One Hundred Sleepless Nights

Sam's POV

Something felt off and I really can’t tell why. I don’t know what’s going on. I looked over at Michelle who was greedily eating pancakes. She was a little more boisterous today. Yapping a lot in between bites and even eating over her normal quota of one pancake.

I think it because she knows she going to see her daddy today.

But I still can’t seem to shake the simple fact that something just seemed off. Jamie was sitting on the sofa with Vic wrapped in his idiotic embrace. He was cracking some a joke, I don’t know exactly what he was saying for I had completly zoned out, but I know it was something dumb and stupid because everyone was in hysterics and Vic had popped him on the head.

Tony sat on the floor indian style doing what Tony does. He was his normal self, the quite turtle of the bunch. Yet you could still see the faint smile on his face at the thought of getting his sidekick back.

Yet I still could not shake the fact that something felt off.

My cousins were sitting at the kitchen table probably discussing things of the trail and evidence against Frenchi. They were deep in thought with papers scattered across the table. They had gained a lot of evidence over the last few months and there was no doubt that the sour bitch was going down.

But something, something still felt….wrong.

I felt a tug on my shirt and I looked down to see Michelle with her eyebrows furrowed. She was obviously deep in thought.

“What is it pumpkin?”

She looked at me “Where’s Aunt Lena?”

And that’s when I felt like a million light bulbs went off in my head. That was what felt so wrong. I had not seen or talked to Lena in a couple days. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m use to her wandering off for days at a time but she always texted or called or tweeted or something.

I have had no contact with her in four days.

“Ummm guys!” Everyone looks at me, including my busy cousins. “Has any of you talked to Fralena?”

Everyone shakes their head no and I could feel the panic rise in my stomach.

Something didn’t feel wrong now…..I know that something wrong


“Have you not talked to her Sam?” Vic asked obviously sensing my fear

I shake my head as I fumble for my phone “N-no!” I dial her number only to get her voicemail “Why the fuck is she not answering!”

“Hey! I’m sure she’s fine! She probably just needed a break before the trial.” Vic reassured. Although the waiver of his voice told me otherwise. He was just as worried as I was. “I bet she’ll meet us at the courthouse.”

“Speaking of courthouse, we should be leaving now.” My cousin spoke standing up.


Between Vic and His car, we all packed in an drove to the courthouse. I opted out of driving, or more so Tony refused to let me drive stating that I was in no mental state to do so. I could only agree with him. I was antsy and agitated and worried and down right scared.

Today decided the fate of my fiance after all.

When we arrived at the courthouse we all filed into our appropriate spots. We sat waiting in anticipation for what was to come. Michelle kept on moving around in my lap until I finally sat her down in front of me so that she could stand. When they walked Mike in she literally went bananas.

“Daddy!” I could hear some people aww at her

“Michelle, you have to be quiet!” I whisper yelled to her.

She turned to look at me with a pout “But I want to see daddy.”

Tears started to creep down her face and I heard my heart break.

“Jesus Christ I knew I should have left you with a sitter.” I whispered

I held her into my chest as she softly cried. I watched as the trailed proceed and slightly zoned in and out through most of it. I saw Mike look back at me and he gave me a smile which I couldn’t help but smile back. Yeah, I was pissed at him for what happened but Frenchi was a manipulative bitch and this could have happened to anyone.

I immediately was back into the trail when a boy was brought on the stand who looked oddly enough like both Fralena and Frenchi. He put his hand on the bible and did the whole sworing in part before starting to tell his story.
“My sister, Frenchie, she umm….she had this plan….it was mad crazy….that she was going to like….ruin this dude’s life.”

“And who is this dude that you’re talking about?” Jessica asked

“Michael Fuentes”

She nodded “And can you point him out for me sir?” He gave her a deadpanned look and she shrugged. “Can you?”

He nodded and pointed to him “He’s right there.”

“Thank you….you may proceded.”

“Okay….so she was so set on like completely ruining his life because he dumped her for this other girl whose life she was also going to ruin after his.”

I gasped and loudly at that. I always knew that she was out to ruin my life but I mean to hear it out of someone who was working for her mouth…..it’s slightly shocking.

He sighed “She’d never tell us what she had planned for Sam but we knew that exact plan for Mike.”

“Which was?”

“At first she tried to just break them up by getting Sam to have a mental breakdown and have the CPS to deem her an unfit mother….but that didn’t work. So then she stashed drugs in the house to get them to break up…...that kinda worked” He looked at me with a sympathetic look “So finally she sent in Fralena….” His face glanced through the crowd as if he was looking for a face and then his eyes furrowed.

Was he looking for Fralena too?

“Keep going Mr. Danky?”

His gaze snapped back to Jessica “She sent in Fralena. Gave her a fake id and then we'll told her to seduce him or else.”

She gave him a sideways glance “Or else what?”

“With Frenchie…...who knows?”

“Thank you…...that is all.” Jessica spoke, walking back to our table and sitting down.

Francisco was asked no further question and he was allowed to sit down. The rest of the time seemed to drag on and on. Countless witnesses of the night brought up to testify, all in defense of Mike. Stating that Fralena clearly had a identification card stating that she was twenty one. The bartender even stated that Mike seemed delusional or not in his right state of mind.

That was definitely a new one.

But was the biggest surprise of them all is when the prosecution brought someone up to the stand that shocked even the judge himself. They brought up the Queen B herself.

They called up Frenchi.

She stalked up, her heels clicking against the wood floor and she took the stand placing her hand on the bible and reciting the words with a wicked smile. She’s the devil if there is one, I’m surprised her hand didn’t burn off. The prosecution only asked her one question.

“What’s your name?”

She smiled “Frenchi Nikki Danky.”

“That is all.”

We all looked at him with a dumbfounded expression. What the fuck is going on? Why would they bring her on? This is crazy. He walked over to us with a small smile.

“I just put a prime piece of meat on the stand for you…...use it…..abuse it.”

Jessica looked at him with confusion “But…..why?”

“Mike deserves to be a free man” He state with a genuine smile and then he shrugged “And plus she wanted too…..crazy bitch.”

I let out a little giggle because I don’t think he realizes just how crazy she really is.

I watched as my cousin walked over to Frenchi with a stern look on her face. “What do you have to say for yourself?”

“I’m one smart cookie.” She retorted

“Oh really….how so?”

“I’ve fooled all of you bastards for this damn long.” The judge cleared his throat clearly not liking her language. Frenchi looked at him with a ‘I don’t give a fuck’ face before returning to Jess “I mean look at you…..locking a innocent man up for something that he had no control over.”

“What?”

She laughed loudly “Mike had no control whatsoever over what he did that night.” Jessica remained quiet, a que for her to continue talking “He was drug you idiots. I snuck into the bar when Fralena was sweet talking him and dumped a little something, something into his drink…..his why the bartender said he seemed ‘delusional or out of his right mind’”

She gasped “You what?”

Frenchi rolled her eyes “Are you stupid? I drugged him. That’s why he doesn’t remember much about what happens in the first place except for what is put into his head by what is said to him. He had no clear image of what happened that night…...at all.”

“Why are you telling us this now then?”

“Because I’m going down regardless.” She said in a monotone voice “And as I wanted to take him down with me at first…….and I wanted to kill that bitch Sam. I still might depending on if I tell my guys to go through with the plan.” She looked at me with a sick smile and I felt my heart drop to my stomach. She let out a chuckle “But for now I’ll just let all my anger go out on Fralena…….she’s the real traitor in this story.”

The room grew quiet and the air grew cold.

“Y-you…..did s-something to F-fralena?” Jessica asked

“She was a bad girl.” She clucked her tongue “Bad girls get punished you know.” French I smirked at us. “But that’s not the important thing now. Michael is innocent…...yet I’m a rapist…..I’m a murderer. …..I’m the real criminal here aren’t I.”

Jessica shook her head and turned around “I’m all done here.”

The judge looked completely shocked when he told the jury to go into deliberation. It did not take the long to come to a decision. When they walked out I looked over with a thumping heart.

“When it comes to the case of Michael C. Fuentes vs. Fralena N. Danki we the jury find the defendant…...not guilty on the count of statutory rape.”


That sentence made me the happiest girl in the world. Everyone was jumping and screaming and making a scene but we had every reason to do so. Mike was free. He was finally coming home and we were finally going to be a family again.

“Mommy what is everyone cheering about?” Michelle questioned as we stood out in the hall minutes later.

I glanced behind her a smiled ear to ear “Why don’t you turn around and see?”

She turned around to see a very happy, and a very free Michael Fuentes.

“Daddy!”

She ran to him and jumped into his arms. “Daddy you aren’t in chains anymore! Are you finally coming home?”

He shook his head, tears falling down his face “Yes! Yes, I’m finally coming home!”

The moment was full of joy but it all ended so soon when a certains someone embedded themselves in it.

“Well isn’t this just adorable.” Her voice dripped with sarcasm. And evil. “To bad good things have to come to an end.”

Monica walked up to her “Speaking of which…...Franchesca Danki, you are under arrest for the murder of Rachel Brown.”

“That’s it.” Frenchi laughed bitterly, almost as if insulted at the fact that she wasn’t booked for more. “Only one.”

So she was insulted

“Others are pending.”

I smiled lightly, maybe she was finally getting out of our life for good. Maybe things could finally go back to normal. Frenchi looked at me, a demonic glint in her eye and a sickening smile on her face.

“Oh, don’t get your hopes up yet. Just because I’m locked up does not mean that my plans will go unfinished.” My stomach dropped at that. And her smile widened. As she was pulled away I heard her say one thing. “Good luck finding Fralena.”

We all stood their in an awkward silence. Half way between being overjoyed that Mike was home and completely deflated because Fralena was missing. Even more so saddened by the fact that her devilish sister had something to do with her disappearance. Nothing good ever comes out of anything that is associated with Frenchi.

On our way home all I could think about was were Fralena could be. She could be anywhere. Frenchi has no limits, there are no boundaries. And as I walked into the house all I could think about is that Fralena could be getting tortured, be getting abused,or she could be dead already.

We just didn’t know.

“Hey babe…..we’ll find her.” Mike whispered softly into my ear. He engulfed me into a much needed hug. “We’ll get her back.”

I rested my head on his chest “For Sahari’s sake…...I hope we do.”


It’s weird how this worked. We got one member of our family back to us just to get another taken away.

We’ll find you Lena.

I promise

Notes

This is the last chapter guys! Thank you for hanging with me all of this time! I know that I have been the worst possible updater in the whole world. And yes, If you couldn't tell by the way that it ended there will be a sequel. And yes, the sequel will be just as crazy if not crazier then this story.

I hope you enjoyed this story though and thanks for reading.