Just A Number..

"Oh.....Ummmm Im not sure...."
Rick didnt hate him for hurting him while he was pregnant did he?

Yes, yes Rick did...
"Oh.. I'll ask sometime."

Kevin sighed.
"Well...He did knee me in my stomach while I was pregnant. Got the umbilical cord wrapped around Jr's neck and hurt me....."

"Well then DUH momma. Did you think he'd be okay with that?" Zac tilted his head to the side.

"No but thats just....Jr was fine. I was the only one hurt so it should be okay. Not like he killed me..."

"Momma when are you gonna get it? Daddy LOVES YOU. Someone hurts you, they deal with him. I'm willing to bet that daddy hit that Lane guy after that right?"

"Yes he did but your father has also raised his hand to me...I just proud he didnt actually hit me..." He sighed softly.

"Daddy won't hit you momma... I just can't see it happening. What did you do that he raised his hand?"

"He found out I was cutting. He left but about that time Jr kicked me and....I was on my knees....screaming and crying for him to come back...."

"Momma theres a pattern forming. Lane hurt you, he got hit. You hurt yourself, you ALMOST got hit. But if he hit you, then he would be the one hurting you." Zac nodded.

"He hit your memaw for me...I think the only one he hasnt hit for it is grandpa." he nodded.

"Can you blame him? Grandpa scares me sometimes." He chuckled.

"I love my daddy but he scares me too...Momma aint scared of him though even though he had hit him and destroyed his whole world."

"I know most of the stories... I'd like to see memaw before he was so depressed." He hummed.

"I ever really got too...When he died he was depressed because he missed daddy, then daddy was with Lane and it all fell..." He shook his head.

Zac sighed softly.
"We gotta fix it..." He hummed. "There's gotta be a way, right?"

"I dont know....But now im curious..."
He smiled softly.
"DADDY!!"

Moments later, Alex's head popped in the room.
"Yeah pumpkin?" He hummed, smiling softly at Zac. "You've caught me in a good mood. And, ask anyone in this family whos ever been pregnant, I NEED to see the bump."
Zac chuckled as he lifted his shirt. Alex grinned and rubbed his stomach.

"We wanna know what momma was like before he got all depressed....Before he died...Before everything with you and Lane."

Alex sighed softly, fond smile on his face.
"You're mother was really somethin special... he still is of course but..."

Kevin pulled Zac into his lap, listening closely.
"I bet he was...."

"Well he's still a bit the same. He won't take shit from anyone. Not even me. That's how I hit him that one time.... god, I don't even remember exactly... I told him to stop screaming at me or something... he said he bet I couldnt' make him. And well, I made him I guess." He sighed. "Then he was a bit like Biddy... well he cried often.. okay a lot. But he was smiles a lot of the time. He would joke a lot.. He was perfect. A perfect mixture. He knew when to laugh, cry, smile, hug me..."

"Okay how about this, contrast him from now and then....He never cries...." Kevin knew that much.

"I hate that." He frowned. "I can tell when he wants to cry and he holds it in... he cried a LOT back then... it got old every now and then but I want that Mike back.."

"He was not as tough...." Kevin knew some of the things about his momma.