“I’d rather die than be stuck in that situation. I’m sorry if that upsets you but I couldn’t do it. And shouldn’t he be good to his son without you being a good girlfriend? So, he treated you like crap and now he’s sweet so you stay? Why didn’t you leave immediately? I understand you had no way of taking care of yourself, but couldn’t your family help you?”
“He treats my son well no matter what. I don’t have to do anything for him to love him. He thinks that Christian is his, but I hide the fact that he isn’t. He never liked Alexander, Christian’s real father. I chose to let him think this because I was scared that he wouldn’t let me keep him otherwise. I didn’t have anyone to help me. I was alone for a long time. If it had been just me, yes, I would have taken off, but I couldn’t do t
“Jesse, we need to talk about Christian.”“What about him?”“He’s four now and ready for pre-k. I found out what school he will be going to and I went to get the packet to sign him up. I thought you might want to take a look at it so we can decide together if we should send him now or wait until Kindergarten.”Renee handed him the packet as she sat down on the couch opposite him. It had been several weeks since they had really talked to each other. She had completely shut Jesse out after his little episode. He had tried to touch her, but she had just laid there, and he had decided to back away. She wasn’t sure why he didn’t just go ahead and take what he wanted like he always had before, but she wasn’t complai
“I wouldn’t mind staying at home for a while. I don’t know if I would want it to be a permanent thing, but honestly, I have always wanted to go back to school. Plus, I could still go to the shop to get some coffee and just chit chat with everyone. Didn’t you tell me that you were a stay at home mom and wife?”“Yep, but Christian just got signed up for school today.So, my days are going to be a lot different. I would love to get ajob but I don’t know if Mark would go for that.”“Well, like you said, marriage is all about compromises. Make him compromise,” Valerie said.“Yeah, if only it was that easy. Mark feels like a wom
Kevin read through the message. His heart ached at the backstory. He saw Marie was typing and he wasn’t sure if he could take hearing her say anymore. He felt like this truly was Renee reaching out to him and telling him what she truly wanted to say. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he saw the next message pop up. He opened his eyes and began to read the message.“Kevin, this is Renee. I know you probably thought I was dead. I’m not obviously. I have been living with Jesse all of this time because he threatened to torture and kill you in front of me. I was not allowed to leave the house unless he took me out at first. Now, I can go where I want, but I’m always worried about running away because I know if I do, that he will find you and hurt you in ways I can only imagine. I can’t let that happen. I would live in fear for the rest of my life wonder
Kevin walked into the bar and sat down. When the bartender came over, he looked up and saw Renee. His eyes went wide. He grabbed Renee's hand and she looked at him with a frown on her face.“What can I get for you?”"Renee, I've missed you so much! Where have you been?""You know where I've been! You gave me up. I'm with Jesse. We're married now," Renee said as she held her hand up."No! You told me you loved me. I know it was you that messaged me. You said you loved me and wished you were with me. How could you marry him?"
Renee set an alarm on her phone so she could get up early and take Jesse to work. She wasn't used to getting up at 5 am anymore so she wanted to go to sleep early. She bathed Christian and put him in the bed around 7. When he finally fell asleep at 7:30, she went and took a bath herself.Jesse came into the room as she got out. He wanted to finish what was started but wasn't sure if she would. So, he sighed and got in the shower instead.Renee was taken by surprise that he didn't try anything with the way he had been looking at her. She dried off and dressed in her lingerie. She brushed her hair out and quickly braided her hair. She fluffed the pillows and put them behind her so she was propped up on them. She grabbed her book and started readin
Kevin was shocked. Kevie was Renee's nickname for him. He sat back in his chair and ran his hand over his face. Themore he talked to Marie, the more he was convinced that thiswas Renee. When they had first met, he had told Renee hisname. She had blushed and started stuttering. She hadstuttered when she said his name and called him Kevie insteadof Kevin. It had been a joke between them ever since. Yes, hewas trying to get her to call him so he could hear if it soundedlike Renee. Plus, it would give him a location to look for Renee. He looked back at his phone as it dinged. He sighed when he saw her message.
Renee sat down next to Jesse. She had made plans with Valerie to listen to a band this weekend. She knew he wasn’t going to like it since it was at a bar. He put his arm around her shoulders and went back to watching the movie with Christian. “I wanted to let you know that I made plans with Valerie this weekend. We are going to listen to a band and see if she might be interested in hiring them for the wedding.” Jesse looked at her and his expression was dark, but he said, “Okay. Is it just going to be you two?” “Yeah. Her fiancé is working Saturday. She’s going to come to pick me up and bring me home. Are you okay with it?” “You already made the plans so I guess it doesn’t matter if I am or not. Where
Jesse pulled into the parking lot and saw a man put his arm around Renee’s waist as he pulled her back against him.Jesse was seeing red as he pulled up as close as he could.Renee went to step away from the man but he pulled her back.Jesse got out of the car and walked up to Renee.“What the hell are you doing?”“Who the fuck are you?” the man asked.“I’m her husband and she’s leaving. Renee, get in the car.”Renee jerked out of the man’s grip and moved in front of Jesse. He looked at her and Renee shivered. He ha
5 years later A raven-haired beauty with hazel eyes runs up. He smiled as he wrapped her up in his arms. He spun in circles with her in his arms as she giggled. He sat her down onto her feet and looked around at the people in the home. It had been hard the year and a half it had taken for his trial. In the end, it was worth it. It had been hard not being able to be with Renee when he’d been in the same state. She hadn’t come to see him even though he had tried to apologize to her. She never took his calls. His mother had seen her and Christian. She was going to petition for rights to see Christian and she had told Renee that. Renee had politely told her there was no need. All she had to do was tell her first and if they didn’t have anything planned, she was more than welcome to get him. She’d taken pictures of Christian and sent them to Kevin. Some of
“Why would you do that for someone who mistreated you?” “Jesse could be an asshole but he treated me prettygood over time. I loved him and I think he deserves to be withthe only family he ever had. After this is all over, I plan to returnhome, too, so I can raise our child and my son. My child will never know their father other than a grave.” George shook his head. This woman was either crazy or she really did have Stockholm syndrome. He knew she’d been in a car accident at the beginning of the year and suffered a brain injury. Had that affected her judgment that much? He needed to know what happened so he needed to get the body released. They had only held it until the fingerprints came back anyw
“Sarge, you’re going to want to see this,” Nolan said. “What is it, Nolan?” “The fingerprints are back. We had them rushed because of the missing person’s case.” George had found files in Kevin’s car that contained emails between him and a woman named Marie. It also contained a crime report involving him and a woman named Renee Kennedy. The picture showed the same woman that was at the crime scene. He’d taken her fingerprints and that of the victim, Mark Morgan. They had detained Kevin since he was inside the Morgan’s home. It had been a month and neither Kevin nor Tabitha had talked about what had happened in that house. He’d notified Kevin’s mother of what had happened as she was listed as his emergency contact. She’d notified him that he should contact Renee Kennedy
Kevin went to kick the knife out of Jesse’s hand when Jesse opened his eyes and stabbed him in the leg. Kevin cried out at the pain burning up the muscle of his leg. He hit his knees and his hand went to the knife. He pulled it out right as Jesse grabbed his collar and began punching him in the face and the side of his head. Renee didn’t know how to stop the fight. She did the only thing she could think of. She dug her phone out and called 911. “911, what’s your emergency?” “They’re going to kill each other!” Renee cried. “Ma’am, calm down. What’s your name?” Renee ignored her. She rattled off her address as she saw Jesse grab the wrist of the hand that Kevin had the knife in. He twisted the wrist unti
Renee was feeling uneasy after her meeting with Kevin. He was definitely planning something and it scared her. She didn’t want him to get hurt but she also didn’t want Jesse to know he had found them. She was definitely wondering if he already knew. She bit her lip as her thoughts turned to the darker side of how things could go down. “Mommy!” Christian yelled. “I’m sorry, Christian. I was in my thoughts. Did you say something to me?” Renee asked as she drug herself out of the bad thoughts she was having about Jesse and Kevin. “I want to go back. I want Mr. Kevin.” “I’m sorry, Christian, but that just isn’t possible. Your daddy doesn’t know that you aren’t his son. Please, promise me, baby, that you won’t te
“Deal,” Jesse said as he kissed and hugged her. Renee sighed and walked away to find Christian. She’d take him to dinner and a movie tonight. He had been begging to go see Tom and Jerry. Since this was their night, she’d take him out for a happy meal and ice cream too. She wondered if he’d like putt-putt golf. She hadn’t played it since she was little but it might be something he’d enjoy. They could get breakfast, play a couple of games, and then go to the park for an hour or so. With her plans set in her mind, she went to find Christian. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin pulled out his pocket knife and sharpened it. He’dthought about this day long and hard. If he bought a gun, it would be premeditated murder. He sharpened the blade while he t
“What do you mean, ‘thank God you’re awake’? How long have I been asleep?” “Two days. It’s Tuesday. My boss wasn’t thrilled that I missed two days but I explained what happened.” “Where’s Christian?” Renee asked. “I took him to Nancy’s after we realized you weren’t waking up when the nurse came to check on you. You’ve been moaning and thrashing in your sleep every so often.” “Oh. Was I talking in my sleep at all?” “Not while I was awake. Why? Do you remember anything?” “I remember everything,” Renee whispered. “Before or afte
“Will you, um, will you come let the guard rail down? I need to go to the bathroom,” Renee said as her cheeks reddened. “Sure. No need to be embarrassed, baby.” “That wasn’t really what I wanted but I do need to go.” Jesse put the bed rail down and helped Renee up. She leaned on him to catch her bearings. She went to the bathroom and came out. He could tell by the look on her face that she was still confused about what was happening. She regained some of her memories if not all of them, but had she forgotten the ones after the accident? “Do you want to tell me what you really wanted now?” Renee’s cheeks turned red again but she held her arms out.
Jesse sat out in the waiting room with Christian as they waited for the doctors to run tests. Christian had finally settled down and stopped crying. He was sitting in Jesse's lap sucking his thumb. He had started that back up after Renee had been in the accident. Now every time he was extremely stressed, that thumb was back in his mouth. It agitated Jesse somewhat but he let it go because he knew he was trying to comfort himself against what was happening with his mom. It had been hours since Renee had been brought in and no one had updated him yet. Jesse stroked Christian’s hair absentmindedly until he saw the doctor come out. Dr. Getty walked up to him and held out his hand. Jesse took it and shook it. The doctor had a neutral look on his face. “Mr. Morgan, we meet again. I wish it was under better circumstances,” Dr. Get