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Forty five
Deanna took a step back with Henry in her arms now as Max moved forward quickly. He was now bent down, trying to get an answer as to what they saw. He turned to look at Deanna, who backed up some more as he called for back up from the front of the house. He knew he had to find out what they saw.
As the police came running around the building, they saw the four officers that were now on the ground out of breath and covering their eyes like the sight was still before them. Max looked at the men on the ground and said loudly to them, so they focus on him, “Watch her and the baby. Do not let anything get to them.”
They nodded and then looked at her and Henry, who was watching with his bri
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Across the Desk Forty six
He blinked as he looked at the floor. He couldn’t believe it. It had to be something else, but as he bent down, he knew it was real. Two blue eyes that looked exactly like Deanna’s and Henry’s were peering back at him. The newborn that still was messy from delivery was barely moving and looked to have a blueish tint to its skin. He scooped the baby up and could feel that it was cold to the touch, and he began to run up out of the room and then up the stairs as quickly as he could. “I need an EMT here now!” Max bellowed out as he got into the fresh air, and Deanna’s eyes went wide as she saw him carrying the bundle in his arms.“Not another one,” Deanna said softly as she ran over to Max. “Where is its mother?”
Across the Desk Forty seven
Max and Deanna waited with the girls who seemed like they were in good spirits, considering what happened to them. They were taken together and rushed to the hospital where another officer was waiting for them so he could do an intake for them and get their information and then their first statements.Max turned to Deanna and knew he had to tell her. The coroner was in the basement now getting the bodies. “Sweetheart, the girls knew who one of the others were.”“Who?” Deanna asked, knowing that Max wasn’t the one to beat around the bush.“Sweetheart, I don’t think you should look at the bodies.&rdqu
Across the Desk Forty eight
Deanna helped Max bring everything into the house from the car’s truck after he brought Henry in, and She had unlatched the baby’s car seat and started to bring it in. She looked down at the baby, and she smiled softly as she knew everything in her life had been turned upside down, and nothing was what it seemed. Though they knew that she could be stunted in ways right now, she was perfect.“What’s going on in that beautiful mind of yours?” Max said as she put the baby down in the middle of the floor, still in her car seat.“Max, we went from just us to now the four of us in a matter of days. My parents and sister are both dead, and David has been arrested, and
Across the Desk Forty nine
The four of them sat together on the couch for what seemed to be hours just enjoying the relative quiet. It was Deanna who finally broke the silence. “I can’t go to the funerals for my parents.”“We don’t have to think about that right now,” Max said as he rubbed her back as she snuggled into his side a bit more. “Right now, nothing is planned, and you don’t have to even think about it.”“The rest of them will make a big deal about it,” Deanna said with a sigh as she looked up at him. “This is such a mess. I can’t do it though whether I say it now, or later I refuse to go.”
Across the Desk Fifty
Her phone started ringing constantly. She was trying to ignore it with everything that she was, but when Max picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID, he tossed the phone to her. “If you ignore everyone, they will keep calling.”“I don’t want to talk to them,” Deanna said as she put the phone on the table as she went back to watching television with Henry snuggled up next to her.“Then let me talk to them,” Max said as he picked up the phone.“Go right ahead.” Deanna laughed. Max looked at the phone.“Hello?” he
Across the Desk Fifty one
“Well, Deanna, I mean that isn’t the rudest thing you have said when picking up the phone,” Indie said as Deanna could hear the self-righteous tone take over. It was the same one her mother had used throughout her life when Deanna had stood up for herself and wanted to go her own way instead of the one her mother had planned out for her. Now she knew it had to be to cover up how she really was, mentally disturbed and controlling. “I wanted to discuss Mother and Father’s services with you, and then we will have to talk about Justine’s at a later date.”“Indie, you don’t have to discuss anything with me about the services I won’t be going to any one of them except Justine’s,” Deanna said, and it felt like a weight was lifted off her chest.
Across the Desk Fifty two
A few days later, they were in the basement office. Deanna looked across the desk to see Max, who was talking to Michelle in his arms as she held Henry on her lap. She had been thinking of the past few days and how she had the chance to grieve her sister’s loss and even the ones she had thought of as her parents only because of Max’s help. That Monday, she had been able to make it to the couch and not much further. Max had kept the children close so he could keep up with their demands as well as being there to dry her tears, make her laugh again, and, most importantly, be her rock in this sea that had become her life.The day they started to bring all the children’s stuff into the building, people did a double-take. She had hoped he wouldn’t make a big deal about everything, but he didn&rsqu
Across the Desk Fifty Three
The rest of the day they worked side by side knowing that the storm being on the horizon for some time. They also knew the love they had found in the simple setting of the office they shared during the day and their house at night would sustain them for the rest of their days if they let it. There would be times they had to fight but there would more times to love each other and the two children they both loved.Battles were headed their way and Max knew as he looked at Deanna that there was nothing more he could do to love her but he would fight for her until the day he died. A student who had turned his head so many years ago was the reason for him to go on with his life. There was nothing that was more important than she was to him.
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