Run Away Dad

Vic told me they lived here still, I thought Bianca would've moved out of here by now. We bought this house when we were dating in high school. I walk up to the door and knock, my high school love answers the door. She looks at me wide eyed.

"Mike, what are you doing here?" She asks.

"I wanna see Ronnie."

"She's not here, she's at a football game." She says.

"Can I stay till she comes back?" I ask her. She nods and lets me in. It still looks the same as I remember. I smile remembering the night Bianca went into labor with Ronnie, we were eating dinner in the backyard with our families. I look at the pictures of the teenage girl holding a little boy. "Did you have another kid B?"

"No that's Zeke, our grandson." She says point blankly, I stare at her.

"Grandson? Ronnie had a child?"

"Yep, he's two now." She says.

"You let her have the baby?!?!"

"Considering she fought for her and that baby's life for six three months yes! After even though the father is a sick monster and she still loves him with everything, yes!" She shouts and I my stomach drops.

"Was she...." I can't even finish.

"Raped? Yeah she was," Bianca says. Oh god my little girl. How could this happen. She was so young when it all started, the drinking and drugs, I didn't know it would get so bad. I still remember the last time I saw her, god she was so little.

"Who was the guy?"

"Her therapist, he raped and beat her for months." She says.

"Is he behind bars?" I ask.

"For the next two more weeks yeah, sadly he's getting out on good behavior." She says, anger and revenge thick in her voice. "And now she's stuck seeing him, for her son. She's a fighter," she says the last part and I smile.

"Just like her mother," I say as the door opens. I turn around and see a teenage version of my little girl walk in. "Ronnie?"

She stares at me before saying, "Dad?"

"It's me baby girl." She sets the little boy down and walks over to me. I pull her into my arms, she wraps her small arms around my waist.

"I missed you Dad," she says and I hold her tighyer. The little boy walks up and tugs on her shirt, she laughs quietly, "What baby?" She says before picking him up.

"Who this?" He asks.

"Zeke this is Grampa Mike," she says and I smile. The little boy smiles and grips onto Ronnie. He yawns and so does Ronnie.

"Alright kids it's midnight, and we're all going to San Deigo tomorrow, go to sleep." Bianca says they all nod and go upstairs. Ronnie smiles and kisses my cheek before going upstairs.

"So why you goin to S.D. tomorrow?" I ask.

"So I can see Viv and Vic again," she says and smiles. She walks upstairs. "Crash on the couch Michael," is all she says before her door shuts. I smile, this is the best night.

Notes

Ahhh what do you think?