Gerald POV

Things were going great. Till one day I don't know what changed in her. Her stomach held a tiny scar from our baby, yet she wasn't afraid to rock a bikini. Lately she and I had sex all the time like normal and little Gillum was doing great.

"Deee! I'm home!" I yelled walking through the front door. Bags were packed and she sat on the sofa with her arms crossed. "Babe? Babe what's going on? What's wrong?" My stomach knotted seeing her cry. She stood and shook her head.

"I'm sorry Gerald... There... There is someone else." She couldn't look me in the eyes. Usually that meant she were lying, yet right now I didn't even notice. "Kevin is already with him... I'm sorry..." She tried to walk past me, yet I grabbed her arm tightly, A cry coming from me.

"Daniella don't you fucking do this! Don't you try and take my baby away! Don't leave me! We're getting married soon! You were suppose to pick the day!"

" Gerald I can't... Maybe in another life time..."

"Don't you fucking walk away! Bring me my son you bitch!" She grabbed her bags and looked back at me, shaking her head.

"Trust me Ger that I know what is best for you... Carry on like you did before me..." I glanced to the door, Ellie was walking in and looking at her with confusion. She walked out taking her bags as I sunk to the floor.

"What the fuck just happened Gerald! What did you do!"

"Nothing! I didn't do shit! I came home and she had her shit packed... Ellie..." I sobbed like a bitch sitting on the floor. "She says there is someone else."

"That's bullshit Gerald. She's been so happy lately."

Danny POV (hours earlier)

I awoke to the persistent crying, never had Kevin cried like that. Quickly I got up and ran down the hall, yet my heart stopped seeing this man hold my son.

" Hello Daniella...care to play a game?" I shook my head, swallowing the lump in my throat. "I'm giving you a choice darling... My son or your baby.... See Gerald disobeyed me... So today when he comes home if you want to see your son again you're going tell Gerald there is another man... Pack your things and leave... Get in the car and drive to Gerald's childhood home... If you don't show by midnight tonight you come retrieve the body of little Kevin Gillum."

"Leave my son alone..." I mumbled through my clenched teeth. He chuckled and pulled the gun from his waist band.

"Easy... I'll shoot him right now." We walked past me, I didn't dare do anything, but follow him to the door. Then just like that I was alone. My choices were slim, but I knew the one I had to make. The only one to make our family safe. I scribbled down a note and tucked it into his leather jacket that hung. I was sure he would find it. Yet today he came home early. I had to say good bye. Lie to his face and tell him I was a monster. That my love for him was fake. I watched as he crumble and Ellie look at me as if I had just shot someone. I felt awful walking through that door. I smoked a cigarette for the first time in decades driving to the old house. The house where Melissa died. It was dark by the time I made it. Not a car in sight as I walked through the broken front door, it smelled of fire and age. The dust filling my nose as I clicked on my flashlight. I wandered down stairs and there laid in a blanket was Kevin. Right inside a drawn chalk outline. It was a fresh chalk outline, but it was were Melissa laid. Quickly I picked Kevin up, yet screamed when I turned around to stare Edward in his eyes.

"I knew you would make the right choice... My second part of the game... Melissa. She was beautiful wasn't she?" I nodded slowly, clutching Kevin against my chest. "She died slowly... I remember watching her gasp for air after I shoved all those pills down her throat." It hit me like a ton of bricks. He killed Melissa to get back at Suzanne for leaving. "I'm going to kill you too when the time is right... But if you don't listen I'll kill Kevin too. Gerald and Suzanne will have no one. They'll get to bury you both so listen. Go get in my car. It's out back." I nodded slowly and took a deep breath as I walked outside into the snow covered grass. I carefully secured Kevin in the back and then sat in the front. He got into the driver side, my heart was pounding. I had to come to terms that yes I was going to die. Yes my son would live. No Gerald would have to bury me. I looked back to Kevin fastened in his car seat and prayed he would survive this. Edward drove into the busy streets, the road was icy yet he drove fast. I grabbed his gun and yanked the steering wheel. I felt the impact against whatever we had hit. The cold air rushing to my lungs and the sensation of being weightless as the car flipped over and over again. The last thing I saw was Edward's eyes wide open, blood dripping from his mouth and a tree branch through his chest. Complete bliss welcomed me. I swear I saw Melissa standing in a light with tears in her eyes and a smile.

" Come here honey... I've got you... I've got you...you're safe." My ear rung and all that went through my mind was of the crying baby in the back seat. He was crying and that meant alive. I let go Gerald. I hugged Melissa and she still smelled of strawberries and kiwi. She still felt like a mom.