by Karen Clow
“Well Monica was wrong, you have been a wonderful husband and no one could better you as a father.”
“I tried babe, I didn’t want to make the mistakes I made with Charlie, but it looks like history is about to repeat itself.”
Squeezing his hand she looked at him, her beautiful eyes all puffy and streaming with tears as she asked him to kiss her.
“What for babe, it’s over.”
“Please just kiss me.”
Too tired to argue, he leaned forward taking her head in his hands he kissed her. It was a long lingering passionate kiss. When they stopped, she looked at him.
“Do you think people who are separating kiss like that Mickey?”
“It was just a kiss babe.”
Placing her arms around him, she kissed him again. He could feel himself becoming aroused. Pushing him back onto the bed, she kissed him passionately as she undid his trousers. His heartbeat quickened as he felt her put her hand on him.
“Don’t do this Maria, please.”
“Sshh,” she said softly as she gripped him firmly with one hand whilst undoing his shirt with the other. Without saying a word or moving, he just laid there trying hard to resist her, but his body wanted her. Slowly she pushed open his shirt and began kissing his chest. Placing his hands on her head gripping her hair, he asked her to stop because it wouldn’t change anything.
“I’m doing it because I want to, because I love you Mickey.”
Then she ran her tongue over his stomach, immediately his breathing changed, she knew he wanted her. Slowly she made her way down his body; finally her mouth was over him, teasing him with her tongue. Unable to resist her a moment longer, he lifted his shoulders off the bed to watch her and gripped her head tighter with every movement of her mouth. Unlike with the girl at Benny’s, he really wanted what his wife was doing. Within minutes he was calling out her name as he came.
Totally satisfied, he slumped back down on the bed. His mind was confused, he loved her in a way he’d never loved anyone. In his heart he knew she was the love of his life, but he couldn’t be the person that she wanted him to be. As she lay beside him, she kissed him. He could taste himself as her tongue probed his mouth. Then he felt something wet on his chest, her breasts were leaking, heavy with their babies’ milk.
“Oh sorry, I’ll go to the bathroom and clean myself up,” she said. Then just as she started to get off the bed, he gently pulled her back down, kissing her passionately on the mouth as he fumbled to undo her bra. Taking her nipple in his mouth, he sucked her, tasting her milk as she ran her hand down his body and caressed his now flaccid cock. Gently she ran her hand over him as he suckled her. Moving his hand down her body he tugged at her panties as his mouth moved from one nipple to the other. He could feel her body pulsating as he moved his finger over her clit before pushing two fingers into her. Taking his wet finger, he rolled it around her nipple before rolling his tongue over it so he could taste her. Wanting more, he made his way down her body. Pushing her legs apart he began probing her with his tongue. Her body arced and writhed as she felt her body nearing orgasm. With her orgasm subsiding, she held his shoulders and gently pulled him up towards her. It was as he lay on her between her legs, she felt the hardness of his then cock and pushing him gently off her onto his back she straddled him.
“Oh yes baby,” he gasped “that’s so good!”
Leaning backwards, she placed her hands behind her on his thighs as he pushed deeper into her. Moments later, he raised his body and holding her tight around her waist kissed her breasts he came.
CHAPTER 55
Mary and Den were up at half five that morning feeding the two boys, unfortunately, Melissa had woken and cried so much that she had woke the entire house up. Billy entered the lounge, still half asleep he walked straight over to Melissa and picked her up.
“What’s up princess,” he said “didn’t nanny and granddad give you any breakfast yet?”
“She was fast asleep when the two boys woke up” said Mary raising her eyebrows “I wanted to feed Martin before she woke, that’s why we brought them all downstairs so as not to wake the twins.”
“Shall I do it then?” said Billy as he picked up the bottle.
Mary watched as he fed her and winded her, before cuddling her back to sleep. She thought he looked so comfortable just sitting there in his boxers, with the baby fast asleep on his chest. A few minutes later, she nudged Den as she heard Billy snoring. They both grinned.
Just as they finished sorting out the babies, Jess appeared.
“Come in love, it’s like a baby factory in here this morning,” said Mary.
Jess looked at Billy and smiled. Mary explained that Maria had gone up to London to fetch Mickey back.
“I hope they’re ok,” said Jess “they’ve been so kind to me.”
“Well she didn’t come back last night love, so I would hazard a guess they’re working things out. So don’t go worrying yourself, I’m sure they’ll be back later.”
“Perhaps I should go out somewhere when they get back; maybe I’ll walk Rebecca into the village.”
“Let’s just wait and see what time they get back,” said Mary aware that Jess felt uncomfortable “maybe I’ll join you. We could take the twins.”
Nodding in approval, she smiled and suggested she made a pot of tea.
Billy didn’t stir until she returned with the tea. They joked with him about falling asleep.
Drinking his tea, Billy asked who was taking the kids to school. When Den said he would go with him, Billy sounded concerned as he stated he was worried about leaving the ladies and the babies. Knowing Mickey wanted them guarded, he suggested keeping the twins off school as it would be safer. Mary interrupted and said they’d be fine. They would lock the door and stay inside until the men returned.
Seeing that Jess looked confused, Mary quickly told her not to worry. It was just a precaution because Mickey had been getting some funny calls lately.
***
Back at Den’s London home, Maria lay with her head on Mickey’s chest. Their lovemaking as always had been wonderful. “Please don’t leave me Mickey,” she said snuggling up to him, “I love you with all my heart.”
“You know there are things I need to do Maria, perhaps we can talk about it later.”
“No Mickey, please let’s talk about it now. I know you mean Davy Sheridan, but he’s not important. Our family is the important thing here; we just want you home with us where you belong.”
“I’m sorry babe, but I can’t live with Davy Sheridan hanging over me. I won’t let him haunt me any longer.”
“Please don’t do it Mickey, the Sheridan’s have done enough to our family already. Davy’s dangerous; he’s not worth risking your life for.”
“I’ve got to do it babe. I should have done it a long time ago, I’m only sorry I didn’t. I’m not going to wait for him to do it again, he’s going down.”
“Can’t you get someone else to do it?”
“No, it’s down to me. If we’re going to try and make things work I’ve got to do it.”
She knew he wouldn’t change his mind, but at least he’d said about working things out and if it meant killing Davy so they could be happy again, then she would have to accept that.
“You get some sleep” she said kissing his cheek, “I’m getting up. I want to phone the family and tell them what was going on. I’ll also need to pop to the shop as there’s nothing fresh in the house.”
CHAPTER 56
Tony was driving when his phone rang. It was Lenny calling to ask if Mickey was with him as he wanted to see him.
“No Len, I’m just on my way over to Den’s house to see him. Why don’t you come over and meet us there. I’m not even sure if he’s awake, his mobile is switched off we had a late night.”
Lenny would meet them at the house in an hour.
Thirty five minutes later, Tony rang the doorbell at Den’s. He was surprised when Maria answered the door. Kissing he
r on the cheek, he entered and asked where Mickey was. Explaining that Mickey only woke up when she returned from the shop, she offered Tony a cup of tea. Curiously he asked how long she’d been there.
“Since last night, I was so worried about him Tony, I just had to come.”
“Yeah he’s pretty fired up babe.”
“I don’t want him to get hurt over this business with Davy. I’ve already lost one husband to that dreadful family; I won’t lose another. Especially the one I love more than anything. I can’t live without him Tony.”
Before he could reply, Mickey appeared and smiled at her; he’d obviously heard what she’d said. When the two men started talking the doorbell rang. Tony said it would be Lenny.
She could tell by Lenny’s expression as he entered that he was also surprised to see her there. Smiling at him she kissed his cheek and promptly asked if he’d like to join them for some scrambled eggs as she was just about to make some.
Lenny nodded and thanked her.
Ten minutes later, the four of them were eating breakfast together. When they finished, Mickey asked Maria if she could leave the men alone so they could talk. She suggested they went into the lounge while she cleared up from breakfast.
“That was a surprise this morning Mick,” said Tony once the men were alone “just so we get our stories straight, does she think we were at the club last night?”
“No, I told her we went to Benny’s, its fine. I’m not sure if we can work things out Tony, but once Davy is out of the way, we’re going to give it a try.”
“Good for you,” said Lenny “I hope things work out for you. Now talking about our friend Mr Sheridan, I’ve been doing some checking and asking some questions. You’re not going to like what I’m going to say, but I think you should wait.”
“No fucking way Len, I came here to take him out and that’s what I’m going to do!”
“Fucking calm down a minute, if you give me a chance I’ll tell you why.”
“I’m listening, but don’t think you can change my mind by telling me to wait.”
“Fuck me will you just shut up a minute so I can tell you? Right then, well he’s heavily in debt, we all know that and he hasn’t been able to come up with the money he owes the Turk. So it looks like the Turk is going to keep his club, which along with the one he sold to Sam Leyton at the poker game it’s left him a bit short on assets and no one will touch him with a fucking barge pole. Plus we know that he’s had to cough up five hundred grand to you for that dirty little film. In a nut shell, he’s skating on very thin fucking ice. I also think you may be right about another kidnapping Mickey, because he seems very interested in the kids who’ve enrolled at his boyfriends new dance studio. Now, having the suspicious mind that I have, I asked myself why? I keep coming up with the same answer. Now I know I could be wrong, but I always go with my gut feeling and it’s telling me he’s gonna snatch a kid.”
“Dare we ask how you got this information?”
“You may ask Mick, do you remember a few years back when your then good lady, the detective, got a couple of dancers to bug Sheridan’s office. Well it just so happens one of those bugs mysteriously never made it back to the nick and, despite a bit of refurbishment since Dave senior snuffed it, the bug’s still there attached to the side of the fish tank. So I listened in on a few of his conversations last night. Which just so happened to be about the students at his boyfriend’s studio.”
“Do you think his boyfriend is working with him?”
“That streak of piss,” laughed Lenny “he’s frightened of his own fucking shadow, not to mention Davy, he’s terrified of him. Kidnapping, he’d go to fucking pieces if he broke a fucking finger nail!”
They all laughed.
“Ok Lenny, we get your point” said Mickey, “but why would I want to wait if he’s going to take another kid? Surely stopping him before he does it would be the best thing to do?”
“Under normal circumstances you would be right Mickey, but these are not normal circumstances.”
“Can we take it from that Lenny you’ve got some sort a plan?” asked Tony.
“Indeed you can Tony. The way I see it, we need to drive Davy to the edge so we force his hand over the snatching of a kid. Now a little bird tells me Mickey here is not following through with any more money for the film.”
Mickey nodded.
“Tony tells me Mick that you’ve decided to send the film to Rodney Hopper?”
“I only told him Mick, I thought it might help if he knew when he told me what he’s got in mind.”
“From the sound of it, you two conniving bastards have already got it worked out,” said Mickey with a grin.
“Well let’s put it this way,” said Lenny “if it worked, you won’t have to get your hands dirty and better still Davy fucking Sheridan won’t be causing anyone any more problems and you get to live happily ever after with your family down in Kent.”
“Ok, you’ve got my attention Len, what’s the plan!”
“Ok, so let’s assume Rodney has his hands on the film, he won’t be shy about blackmailing Davy. We already know young Davy boy has got a very healthy respect for Mr Hopper; we also know he can’t get the money so he’s left with no other choice but to take a kid. He’s cocky enough to think he got away with it once and he’s desperate to pay the Turk back by the end of month, so he’ll do what he sees as his only way out. That’s where your detective friends come in Mickey. I listen in at his club office to find out where and when he’ll snatch a kid, you tip your friends off, anonymously of course, unless you trust them enough, but that’s up to you. Anyway the long and the short of it is, when whoever snatches the kid is caught, they roll on Davy. My guess is he’ll use someone like that Spider who is a bit thick, possibly Danny Monk, who as we all know is a fucking nutter, but even he’s not fucking stupid enough to serve fifteen years for fucking Sheridan, especially as he knows there’s no one left to come looking for him if Davy goes down.”
“Great plan Lenny, but prison’s not enough. Some fancy lawyer will have him out before he’s even tasted prison grub. I want it final, so like you say I get to live happily ever after with my family.”
“Funnily enough, I had a feeling you’d say that, but hang on a minute, that’s where Rodney Hopper comes in; he’s not going to let Davy walk away from paying him. Now we all know that Rodney has got several friends who are banged up. If I know Rodney, he’ll have Davy taken out, end of the Sheridan line. Your name was never mentioned, we all walk away. Am I a fucking genius or what?”
“Just a couple of things bother me Lenny,” said Tony “what if they don’t roll over on Davy, but assuming they do, what if Mickey’s right about some fancy wig getting him off without him doing any time? Finally, if it did work, how can you be so sure that Rodney Hopper would even bother to take him out? After all, the debt wouldn’t be personal to him or his family; it would have come as a gift through the post from us.”
“My thoughts exactly,” said Mickey.
“Fuck me what a pair of doubting Thomas’s, you are,” said Lenny. “Firstly, from what I know of that George Davage, he could easily convince some fucking half baked dummy to roll. Secondly, if Davy does have some big wig representing him that’s where the dodgy old judge Quinton comes in. I’m pretty sure you boys could convince him to send Davy down. And last but not least, the icing on the cake, so to speak, would be when Rodney Hopper finds out Davy has been bad mouthing him from inside, you don’t have to be a genius to work that one out now, do you?”
“And I suppose a little bird would just happen to tell Rodney that Davy’s been gobbing off?” laughed Tony.
“Absolutely Tony, that’s the trouble with birds, they just love to fucking sing!”
They all laughed and then waited for Mickey to say something.
“I’ve got to hand it to you Lenny; you seem to have it covered. Trouble is a lot of it is based on the assumption that Davy will snatch a kid. Which, if I’m honest, I think he’
s desperate enough to do, but can we guarantee it will be a kid from the dance school? One thing’s for sure, if the fucker comes within a fucking mile of my kids I’ll blow his fucking head off! Truth is I’m not happy about waiting if my family are at risk, other than that I think it might just work.”
“I see where you’re coming from Mickey,” said Tony “that’s why I’ve already talked to Shaun this morning. From what he said, I don’t think he’d have a problem moving in for a couple of weeks till Davy makes his move. I told him I could let him have one of my lads to run the pub. I suggested sending one of the boys down to you, but Shaun wouldn’t hear of it. He insisted on it being him and let’s face it, you don’t argue with him!”
Mickey knew they were trying to help, regardless of how he felt.
“It’s a good plan Mickey, we all know how much you want to take him out, but we’re all aware that hits can go wrong. I don’t think your Maria would enjoy going to the morgue to identify you. For the sake of a couple of weeks, surely it’s worth trying. We know he’s only got ‘til the end of the month to pay the Turk, what’s that, less than a fortnight, it’s nothing compared to the alternative.”
“Ok, you’ve convinced me, till the end of the month, after that it’s open season on Davy fucking Sheridan!”
It was obvious the others were happy he’d seen sense.
“Thank fuck for that” laughed Tony “now can you switch your fucking mobile back on so your family and Shaun can speak with you, because mines been like the fucking hot line to the President over the last couple of days!”
“Sorry about that Tony, it’s just that they worry about their little boy, the golden son!”
“Fuck me Mick! I think it’s time for your Maria to make the coffee for the charmed one and his associates!”
They were still laughing as Mickey called out to her, “Stick the kettle on babe.”
