{"id":15840,"date":"2026-05-25T23:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=15840"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:34:21","slug":"daddy-mommys-boyfriend-hit-me-with-a-baseball-bat-he-said-if-i-cry-itll-hurt-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=15840","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDaddy\u2026 Mommy\u2019s boyfriend hit me with a baseball bat. He said if I cry, it\u2019ll hurt more\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Marcus\u2026 \u2014I whispered again, barely recognizing my own voice\u2014. Please\u2026 say something.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a creaking sound, then hurried footsteps, and finally his breathing, low but steady, returned to the other end of the line.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m inside,\u201d he said. \u201cThe door was locked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A dull thud echoed behind him, as if something had fallen or been pushed against a wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

My mind tried to imagine the scene, but each image was worse than the last, so I closed my eyes as I drove.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEthan?\u201d I asked, my voice breaking. \u201cDo you see it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/ins><\/div>\n

There was a pause that was too long, filled with small sounds: footsteps, something crawling, a faint moan that I couldn\u2019t identify at first.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI found it,\u201d Marcus finally said, more quietly. \u201cIt\u2019s in the hallway.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My heart was pounding so hard that I had to loosen one hand on the steering wheel to avoid losing control of the car.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/ins><\/div>\n

\u2014Is he\u2026? \u2014I couldn\u2019t finish the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s conscious,\u201d she replied. \u201cBut his arm hurts. He\u2019s scared.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A child\u2019s sob crossed the call, weak, contained, as if even crying was something that should be done in silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt something inside me slowly breaking, like a crack that had been forming for some time and could no longer be ignored.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDad\u2026\u201d Ethan whispered, barely audible. \u201cAre you coming?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Yes, champ\u2014I replied quickly, with an urgency that almost choked me\u2014. I\u2019m coming. I\u2019m very close.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus said nothing for a few seconds, and that silence had a strange weight, different from the previous one.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was not an absence of sound, but the presence of something that had not yet been said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not alone,\u201d he finally added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The traffic around me ceased to exist for an instant; everything was reduced to those three words.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKyle?\u201d I asked, feeling the name as something strange in my mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Marcus replied. \u201cIt\u2019s in the kitchen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A faint metallic noise filtered through the call, followed by a sudden movement, like a chair being dragged across the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDid he see you come in?\u201d I asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Now we\u2019re talking\u2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way he said it, without raising his voice, without rushing, reminded me of years ago, when I competed and measured every move.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Marcus\u2026 \u2014I began, but I didn\u2019t really know what I was asking for.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did he want me to stay calm?<\/span>
\nTo protect Ethan?<\/span>
\nTo not cross a line I couldn\u2019t undo?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRelax,\u201d he said, almost in a whisper. \u201cI\u2019m thinking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That word, \u201cthinking\u201d, repeated itself in my head as a red light forced me to stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking.<\/span>
\nWhen everything inside me was screaming that there was no time for that.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the background of the call, a male voice spoke, harsh and irritated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Who are you? What are you doing here?<\/span><\/p>\n

Kyle.<\/span><\/p>\n

I recognized that tone immediately, but now there was something else: a nervous tension, as if I weren\u2019t expecting to meet someone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus did not respond immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

That silence, once again, began to grow between them like a dangerous space.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here for the child,\u201d Marcus finally said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simple. Direct. No frills.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s none of your business,\u201d Kyle replied, louder now. \u201cIt\u2019s my house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My grip on the steering wheel tightened until my knuckles turned white.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That phrase struck a chord inside me that I had been ignoring for months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Marcus said. \u201cIt\u2019s not your house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A sharp sound, like a blow against a surface, interrupted the air.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethan let out a small groan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Marcus\u2014I said, my pulse racing\u2014. Get him out of there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing \u2014he replied\u2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he wasn\u2019t moving.<\/span>
\nI could hear him.<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t moving.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

As if something were keeping him in that exact place, at that point where everything could change depending on a single decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t come any closer,\u201d Kyle said, and now his voice had a different edge. \u201cI\u2019m warning you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

An object hit something, maybe the countertop, maybe the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

My breathing became irregular, and for a second I forgot where I was, where I was going.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was only that one scene that I couldn\u2019t see.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Marcus\u2014 I whispered. Please.<\/span><\/p>\n

He did not respond immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, he spoke with a calmness that chilled me to the bone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe boy is afraid of you,\u201d he said. \u201cThat should tell you something.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

A thick, uncomfortable silence, full of unspoken things.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe just fell,\u201d Kyle replied, more quietly. \u201cIt was nothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That phrase.<\/span><\/p>\n

The same one Lena had used days before, when Ethan had a small bruise on his leg.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe fell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The words began to align in my mind, like pieces that could no longer be ignored.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Marcus said. \u201cThat\u2019s not what he said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My heart stopped for a second.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because that was the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the truth, right now, seemed more dangerous than anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKids exaggerate,\u201d Kyle replied, with a short, forced laugh. \u201cYou know how they are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus didn\u2019t laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said nothing for a few seconds that felt endless.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then he spoke, more slowly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Yes \u2014he said\u2014. But fear isn\u2019t so easily invented.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sound of footsteps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something shifted between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethan sobbed again, louder this time, as if the tension had become too much to contain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Dad\u2026 \u2014she whispered\u2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here,\u201d I replied, even though I knew he couldn\u2019t hear me directly.<\/span><\/p>\n

But I needed to say it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I needed to believe it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Marcus\u2014I said\u2014. The police should be arriving by now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another pause.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Not yet\u2014he replied\u2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

I looked in the rearview mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n

No siren.<\/span>
\nNo lights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only the traffic, slow, indifferent, as if the world didn\u2019t know that something was breaking down at that moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Then go \u2014I said\u2014. Take it with you.<\/span><\/p>\n

The words came out quickly, desperately.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as soon as I said them, something inside me hesitated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because leaving meant leaving Kyle there.<\/span><\/p>\n

And leaving meant\u2026 not knowing what would come next.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus inhaled deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n

I could hear it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I leave now,\u201d he said, \u201cthis doesn\u2019t end here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He was right.<\/span><\/p>\n

And that was what terrified me the most.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014But if you stay\u2026 \u2014I began.<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t finish the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

We both knew what it entailed.<\/span><\/p>\n

One more step.<\/span>
\nOne more line crossed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something that could not be undone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time seemed to slow down.<\/span><\/p>\n

I could hear the invisible tick of each second, stretching, becoming heavy, almost physical.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDad\u2026\u201d Ethan repeated, weaker.<\/span><\/p>\n

That sound decided something inside me.<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a clear idea.<\/span>
\nIt wasn\u2019t logical.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was instinct.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTake it out,\u201d I said, this time more firmly. \u201cNow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The silence that followed was different.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not of doubt.<\/span>
\nBut of acceptance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus did not respond with words.<\/span><\/p>\n

It just moved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quick steps.<\/span>
\nA slight struggle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kyle let out a brief scream, more surprised than furious.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, the sound of a door opening forcefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

Air.<\/span><\/p>\n

Space.<\/span><\/p>\n

Motion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got it,\u201d Marcus said, breathing more heavily now. \u201cLet\u2019s go outside.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt my shoulders drop slightly, as if some of the weight had shifted, but not disappeared.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t go,\u201d Kyle shouted from the back, his voice distorted by the distance. \u201cThis isn\u2019t over.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That phrase hung in the air, like an awkward promise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus did not respond.<\/span><\/p>\n

He just walked.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sound of gravel under their footsteps returned, clearer now, closer to something certain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re outside,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethan was breathing in short gasps, but he was no longer crying.<\/span><\/p>\n

That small, almost imperceptible change hit me harder than anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because it meant there was still time.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it also meant that something had already changed forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m almost there,\u201d I said, finally turning onto my street. \u201cDon\u2019t move.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The houses appeared one by one, familiar, calm, as if they didn\u2019t know what had just happened inside one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw Marcus\u2019s truck first.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, two figures.<\/span><\/p>\n

One large, firm one.<\/span>
\nThe other small, curled up against her chest.<\/span><\/p>\n

And behind it, the front door was open.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dark.<\/span><\/p>\n

Silent.<\/span><\/p>\n

As if it were keeping something that had not yet finished revealing itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

I parked without turning off the engine, leaving the door open as I ran towards them, the sound of distant traffic mingling with my own breathing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethan was clinging to Marcus\u2019s neck, his small body stiff, as if he still didn\u2019t believe he was truly safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDad\u2026\u201d she murmured when she saw me, her eyes swollen and shining with a mixture of fear and relief.<\/span><\/p>\n

I took it carefully, feeling it shudder as soon as I touched it, and that tiny gesture pierced me more than any words.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here now,\u201d I whispered, pulling him close to my chest. \u201cIt\u2019s over now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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