"That looks nice," he hissed, "but I think it's just carpet burn, and bruising." He carried on his inspection of her leg. When he got to her ankle it was by far the worst of her issues. "This is badly sprained. I'll get my bag and wrap it up for you. Is..." Benjamin stopped talking and seemed to swallow back the words. "…your husband due back soon?" He had to force the words out "No, he's not," she replied calmly. Benjamin returned a nod with the same intensity."Just give me a few minutes."Benjamin came back with his bag and wrapped up her ankle and then placed an ice pack over it. "I'm going to listen to your heart rate, take your blood pressure then we'll look over Jack and Micheal?" Pandora nodded, loving how he was so much like her in the way he called the babies first by the pet names she gave them and now by the names they would have after birth. "Your blood pressure is a little, up," he sighed and then moved back to her bump. "Boys you need to stop giving your momma scar

"What do you mean empty?" She tilted her head at him. "It's empty, as there's nothing in there– nada. There's not even carpet in the room anymore," he said slowly with his eyes staying on hers. "No," she said, shaking her head. "Benjamin slept there last night," she carried on but Ron just gave her a sympathetic look. She jumped up, but fall back down as a pain shot through her ankle. "Hey, sit back down," Ron pleaded as he rubbed her back. "I want to look; it has to be there!" "It's not," Ron replied, clasping her hand. "I may be a twat at times, but there's no way I would miss a whole bedroom set." She turned and looked at him. "Where the hell is it and who put this up?" she asked, pointing at the computer. "There's more," Ron whispered. "What?" she asked and he sighed. "This was a bad idea," he said under his breath, pulling at his hair. "I was on a dating site the other night putting up a fake profile for Keira." Pandora gave him a displeased look, but he chuckled lightl

"But just... he was slowly destroying it. He has taken years from me. I can't look back on good memories anymore because I see now what I failed to see then. I can't even make new ones." She rubbed her tummy as Jack and Micheal started to move around. "This is meant to be a happy time for me. A good time, but I have spent so much time feeling tired, sad, and so goddamn alone. I'm scared shitless of how I am going to cope on my own with two babies. On top of all that, what he's doing to me is cruel beyond words.""It is, but mark my words, he will slip up, and I will arrest him. It may take time, but you have my word. As for this house, I know that you worked hard on it, and spent a lot of time building this up, but it's just a house. You can make a new home anywhere you decide to live. Maybe you should consider selling it." Milton leaned over and hugged her. "As soon as I've got this prick dealt with, you'll need another cop to deal with, because my ass is already in over the line w

DERRIK POV:[WARNING: CRUDE CONTENT UP AHEAD. PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.]Just as I post Pandora’s household items on Craiglist, my cell started to ring. I looked at it and saw Mason’s name. The man was always breathing down my throat about something or the other. "Yo," I said upon answering. "Derrik, you've been gone for three hours!" he yelled at me. "I had some trouble with the truck. I'm on my way back now," I told him smoothly. "Just get back here," he huffed. He knew I was bullshitting him, but he wouldn't lay me off. Macky had him wrapped around her little finger, and as long as she thought I was working hard, I was fine. I quickly logged on to a few porn sites before I cleaned my dish. I knew I wouldn't get away with leaving a dirty dish in the sink. She was too much of a neat freak not to wash up after using something. I needed to take everything I could from her before she figured out that I was doing all of this. I walked out of the house still hungry, so I headed

Pandora yawned as she walked out of her house, feeling tired. She got in her car and looked at her cell. There was a huge part of her that wanted to call Benjamin and find out how he was, how Maisey was, but she couldn't seem to make the call. She managed to get him to the hospital quickly and dropped him off at the emergency room. After he got out of the car, she felt the overwhelming need to go with him. Instead, she allowed him to just go, and she drove around the car park. After she had found a space, she walked into the hospital and saw Benjamin sitting with his mom and a man who must have been his dad. There was another doctor who looked upset and frantic as he spoke to Benjamin and his family. As Pandora looked to the side of the doctor, she saw a woman who looked a lot like Milton's wife, Alexis. She quickly summarized that they must be the doctor and nurse who were treating Maisey. With one last look at Benjamin, who started to sob as he hugged the doctor, Pandora walked