BOMAW 1-3

by Mercedes Keyes

"Man look! You can talk all the shit you want! Don't hit my mother!"

  "I have no intention, of hitting your mother!" Shawn growled, squeezing her wrist, he turned to her, "Outside - now!"

  "Shawn! Leave it alone okay? Just leave it alone." Derrick pleaded.

  "I'll be alright! Leave him! Please just leave it!" Sylvia cried as Shawn tugged her towards the door. He ignored everyone yelling at him to calm down, his only focus was in getting Sylvia outside away from the hall, but everyone followed.

  Jake was stumbling a bit, clearly drunk as well and trying to get around everyone to get to Shawn and Sylvia.

  "Get the hell out the way! Move it dammit!" He blasted David and Paul shoving them aside. Kathy Ann was trying to get a hold of him, but he only yanked himself free, ripping his shirt even more. "Derrick get him!!" Shanna cried out watching Jake barrel through them.

  "Hang on now! What the fuck you doing!?" Sheila yelled getting upset as Mundo walked feeling uneasy and uncertain of what to do.

  "I'LL BE OKAY!!! I'LL BE OKAY!!" Sylvia shouted again with Shawn pulling her further into the parking lot, to their SUV. Holding up her gown Sylvia tried to keep up with Shawn as he took her to the other side of it, snatching the door open for her to get in. She climbed in with her heart pumping in her chest, he slammed the door closed and jumped in the other side. She turned with her back to the door, knowing that if he was mad enough to hit her, she could open the handle and fall out and away from him.

  He sat breathing deep and hard, trying to gain control of himself.

  "You tell me - what - the hell - is going - on." He bit out low and careful.

  "Shawn... let's just go home okay? I'll drive, we'll go home first."

  "I wanna know right here... right now... what... is going ... on!" He growled with his jaw clenched.

  She couldn't answer because suddenly the SUV shook and on her side the door opened and she almost fell out. Jake caught her, pulling her out of the SUV. She couldn't believe it, "JAKE GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!!" She raged at him.

  That was it for Shawn, he jumped out shouting, "YOU WANT ME TO FUCKING KILL YOU TONIGHT?!"

  "I WANT YOU TO LEAVE HER ALONE! SHE HASN'T DONE SHIT! I'M THE ONE WHO FUCKING TOUCHED HER! KISSED HER!! DEAL WITH ME!!"

  Shawn ran at him again, this time they hit the ground with a thud, Sylvia started crying so hard she felt faint. All the men converged on them.

  Sheila ran up to her, "That's it, I don't wanna hear no shit from you Sylvia! Get the fuck in my van! We gettin' the hell out of here!"

  "Nooo, I can't leave my husband like this!"

  "GIRL! I don't wanna hear that shit!"

  "Sylvia go! Just go with her!" Shanna cried out.

  Sheila, Sylvia and the others rushed to her van with Sylvia sobbing as they piled into the van.

  "I can't believe this shit! I cannot believe this! What the hell happened Sylvia?!" Sheila yelled, starting the van and backing up and then forward to drive quickly out of the lot.

  Sylvia was too upset, sobbing and thinking about Shawn, back where they left them, fighting on the ground with Jake. She had her hand over her mouth sobbing, "What am I gonna do, oh my god oh my god oh my god! Please please please pleae... I can't take it... I can't take it!" She sobbed.

  "Calm down girl! You pregnant ain't you?! You can't be going through this shit!" Ellen reached in the front rubbing her shoulders trying to calm her down.

  "It's my fault! It's my fault! I should have told him! I should have told him!" She sobbed.

  "Told him what?" Edwina asked.

  "That Jake was coming on to me! Trying to - to - get me to - cheat on Shawn with him!"

  "What?! Why?!" Vivian asked.

  "Because he's - he's jealous of Shawn! Has always been! But - I love Shawn! I just want my husband! I - I just want my husband!" She cried on.

  "So... is Jake in love with you or not?!" Sheila asked.

  "No! He just wants to wreck SHAWN! And he's done it... and I - I helped him do it! I should have - have told him!!!"

  Vivian set back and shook her head. What could she say. She thought about Jake... she had been guilty of doing the same trifling, petty crap as that with her own sisters from just pure jealousy. It had taken her a long time to grow out of it, but she finally had. Obviously Jake hadn't grown out of it.

  "I can't believe they've been living in the same town all this time and fighting like that." Edwina said.

  "Shawn left home... a long time ago... he just - he just came back... last year... and - and we met." Sylvia cried. "Sheila go back! Please go back!"

  "Girl I'm not going back there! I'm taking your ass home!"

  "That's why Jake is still acting that way." Vivian said.

  "What?!" Ellen asked.

  "Because Shawn left... so its like, it never came to a head, never dealt with. He may have moved on, but any chance of Jake dealing with it was taken away from him, so naturally when Shawn returned, things picked up right where they left off." Vivian personally felt.

  "Are you defending him! HE'S AN ASSHOLE AND I HATE HIS FUCKING GUTS!!!" Sylvia screamed sobbing.

  "Maybe you do hate him girlfriend! But even assholes have their reasons! That's all I'm saying." Vivian fired back.

  "I don't give a damn what his reasons are! My husband doesn't deserve this shit!!!" She cried.

  "Look ya'll need to calm down, I'm trying to find my goddamn way out of here! Shit I think I done got lost!"

  Conclusion Of Series Three

  Chapter 76

  Bart and Gert had just finished unloading all of the gifts and taking them into Shawn and Sylvia's home with the keys they gave her. They were about to lock it up when Sylvia's phone rang. Gert went to it as Bart stood at the door.

  "Hello?"

  "GERT!!! Oh thank god you're there! We're - we're lost and Shawn and Jake have been fighting!" Sylvia cried into Sheila's cell phone.

  "WHAT?! Bart... Shawn and Jake are fighting and Sylvia's lost!" She told him then spoke back into the phone, listening as Sylvia was crying. "Calm down sweetheart, calm down, where are you?!"

  Suddenly there was silence and then, "Hello? Mama Micky! We lost! Sylvia upset and crying! Yo' sons gone kill each other... but first ... tell me how to get the heck out of here!" Sheila begged.

  "Where are you?"

  "We somewhere surrounded by trees! I ain't seen a street sign yet! I ain't never coming back here no more! Keep my ass in the city!"

  "Okay okay calm down. Turn the van around, follow the road back to where you came from, and I will tell you how to get from the hall okay?"

  "Yes ma'am! We on my cell phone, so I'll call you back when we reach the hall!"

  "WHERE'S MY GAD'DAMN WIFE!!!" Shawn was shouting. His mouth bloody, his eye black, his knuckles bruised.

  Derrick was trying to get him into the SUV but he wasn't cooperating for yelling and screaming for Sylvia. "SHAWN! SHE'S AT HOME! NOW GET IN THE SUV SO I CAN TAKE YOU THERE!"

  "Come on Papah-Shawn... get in the SUV man! Let's get home please!" Mundo was standing at his other side trying to help Derrick get him in.

  Kathy Ann was in her El camino, chasing after Jake who jumped in his truck and took off looking for Sylvia. Now, he was suddenly sorry. Needing to find her and apologize, somewhere in the fight with Shawn, he decided he had to make it up to her, so he could then make up with his brother. It was the worst night any of them there had experienced and no one wanted to ever go through it again. Kathy Ann was scared Jake was gonna kill himself because he could see out of only one eye, his knuckles were swollen, if not fractured from trying to hit Shawn, missing and hitting the ground instead.

  Meribel was crying and upset because she thought her husband may have a broken nose from Shawn.

  David and Jessica left when the second fight broke out.

  Paul and Diane left a few moments after Jake finally ran to his truck jumped in and took off.

  Shanna was being escorted by Mundo's friends to Shawn and Sylvia's, so she wouldn't have to b
e out alone.

  Leaving Derrick, Meribel and Mundo. Mundo had loaded his gear up in the truck with his friends help, and now he just wanted to get Shawn in so they could pull out. Meribel would drive DJ's car and Derrick would drive the SUV if Shawn would stop yelling for Sylvia.

  "SHAWN! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT!!! GE'YOUR GODDAMN ASS IN THAT SUV!!! SYLVIA IS AT HOME! NOW GET IN THERE!!!" Meribel screamed at him.

  Shawn leaned back against the SUV, his head rocking back. "Open the fuckin' door." He slurred out.

  She turned away cursing in rapid Spanish.

  Just as they were all pulling out, with the SUV in the lead they encountered the van with Sylvia and friends returning to the lot. Meribel pulled up to it, rolling the window down in her son's car, as Sylvia put hers down.

  "YOUR FUCKIN' HUSBAND... HAS DRIVEN US CRAZY SCREAMING FOR YOUR ASS!!! AND HE BROKE MY HUSBAND'S NOSE! SONOFBITCH!"

  "Is he all right?!" Sylvia cried out.

  "WHO? My husband?!" Meribel asked.

  "NO... MY HUSBAND!"

  She ripped into Spanish again. "How about we get to the house and you can see your husband! 'Cause I'm done with his ass and Jake's too!"

  Sylvia sat back sniffing and put the window up, "Hurry up, follow them!"

  "You ain't got to tell me! I swear to GOD up in heaven above! I ain't never bringing my ass back here ever a'goddamn'gain! Not ever again! And they got the nerve to say we don't know how to act! Damn this shit! Everybody mad! Everybody fighting! I done got lost! You married to a lunatic!-..."

  "Don't call my husband no lunatic!" Sylvia blasted.

  "He a goddamn lunatic! And his goddamn brother insane! And yo' ass married to one! And miss Red Dress hooked on the other."

  "I ain't hooked on nobody! I just wanna get going! Its after eleven and I just wanna get back to Chicago." Vivian fussed from the back seat.

  Bart and Gert stayed put waiting on Sheila to call them back, when she finally did, it was to say they were following behind Mundo, Meribel, Derrick and Shawn. Gert asked her where was Jake, and Sheila answered that she had no clue. An hour later, standing in Sylvia's front window, they saw Jakes truck roll up and screech to a halt in front of Silvia's house. Kathy Ann not far behind him pulling onto the side grassy area.

  "Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Would you look at him?!" Gert sighed exasperated with Bart standing beside her as they watched Jake throw open the door of his truck, lean out and vomit on the ground. She looked up at him, he down at her. "No one in her right mind is ever going to marry that boy... we might as well accept it." Gert said. They both turned and made it to the kitchen door, down the steps and stepped outside just as the SUV pulled up onto the grass on the far side of Sylvia's garage. Shawn's truck with Mundo driving it went into his driveway across the road. Meribel pulled up behind the SUV. The van pulled in behind Gert and Bart's townecar. Everyone was jumping out at the same time, Shawn started calling out for Sylvia, Sylvia jumped out of the van yelling for Shawn. She saw his face and burst into tears, getting upset all over again.

  Gert herded her into the house with the help of her friends.

  While Bart stayed outside trying to get his sons under control. Jake and Shawn were cursing each other out, yelling at each other. In the house, the women were trying to calm Sylvia down. She had to get out of her gown, and into other clothes. Vivian used her bathroom and changed into her Capri outfit, upset because Sheila wasn't even trying to get back on the road, so caught up with Sylvia.

  "Sheila! We need to go! I gotta get home! I don't have time for this! I have a job to get to in the morning!"

  "I told you to call in!" Sheila blasted back.

  "Oh no... hell with this shit." Vivian spat and marched outside and yelled out. "CAN SOME GODDAMN BODY... PLEASE TAKE MY ASS HOME!!!" All the men looked at her as if she were crazy.

  Bart looked at Jake, "You... you will either do as I say now... or never show yourself at my home again... I mean it Jake! Give her your keys, get in that truck! And get the hell out of here for a while! Go! Get the hell out of here! Now!"

  Jake stood angry, wiping his hand across his face. He started to say something, but he had enough. He turned to Vivian, felt around for his keys. She looked at his truck, walked to it, they were still in the ignition. "They're in here... lets go! I'm telling you now... while I'm driving! Don't say shit! It's been one helluva day!"

  Jake dragged himself to the truck, climbed in on the passenger side, slumped down, crossed his arms over his chest, and passed out.

  Vivian jumped in after skipping over a nasty spot where he'd emptied his gut. Started it up, turned it around and headed out.

  Shawn stumbled into the house, walked pass all the women straight to the bedroom and then into the bathroom, slamming the door closed.

  Sylvia looked at everyone.

  "Please go... I'll be fine... just - go... leave us alone."

  "Girl I don't know... he drunk."

  "I'll be all right Sheila... really I will... just... everybody...please... I need to be left alone with my husband." She asked.

  Gert came up to her. "You call us if you need anything...understand?" Sylvia nodded.

  She then hugged Sheila, Ellen and Edwina. "We ain't leaving here yet... we gone get a room, so we'll be right off the interstate at the Super 8, if he start trippin', like he gone hit you, you come on! Hear me?" Sheila stated.

  "Okay Sheila... thank you."

  Slowly everyone started pulling out of the yard leaving. Mundo came and checked to make sure she was alright.

  "I'm okay son... just... leave us - okay?"

  He kissed her and stepped down off the porch and trotted across the road, jumped into Shawn's truck and left to make that other set. She shook her head and closed the door. Standing there, she took several deep breaths. Afraid to cross the house into their bedroom and then into their bathroom.

  Taking a deep breath, she took the necessary steps and stood at the bathroom door, tapping on it, she called out, "Shawn... can I come in?" He didn't answer, she could hear the water running in the sink, so she knew that he heard. "Please Shawn... I need to talk to you."

  Still no answer.

  She drew in a deep breath and tried the door, it wasn't locked. She opened it to see him leaning over the sink rinsing his face, rinsing off his knuckles. She walked in and closed the door behind her, leaning against it.

  He leaned up bracing himself against the counter top, taking several deep breaths.

  "Shawn..."

  "You lied to me. You fucking lied to me."

  "Can you let me explain first?"

  "How many times... did I - I ask you... about my brother... how many times?" His voice was gruff and forced from his chest.

  Sylvia felt her chest squeeze, trapping the air there, she had to move, and walked away from the door to lean against the wall behind him.

  "Well... don't remember?" He asked, still leaning on the sink.

  "I think... three times." She answered softly, tears rolling from her eyes.

  He stood up then, his body felt like it weighed a ton to him. He blew out from his mouth a long breath and turned around to face her. "Three times... why'd you think - I asked you... hm... why? Because... I - have nothing... better to do. Just for... lively... fuckin' conversation... hm?"

  "No."

  "No... that's all you have to say... no."

  "No Shawn... that's not all I have to say."

  "All... I wanna know... is this... has my brother... ever put... his hands... on you... hm?"

  "Oh Shawn ... please." Sylvia felt sick to her stomach.

  "Answer the question."

  "Yes..."

  "Yes... he touched you. You like it?"

  "NO! No I did not Shawn!"

  "He kiss you... he said he did... I heard him... did he?"

  "I thought he was you Shawn..." She whimpered crying. "I thought he was you... please listen to me."

  "What are you gonna say? Hm... what? Let me think... let me think back... you said to
me... across that road... you are honest with me... and I ... be honest with you. Did you say that?" He slurred, feeling himself on the verge of collapse.

  "Yes... I did."

  "So... you want my brother... is that what you want?"

  "NO Shawn! NO! No I don't... I swear to GOD I don't!"

  "Then why didn't you tell me? WHY! WHY DIDN'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME!! WHYYYYY! SONOFBITCH!!!" He raged and put his fist through the wall two feet from her, making Sylvia scream out, covering her head she started shaking, sobbing, praying.

  He stood for a moment seeing her that way, and turned to the door trying to open it, it wouldn't open for him so he stepped back and kicked it open, slamming it back away from him as it came back at him from momentum. He snatched off his vest walking pass their bed, tripped, fell down crawled to the door and climbed up it to his feet, staggered into the living room and sat on the sofa. He sat there... breathing deep...

  "I'm sorry I ever came back here... I'M FUCKING SORRY - I EVER CAME BACK HE-E-ERE!!!" He bellowed. Swaying, he leaned back on the sofa, his head rocking until he finally slid to his side. His arm went over his head and he finally passed out.

  Sylvia stepped from the bathroom and sat on the bed, tears dropping from her eyes. She sat, and sat and sat, letting the tears roll. An hour later, she stood over Shawn, looking down at him. She laid his check-book, all of his credit cards, and his keys on the table. Then went to him, bent low and kissed his brow.

  "I love you so much... but I can't take it... I just - I just can't take it." She sucked in trying not to start sobbing again. "I just... need a little time... just... just a little time... okay... just a little time."

  She stood, walked to the door, picked up her bags, and quietly left.

  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter 13