D.J. Manly - Arsenic And Rio 1 - Arsenic And Rio by DJ Manly

Author:DJ Manly [Administrator]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 46

That night Marshall slept badly. He had a dream about when he was a little boy. He heard his mother screaming at his father. His father threw a bottle at her. He saw the blood and broken glass all over the living room.

“You bastard!” She hurled at him. “I hate you. You’re a drunk. Get out of here. Get out of my sight.” Marshall saw himself standing there, a little boy, peering around the corner of his room. “Go to bed,” his father told him, “Or I’ll whip your ass.”

Then they came and took his father away. He was crying in the dark… He was pounding on the door of the closet. “Let me out. Let me out of here. I’m scared. I’m scared of the dark.” But no one came. No one came for hours.

His mother told him every day how much she hated him, until she tried to kill him. Then, they took her away, too.

It ended finally with Angelo gently shaking him. “Marshall,” he said.

He opened his eyes. His mother was not trying to kill him. In fact, she was far away from him now. He looked up at the man hovering over him and threw his arms around his neck. He hugged him close to him. “Never let me go, Angelo,” he said softly, kissing his neck.

“What is it, Marshall? What’s wrong?” he asked, gently pulling away from him. He stroked his hair and wiped away the tear running down his cheek.

He could have told him then. He could have told him everything, but he’d stop loving him if he knew. Instead, he said, “I had a bad dream, that’s all.” He turned his face away.

“Tell me,” Angelo insisted, putting both hands on the sides of his face and forcing him to look at him. “I’m here. You’re safe. Tell me.”

“It was…my mother,” he sighed. “She was trying to kill me. She put me in the dark. I was there for hours.” His chest heaved.

Angelo narrowed his dark eyes. “Did this really happen to you?”

He nodded.

Angelo drew him close to him and rubbed his back. “She’s gone now, Marshall.”

“No one ever loved me,” he sobbed into his shoulder. “My father left…she kicked him out because he drank. And she hated me. She hated me because I was no good, like him.” He cried harder.

Angelo held him and told him it wasn’t true. “You are good, Marshall. You’re worthy of love. I love you.”

“Oh, God,” he murmured against his mouth. They kissed deeply, then Marshall lay back down and closed his eyes. He had never told anyone about his parents before. He felt Angelo’s arms encircle him and he fell into a deep peaceful sleep.

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