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Mommy. She calls me mommy.
I change my clothes and throw on some sweats as that word runs through my mind. I have never been a mother to anyone but if I am going to be, I am glad it is to Maisey.
Maisey is a light. She shines bright and her light gives me hope in the future.
I can hear Parker reading to Maisey which means he left the door open. I am tempted to go lean on the door frame and be a part of it with them but it’s my day off.
Heading toward the living room, I start switching channels. There’s a romcom on one channel and an alien invasion film on another. I’m not in the mood for an invasion film after my apartment got broken into so I switched back to the romcom.
I watch as the beautiful Lucinda falls in love with her little sister's teacher, Mr. Hopper. It’s a story I relate to. Wanting to be with someone you shouldn’t.
A throat clears behind me and I quickly turn around.
Parker is standing there in the same clothes as earlier looking delicious but I try to ignore how my stomach tightens at the sight of him.
He holds up his arms and I see a bowl of popcorn. I didn’t even hear him in the kitchen. I must have been so lost in my thoughts.
“Can I join you?” Parker asks.
I can’t deny his handsome face and I nod. He sets the bowl between us and takes a seat on the opposite end of his couch.
I reach into the bowl at the same time as him and we both freeze before looking up into each other's eyes. I want nothingmore than for him to take me right here. To show me what real passion is like.
Parker’s eyes are full of want and intention. I need him to show me exactly how he is feeling.
I open my mouth but Parker blinks and shakes his head so I close my mouth unsure how this is going to play out.
“I have something to ask you?” Parker starts leaning in.
I lean in as well, “What’s on your mind?”
“Officer Yang asked me if I knew anyone who would want to hurt you and of course I said no but it makes me wonder if maybe whoever broke in is connected to you somehow.”
My eyebrows scrunch, “What is it that you’re asking exactly?”
“Is there anyone who would do this that you know?”
Lead fills my gut because there is one person.
One big and scary person.
Johnny Anderson. My ex.
He is crazy and abusive and I would not put something like this past him.
“There is one person,” I confess. “My ex.”
Parker’s eyes widened in understanding.
“I remember you said he was abusive. I’m sorry that you had to go through that. Just know that I am here and will protect you.”
“I appreciate that but I’m not sure that you can.”
I stand up and start pacing the living room.
Johnny wasn’t just verbally abusive but physically. I remember the first time he was ever violent. I came home ten minutes later than I normally did as I stopped to get us dinner. He threw a huge fit and punched a hole in the wall. When I got scared and tried to leave he tackled me to the floor and I hit my head resulting in a nasty concussion. After that he promised that he would never hurt me again and I believe him. Little did I know that was just the beginning.
“Johnny is scary Parker. He isn’t your run of the mill guy. He hit me and yelled and I couldn’t fight back. Johnny was so much stronger than me and taller than me. I am just a little girl when I’m next to him and the thought of him maybe being here and doing this terrifies me,” I cried.
