Finding Charlie Rose

Jackson stormed into the lounge room with his sons disappearing into the kitchen to try and coax Charlie out. They didn't want her to be scared of being here and had promised to keep her safe. Sam managed to calm Charlie down and she came out from under the chair. She was quietly crying mumbling about the bad man.

None of the boys noticed Jackson coming in to see what was taking them so long. When he noticed Charlie shaking and how scared she seemed he felt heartbroken. He and his sons had done that to the little girl he had longed for. He hated himself more knowing he was the reason he had not been in his baby's life. This truly was his karma for what he had put his wife through. He would never get the chance to make it up to Sally for everything he did to her, he would never get a chance to apologise. Her last memory of the man she once loved was a sadistic bastard who found pleasure in causing harm and she had in turn prepared their daughter to get help if he ever turned up in their life. He hated how the two women in his life that he was supposed to love and protect were scared of him. He quietly made his way back to the lounge room and sat down waiting for his sons to come back out.

John took Charlie and headed out to the backyard so Charlie wouldn't hear what was going to happen inside. He knew it wasn't going to be pretty and was planning on running with his niece if Jackson tried to take her. He couldn't protect his sister or nephews but he sure as hell would protect his niece from the same fate. He hoped it didn't come down to that because he would miss his sons and his nephews but he would do it to honour his sister.

Sam, Liam, Byron and Oliver headed into the lounge room glaring at their father for turning up again. Sam was prepared for a fight for Charlie and so was Liam. The other two were worried they would lose Charlie before they really got a chance to know her. They didn't want to lose her like they had lost their mother because of this man.

"What the hell were you thinking coming back here?" Sam fumed out trying to keep his voice down so Charlie wouldn't hear and get scared again. "She is my daughter. You all kept her from me" Jackson bit out. "We had no idea until a few days ago when we got a call from the police station informing us our mother died. They asked me to take custody of Charlie because they had mum's records and you weren't a suitable candidate. You fucken raped our mother leading her to get pregnant. After everything you put her through with your mistress living here and taking her kids from her promising you would stop hurting her, you then fucken raped her. I was protecting my sister from you because she deserves to have a happy childhood. She was the one to find her mother, she was alone. You are poison and I won't allow you to hurt her like you did with Mum and us" Sam told his father.

Jackson had been quiet for a few minutes absorbing what his son had just said. "I'm sorry" he replied quietly. "Sorry isn't going to fix anything, Jackson. You destroyed our mother and we stood by and did nothing. You made us turn our backs on her so you could hurt her more. We trusted you, you were so blinded by hate for something she had no control over that you took every bit of happiness away from her. The worst thing is she thinks we were just like you. She thinks she failed us when we failed her. But we won't fail Charlie" Liam raged out with tears rolling down his face. Liam aggressively wiped away his tears not wanting his father to think he had won.

"I'm her father and I have a right to know my daughter. Don't make me use the court to take her from all of you" Jackson yelled. "You take it to court and I will destroy you. I will destroy your name and the company name. I will make sure everyone knows what sort of man you are. Hurting your wife and allowing your mistresses to beat her. Raping her and treating her like a slave. I know for a fact that the statutes of limitations aren't up and I will push for criminal charges to be laid. I will make our mother's medical records public which show the years of abuse she suffered at your hands along with the fact you abused your children as well. Every single person will know how pathetic you are" Sam spat out standing up towering over his father.

Oliver and Byron sat quietly not knowing what to say. They refused to even look at their father because of what he had done to them. He had manipulated them into believing if they turned their back on their mother then he would treat her properly. But he escalated and she left because of them. "I won't take her if you just let me meet her. I swear I won't hurt her. I know I was a horrible father. I made mistakes" Jackson started. "No mistakes are not what you made. You made choices to hurt our mother. You chose to hurt your children. A mistake is not something that causes harm to other people over and over again" Byron spoke up.

"Let me finish, please. I am an addict and I made horrible lifelong mistakes. Things that I can never make up for. I harmed my wife and I harmed my children. When I saw the damage I caused Sally, I stopped drinking and using. When she left I knew I deserved it for what I had done. When you kicked me out I didn't fight because I knew I deserved that and so much worse for what I had done. I am changing though, I want to be a better person and a better parent. I will not take Charlie away because I don't deserve to be in her life. That's my karma for everything I have done. I just want to meet her, that's all" Jackson stated.

"She is scared of you, she knows to call the police if you turn up. How scared do you think mum was for her to teach a 3-year-old that?" Oliver asked Jackson before storming off to find Charlie, she would calm him down just by her touch, just like his mum used to.