Chapter 208: Maybe we keep that between us

River POV

"Let's go get cleaned up." he jumps up and puts his hand out to me. I take his hand and he lifts me to my feet. He pulls me tight to his body and kisses my lips softly. I moan as he deepens the kiss while keeping it soft.

"Lucky?" I say looking up into his bright blue eyes.

"Yes enchantress?" He says kissing my forehead.

"You called me baby?" I say more like a question.

He kisses my nose "Maybe we keep that between us." he says with a little laugh, I watch as his cheeks get a little pink as he turns quickly grabbing his pants.

I turn his head to me "I liked it." I say. He pulls me tight to him and crashes our lips together hard and fast.

A knock pulls us apart. I hurry and throw my robe around me. Lucky opens it for Pickle, they just give each other a look and Lucky heads to the bathroom.

"Kitten let's go get you cleaned up. I'm beat and yes I took my pain pill already" I smile up at him and pull his head to mine. "I love you Luca Smith."

He smiles super big "I love you too River Smith-Spencer" I take his hand and lead him with me to the shower.

Lucky kisses my head as he's getting out. "I'm going to go check on our daughter." He kisses my head again and then Pickle's as he heads out the door.

I wake up to what sounds like crying. Maybe more like sobbing. I quickly roll and look at Pickle but he's fast asleep. I sit up and look at the bottom of the bed "Annie" I say softly but there's no answer back. Wait where's Lucky wasn't he in here with us. I hear it again a little louder this time. "Please I'll be good this time" then more sobbing and what sounds like whimpers. It's Lucky but where is he?

I feel Pickle moving this time. "River are you okay?" He asks hearing what I'm hearing "It's not me honey." He looks around "Annie!" He says throwing the blankets off. I shake my head. I hear soft cries and whimpering again. I put my finger to my mouth "Shhhh." I say leaning over to the far side of the bed. My eyes get huge as I see him under the bed curled up in a ball shaking.

I point down "It's Lucky!" I hurry and climb down as he comes around the bed in a hurry.

"It's been a while since he's done this." He says moving me back behind him. My heart is pounding and every small sob he makes breaks it in a million pieces.

"Father please. I promise I'll behave please don't hurt me." He sobs out his voice broken and shaking.

"Lucky baby I'm here. Open your eyes please" I say softly. His body tenses and he scramble back further under the bed. "Momma please I didn't mean it. I didn't mean to fight him, it just hurts so much when he touches me like that." He slides further under the bed and curls back in a ball crying harder now. I cover my mouth as tears run down my face.

Pickle grabs his phone. "Crash hey, quickly but very quietly come to River's room just walk in. It's Lucky and it's bad."

Suddenly my door flys open "Mommy,  daddies I'm awake now!" Annie's little voice yells.

"No! No! Not her you let her go or I'll kill all of you!" Lucky scream at the top of his lungs. He quickly gets out from under the bed and grabs her. "Daddy that hurts" she says as she hits the wall behind them.

I try to make it to Annie but Lucky got out from under the bed and has her pushed behind him in the corner faster then we could process what happened.

"Mommy." She says reaching for me. She touches Lucky's leg and he swings back behind. I'm glad she's so little or he would have hit her.

I put my finger to my mouth and she nods through her tears. The door opens and Crash slides in with Mia on the outside of the door.

Pickle pulls me to him "I need you to slide under the bed and pull her back under with you"

I take a deep breath and nod. I slide down slowly not to draw attention to myself.

Pickle POV

"Brother can you hear me." Lucky jumps and looks over at me. He looks at the end table and I see my knife at the same time as he does. "Hey brother I need you to look at me okay? Your safe we're home with River."

I see Annie slowly sliding down to the ground.

He turns "Lucky" I say a little louder. He grabs the knife and backs up more.

River comes out from under the bed with Annie clinging to her.

I hear her whispering to her, Annie wipes her eyes and say "Please help daddy, he's so scared." Looking at me then at River and over to Crash. River nods at her.

I kiss her head "Go quietly to Mia and go get Mr. Krazin and Uncle Lincoln for me okay?" She nods. "Tell them to be quiet when they come in" River says kissing her head. "Kitten you should go with her, this is stuff he wouldn't want you to know." She shakes her head at me.

Crash starts talking "Lucky it's Crash, you saved us remember you saved everyone you could" Lucky whips his head toward Crash, he starts shaking his head putting his free hand up and running it through his hair as it falls forward.

"Brother it's Pickle can you come back to me, just follow my voice" he pushes Annie lightly and Mia puts her arms out for her. I watch as she picks her up and runs back down the hall.

"No it's a trick! You said he wasn't real, you said nothing's real!" I hear River gasp and I remember a few months back her having a similar dream that her father told her none of this was real it was just where her mind took her when she was being abused.

My heart shatters as I watch a tear slide down his cheek. I know what memory he's stuck in and I know he wouldn't want everyone to know what happened to him. Crash knows cause they attend the same group for survivors of the church. Crash has heard all of Lucky and Flame's stories and I'm sure he has his own but this is something he's made me promise not to tell River. He's scared she will look at him with disgust if she finds out. I know she would never hold against him what was done to him as a small child.

"Please don't father please. Jacob said he's father doesn't touch him like that." He cries and swings the knife towards Crash.

Krazien slides in and I watch as his eyes grow larger at the sight of the knife.