Three more chapters after this.✌🏾️

Darien/Esther.

A lot will happen in this chapter.

And I do mean a lot.

Even though it is the shortest one, lol.

"Koop, wake up!"

Darien woke up, stretching as he sat up. A police officer had Darien's clothes in a bag, throwing at him carelessly.

"You're bailed out. You could go home now. We found out where the kids were."

Darien sat up, a smile on his face as he begins to get dressed. The police officer looked away as Darien began to talk.

"Where were they?! Are they okay? Are they here?!"

"Yes, they're okay and they were found near a lake," the officer replied, shaking his head in disgust. Darien scoffed, leaving the cell once and for all. "Luckily, the youngest was a baby and is okay. All babies are a the hospital right now. They're all okay."

"Oh, thank God," Darien murmured, shaking his head as he thought about the children. He looked at the officer, shaking his head as he thought about his wife. "Are they all okay?"

The police officer shook his head, causing Darien to shake his head once note. The officer sighed, look back at Darien sadly.

"One of the babies has an infection. The doctors don't know if the baby will survive," the officer informed Darien, disgusted by the person who made this happen to the babies. "All of them besides the youngest have bruises on them. The one with Down Syndrome has the worst injuries. They might have to do an CAT scan on her to make sure that she doesn't have brain damage."

Melody.

"Okay, thank you for telling me, officer. That helps a lot."

"You're welcome very much, young man. Stay out of here, okay? You don't deserve to be in here."

"Heck yeah I don't. I didn't help kidnap those kids and I never laid a hand on my wife. I would never do that."

"I believe you. Now, go son. Live your life. See ya."

Darien nodded, walking out to the front. Prisoners awaiting to be put in their cells glared at him, shaking their heads as they went back doing whatever they were doing. Police officers nodded at him, letting him go. He went outside, widening his eyes at the person coming out of the police car.

"Esther?!"

Esther looked at Darien, not fighting back as she was walked over to him. The police officer looked Darien up and down, nodding a bit.

"You're her husband?"

"Yes, ma'am. I am."

"I'll let you speak to her before I bring inside. You get three minutes."

Darien nodded, looking at Esther seriously. Her eyes were puffy and her cheeks were stained with tears, making Darien wonder why she was crying in the first place.

Whatever she did made her worthy of serving in jail.

Right?

"Did you hear the babies are okay?"

"Yes. The Pack is going to the hospital to get them. Kevin and Alyssa are already there. They had their baby," Esther replied, looking at her feet. She swallowed the lump in her throat, still not looking at Darien. "Are they okay?"

"One of the babies might die, Melody is going to have a CAT scan to see if she has brain damage, and they all have bruises on them besides Mariposa. You're a terrible person, Esther. How dare you?"

"I know I'm a terrible person."

"And you're just figuring that out?!"

Esther nodded, sobbing quietly as she shook her head. Darien didn't feel sorry for her, crossing his arms as he waited for to answer.

"I-I did something very bad, Darien."

"Yeah, I know! Why do you thi-"

"It's not about that, Darien. I did something worse than that."

Darien widened his eyes, looking at his watch. Two minutes have already passed, making him antsy.

"What did you do?"

"I-I-"

Darien nodded, the officer walking up to Esther. She finally answered, making Darien's eyes widen.

"I'm a murderer."

A/N: Who do you think she killed?;) I'm going to be updating the last few chapters today. Anyways, I hope that you all enjoyed the chapter and remember that I love you all.:)

-Maddie🐶💕🎤