Spiraling Part I
Sitting in the living room of the home she shared with her parents, January was waiting for her father’s friend Davis to contact them back. All along, he’d been pulling favors. She wasn’t technically in witness protection. She had nothing to offer the government for information since she knew nothing about the fact the man she’d thought she’d married was a criminal.
Her father was pacing circles in the hardwood, and her mother was sitting in an overstuffed armchair with her legs folded up, her arms wrapped around her shins and her chin on her knees. It was her mother’s expression which had her sad.
“I’m sorry Mom.”
“For what?” Her mother gave a half laugh, “it’s not like any of this is your fault. It’s not. I just,” her mother looked to the ceiling, “I like it here. I love it here. As much as I loved New York and believed wholeheartedly I was a city slicker, I found my heart in this little town, and I don’t want to move.”
“Maybe you won’t have to.”
“You said he doesn’t know about Kaylee. We need to protect her and keep her safe. That means moving.” Her mother insisted.
“I don’t think he’d hurt his own kid. Me? I hid her for seven Adare My ass might be grass before dawn once he finds out. If Re
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gets rid of me, takes Kaylee, you and Dad will still be able to stay here.”
“Do not get so morbid!”
“You heard Davis more than once about how dangerous this guy is. He told Dad his nickname is Prince of Pain, and they think he is responsible for at least twenty different hits all over the world.” She took a breath, “if I talk to him rationally, maybe he’ll spare you, Dad and Kaylee. I mean, I know he won’t hurt his own flesh and blood, but I might be able to save you.”
“Moe pulled a fucking shotgun on him! Moe is going to end up swimming with the fishes. Do you really think a handful of townies and a couple guys from the motorcycle club, which I will tell you, I’ve had beers with them in the pub and have worked on a few of their bikes, are all as old as Moe. They’re no match for a man who probably has an army of thousands. He’s not going to come back and be rational after he got chased out of town.” Her father was furious with her.
She twisted the card in her hand and then slowly reached for her cell phone.
“What are you doing? We’re waiting for Davis.”
“Dad, now that I’m home and I’m calm and I’m thinking with my head instead of my stomach, because earlier it was all I could do not to puke, but I need to try.”
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“No. You absolutely do not need to try.” Her mother piped up. “You made a valid point, January. He’s going to take Kaylee. He’s going to take his daughter.”
“Maybe not though.” She was grasping at straws as her mind ran in a million different directions. She was all over the place and she knew it, but she took a breath, “I mean, he said back then if I had a kid with him it wouldn’t be an heir so maybe he wouldn’t want her. Or” she held up a finger, “what if I lie? What if I say it’s not his kid? I could tell him that the reason I don’t want to get back with him is because I met someone else and now I have a family, and I want to be with them. I have a kid now. I bet Davis could find someone …” she let her voice trail off as her mother buried her forehead in her knees and her father stopped pacing to stand in front of January with his arms crossed over his chest and his face one of exasperation.
“This,” he waved at her, “is why your kid has the imagination she has. The only difference between you and Kaylee is that where you had a wild imagination which allowed you to play quietly by yourself and your imaginary friends for hours because you were so damn introverted, she is an extravert, and it makes her unhinged, which you’re mimicking right now.”
“She’s not unhinged,” she defended her daughter.
“The child is unhinged. She is crazy and insane and over the top and I adore her. She is wonderful and I love her to pieces. We
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will protect her and keep her safe but lying to a mob boss nicknamed the Prince of Pain is not the way to go. We need to wait for Davis to call us back. He’ll know what to do.”
“I don’t like the waiting part,” she whispered more to herself than anyone else.
Her phone rang in her hand, and she jumped and looked at the caller display flashing the words “unknown number.” There was nothing unknown about it. She knew intuitively who was on the other line and it meant he already knew where they were.
She let it ring and didn’t answer it, instead looking at her parents. “What do I do?”
“Don’t answer it.”
“Answer it.”
As her parents contradicted one another, she sighed dramatically and tossed the unanswered phone on the sofa and watched it ringing like it contained a contagious virus which was going to kill her in seconds. It stopped ringing and she was about to exhale a loud breath of relief when it started ringing again and she began to choke on her breath.
“Answer it. It might be Davis calling from a different line.”
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He calls Dad and he gets Dad worked up and then Dad goes into overprotective mode. Last time Dad installed a security system which cost more than I make in a month.”
“Fat lot of good that thing is going to do for us now,” he muttered as he resumed his pacing.
When it stopped and then started again for the third time she reached with trembling fingers and slid the answer icon sideways.
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