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She frowned shaking her head "He will end up back in with the gangs again and you will end up miserable and lonely, please.... Think this through seriously." She begged her before they all went to bed, Clay already snoring loud and laying spread eagled across the bed until she nudged him over, moving to wrap himself around her in his sleep, grumbling a little but settled quickly with her in his arms.

She thanked him quietly, "There's some in the freezer actually from a few weeks ago, why don't you pull that out and some chilli I got a while back for us to share." She told him, rocking her little girl gently, kissing her head, "If you feel bad at all tonight you just come get us okay?" she coaxed and kissed her head again, worrying about her a little.

 

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Max rolled her eyes and shook her head some before she cleaned up for the night. She made her way up to bed and smiled softly as Clay wrapped himself around her. She soon fell asleep in his arms peacefully.

Jon got the soup heated up for Luna and the Chili for them smiling some as he sat there and ate slowly with Luna to make her feel like it was okay. He watched TV with her through thenight until it was finally time for bed and she had passed out against him again

 

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Carmen eventually fell asleep on the couch with her family in the recliner together, waking up around four in the morning and getting everyone in bed before falling asleep again snuggled in close to Jon for the night.

he got up early again and headed out for a morning run, getting back by the time she was making breakfast and hearing that she was now taking the week off to spend time with her parents.

 

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Jon woke up early that morning to crying rushing straight to Luna's room seeing she had wet the bed. He picked her up and quickly got her to the bathroom "Its okay baby, daddy has you its okay." He murmured before he helped her get in a quick bath

Max looked at Clay as he came in and gave a small smile "Hey babe just in time for breakfast!" She said happily before she set a plate out for him "I'm going to take the week off to spend more time with my parents." She said softly. She also took it off so he wouldn't be left alone with them and would have the freedom to take the car if he needed to get away from them.

 

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He just nodded some, rubbing at his face. “Thank you.” He mumbled. “I’m gonna head down to the gym in a little bit.... I’ll be home late tonight.” He told her and kissed her cheek as he scoffed his food down and headed up to get showered and dressed to go.

carmen frowned some hearing them in the bathroom, just rubbing at her head and going back to sleep again, having been up with her since 4:30

“Daddy my tummy hurts.” She told him sniffling some while she was cleaning up. “Mommy gave me calpol but I still feel sucky.” She told him, getting out once she was cleaned up and into clean pjs, following him while he got her sheets in the washer.

 

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Max kissed him gently before he left and nodded some "Be careful okay?" She murmured sitting down looking at her parents seeing their upset faces "What? He likes to work out." She said before eating

Jon frowned softly and got her dressed in one of her helpful pull ups and a night dress "Come on princess." He said softly before he took her sheets down to the laundry "You want to lay with me on the couch again?" He asked quietly

 

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She shook her head and looked at the stairs “I want mommy.” She told him frowning a little and wriggled to get up and go up to her mom, crawling into bed with her and snuggling in close while carmen stirred a little bit just pulled her daughter closer and stayed dozing.

“Uh huh..... it’s only 8:30... and he’s going to be home late? He’s really spending the whole day there?” She asked her suspiciously. They ended up taking her out for the day and spending time going all over the place to where her mom wanted to do some shopping at and they got home late after having dinner out at a nice steakhouse, arriving back at the same time Clay was pulling up and her parents got out of the car staring at him shocked seeing how battered and bruised he was. Even more so when max didn’t seem at all shocked.

 

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Max looked over when she saw Clayton step out of the car and gave a small sigh. He looked better than from his last fight but he was still pretty banged up "Go up to our room okay? I'll be there soon." She murmured as she got over to him and kissed his cheek lightly

Jon went through the day like normal, he stayed home with Luna and once Carmen was home he headed to the gym to get ready for his fight that night. He had no money on him promising not to gamble on himself or any of the other fights going on that night. He made his way home late as usual looking at Carmen and sighing when he saw her sitting on the couch "You didn't have to wait up babe."

 

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Clay just nodded tiredly, a little more in pain than last time, having taken several hits to the stomach and he was just sore all over, limpping up to their room, hearing the arguing starting to happen behind him but not having the energy to go back at them.

She shook her head and got up, "I fell asleep but I got woken up by screaming a few doors down... Cops came by, the neighbours were beating the hell out of each other again." She mumbled, walking over and slipping her arms around him tightly "I love you." She murmured, pecking his cheek "You hungry or you wanna go for a bath?" She asked him quietly, swaying with him a alittle.

 

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Max frowned as her mother started to go off on her about how he looked "Stop it! I need to see my husband right now!" She finally yelled before she made her way to her room and slammed the door before making her way to Clayton

Jon groaned softly amd put the wad of cash on the table "Food and water please." he grunted before he sat down taking deep breaths "Shit these one's were rough."

 

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She nodded and pecked his cheek, "Go sit down, I made soup tonight so I got some leftover... Oh! And I was getting Luna some orange popsicles... and I figured... maybe my hubby deserves a treat too." she smiled, pulling the beer out of the fridge and passed it to him.

Clay was in their bathroom, leaning over the sink and spitting out blood into it, washing it away and standing up quickly when he heard her come in, going to his gym bag and pulled out the money from the previous fight and the one tonihgt totalling just over $500. "You okay?" He asked her, swaying on his feet a little and trying to keep the room from spinning

 

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Jon gave his signature lop sided smile "Shit girl you didn't have to do that." He said happily taking the beer and sipping at it "She feeling any better?" He asked softly

Max gave a small nod and frowned seeing him sway "Sit down now." She muttered before getting everything out and went over to him "Clay don't lie to me you understand? How many fingers?" She asked holding up 2 fingers and moving them back and forth

 

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He frowned almost going cross eyed as he concentrated. “Two... I’m fine.” He muttered. “We just had a couple professionals come in tonight. Tore it all up and fucked everything over.” He mumbled rubbing at his face and stood up again about to go get his pjs on when he heard their door open and her parents come in looking furious, even more so when they saw the stacks of cash next to his gym bag.

she frowned and shook her head. “Not by much... she said her tummy is still really sore.” She explained, getting him his soup out and set the bowl in front of him, kissing his head and just sat down exhausted.

 

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Max frowned some and shook her head "You're not, do not fall asleep okay?" She said softly about to start fixing up his brow until she heard her parents. She turned around and glared at them "What do you want?!" She yelled taking a deep breath

Jon nodded some and sighed heavily starting to eat the soup "If its not better by tomorrow evening we need to take her to the doctor." He said quietly

 

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She nodded and frowned some worrying about her little girl. “Just let the bowl soak in the sink baby and come up when you’re done okay?” She murmured pecking his cheek and headed up to go get ready for bed, checking in on Luna for a moment first and smiling seeing her looking relaxed while she was sleeping.

“Maxine where is the stack of cash from?! Has he gone back to the gang life?!” He mother shrieked at her, furious that he would betray her daughter like that.

 

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Max sighed heavily shaking her head some more "No he isn't he boxing okay?! Just go! Get out and go!" She yelled letting a few tears fall

Jon made his way up to bed after eating and taking a quick shower before he fell asleep with Carmen keeping her close.

 

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Clay would have usually been a lot more on the defensive for her and right there with her but he was starting to fade in and out of consciousness a little from the beating he’d taken that night and just about managed to stand up and get to the bathroom to be sick while they were still arguing.

carmen smiled a little in her sleep, snuggling in closer to him.

 

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Max shook her head when they just kept pushing on her to leave him "I'm not leaving him and if you can't handle it then leave!" She yelled before she ran to the bathroom when she heard Clay getting sick. She frowned seeing red flecks in his bile and shook her head some "You gotta go to the hospital babe."

 

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He frowned shaking his head “I’m fine. I’m just gonna take a break for a couple days. Max I’m fine.” He told her more firmly, flushing the toilet and walking to bed, crawling in and going to sleep for the night. “I’ll be fine.” He promised

 

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Max frowned softly thankful that her parents were gone now and sighed heavily "Alright....take it slow no gym okay?" She murmured before she fell asleep with him. She woke up in the morning sighing heavily as she saw her parents in the kitchen

Jon woke up in the morning groaning softly feeling Carmen not there anymore "Babe?" He called getting up and going downstairs finding her up with Luna "Mornin....what time is it?"

 

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She frowned some. “Almost 10... hey I gotta go in but she’s been burning up again this morning. She’s had some calpol and has her orange popsicle. She’s got a bucket there if she feels sick.” She told him kissing his cheek. “The deep heat pads for your sore body is right there.” She told him kissing his cheek and heading out quickly. “Coffee in the pot.” She called shutting the door.

Clay woke up and slowly made his way downstairs, one arm wrapped around his stomach as he sat down in the kitchen, glancing over at max. “Babe... can you uh... can you give us a minute?” He asked her frowning some, wanting to talk to her parents alone and explain what was going on. He didn’t care if they didn’t like him but the last thing he wanted to happen was for her to be super stressed. It wasn’t fair on her when all this was on him.

 

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Max gave a small frown but nodded softly stepping out of the room and going to clean up some while he spoke with them. Her mother looked at Clayton and frowned just disgusted with him "What do you want?"

Jon frowned more and sighed heavily sitting with Luna once he had a cup of coffee made "Hey princess." He said softly feeling his heart break at how bad she looked at the moment

 

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She frowned some and just cuddled in close to him, really not feeling good still. She stayed quiet all morning, managing to do a little bit of the work her teacher had sent over to Carmen's email for her so she didn't end up too far behind but when it got to lunch she was too tired to do any more. She had been sat in the kitchen with her Dad, watching him make them sandwiches for lunch, or in her case a couple slices of toast and the chicken noodle soup "Daddy... I feel really funny." She told him, rubbing at her face and got up, walking over to him for cuddles but collapsed halfway across the room and started seizing on the floor. It only lasted around a minute but when she came out of it she'd stopped breathing.

He frowned and leaned back some watching them. "I'm not back in that world. I never want to be back in that world and everything I'm doing now, is to keep it that way. I've gone back to boxing, don't have the money or the training to get in professional but there's an amateur ring nearby where you can earn good money if you do well.... That's the only reason I'm bruised and battered... I love your daughter, more than anything else and everything I do, is to make sure we can stay where we are or get better. I will never allow us to end up poor as we were again. If you have a problem with that, you need to ocme to me... It's not her fault." He told them seriously.

 

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Jon went wide eued immediately calling 911 before he started CPR "Help please! My saughter had a seizure and isn't breathing! I don't have transportation!" He yelled down the line before he started CPR on his daughter talking on the phone while he did the chest compressions

Her parents frowned and glared at him some while he spoke to them. Her father was the first to speak up though "We've gone through these rounds with you and her since she met you her senior year of highschool and ran off...we've made mends multiple times...but this is it. We are out of your lives, meaning what you do is none of our business. If our daughter wants to be let down by you again that is her choice....if you don't then good for her. We are done trying to get her to leave and find someone better." He explained giving a heavy sigh "We love our daughter, and we want what is best for her. You keep her happy and you keep her safe. If you get into that gang shit again though....and you hurt her like you did before....I'll personally have you put away for life." He threatened.

 

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He glared at them and grit his teeth "You're gonna make her choose? Really? Won't even stick around to let me prove it to you." He spat "Every new job I get, there's always some mysterious phone call, telling them about my past... and I lose it... I'm starting to wonder who is making those calls." He spat at him, getting up and walked out of the kitchen, heading up to go take a shower.

Carmen was halfway through her shift when her boss called her into the office to tell her the phone was ringing for her, frowning some but answered and listened to Jon, swallowing hard when she heard sirens in the background, "Where are they taking her?!" She asked him frantically, getting her apron off and hung up once she had an answer, explaining everything then rushed out the door and headed straight for the hospital in the car, shaking the whole way.