Consequences: Broken

Episode 19

Cole

We sit down for dinner. It's Emma, Zav, my mom, Penelope and myself. Emma is quiet. She really doesn't talk much but I actually like that. She only speaks when talked with directly. As long as she continues that in the future, it will be perfect. I have decided to follow through and actually marry her. I never thought I would get married. I learned that with Emma, there are a lot of things I do and want to change. One thing I won't change though, is including Zav in my future with her.

Zav

Cole spoke with me earlier about Emma, him and I, our future. To know that he will include me in the future, his future, it is everything. Cole and I are both 29. We have been in each other's lives since we were maybe 7 or 8. We went to school together, caused trouble, own a club and cover each other's backs. We each have personal demons that we can cancel out and control. We are each other's, other half. It might sound strange but we do complete each other to an extent. Add Emma, we are fully complete. She is perfect for me. She is perfect for Cole. She is perfect for us together.

Emma

After dinner I clean the dishes and kitchen. I'm tired physically, mentally and emotionally. My body is sore and tired. I'm scared and it is not helping mentally for what is to come. I need to find time to myself, in my mom's room. I need that information. However, that jerk is letting his mother invade my mom's room. That hurts.

I finish the kitchen and go to the living room where Cole, Zav, Penelope and his mom are. They are having a quiet conversation.

“Cole? I need to go to my mother's room. There are things I need to set out for the funeral tomorrow.”

“That's fine. Get what you truly want to keep for you and your sister. Mom has selected a few things she wants as well. Tomorrow, we will get rid of the rest.”

“Are you serious?! Everything in that room belongs to my mother. Now that she is gone, it is mine and Ellie’s. Not yours and definitely not your mother's.”

“I would watch your tone. This will be my home just as soon as we marry. My mother will become your mother. She will finish raising your sister as well. Now if you want to keep anything, keep your f*****g mouth shut and do it now!”

I stare at him, tears streaming down my face. Fine! I will get the things that my mother cherished, her jewelry and the information she has hidden. That woman can wear my mother's clothes and try to pretend to be something she will never be. However, after tomorrow, none of them will see what is coming. They will never be my family.

I go to my mother's room. I see signs of Cora around but it is still my mom's. Going to the closet, I grab a suitcase and a box with our pictures throughout the years. While I am in there, I move belongings until I get to the hidden place in the wall. Opening it and then the safe, I grab all the papers and the jewelry. I just finished sealing the area of the secret wall when I hear a noise behind me. Coming out of the closet, I see it is Cora.

“Do you need help selecting items? There are a few pieces I am keeping for myself. I however can not find her jewelry. Do you know where she keeps it? I have seen pictures, she has really nice and expensive pieces I want for myself and Penelope. You and your sister can keep what we do not want.”

“My mother's jewelry is not here. She only kept her watch and a select few pairs of earrings. The rest are in a shared safety deposit box with Collin.”

“Well you will have to get them for me in the near future.”

“Not happening. Those belong to me and my sister. They were my mother's. Not yours.”

“Continue to speak with me like that, Cole will punish you. You will get me those items. And because of your attitude, you will get nothing. Your life now belongs to my son and me.”

“I will never belong to either of you. You will never be my family.”

“EMMA! How dare you speak to my mother like that!” Cole comes towards me. He is pissed but so am I. He grabs my arm and slaps me across my face.

“Speak to her like that again and your punishment will be worse.”

“Cole, I can't find that woman's jewelry. Emma said it is in a shared security box with Collin. I would like those.”

“You will have them on Monday mother. Emma will give them to you.”

“Thank you baby.”

Looking at me, Cole says;

“Grab what you have out. This is all you will take. You have disturbed my mother long enough.”

I can't help but cry at how this evening has gone. My heart is broken. I got what I need though. After tomorrow, these people will see what messing with me is actually about.