Touching the Heart of Ace

A tight slap fell on my cheek and I opened my eyes.

"LIA!!!"

"Shut the fuck up!" Another slap and my head felt like being crushed.

I was tied to a chair and so was Robbie. He was mumbling unconsciously and I cried out loud, earning another slap.

"I said shut the fuck up." Janice screamed.

"Not so mighty now, are you? Want a computer?" She laughed before calmly sitting on a chair in front of me.

"Lia? Lia?" I heard a whimper and saw my Little Baby curled under the table.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!"

I watched in horror and pain as she kicked my baby girl's leg.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!!!"

I shouted and Janice smiled.

"Oh it hurts you? Good. Now watch this."

I watched her yanking my kid by her tiny leg and slapped right across her face.

"No... Please... please... Let her go... she is just a baby..."

She pushed Lia's head back and my Lia did not even whimper before hiding again.

"Please... don't hurt her... please... let her go... please Janice."

She stomped towards me and pulled my hair back harshly.

"That slut is my child; not yours. I can do whatever I want with her. Get it?"

I whimpered.

"She is just a baby... please..."

"Cry... I wanna see you cry... Not so lucky now, are you?"

"An... Angel..." Robbie whispered and Janice stomped towards him before kicking his knee.

"You pussy... stand up like a man."

"Please let him go..." Voice did not leave my throat.

I was so scared and the only satisfaction I had was Robbie was moving his fingers but his head was hung low and he was whimpering and humming...

What did she inject him with?

Robbie...

I saw Lia peeking out of the table and I cried.

Jesus!

Was this real?

No, this was not.

I was sleeping, right next to Daddy and Lia was...

A slap fell on my cheek again and I tasted copper.

Shit!

Don't faint, Ace. Your family is in trouble... you have to... you have to stay strong and save them...

Janice's phone rang and it blared out of the too silent room.

"WHAT!!!... SHUT UP!!!... I will bring the little bitch when I am done with her... Yes, she is right here... Do you think I am stupid? DO YOU??? DO YOU??? BECAUSE I AM NOT... You will fucking drive away when she in the van and then who will fucking pay me the money???"

She hung up the call and threw it on the couch before cracking her neck.

I felt numb. My ears and brain refusing to believe what I heard.

"Lia... mmm... child... m... Dav... Lia with Ace..." Robbie mumbled, rolling his head.

I turned my eyes to the side and saw real unhinged person looking back at me.

"Pussies think I will hand over my money making golden goose like that." Janice laughed. "I am going to be rich too, Ace. Rich like you. You know how much they offered? 75 million fucking dollars... More than you can even dream of... right? RIGHT??? TELL ME I AM RIGHT!!!"

I nodded before the slap fell. Thankful Janice had no idea how much my net worth was... add a 0 at the end of what Janice said, it was still a couple of millions lesser than what I had.

"Are you jealous of me?" Janice brushed a bright red but chipped nail on my cheek. It was sharp.

I nodded again.

"You should be... for once I am unreachable to you."

My family. I had to save my family.

For the first time in my life, I understood that fear and courage had the same taste and effect.

At the end of the rope of fear, it was courage, nothing else.

"I never knew I was making the money maker when I pushed that scum out of my pussy..." Janice laughed before clapping her hands. "People paid money for little cute bitches. Now I feel bad for not making more. Well, I have time for more. I after all am pretty... Do you know what they would do to a gorgeous lady like me? Can't have that... but... this bitch on the other hand..."

Over my fucking dead body.

I was alive and that meant my baby would live too and no one would ever ever touch her.

My eyes flicked to my baby girl and she was looking back at me from under the table.

I had imprinted on her as mine, as my child, as my fucking daughter and from one look of my eyes... my Little Lia squeezed her eyes shut, covered her ears and hid...

Good!

Janice slapped me again.

"Do you think I am stupid?"

I shook my head.

"Fucking talk..."

"No... You are not stupid."

"Not so smart, are you?" She asked again.

"I am not smart." I agreed.

This was not real. These things did not happen in real life. This was just a stupid fucking funny dream.

In what universe did this happen?

"I do not even know what people see in you." Janice was staring at me. "I mean look at you. You are a pathetic bitch and not even that handsome but... what do you have?"

Robbie whimpered again and I prayed to god that he did not try to talk.

"Fucking ANSWER ME!!!" She slapped me again right on the cheek that was already hurting.

At the end of pain, it was numbness.

No, no, no.

Had to save my family.

"mm... Angel... leave... with with Lia..." Robbie was mumbling and I bit back a scream when Janice slapped him too.

"I want a knife. I am going to..." She walked around frantically all over the kitchen and I thanked everything in the universe that made me digitally lock all the cupboards. "He is the reason why I am like this... He has money... I am his wife... that is my money... where is the money... fuck!!! Where is the knife?"

for opening all the child proof locks, so

would have to kill me for

fucking obliterate each fucking

are you looking at!!!" Janice came back to me and raised her

true you are..." I

asked and I had an out of the body

and out of Janice face and I shook

I was scared.

Not the time...

My Baby...

to

are his wife and... I..." I left it

"It is my money..."

"Yes..."

can do this...

depended on

You messed up my life..." Janice snarled. She waved her hands and spat on my face. "Oooohhh.... the Truscott Baby!!! Look at him now... pathetic... all

I frowned.

the time to logically

if I understood

money... All the people in my life and then... then... you took my first boyfriend too... then... you took my

accusing finger

I regretted it right away because her anger intensified before throwing all the things

I hate it... I HATE it... It was supposed to be me. I am more beautiful than you... I am smarter than you... If only I had more money..." Her eyes

had to say the

"For what?"

"Huh?"

what are you sorry? You see Ace, sorry has no meaning if you don't know

back to the woman, she

Fuck!

to

look. Like

With your perfect family, with your perfect face and then money... fuck... shit load of money... And those were thrown to my face all the time... Now, people are saying you are even more better than you ever were. What the fuck! Life was not supposed to be that way... You were supposed to be hurting while I was at the top.

her eyes

marriage. They called me gold digger. Can you even believe them? Jesus!!! He fell for my good looks and I

smoothed it

hurt you so bad. I was blind. I did not see

SHE

"She loved you."

ask you what you needed money

"She asked me too..."

Janice slapped me again.

was a

back a

It hurt so bad.

She demanded in a

sorry that

should be." Janice huffed, before switching her phone off when it

was fucking miserable, Ace. All the time. It was always you... and when SJ fell in love with you... I finally lost it... His

my eyes on her than my need to check on Robbie. I

"Wh... who is SJ?"

even remember them and not even know or care when they grovel at your feet. You are all mighty where people just ignore me and forget that I even exist. I loved him

and whimpered when she slapped

"YOURS!!!"

sorry... But... but... I

Not Jacob!!! SJ!!! His best friend... He

remembered SJ. He sometimes followed Jacob and Janice when we all went out. I thought that was because he was

I thought you

always... It was supposed to me. He did not

always gave Janice love notes,

"SHUT THE FUCK UP..."

at least I saw that slap coming and felt like

for his attention when there was a man who worshipped the ground she walked on. And apparently

deal

huge computer, Ace. We have to find a way to get on her good sides until

was not moving. I bit back my whimper, fear and

I got this.

Lia to Jason and everything was

little girl

are you thinking?"

computer, Ace, just fucking

the computer was more difficult was the coding.

Gulp!

my face... how much you were hurting... and I did not care...

I had to or my Baby Lia would

No.

No.

No.

worry now. 75

"Please anything but that..."

I like to

a baby... Let her go... You

so long and I made a deal with them. Or they will come for me. Do you

Just a computer.

depended on me and

pathetic could you be,

time... not the

net worth is 757 million, Janice." I

burst with hope when

me. I checked internet. It said 38 million. Now I am going to make almost

more than that... they were talking

front of

Just a computer.

play my

needed me. There

Over my dead body!

and... now my child has to pay... Dear God." My tears were real but my words were not. "I knew she wanted to make you

BINGO!!!

had

WHAT, DICK!!!" Janice kicked my chest and I fell back on

I did not feel

saw Lia crying when Janice pulled my

God, Janice was strong.

huge breaths. "Please close your eyes, sweetheart, Lia." I begged to my child and took a breath when she

Had to save her.

Forgive me."

Tell

complicated... but promise me you

do whatever I want with her

be the business partner and... wanted to hand you over around

"ONLY ONE THIRD???"

I gulped.

Because we have some legal clauses that ties the worth to Truscotts only and you are not a Truscott... not by blood." Lies smoothly flew

She was seething.

only handover the amount from my account and you have to be present before

SLAP!!!

job, Ace. She

my money?"

out. So the money is only Jason's, in paper. Legally

how banks work... or I will never come back

nodded and

God, please save my

with you

it might take

you are not lying? You will take Ameya away... and then I can kiss my 75 million good bye...

the crippling pain in

to keep our child safe... then I will come with

and I shook my head harder. I gulped the water Janice pushed to my lips, not caring if it