Chapter 27:- The Crumbling World Around Him
Ronnie stepped forward in robot motion her eyes fixed onto Danielle's face, she didn't dare to face the direction from in which the voice came. She gently, but protectively placed one arm round Danielle's back and the other on her arm pulling her back away from the broken glass. Danielle's face was still in the look of shock and horror as the voice spoke again "Veronica. What the hell is going on here?" Archie bellowed pushing his way through the crowd and making his way to the front of the bar, so that he was now stood opposite Ronnie and Danielle, with a silenced Roxy hovering in the background, chewing her nails as she heard her father shout at her older sister. She felt helpless, what was she to do?
Danielle's body stiffened, she stepped back quickly into Ronnie's body, Ronnie did not move, she removed her arm from Danielle's and linked hands quickly with her daughter, adding a gentle to assure her everything was fine even though she herself knew full well it wasn't. Archie didn't appreciate being ignored and shouted again "I'll ask you again Veronica what the hell is going on? And what's the local market mouse doing behind my bar?" he bellowed once again making a few customers jump. Danielle turned quickly to look up at Ronnie with a pleading look in her eye "Danielle it's ok, baby. I'm here" Ronnie said quietly in a soothing tone, tightening her grip on Ronnie's hand which was quickly returned by Danielle. This of course didn't go unnoticed by half of the bar as with it being in complete silence, Ronnie's whisper wasn't as whispered as she'd thought as Archie's expression stiffened as his eye's widened.
"RIGHTཀ EVERYONE OUT PARTIES OVERཀ" Archie shouted angrily, receiving quite a few grumbles and moans from customers as they slowly but surely moved out of the doors. "Come on get a move on" Archie yelled once again hurrying the people along, at the other end of the bar Peggy walked in pulling her bright pink suitcase in along with her, a puzzled expression spread across her face "Archie. where's everyone going?" she asked awkwardly as she turned to face her red faced husband. Archie ignored his wife as he pushed the last few moaning men out of the pub, which was now empty. Ronnie, Danielle, Roxy and Peggy all stood in silence watching and waiting for Archie to speak. Archie turned round to face his eldest daughter "So Veronica, you gonna tell me what the hell's going on?" He asked sharply slamming his fist onto the bar, causing Danielle to jump. Ronnie steered herself and her daughter sideways away from the broken glass and a little further away from Archie, Ronnie could tell her daughter was scared.
Ronnie brought Danielle back close towards her, pulling her in tightly "So Dad. You want to know what's going on? Well so do I. Why did you lie to me all this time? Do you seriously hate me that much" Ronnie answered her father's question sharply, sending a look of confusion to spread across his face. "I don't understand V and why the hell is this girl still here?" Archie shouted quickly eyeing up Ronnie and Danielle's tight connection.
Roxy took a deep breath and stepped forward, standing next to her elder sister and niece "Dad how could you do it? Ronnie was right all this time. You are evilཀ" Roxy spat staring darkly at her father. Archie's expression changed once again, his little princess was turning against him. Peggy stepped closer to Archie, she didn't understand what was going on. Her husband and nieces all seemed equally upset and angry and there was the cleaner girl clinging to Ronnie for dear life. Peggy jumped her husband smacked his fist loudly on the bar "will someone tell me what the hell is going onཀ What have you been saying now Veronica" Archie yelled leaning over the bar to hiss in his eldest daughters face sending Danielle to move cowering closer behind the one side of Ronnie. Ronnie gave her daughter a gentle squeeze assuring her that she wouldn't let anything happen to her. Her father wasn't going to come between them again. Peggy broke the uncomfortable minutes silence "yes I would also like to know what's going on" she said in a quiet squeaky tone. Everyone except Archie, who's eyes stayed burning through the side of Danielle's face, turned their attention to Peggy. Ronnie showed a small smile over to her aunt and spoke "Aunty Peg, do you remember I told you I had a daughter when I was very young?" she said calmly keeping her eyes focused on her aunt. Danielle looked up to her mother noticing the tears brim in her eyes.
Peggy's expression became more confused "yes darlin' course I do, she was called Amy" Peggy said in a baffled voice watching as her cleaner looked up at her niece. Ronnie fought back the tears "yes she was, he told me she was d...dead" Ronnie said tightly, stuttering slightly over her last word as small tear brimmed over and flowed down her face. Archie flew his arms in the air "WHAT THE HELL'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH EVERYTHING?ཀ THAT'S IN THE PAST. DEAD AND BURIEDཀ" he demanded making everyone jump once again, his voice wavering, why was Ronnie bringing this up? The answer was nagging him in the back of his mind but he pushed it away, refusing to believe it. "SHUT UPཀ" Ronnie demanded making Danielle jump loosening her grip on Ronnie "HOW DARE YOUཀ How dare you stand there and lie to my face yet againཀ DOES SHE LOOK DEAD TO YOU?ཀ" Ronnie yelled over to Archie gesturing to the small girl that cowered by her side, causing a look of horror to appear on Archie's face.
Standing protectively infront of Danielle, Ronnie sighed, this wasn't getting any easier and she was already so close to losing it today, she wasn't going to allow her daughter to see the old Ronnie return. Her father always brought out the worst in her, many times in the past Danielle had been exposed to an angry, cold Ronnie moments after she had, had an argument with her father. These were the times she'd pushed Danielle away even more, Ronnie wasn't willing to go there again. Archie's face tensed up, he could see his world crumbling around him. His family falling out of his grip. Out of his control. "Are you joking me? Danielle's your daughter. Don't fool yourself Veronicaཀ You can't grab onto the nearest blonde teenager and claim she's yours. She's nothing like youཀ You're weak Veronica but she's just PATHETICཀ" Archie spat eyeing Danielle up and down in disgust.
Ronnie felt herself tense up, she clenched her one fist tightly, looking at her father in disgust, swallowing stiffly. He was no-one to her yet he was still trying to destroy her life. Ronnie breathed deeply and turned to face Danielle, she showed a small smile and placed both hands on her daughters shoulders. "Danielle sweetie, can you do me a massive favour and go check on Amy, then wait for me to come up. I won't be long baby." Ronnie whispered into Danielle's ear ushering her through to the back of the Vic. She pulled her daughter into a hug and kissed her hair "I love you so much baby" she muttered into her hair "I won't be long ok? Then we'll go wherever you want for lunch sweetie" Ronnie said warmly as Danielle returned the hug, closing her eyes tightly and sniffing back the tears, trying to hide the fact that she was truly scared from her mother. Ronnie picked up on this and gave one last gentle squeeze before breaking from the hug and placing both her hands on the side's of her daughters face, she leant in and kissed her forehead. "I love you too" Danielle stammered through a cracking voice, before turning to face the stairs. Ronnie placed a gentle hand on Danielle's shoulder, watching nervously as her daughter slowly made her way up the stairs. She waited a moment until she heard the gentle click of the living room door, signing that, that was now where Danielle was. Ronnie breathed deeply before balling her fists and blowing her fringe out of her face.
Walking quickly into the bar she stopped infront of Archie, his tight smug grin as he leant over the bar was the final straw. Ronnie launched at him, swinging her fist quickly, unknown to her own strength as the impact connected with his face sending him flying backwards uncontrollably. "DON'T YOU DARE EVER SPEAK TO MY DAUGHTER LIKE THAT AGAIN ཀ" Ronnie yelled, spitting furiously over the bar at him as her anger leaked out. Archie stepped forward, straightening his body up quick, he raised his hand to his mouth touching his split lip carefully. He looked down at his hand, red blood staining his fingers. With a dark look in his eye he looked over the bar at his fuming eldest daughter, she smiled slightly, rubbing her knuckles as the expression on his face changed "YOU LITTLE BITCHཀ YOUR NO MATCH FOR ME GIRL. YOU NEVER WEREཀ" Archie yelled lunging at his eldest daughter with only the bar separating them. Peggy stood at the side, shocked and confused. "You don't scare me. I stopped being scared of you a very long time ago." Ronnie said boldly stepped towards her father, standing against the bar. Archie opened his mouth to speak but quickly shut it again as Ronnie continued speaking. "At fourteen years old, you dis-owned me. You made my mother leave. And you ripped the most precious thing that I only ever wanted from my arms. My baby was with me for 2hours and 26minutes before you ripped her from my arms. And if that isn't enough 18years later you tell me she's dead. You honestly think there's anything you can do now that would surprise me?" Ronnie said straightening up her body as the odd tear strayed from her eyes. She hated looking weak infront of him but she was right, he'd ruined her. But now she had her baby back and this time he wasn't going to take her from her arms. "And you go within one metre of my daughter again I'll make sure it's the last thing you ever do" Ronnie spat quietly, trying not to make too much noise her baby and niece were both sat upstairs, and she didn't want to upset Danielle any further.
Archie straightened up, his Veronica was humiliating him infront of his most loved one's and he wouldn't have it. Roxy noticed his quick movement and stepped next to Ronnie, "Dad just go" she said through a rough, cracking breath. She could hardly bare to look at him right now, after everything he had done to Ronnie, to Danielle. "Roxy. princess?" Archie spoke quietly, pleading. His world was falling apart around him, and there were only to people to blame. His eldest daughter and her daughter and they would both pay.
"No Dad just go. Your not welcome here. Not after what you've done" Roxy said calmly pressing her hand into her elder sisters as a few stray tears rolled down her cheeks. Archie sighed and turned to face Peggy, who was looking at him in disgust. He sighed, shaking his head, he turned back to face Ronnie "this isn't over Veronica. I'll make you and your daughter both pay" he said calmly before walking towards the door and pulling it open before leaving.
Archie's temper was bubbling over, his daughter had humiliated him and ripped away his family and pride within an hour. How dare she?ཀ He was going to make her pay. His daughter had taken everything away he had but money and practically walked away laughing. Danielle was the major cause, if she hadn't have been here then he wouldn't be in the situation he was in now. Old. Alone. Done for. He would make them both pay.
So here's chapter 27!! took me along time but at last it's here!! yay!! so erm i will update as soon as i can but i'm not promising anything :s it also depends if anyone's still reading?
Where are the Ronnielle stories guy's??? i'm well gutted there are still a few that are updating so thanks to those but come on!! updates!!!! i miss them!! so i kinda thought well i'll do a bit to mine. So if there are people out there reading please Review!!!! i hope you enjoy this chapter!!!! R&R guy's!! xx
