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Katrina Scarlett
Introduction
Chapter 1
It was late one night, around 11.30 pm. The stars were
out, a light breeze filtered in through the back door that
was open for the dogs to come and go as they pleased.
Sat at her computer was Mary Jane, typing away on
a dating website on which her membership was about to
end. You see, as a single Mum, Mary Jane had been
alone for eight years bringing up her children and had
not been near anyone since her break up with the father
of her youngest at nine weeks pregnant.
Three days previously, her two children had said to
find someone as they were growing up and would not be
about much as they had their own social lives.
Mary Jane thanked them and signed up for a trial on
a site that introduces you to single men in the hope that
she would meet a nice guy and be able to start living
again. She had put everything into her kids and bringing
them up but the trail was about to end that night and she
had spoken to a few guys online, some asking for money
to help bring gold back to England. When that happened
Mary Jane stopped talking to them as she knew it was a
scam and she would not see or hear from the guys again.
But half an hour before the membership was to end
someone said hi to her. He looked normal and sweet he
long. He kissed her from head to foot and ran his hands
over her breasts, taking each in his mouth and sucking
and biting them as he went. He let his hand wander
down between her thighs. When his hand reached what
he was looking for, he found to his surprise that she
had very little hair down there. He took a deep breath
and moved down to where his hand was and started
licking and sucking at her clitoris while his finger dug
deeper in her. He was taking her high in the clouds and
letting her fall down before reaching the edge again, and
when she was wet enough he thrust into her with a
vigour that was not expected and fucked her until she
climaxed from a great height. They fell back on the bed
sweating and breathing heavy whilst they lay next to
each other, kissing and cuddling. She said, I have never
done that before.
He said Nor have I, babe. That was fantastic, and
he held her tight.
During the night they woke up and they continued
where they had left off and saw the sun rise together
through the open window.
When he got up to leave for work that day he said,
Ill see you tonight, and off he went after having a
mug of tea and some toast.
He texted her throughout the day saying how much
he enjoyed last night and she said the same. Over the
next few days the relationship grew and they started to
fall in love with each other and get closer as they talked
about loads of things via text and MSN.
They discussed each others sexual desires and each
time they met up the sex was more intense than the time
before.
Chapter 2
It was early August when this all began. Both Mary Jane
and Terrence were enjoying going with the flow and
meeting up regularly to have sex and act out their desires
Terrence was 6ft 2 tall with short, curly, mousybrown hair, with hair covering his back and chest. He
had no tattoos but was thinking about getting one.
He was quiet and kept himself to himself and hated
anyone talking about personnel things that had happened
in private, as he believed that what happens in private
stays in private, which Mary Jane agreed with. What
happens behind closed doors stays there unless it is
violence.
Mary Jane stood 5ft 9 tall, she had long blonde hair,
piercing green eyes, a cute little button nose and a smile
that would dazzle a king. She enjoyed a laugh and
playing practical jokes on her friends, she was slightly
plump but liked to be called curvaceous rather than fat.
Mary Jane had had bad luck with previous
relationships and was very cautious with Terrence.
The first official date was splendid. He picked Mary
Jane up and took her out for a meal at a local restaurant.
They ate steak with mushrooms and salad with a glass of
red wine, followed by a lemon sorbet and a walk on the
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pulled her skirt up, ripped her panties off and thrust his
fingers inside her with an unexpected thrust. She yelped
out in shock and delight at the hard invasion.
He played with her clitoris with his thumb and fore
finger and went toward her with his tongue as an owl
flew overhead hooting. They were breathing heavily and
perspiring from the anticipation of what was to come.
His tongue flicked in and out of her most intimate place
while his thumb and finger continued to play with her
clitoris. Whilst all her senses were flying high he pulled
away from her and thrust in to her with his engorged
penis. They both yelled out as he entered her in ecstasy.
He thrust in and out, grabbing hold of her legs and
placing them around his neck so he could get deeper
inside her and make her feel the whole length of him
from tip to ground. She ground her hips to his rhythm
and he felt every single millimetre of her sliding up and
down his engorged penis. As they were making love it
started to rain and the drops fell on them, but they were
too engrossed in making love and they never felt the
rain. The thunder and lightning started over head and
this only increased the intense feelings that were flying
within that grave-yard that night. As the thunder gave an
almighty clack they both climaxed together and rode the
wave of emotions back down and laid breathless for an
hour, quietly thinking about what had happened.
She rolled over to face him and he was crying
silently into his arm. She leaned over to make sure he
was ok and he said, Yes, my love, that was the most
emotional sex I have ever had, but Im sorry, I am going
back to my ewe have been talking recently and that trip
for my cousins stag weekend is in fact a week away
with my ex. I never expected to still have feelings for her
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but I do. I love you both but I have known her for more
than ten years.
Mary Jane sat up and said calmly So youre
choosing the devil you know rather than the devil you
dont. You know what she did to you last time, she will
only do it again, my love, and you will be the one
hurting as you will have lost one of the best things you
ever had.
He threw emotional words at her and said In fact, I
have not stopped seeing her whilst we have been
together. When I was supposed to be in Canada I was
actually in Bodmin with her the whole time.
Mary Jane took a deep breath to stop herself from
crying in front of him and said to him, If you truly
loved her you would not have stayed up late at night
talking to me whilst she lay in bed upstairs and texting
me during the day whilst you were with her.
Yes, but I do care for you both and I thought Ill do
to her what she did to me. But I regret hurting you in the
process and Im not sure if I will tell her I was with you
or not, Terrence told her.
Mary Jane turned her head from him to compose
herself again before she totally broke down in front of
him. She said to him You have to listen to your heart,
my love, and I knew that was what you were doing the
whole time.
How did you know, he asked.
Does that really matter? she said. I just knew that
you were playing this dangerous game, but you dont
know the rules and youre going to end up getting hurt
big time, as she will cheat on you again, she said.
Well that will be my own fault if she does.
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get away from here and start anew. The phone call I just
had was a job offer in Yorkshire, doing the accounts for
a large commercial farm near the Yorkshire moors, not
far from a place called Sowerby and we can move next
month in to a large for bedroomed house and we dont
have to get rid of the animals, we can take them all with
us. Only problem is, we have to leave next month and
that means leaving everything we know here in
Camborne. So I would like the both of you to think
about it for me and let me know your answer by 3pm
today please.
As Mary Jane went about cleaning up the breakfast
dishes, placing them in to the dishwasher and wiping the
sides down, her phone beeped to say Terrence had texted
her.
I am sorry, babe, I never meant to hurt you. Can we
talk? Can I ring you now?
Mary Jane answered, If you like, but what is the
point, you made your choice last night.
When he phoned moments later, Mary Jane
answered the phone with a strict thought in mind: dont
tell him about the job offer up country, see what he has
to say for himself
Guten Morgan, he said.
Good morning, what can I do for you? She
sounded calmer than she felt, her hands were shaking as
she held the phone to her ear and her legs were going to
give out on her if she didnt sit down soon. The emotion
was still too raw for her liking but she had to remain
strong and sound as though the information she found
out the night before was nothing major.
Can I come see you?
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eaten for six days. I just feel sick every time I try to put
food near my mouth.
Terrence looked mad as he realised she had lied to
him about having eaten earlier. Bang goes the idea that
he would let her walk out of the cafe and go home
without him forcing his way in to the house to make sure
she had something to eat. So she sat there hoping that the
paramedic would say that she needed to go to the
hospital to make sure everything was ok, as then it
would be easier to tell Terrence that she was ok to go
alone and that shed see him Saturday night. But he was
watching her with the paramedic and looked stern.
The waitress came over to ask if there was anything
she could do to assist and just as the paramedic was
about to answer, Terrence said, Can you get me a bowl
of chicken soup and a sweet tea? The waitress looked at
Mary Jane and the paramedic and they both nodded their
heads as if to confirm what he had asked for.
Mary Jane was about to get up off the floor when
Terrence walked over to her, picked her up from the
floor and placed her gently on to a chair at the table
where they were sat previously. He thanked the
paramedic for his help and he looked at her as if to make
sure she was happy with the situation. She nodded at him
and smiled.
Just then, the waitress arrived with the sweet tea and
chicken soup and Mary Jane picked up the spoon and
started to eat. As she was eating she realised she was
famished and started eating with a renewed vigour.
Terrence followed the paramedic out of the caf,
asking him questions about what would have caused her
to black out. The paramedic looked through the window
at Mary Jane as if to check it was ok to answer him. He
turned to Terrence and said, If she has not eaten in six
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days then that could be the main cause, but there could
be other things at play here. I would advise she visit her
GP in the morning to get checked out. Watch over her
tonight, dont leave her alone, she needs to be with
someone.
When Terrence walked back in, Mary Jane was
passing her bowl to the waitress, smiling at her saying,
Thank you, that was lovely and the tea is nice. Thank
you for all you did whilst I was on the floor. The
waitress said it was ok and asked if she needed anything
else at that moment. Mary Jane saw Terrence walking
towards her and she said, Could I please have a small
bowl of sorbet? And off the waitress went.
When Terrence arrived at the table he looked at
Mary Jane and said, The paramedic said I was not to
leave you alone tonight, so Ill be coming back to yours
to look after you. Mary Jane turned white again and he
crouched next to her looking worried.
She wondered how the hell shed get out of this one.
He couldnt come back to her place as he would see they
had virtually packed up the whole house. She said, Its
ok, I have Neville there to look after me. She gave a
weak smile.
Terrence said, No way. Im staying.
Then Mary Jane thought, why not get a bed and
breakfast? That way he would not see the house.
She mentioned it to Terrence and said the paint
fumes would do her no good. Terrence seemed to
consider the idea and smiled. Ok, he said. That
sounds like a good idea. And so he went off to book a
room for the night.
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bed holding the mug with both hands and blowing the
steam so she could take a drink without burning herself
on the hot tea.
He looked so content as he sat there watching her
watch him whilst she drank her tea. As she finished her
tea she went to lean over and place the mug on the
bedside table when he took it from her hands and placed
it on the table nearest to him. He gently pushed her back
on to the bed and laid next to her, pinning her to the bed
with a gentle but heavy weight so she could not move.
She didnt want to move.
His hands started to run along the top of her clothes,
towards her breasts under her shirt. He touched them
gently and said they felt different to the last time he
tasted them. He smiled as he kissed her with a fever of
need that was trying to get out, he wanted to take her
right there, to rip every piece of clothing off her body
and keep her in that room forever.
Just then he stopped kissing her and jumped off the
bed. He walked around and picked her up. She looked at
him in a questioning way. What the hell are you doing
now look?
He walked into the bath room and placed her on her
feet next to the steaming bubble bath. When he had got
the bubble bath and the warm towels, she thought
through a fog in her mind.
He slowly started to undress her, taking off her shirt
with ease, button by button. Her breathing grew with
each button he undid, as he got to the button on her jeans
he kissed her nose and undid the jeans and slid them
down her legs to the floor, leaving her stood in the
middle of the room in just her bra and panties. Thank
God they were new and not the old ones she had on
yesterday morning.
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does and you will never feel this way again and if you let
her go what is the point of carrying on without her in
your life?
Then he slipped under the water and woke with a
fright. Had he dreamed that or was it real? As he looked
around the room he thought, where the hell am I? He
saw her stood in the doorway, wrapped in a towel, still
wet and with a white face. He smiled and breathed again,
he had not realised he had been holding his breath. He
stood up, showing himself in all his glory and he looked
at where she was looking and saw his engorged penis
standing to attention.
He stepped out of the bath tub and she backed away
from him as if she was scared of what he was going to
do. He said, Are you ok, love? She smiled and nodded
but turned to walk towards the bedroom and started to
get dressed. He went in after her and said, Just lay next
to me please. I need to hold you.
She sat on the edge of the bed and he pulled her in to
his arms and curled around her, pinning her to the bed.
She squealed with laughter and let herself go limp in his
arms. He placed his lips on her throat and blew gentle
kisses and his hands started to wander as if they had a
life of their own. He cupped her breasts in his hands,
placed one in his mouth and started sucking hard. He
caressed her hair with his other hand clamping hands full
and pulling her head backwards. He knew he was being
rough but he needed that right now. God how he had
missed doing this to her over the last few weeks. He
thought, my God I love this girl so much it hurts like
hell.
As he continued, she started to respond to his touch
and started to writhe and groan. He moved his mouth
from her breast and raped her mouth with his tongue.
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the first time, sat on that bench wearing those jeans and
that t-shirt, I fell in love with her instantly and knew that
it was going to be a strong bond.
Claire found her voice and said, But it takes you
ages to fall in love and you fell for her instantly?
Yes, he said, I did, but I never realised that until
the other day when she passed out on me in the cafe we
were at whilst you were at work. I booked us in to a bed
and breakfast that night on the sea front and I made
passionate love to her in the bathroom and on the bed.
That night I slept in her arms and woke with her and
made love to her again before I left.
He had lied about that, as in reality, Mary Jane was
the one who had left in the early hours without saying a
word to him, and she had then left Cornwall and that had
killed him inside. He knew at that moment that he must
have really hurt her, for her to pack up and leave without
telling anyone where she was going, apart from Carol,
who he really must go and see again to see if he can
make her slip up about Mary Janes whereabouts.
As he continued to tell Claire that he has been seeing
Mary Jane for twelve months, he told her about the sex
they had together and said, I have never made love with
that much passion before and I probably never will
again.
Claire picked up on the never will again part of the
conversation. She smiled and said to him, You lost her,
didnt you?
He said, No, I have not, I will find her and make her
see that I am sorry for everything I have done to hurt her.
He said to Claire, I would like to say Im sorry to you,
but I wont, as you started this and I made the mistake of
thinking you had changed when it was me who had
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kids, Ill get it, and walked towards the front door and
opened it to see someone there that she was not
expecting to see. The next thing she knew she was
waking up on the couch with a sea of faces looking at
her from above and a hot mug of tea was put in to her
hands. She sat up feeling dizzy and shaking like a leaf as
he was stood in her lounge where she had been doing the
Christmas tree.
How did I get on the couch? she asked looking at
Neville as she could not face him right now.
Terrence spoke before Neville did and he said in his
husky voice, I caught you before you hit the ground and
that is the second time, my love, that you have fainted on
me now.
She looked up at Terrence and said, What are you
doing here?
He said, You never said you were pregnant, and he
sank to the floor beside her and Michelle passed him a
sweet tea which he had not seen her holding and he said,
Thank you, darling, as he took it off her. He turned
back to look at MJ and said, We have some talking to
do, dont you think, my love?
MJ sat up and said, I suppose we have. Have you
eaten yet?
He smiled and said, No, I have not as I was having
trouble finding somewhere to stay till I found where this
place was.
Michelle asked, Would you like me to make you a
sandwich, Terrence?
Oh, yes please, if you dont mind, darling.
She gave him a hug and said, It is so good to see
you, Terrence, and walked out of the room to make him
a sandwich.
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When she was dressed she asked for her tooth brush
and tooth paste, and she walked over to the hand basin to
brush her teeth.
Whilst he watched her brushing her teeth through the
mirror in front of her, his mind wondered to the past
three days and he thought he was so lucky to still have
her here with him; stood up and not laid in a coma.
Then he thought, oh my gosh if that bullet had been a
few millimetres to either side she would have been dead,
someone must have been watching over her and the
baby. He said a silent prayer up to Him above. He was
not sure he believed, but someone or something was
looking out for her, and here she was; his miracle, stood
smiling at him.
As she walked over to him she smiled and asked,
Did you pick up my hair brush by any chance?
He thought about what they had picked up and could
not remember picking up her hair brush, or even where it
might have been if he had thought about it, and he shook
his head to say, no, sorry, love.
When they left the bathroom and walked back to the
bed on the ward, Michelle held in her hand a hair brush
and hair bobble.
Oh, thank you, darling, Mary Jane said to her and
sat down on the bed to brush her hair, but Michelle
would not let her, and she sat behind her Mum and
started to brush it for her.
She plaited it in to a French plait and said, You
have to look pretty to go meet Baby Miracle.
Just then, the nurse arrived with a sandwich for her
to eat and said, You cant leave the ward until you have
eaten, and youre not allowed to walk anywhere, you
must go in a chair.
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baby that was moving about. All she had on her was a
drip for meds and a tube up her nose and a light over her
for jaundice, as she looked a little yellow.
As they stood looking at her, a nurse walked in
behind them and made them jump. She asked if they
would like to hold her, as she was a little fighter and was
holding her own.
Mary Jane looked at Terrence and said, Do you
mind?
He shook his head to say, go ahead.
The nurse walked over to the baby and took her out
of the incubator and placed her in Mary Janes arms, and
she cried whilst she looked at her small features and
watched her wriggling in her arms. She spoke softly:
Hello, angel, Im your Mummy and I love you.
Terrence stood there watching it all unfold in front of
him and cried as he realised that was his family right
there in front of him and that was his daughter and he
would always remember this moment until the day he
died.
Just then, the nurse tapped him on his shoulder and he
jumped and he looked at her as if he could not
understand what she was asking him. Then his mind
cleared and he heard her asking him if he would like to
hold her, and she lead him to the chair next to where
Mary Jane was sat. She took Miracle from Mary Jane
and placed her in his arms and walked out of the room.
Just then, he broke down and cried like a baby himself in
great, big, racking sobs, that made his body jerk
violently, but he held on to Miracle and she never
moved, she just looked up at him with her big eyes,
watching the tears fall down his face and slip on to her
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left and walked back to the car and drove out of the
hospital car park.
On the way back to the house, Terrence received a
phone call from Jimmy, and he said, Yes, the house is
still free. When would you like to go and see it?
They arranged to go and look at the house the next
morning and then he pulled in to the supermarket to get
some food so that they could have some tea when they
got home.
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As they got in to the car they belted up, sat back and
waited to leave. Just as they were about to leave, Claire
appeared in front of the car, holding a gun to a police
officers head and she shot him dead in front of them.
The officer crumpled to the floor in a heap and
Michelle screamed and Neville sneaked out of the door
and hid behind a wheelie bin that was next to the car.
Claire never saw Neville get out of the car and when she
got in the car she locked the doors and drove out of the
hospital.
She drove towards the moors, where Ian Brady and
Myra Hindley had killed all the kids. It was in the
opposite direction to where Mary Jane was, which was
good.
Terrence spoke to Claire as he held Michelle tight in
his arms and said, Look, Claire, this is between me and
you, leave this young girl out of it. Let her out, shes
only eleven years old.
As Terrence looked at Michelle he saw Mary Jane in
her and his heart missed a beat as he didnt know if he
would be able to save Michelle or see Mary Jane or
Miracle or Neville again.
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Steve said, Yes, I am, but I was the only one who
stopped to help, no one else did. He would be proud to
help such a brave kid after what she had been through.
So Steve got in the police car with Michelle and they
went to the local station to give a statement and try to
figure out where Claire had taken Terrence.
Meanwhile, Claire was driving at speed towards
Cornwall, but Terrence said, No, lets go home to
Lancaster. Its closer and I know of where we can go.
Claire looked at him and said, Why, what have I
done for you to leave me? And if you know that kid isnt
yours the why were you with her?
Terrence answered her by saying, I thought I loved
her, but in fact I was just infatuated with her and the way
she fucked me. I have never had sex like it. But now I
know I can show you what to do and we wont have to
split up again, and he smiled at her.
Claire said, Ok, lets go home, and set off to
Lancaster. They drove down the motorway heading
towards Blackpool, and Lancaster was thirty miles after
that.
Michelle and Steve had arrived at the police station
and Michael Short walked in and Michelle ran to him
crying, Get him back for us, please.
Michael said, We will do our best, love. He sat her
down and said, Tell me what happened and if you know
where they are going.
Michelle told Michael what Claire had said and had
done to her, and that Terrence had tried to stop her but
Michelle had said: dont, as she would have been shot.
She told Michael that Terrence said about going home
with her and winked at her as if to let her know where
they were going.
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The smile never reached his eyes like they did when
he saw Mary Jane and that was all he could think about;
about how would Mary Jane and the kids cope with all
this on top of everything else that had happened recently.
It was now four days to Christmas and they had not been
out shopping and he had a new baby he wanted to spend
time with and his family. OMG, he thought, am I going
to see any of them again and will they understand that I
did what I did to save Michelle getting hurt?
Claire stripped off her clothes and straddled him and
continued where she had stopped before they had spoken
and she started to remove his dirty t-shirt and said, Fuck
me.
Terrence thought: I cant do that, but he put his arms
around her in the hope that the police would know where
they were right now and they were on their way to save
him and return him to his family that he loved so much.
As Claire removed his trousers she saw he was as
limp as a dunked biscuit and she looked him in the eye
and said, If thats all you can manage how the hell did
you have sex with her?
Terrence saw red and he pushed her off him and
shouted at her, You know nothing, my dear, youre
fucked in the head and you could not satisfy a fly on a
rancid joint of beef on the sideboard. You cant hold a
candle to her she is so much better than you in every
way and I never knew before but we are meant to be
together and you need to be certified in a mental
institute. As he pulled on his trousers he was glad he
could not have sex right now as he would never forgive
himself and he knew in his heart Mary Jane would never
forgive him either.
He picked up the gun that Claire had held before she
stripped off, aimed it at her and fired it at her; more to
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shock her than hit her and she ran outside screaming. He
grabbed the phone off the wall and phoned the police
and said, Help me! He gave them the address they
were at and he waited until the police arrived to get this
sorted. As he waited for what seemed like hours he heard
screaming from outside, Hes got a gun! and then the
police Sirens.
Terrence put the gun down on the stairs he had been
sat on and walked outside with his hands in the air. The
police had put a blanket around Claire and had her sat in
the back of the car and she was crying, He tried to kill
me, arrest him. The police officer went over and cuffed
Terrence and led him away from the house so Claire
could go inside to get some clothes on.
Whilst the female officer followed Claire inside to
get dressed, Terrence told the officer to phone Halifax
Police and ask to speak to P.C. Michael Short and he
would explain everything to him. He sat in the back of
the car until they had got in touch with Michael.
Just then another police car came around the corner
and Michael was sat in the passenger seat and he shot
out of the car when he saw Terrence in the back of the
police car. He asked what was going on and Terrence
said, I aimed the gun at her to scare her and I shot it
behind her and she is now claiming that Im trying to kill
her, and if I wanted to kill her I would have hit her in the
heart but I only wanted to scare her until you guys came
and it was me who phoned them.
As the female officer came out of the house with
Claire smiling at her, Michael walked over to her and got
hold of her hands and placed them behind her back and
said, Claire Philips, you are under further arrest for
absconding, kidnap, attempted murder and actual bodily
harm against a minor. You have the right to remain silent
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The next morning when the kids had left for school and
Terrence had gone to work, Mary Jane settled Miracle in
her crib then she walked in to the office and sat down
and dialled the number on the paper she had been given.
She thought, what if hes changed the number since
then? He might think I want nothing to do with him, its
been nearly five months now.
As the phone rang she heard him answer, Hi, Steve
here, can I help you?
Mary Jane said, If youre driving I think you need
to pull over, Steve.
With that he pulled over and turned the engine off
and said, Hi, Mary Jane, long time, love.
They spoke to each other as if they had only spoken
the day before and not the twelve years it had been since
she had last seen him. She asked how everybody was
and she was told Shane had sadly passed away three
years ago in the M5 crash on Christmas day, but
otherwise they were all ok and Steve had got two kids
himself; one he called MJ and the other Shane.
They talked for around an hour and Mary Jane told
him where they were living and said, Why dont you
come for Sunday lunch next weekend? and Steve asked
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June 1st arrived and Terrence and Mary Jane set off to
Shipley. When they got up that morning they had no idea
what to wear. Was it a formal or in formal meeting? So
Mary Jane choose to wear a trouser suit with a peach
camisole, her hair plaited and peach lipstick and the
earrings she had been given by Neville for her birthday
last week.
Terrence wore black trousers and shirt with no tie or
jacket, and they set off at 1pm to make sure they got to
where they needed to be by 2pm.
They didnt speak whilst they drove to the pub and
when they pulled in to the car park of the pub Terrence
leaned over and said, I love you, babe, and I have a
question I need to ask you before we go inside. He
pulled out a ring from his pocket and said, Will you
please make me the happiest guy alive and marry me?
Mary Jane looked at him as if he had just sprouted a
second head with horns on it and laughed. She said,
Dont be daft, you always told me you would never get
married, and she got out of the car and walked inside
the pub to see who the guy was that had sent them that
letter.
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and tell Steve to get his hands off his girl, but he didnt,
he just waited to see how she reacted.
Eventually Mary Jane relaxed in Steves arms and
cried again, Why didnt you come to find me, Steve?
she asked.
Steve said, I dont know MJ, love.
Just then she looked over to Teddy and she smiled
and he opened his arms to her and she went over to him
and curled up on his lap like a small child would do after
hurting themselves, and he rocked her and said in to her
hair, Now, now, babe. Everything will be ok. I am so
sorry, I should have come for you when I was released
from the hospital and brought you up myself, but I
thought I was doing the right thing by leaving you where
you were with the Smith family. They looked after you
as if you were theirs and I thought you needed a young
mum and dad, not an old fart like me.
After a while Mary Jane looked over to see Terrence
watching her, and she smiled and said sorry to him.
What for you daft girl? he said.
After many hours and lots of tears and hugs and
loads of tea and coffee, Mary Jane stood up and asked if
anyone wanted anything to eat. She made an omelette
and salad for everyone. The kids had been returned and
put to bed by Ethel, the sun had gone down and it was
dark outside. It had started to rain and a crack of thunder
and lightning crossed the sky and lit up the trees in the
distance.
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cant cope without the kids for a few days, now how are
you going to cope when they all leave home and start
families of their own?
True, she said. Ok but if I want them home you
will bring them back for me wont you, Grampa?
Aye, lass, he replied and smiled as he thought
about what he could do with the kids and where he could
take them.
Mary Jane gave the kids hugs and kisses as they
climbed in to Teddys car. Terrence and Mary Jane stood
on the stairs waving as they drove off down the drive.
Terrence turned to Mary Jane and said, How about we
go for a swim this morning? He led her towards the
pool out back.
When they got to the pool Mary Jane said, I must
go get my suit. Terrence picked her up and threw her in
the pool, fully clothed, and jumped in after her and when
they both came up for air she shouted, What are you
playing at, you stupid idiot? She smiled and he replied,
Well, we are alone, so we dont need suits do we?
As they climbed out of the pool and took off all their
wet clothes and stood facing each other naked, he laid
her on the sun lounger at the side of the pool and kissed
her face, neck, throat and arms as he allowed his hands
the freedom to wander along the rest of her body. His
hand went across her stomach towards her thighs and he
followed with tender kisses and she wriggled with
pleasure as she moved her hands to touch him, but he
slapped her hands and said, No you dont, my girl. He
looked at her as he said, I am going to make love to you
and you cant touch me, only I can touch you. So she
laid back and said ok.
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and closed up but around the village was talk that one
day Mary Jane would return and when she did life would
return to how it should be, so I moved in to the hut
across the lake and found part time seasonal work in the
area and stayed put in the little hut, its kind of cosy
really, he smiled. I heard snippets of Mary Jane from
the locals as we worked in the fields, they said she was
doing well and she had got children, a boy and a girl,
and they lived in Cornwall somewhere, but she was ok
and she was not aware of her life before she got
fostered.
Terrence sat looking at Jason as if he had three heads
and horns on two of them and the third was breathing
fire, but he stayed in his seat and listened.
Jason said, Another coffee? and went to make one
and handed it to Terrence and sat down to carry on
telling the story.
Well, I heard that Mary Jane was coming back to
the area through Jim, as he had offered her a job and I
thought she would move back in here, but she never did,
she moved in to the barn on Jims property and I used to
go over to watch her and make sure she was ok and
when I saw her for the first time she took my breath
away. She looked so much like her mother with her
fathers eyes and hair and she has his height, and when I
saw Neville well he is the spit of his grandfather at his
age. If you look at a picture of Neville and his
grandfather the only difference would be one picture
would be in black and white and the other would be in
colour. They have the same facial features; the dip in his
chin and the way he smiles and laughs reminds me so
much of my brother that I cried to myself when I heard
him. And when I saw both the kids in the fields playing
with the dogs that reminded me of when I used to visit
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and go play with my brother and his wife with the dogs
by the lake, laughing and play fighting.
It brought so many memories back and I was happy
and I just could not ruin it by approaching Mary Jane
and telling her who I was as Im not sure she remembers
anything. The brain is a funny thing in how it reacts to
stress, it can make you forget everything that was before
the incident and I didnt want to be the one who woke
them memories up, so I stayed out of sight until all the
trouble started then I stayed near the house and kept
watch even more.
Then when you arrived on the scene. I heard you
talking and I left as I thought you needed time to sort
things out and I knew she would be safe with you, then I
heard about her being shot and I wanted to hurt you
badly, thinking it was you who had shot her, but then I
heard it was a girl.
Terrence said, You were at the hospital the night
she was taken in, werent you?
Jason nodded his head and said, Yes, I was.
How did you get there so quick? Terrence asked.
Well, I managed to catch a lift as the ambulance left
and I arrived with her and watched over her until you
came to be with her. Then I went down the corridor to
watch from a distance and I saw the way you were with
the kids and I knew you cared truly for them all. When
you went to the police station I talked to the nurse and
sat by her bed the whole time, praying she would be ok.
I had gone to the toilet when you came back so I slipped
out without a word.
I was not close enough to help out when that girl took
you from the back of the hospital, and that killed me. I
had failed you all, but I thought Mary Jane would need
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She told him she had a pet name for him and that it
was the first time she had ever said it aloud. He asked
her what it was and she whispered it in his ear. He turned
red at what she called him.
They sat there for a while cuddling, leaned up
against the log they had just fucked over and fell asleep
for a while, listening to the stream, the birds singing and
the animals moving about the forest floor.
As the sun started to retreat they walked back to the
house and went to have a bath and Terrence made a light
dinner of steak and salad with a glass of red wine and
some coffee. They watched a movie before going to bed
and fell straight to sleep after the miles they had walked
that day around the property. Terrence thought, I never
saw the hut Jason mentioned I wonder exactly where it
is. He closed his eyes and started to snore lightly and
woke the next morning to Mary Jane singing in the
kitchen whilst she was baking bread and cookies.
She was dancing around the kitchen too and
Terrence wondered what the hell was wrong with her.
He had never seen her like this before and she smiled
when she saw him watching her make a fool of herself in
the kitchen. She walked over to him and kissed his nose
and danced away again still singing the song off the
radio; it was some love song from a new artist.
When she had stopped singing the song, he asked her
why she was so happy and she replied, Because I love
you and I can now see a decent future after everything
and I have finally accepted what has happened and Im
still in shock but Im happy Grandpa is here. The kids
look how happy they are and the way they love each
other and everything at the moment. She sat down beside
him, placing some fresh bread, coffee and eggs in front
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The next morning as the kids ran around the house, Mary
Jane listened from the kitchen, laughing at the noise in
the house and tried to quietly drink her coffee before
they realised she was downstairs. She had got up early to
get some work done, as she had not done much work
over the last couple days with the children being away
with Teddy. She had been too busy spending time with
Terrence and she was thinking about stuff that did not
seem right and she needed to ask him a few questions
about his past, as she didnt know anything about him
really. All she knew about him was his age and where he
had lived before they had met, so it was about time they
had a conversation about each other to really see what
they were like deep down.
When Terrence finally got up, she spoke to him
about what she had been thinking. She said, I think it is
time we talked about who we really are and about our
pasts.
He looked at her from making the coffee, then he
looked in shock that she had asked, and he asked her,
Why do you need to know now? and shrugged his
shoulders and turned to walk out of the kitchen to the
lounge, instead of sitting at the table looking out over the
lake like he usually did.
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he thought that maybe Mary Jane had taken the dogs and
kids for a walk in to the woods. He suddenly wondered
if it was safe for her to be out alone right now, after
yesterday and what happened. Then he said to himself,
Mary Jane would not put the kids in danger and they
would be ok. He made his breakfast and a drink and sat
down to read the letter he had found on the pillow.
Terrence.
You know how much me and the kids love you, that we
will always love you and that I have loved you from the
minute I met you in Poole. The time we spent together
has been the best time I have spent with anyone, so just
remember that I will always love you, babe.
I am sorry but I have come to the conclusion that with
everything that has happened in the last few months, it
has become too much to handle and every time I turn
around Im either being shot or attacked by people I
dont know that claim to love me and they are supposed
to be family members. When I asked you to talk to me
about your past you stormed off and didnt come home
until after Jason had attacked me, and Neville and Steve
had to get him off me and when Steve was hugging me to
make me feel safe you pulled me away saying, dont
touch her again.
He is my brother-in-law, Nevilles uncle, and I have
known him for years. I have never thought of him in a
sexual way, ever. He helped me when no one else did
and you just walked in and tried to take over.
Well, I cannot take it anymore. I want the life back that I
had before I met you and the rest of the family. You are
all suffocating me and making me look over my shoulder
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As dusk arrived, Mary Jane and the kids were about four
hundred and fifty miles from Leeds and they were
heading in to a place called the Isle of Skye. The last part
of the journey was across the ocean to the Isle of Skye
and they could then book in to a bed and breakfast and
start looking for somewhere to live on the island.
They were just in time to catch the last ferry over to the
island and they pulled in to a village just after the ferry
to get something to eat from the little fish and chip shop.
It was in the corner of a house and was tiny, but it
seemed pretty busy in there. When Mary Jane managed
to get served she ordered fish and chips three times and a
small chips for Miracle, as she would share Mary Janes
fish and some bread and butter. She also ordered three
cans of juice and a bottle of milk for Miracle. Whilst she
waited for the food she asked for directions to the
nearest bed and breakfast. When she was given the food
she went outside and drove to a small area where she
could let the dogs out of the car and they would eat their
tea.
After she had eaten and Miracle was just finishing
her tea and milk, Mary Jane phoned the bed and
breakfast and booked them in under the name of Collier.
They drove to the place and got out of the car and were
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time to get used to the way the Post Office work was
done. She picked up the routine quickly and the kids
settled in and Mary Jane was able to have Miracle with
her whilst she worked. Neville found a job in the local
pub and Michelle worked in the chip shop where they
stopped at first and life was good.
Michelle started dating a farm-boy from a farm six
miles west of the village and Neville enjoyed chatting
the girls up in the village and having a laugh. He missed
his bike but said hed cope. They were so busy working
away that they didnt notice the weeks turn into months
and summer turn to autumn and then to winter, and when
it snowed on the Isle of Skye, you were stranded. On
their days off they drove around the island and visited
the ruins of old farm houses. The kids said, How about
living there? and We could build the house again, hey
Mum!
Mary Jane smiled and said, We will see how we get
through our first winter.
A couple months after she left, she phoned Terrence
on a withheld number, so he could not trace the call. She
said, Hi, Terrence. We are safe and we have money. No
need to worry about us, we are doing well and the kids
are happy. Im still not ready to decide what I want to do
yet but I will phone you again in a few weeks. Take
care.
As she put the phone down she missed Terrence say,
I love you, babe, please come home. When he heard
the click of the phone he cried like a baby in Teddys
arms and Steve ran about trying to trace the call. They
had got the police and private investigators looking for
her and the kids.
She had hidden the car in a barn of a local farmer
and she had cancelled the insurance and SORNd it so
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they could not find her unless she registered her car. Plus
she had Mrs. Stevens car at the, moment as poor Mrs.
Stevens was taken to hospital and Mary Jane had taken
over running the business for her. Mrs. Stevens was
called Mary too, which was funny when customers came
in asking for Mary and they both answered and laughing
about it. Mary had slipped on some ice on Sunday
morning going to church and fractured her hip, she
would be ok but Mary Jane was needed all the more
right now and she was loving it all, the cooking for
guests that got stuck on the island after missing the last
ferry back to the main land.
She didnt actually think about the problems she had
left behind until the beginning of the year. Christmas and
come and gone and they had an almighty New Years
Eve party. The Scottish sure know how to party, Mary
had said to Neville.
Around the middle of January she took a moment to
phone Teddy and let them know they were ok like she
said she would, but a little later than she had planned
since they had been snowed on the island, so could not
leave even if they wanted to.
When she got through she was surprised to hear
Steve on the end. Hi, Steve, you ok, boy?
He said, Aye, lass. How you doing and when are
you coming home? We miss you all. Tears appeared in
her eyes as she spoke to him
How is everyone? she asked.
Well, your Grandpa is ok but could be better. Hes
worried about you and he thinks hes lost you again and
he hates that thought. Terrence is walking around like a
ghost, he has no clue what hes going to do without you
and hes lost some weight and looking ill, and he paces
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the hall way waiting for the phone to ring and it never
does. My family are cool, they are well, running my wife
round the bend and Im staying with Terrence and Teddy
to make sure they eat and look after themselves. They
need you back, so please come home. We miss you.
Mary Jane was sobbing by the time he had finished
and she said, I want to come home but I cant. Too
much has happened and I need to know why and no one
seems to be telling the truth, or theyre hiding stuff from
me and I cant deal with it. I need the truth, and what
with all these so called people who are related somehow
trying to attack me and the kids, what do you expect me
to do? I cant live my life looking over my shoulder.
Steve, where we are right now I have never looked over
my shoulder once and it feels great.
Where are you, Mary Jane? Please tell me.
No, Steve. Im not ready yet. We are safe and in
need of nothing, and tell everyone to look after
themselves and that I do love them, but I need the truth.
Terrence shouted from behind Steve and asked her to
sign up to messenger again so they could at least talk on
line. So Mary Jane agreed and said, My I.D is still the
same, I never deleted it. I will be online some time
tomorrow night, she told Steve, and put the phone
down.
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When Shane was with her they met an old lady, Mary
Jane was looking after and she died, and Mary Collier
was her name.
Oh, said Terrence and then he said, Im glad you
were there or I would have been looking for them a lot
longer, and he settled back in the car for the rest of the
trip to Scotland.
Mary Jane arrived back home and went in to the
kitchen to see if Mrs. Stevens needed any help with the
evening meal as the last ferry had left and there was no
way off the island tonight. Mrs. Stevens said, No
thanks, dear, its only us for tea tonight, weve got no
guests.
Mary Jane said, Ill tell you what, Ill go strip the
beds and wash the bedding and hang it out on the line in
the morning.
Mrs. Stevens said, Ok, love, thank you. and off
Mary Jane went to do the bedding.
As Terrence and Steve drove along the road they
stopped for a bite to eat and then they would carry on to
the ferry port at Mallaig and they would only have
around an hour until they were there. After they had
eaten they refuelled the car and set off again and carried
on until they reached Mallaig.
Mary Jane was blissfully unaware of Terrence and
Steve being no more than a hundred miles from her and
she ate her tea with the kids. Mrs. Stevens went to walk
the dogs. Then she went to bed and fell straight to sleep.
During the day she had decided she would give it a
couple more weeks and she would go home.
As Steve drove up to the ferry port at Mallaig, he
saw that it was closed until around six the next morning,
so they parked up at the port and waited until morning to
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head in shame and looked at the grass under him and the
spring flowers trying to pop out to say hello.
Mary Jane wanted to walk over to him and to touch
him but she was still mad at him and if she touched him
she knew she would fall in to his arms and she would cry
like a baby, and that would not get her the truth from any
of them, would it so she turned and walked out of the
garden and the dogs followed her across the field
towards the secluded beach down below them where she
had previously watched the otters swimming and
playing.
When she reached the beach, she found her favourite
spot on a rock near the waters edge and lit a cigarette.
She looked out to sea and let her mind wander and relive
what had just happened to see if she could sort it all out
before she returned to the house to give them an answer
as to whether she would go home with them that day or
never go home. She was really not sure now, but she was
sure that she truly loved Terrence and she would never
stop him from seeing his daughter, and she cried openly
whilst she sat on the rock.
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pregnant and she fucked off leaving with the kids. And
then he went off to find Rachel and started dating her
and then you know the rest about his life until you left
the area.
Then Shane heard you had a little girl and you took
her to see him and then you went and left without a word
and I never got to see the baby before you left. Not long
after you had left, I was in the pub having a drink and I
was approached by a guy I knew by face, only asking if I
wanted a job and I took the job and it turned out to be
working for Teddy, and when he found you it was just
before Shane had his accident. I had fallen out with
Shane and not spoken to him since you had left, and
when we found you were in Cornwall, I drove down and
watched you for a few days and found you were living
well and that you looked happy and Neville and
Michelle looked happy. I was glad and I didnt think you
were ready for me to appear in your life, so I drove away
with pictures and I have kept them close to my heart ever
since. He took them out of his pocket and showed her
the pictures.
Mary Jane said, I remember that day. It was the first
time Michelle went in to the ocean without me holding
her hand, and she smiled at the memory and at how
proud Michelle had been with herself at going in to the
ocean alone. Shed said, Im a big girl now, Mummy
as she played in the sand and ate her sandwich.
Look at how Neville has changed, Mary Jane said
pointing at Neville in the picture and they smiled
together.
When I returned home I showed Teddy the pictures
and he was happy that we had got them as he didnt
expect me to be able to take any pictures without you
noticing. You always know when someone is watching
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you and you move so they cant see you very well, but
that day you didnt have a care in the world and when
Jim offered you that job and you took it, we were over
the moon. He had no idea it was you and we had no idea
either. I had seen Terrence about your place over the
times I visited to make sure you were ok and I took
pictures of him with you and Teddy looked in to his
background and checked him out.
Mary Jane looked at Steve and asked, What did you
find out about Terrence?
Steve replied, I am sure he will tell you in his own
time, babe, and it is not my place to say anything. Its
not too good, but that was his past and hes not that
person anymore, and I know he will tell you one day,
you just need to give him time to get used to how he
feels and when he feels strong enough in the relationship
with you to actually tell you, he will.
Mary Jane said, Ok, at what Steve had said and
never pushed the issue further and let Steve carry on
telling his story.
When I came down around the time you left, you
seemed a little distant and I could not figure out why and
I returned home to Yorkshire about two weeks before
you moved here. Then we had a phone call from Jim
saying, Guess who I just hired to do my accounts and
Teddy told him not to be daft and Jim said, I telling the
truth, mate. She had moved in to the old barn out back
and I came over and saw you unpacking and we were
over the moon and now we could find a way of
approaching you to let you know that we had been about
and looking out for you. But things happened and
Terrence appeared on the scene and he seemed to be
looking out for you, and I saw you smiling and laughing
again and it made me happy to see that.
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Mary Jane was sat on the rock for a while longer before
she stood up to return to the house. She thought about
everything Steve had said to her and wondered what if,
and as she started to walk up the cliff pathway back to
the top, she walked in to Terrence, who seemed to have
been hiding behind the rock and she said, Hello, are
you ok?
Yes, everything is fine. Will you be coming home,
Mary Jane? he asked her with a pleading look.
She shrugged her shoulders, Im not sure yet, love, I
need more time to think before I decide for certain, she
told him honestly.
Terrence said to her, Can we walk a while and
talk?
She said, Sure, why not, and they walked along the
coast path that led around the isle. It was bright now as
the fog had lifted and you could see the seals out at sea
and the otters playing in the waters edge, and the dogs
were running ahead of them, chasing the rabbits and deer
that crossed their path. Mary Jane laughed at them and
said, They will miss doing that, and she meant it and
then she knew she would be going back with them when
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they left, but she was not going to tell Terrence that yet,
she wanted him to tell her the truth about everything.
Terrence? she asked, If I am to consider returning
back to Yorkshire, I need to know you wont lie to me
anymore and I need to know what happened in the past
and when Claire took you from the hospital.
He looked at her and said, You dont need to know
what happened with Claire.
Mary Jane stopped mid-step and said, Yes I do need
to know, or we will never get past this and that will be
the end of us and Im not promising that I am returning
once you tell me, but I promise we will be over
completely if you dont tell me what happened.
Terrence looked at her and knew instantly that she
meant every word that she had just said to him. Well,
when Claire attacked the police officer, Michelle,
Neville and me were in the car waiting to be brought to
you. Neville managed to get out but me and Michelle
could not get out in time and when she drove off with us
in the car I knew I had to do whatever I had to do to
make sure Michelle got out of that car safe and unhurt.
Whilst Claire was driving along the road she told me
Miracle was not mine and she had proof, I told her I
knew Miracle was not mine.
Mary Jane stopped and looked at him and said, Do
you really believe shes not yours Terrence? and she
started to cry.
Terrence took her in his arms and said, I know shes
mine, Mary Jane, you would never cheat on me and I
have trusted you from the start, and I never really trusted
Claire but I had to say what she wanted to hear so I
could get Michelle away. Michelle called me a bastard
for leading you on and Claire stopped the car and got out
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Over the next few days, Terrence and Mary Jane took
time to spend time alone and make love with each other
along the coast. They made love in the weirdest places:
whilst they was swimming in the ocean and next to an
otters den on the beach and in a cave with a fire that
Terrence had lit to keep them warm. They made love in
bed. In fact, where they didnt make love was not worth
mentioning really.
The day before they were due to leave, Mary Jane
went to Malcolms and got her car from the barn and
made sure it was taxed and insured, had the garage check
the brakes and anything else that needed to be checked,
and she parked it up outside the house and packed it with
their belongings and a few extra things that they had
bought whilst they was on the island.
They spent the evening with Mary Stevens. They
gave her their address and phone number so she could
keep in touch and Mary Jane showed the new girl what
jobs needed to be done daily and made sure the girl was
happy being able to do the job before she would leave.
That night, after a game of scrabble, she went to bed and
made love to Terrence and made him lay on the bed and
not touch her. She was the one doing it all tonight.
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them whilst she worked in the office and she was still at
home to listen to them playing.
As Mary Jane walked towards the pool, Miracle
shouted, Mama!, and held up her hands to be picked
up. She was wet, but Mary Jane didnt care, and she held
her tight and kissed her on the top of her head and said,
Love you, babe, and Miracle said, You too, in her
baby voice.
Terrence walked up behind them and put his arms
around his girls and said, No, I love you both more,
and he picked them both up and spun them around.
Miracle giggled and said, Again! So he took Miracle
from Mary Jane and spun her around again. Mary Jane
stood there laughing at the sheer joy that was on both of
their faces as they spun around.
The christening arrived and it was a bright, warm,
sunny day. The birds were singing loudly and Mary Jane
got up to shower, but Terrence pulled her back in to bed
and made passionate love to her over the dressing table
in the bedroom that overlooked the fields.
He bent her over the table and took her forcefully
from behind. He placed his fingers in her to make her
wet, so it was easier to enter her. His penis grew as he
played with her and he kissed her neck and fondled her
breasts with his other hand. She threw her head back and
groaned with pleasure and he felt her become wet and he
thrust his penis inside her that made the dressing table
and its contents shake. When they finished, he kissed her
on her nose and said, I love you, and Im going to take
you again later. He walked to the bathroom to have a
shower and she followed him and joined him in the
shower, where they stayed for a while.
When Mary Jane was dressed, she went to get
Miracle ready. She was sat in the babys room and was
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just changing her nappy. She had placed talc on her and
was about to put on the christening gown when she felt
she was being watched, and she turned to see who was
watching her, and she thought it was going to be
Terrence but she was in for a shock. It was Edna, who
stood there smiling at her.
She held her arms open and said, Hello, baby girl!
Mary Jane place Miracle on the floor and ran to Edna
for the cuddle that she never thought she would have
again, and they stood there for ages. Miracle watched
with interest and walked over to them and put up her
arms so she could join in with the fun her Mummy was
having. Mary Jane picked her up and Edna said, And
who is this?
Mary Jane placed her in Ednas arms and said, This
is Miracle. Edna asked if she could get her dressed for
the christening.
Mary Jane stood in the door way watching Edna get
Miracle ready and remembered the times Edna used to
help her get ready for the huge garden parties they used
to have here every year, and the Christmas and New
Years parties, which were the best for miles around and
anybody and everybody came to them.
As Mary Jane stood watching Edna, Terrence walked
up behind her and said, Hi.
She turned to look at him and said, You knew
didnt you?
He smiled. I knew Teddy had a surprise for you and
when she turned up I knew instantly that I should let her
come to you alone. She gave Terrence a kiss and told
him thanks.
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Terrence and Mary Jane alone in the tent with the open
fire glowing bright red.
Terrence placed some more wood on the fire and
handed Mary Jane a glass of champagne. They sat down
on the chairs close to the fire to keep warm. Terrence
started to talk.
He said, What I am about to tell you is not a lie. I
never lied to you, I just never divulged the truth. Mary
Jane looked at him and asked what he meant, and he
said, Well, babe. I am not the low paid guy you think I
am. My father owns a business in Saudi Arabia breeding
Arabian stallions and we send them to a place in
America to be trained so they can race in the Grand
National races around the world.
Mary Jane smiled and said, Youre not a skint flint
then!
No babe, Im not, but I needed to make sure you
loved me for me and not for the money, but I knew a
long time ago that you truly loved me no matter what
money I had, I just never realised that until everything
happened.
Mary Jane said, Well, I have to tell you something
too, and its the same, but I only just found out a few
weeks ago myself.
Go on, he said.
Mary Jane told him about the conversation she had
had with Teddy and when he walked in. Terrence now
knew what they were laughing about, and he laughed a
great, big, belly laugh, saying fair dos!
As they sat there in that tent by the side of the lake
with snow falling outside, Terrence pulled a blanket
from behind the table and said, Shall we? They laid
down on the floor and made love like they never had
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before and they didnt return to the house until gone five
the next morning, having had no sleep, and they climbed
in to bed and fell asleep for a couple of hours in each
others arms.
Baby Miracle was walking and she came in to the
room saying, Mama! and she climbed in with them
and they cuddled up and played tickling with her for an
hour and then went down stairs to get breakfast.
When they got downstairs everyone was waiting for
them and Mary Jane realised that the huge Christmas
tree she had ordered was in the hallway waiting to be
decorated.
So Mary Jane and Terrence said, Give us half hour
to have a drink, then we will start decorating it, ok?
The kids shouted, Yes! and off they ran to look in
the boxes of decorations to see what they found.
As the whole family spent the day decorating the tree
and house inside and outside, putting fairy lights along
the guttering and around the window frames and putting
decorations on the two trees that stood either side of the
front door, Edna kept bringing hot chocolate, cookies
and sandwiches to everyone. They had Christmas Carols
playing loudly from the stereo and everyone was singing
along to them, each getting louder than the person next
to them, and everyone laughed. They were having so
much fun and that would be a day every one
remembered until the end of their days.
Over the following days, the whole family were
running around and getting things ready for Christmas.
Mary Jane was in the kitchen cooking with Edna,
making cookies, pies and roasting the meats and mince
pies and making mulled wine for everyone. And more
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It was a large box that Mary Jane held and inside it was a
picture of Terrence holding Miracle and Benjamin with
Michelle and Neville stood beside him in front of the
Christmas tree in the hallway smiling at her. And written
on the back of the picture was: We love you and we
will see you at the church. I have a surprise waiting to
pick you up to bring you to us.
Underneath the picture was a small box holding a
matching jewellery set, but they were emerald and
diamonds set in eighteen carat gold, and beneath them
was a matching tiara with a note saying:
Wear these on the day.
Love, Terrence xx
There was also a matching bracelet and necklace for
Miracle to wear, which would go with the clothes Mary
Jane had got for her to wear that day.
After everyone was fed and watered, Mary Jane went
upstairs to get herself ready. Edna walked in and said,
Im here to help. Ill sort the wee ones out for you and
get them ready.
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blue suspender belt and she said, This was your Mums
when she got married to your Dad. Its old and blue
you have the new with the jewellery we just need to
get something borrowed.
She passed her a small parcel and inside it was a thin
lace shawl to wear over her shoulders and Mary Jane
said, Thank you.
As she unzipped the wedding dress that had been
hung over the door, Edna said, OMG, that is beautiful,
girl, and helped Mary Jane step in to it. She fastened it
up for her.
The dress was a pale ivory, and it looked almost pure
white with an intricate lace design that went from the
middle of Mary Janes back to the tip of the train on the
floor. It had hand sewn gems on the corset top and it was
a heart shaped strapless dress that went from her chest,
showing off her shoulders, and sat just on her breasts.
The necklace sat just in the right place between her
breasts. When Edna pinned the lace head dress to her
tiara and pulled it over Mary Janes face, Edna was
crying, saying, You look like a goddess or an angel.
She bent down and placed Mary Janes feet in to the
court shoes she was going to be wearing and placed the
shawl over her shoulders and said, What do you think,
Mary Jane? She turned to show Mary Jane in the full
length mirror in front of her.
Mary Jane could not speak or breathe as the person
looking back at her was not the person she was used to
seeing, and she said, He wont recognise me, and
smiled at her reflection.
As she walked out of the bedroom she saw Neville in
his suit and waistcoat, wearing the Rolex Terrence had
given him that morning.
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She went back in to the damp room she had just been
let out of, and she asked as the door was shutting, What
time is it?
Its 7pm, was the reply.
Thank you, she said, and sat on the damp mattress
to either wait for morning or fall asleep, and then she
would try to get away from them.
Terrence was told to remain in the house and wait for
further instructions and Steve went to talk to Teddys
security team and explain where Mary Jane had gone
when she visited the Lake District.
Meanwhile, Don went about fucking the female who
had taken Mary Jane to the toilet, and he did it in front of
Ben, and eventually Ben said, Let me have a go!
So they both fucked her senseless and she was
screaming in pain as they went at her from both ends;
one from the back and the other from the front. Then she
had to ride Don whilst she gave Ben a blow-job. Ben
pulled her hair to make her take him deeper in to her
mouth and when he climaxed he said to her, Swallow it,
bitch, or I'll slap you silly. So she swallowed.
Don climaxed inside her and said, You can swallow
mine next, and they changed places and did it all again.
It went on for hours and Mary Jane heard every single
minute of it all and she thought, please, God, dont let
them try to do that to me. I would rather die than have
that happen to me.
And the next morning when she opened the door to
let Mary Jane out to go to the toilet and eat some toast,
she noticed bruises on her arms and neck where they had
slapped her and held her head in place for them to thrust
deeper in to her mouth. Mary Jane said, You should not
let them do that to you. Youre worth more than that.
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you could not tell what she looked like or what colour
hair she had, as it was covered in dirt from the cave
floor.
When Don and the guys woke up an hour later, they
raped her up the ass and again made Diane give each a
blow job. They each beat her some more and when they
had finished they said, Come on, lets go find that other
bitch and do the same to her. They walked out saying to
Diane, Hope it dont take you too long to die. No one
will find you here and you will rot away and wild
animals will eat your remains. They laughed as they
left.
Mary Jane waited for half an hour before she came
out of hiding and went to Diane and turned her over and
said, Diane. Are you ok?
Diane tried to open her swollen eyes to look at Mary
Jane and said, What do you think?
Im sorry, Diane. I could not help you but Im here
now.
Its ok, Diane told Mary Jane. As Mary Jane was
trying to get Diane to take a sip of whiskey, Diane said,
Look, Mary Jane, you need to get out of here. They will
do worse than this to you, as you are Terrences wife.
But what has he done to them, Diane? Please tell
me.
Diane grabbed her arm and said, Don was with
Terrence and Nathan when Nathan was killed, and now
Im not totally sure if it was Terrence or Don who started
everything that night. Please, Mary Janego! And when
you get chance, phone for help and tell them where I am
and maybe Ill survive this if I am really lucky.
Mary Jane said she would stay with her for a while,
and she held Diane in her arms and spoke to her gently
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the cave was exactly, and Martha said, The only cave
up there, love, is next to the big tree, and its about a
mile up and to the east of where we are now.
Just then, Michael heard on his radio that they had
found the cave and found a body in the cave. Michael
said, Thank you. Ill be back if I need further
information.
Ok, Martha told him and she walked him out of
the house and shut the door.
Martha went upstairs to see if Mary Jane was ok and
saw her fast asleep on the bed in the night dress she had
laid out for the girl, so she quietly shut the door and went
back to Ronald. She said, Leave her in bed, she is
sleeping and she must need it. So they sat down and
drank their cocoa and then went to bed themselves as it
was getting late.
When Mary Jane woke the next morning, she looked
around the room she was in and sighed a breath of relief
at the fact she was in a cosy room. She went downstairs
to ask where her dirty clothes were.
Martha turned and smiled at her and said, I put
them in the wash, love. They were filthy. She passed
her a pair of jeans and a jumper with a t-shirt and her
underwear, as they were dry.
Mary Jane said, Thank you, and went upstairs and
heard Martha ask whether she wanted tea and toast. Oh,
yes please, she replied, and she went to get dressed and
returned downstairs.
When she got downstairs she could smell fresh bread
coming out of the oven and a fresh pot of tea being
brewed on the hearth.
Thank you for these clothes. Who do they belong
to?
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Jane and she was told, Eat up. Youll need your
strength. She laughed.
Over the next few weeks Mary Jane got in to a
routine with the chores that needed doing around the
farm with Martha and Ronald, and she was enjoying the
time away from the stress and uncertainty of what was
going to happen next.
Fred had been coming more often, and he invited
Mary Jane to go for a boat ride on Lake Windermere.
Mary Jane agreed, as it was a long time since she had
been there and she needed to take a few hours off. So
they arranged it for the following Saturday and he would
pick Mary Jane up at 9am and they would have a picnic
and make a day of it.
Mary Jane was looking forward to it and the week
went really quickly. She woke early on the Saturday
morning and finished her morning chores before 6am,
and she went to shower and put on some jeans and a
jumper, then pulled her hair back in a plain plait and
waited for Fred to turn up to take her out.
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Jane. When they found her she was still under the water
and not breathing. When they pulled her out they did
CPR and managed to restart her heart.
They rushed her off to the hospital with Terrence sat
next to her in the ambulance, and when they arrived at
the hospital she was taken into the resuscitation room
and Terrence was taken in to a hospital bay to have his
wounds tended to.
Mary Jane was laid on the hospital bed in
resuscitation with drips in her arms and her wounds were
tended to. She was exceptionally lucky that she had not
lost a limb or her life after being hit by the boat
propeller. She had a bad fracture to her head and it was
looking like it would take a while to recover from the
injury that she had got from the boat accident.
Mary Jane was moved to a ward and kept under
observation until she woke up. Once Terrences wound
had been seen to, he went to sit next to her bed and wait
for her to wake up. He hoped it would not be long before
she did, as he really hated sitting in hospitals. Steve
found Terrence sat next to Mary Janes bed in the
hospital and brought him a drink and sat with him to talk
about it all.
What happened to Donald? Steve asked.
Well, he was arrested and taken to Kendal police
station, along with that Fred who told Donald where she
would be today. Hes going to be charged with assisting
a criminal in his crime and theyll be going to prison for
a long time.
Terrence said, He should be given the death penalty
and nothing else. He placed his head into Mary Janes
hand and wept, Please, babe come back to me. I need
you, and the children need you too.
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said, Nurse Stapes, please stay with her until her vital
signs return to normal, and if required, call me again.
As the doctor walked out of the room, Mary Janes
heart stopped beating, and then all hell let loose as more
medical staff ran in to the room to deal with the
emergency.
Nurse Stapes started chest compressions whilst they
waited for the defibrillator to be brought in the room,
then the first lead was placed on Mary Jane on her upper
sternum, just below her clavicle and the second lead was
placed to the left, with the centre being in the maxillary
line. Stapes shouted, 195 Systolic as the doctor
shouted Clear and shocked Mary Jane. Her body
convulsed and laid back on the bed. Stapes said, No
heart beat detected, doctor, and restarted the
compressions as the doctor turned up the voltage on the
defibrillator. They shocked her again and again until
they had a heart beat and the doctor asked stapes to flush
the fluids through, as she could be dehydrated from the
drugs that she had just been given.
As the doctor stood waiting to see if Mary Janes
heart rate and blood pressure returned to normal, the
police arrived to see what was happening.
The doctor took the police officer to one side and
told him that Mary Jane was in a critical condition and it
would be wise to phone her family, as she may not
survive the day. So the officer radioed base and
requested they contact Terrence to tell him Mary Jane
had taken a turn for the worse.
Terrence and Steve were sat in the court room when
Michael come over to them and said, You need to get
back to Kendal now. Mary Jane has been attacked and
may not make it through the day.
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from the injuries.
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