy…"
"Let's go Johnny before it gets too late and they go to sleep." I tell him.
"Ok!" Johnny rushes ahead of me. "Bye dad!" Suddenly we hear a crash. "What was that?" Johnny turns around, but I quickly turn his head back around.
"It was nothing!" I look and smile as I see Kenny on his ass. Good job Craig! That will teach him! Well Johnny is coming with us so this is the first part of my plan. When this is all said and done, I will be taking Sadie and Johnny to Paris to live with us.
