You always will be

"I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you"

✖️Marigold✖️

"Knox" I breathed out
"Marigold" he smiled softly
I didn't know what to say. Actually sitting here now, in front of him.
With his knuckles indented in my arms and his baby in my stomach... I had no words.

I'm sure I looked horrible, I'd refrained from looking in a mirror ever since I got out the hospital.
The purple marks on my skin were slowly blossoming into yellow.

"You look so beautiful" he murmured
I felt my breath get caught in my throat again.
"What?" I asked
"You..." he mumbled, putting his hand up against the glass
"You look so... beautiful. So soft" he smiled.

"Knox" I said simply, watching him close his eyes for a moment
"Say it again" he said. I felt sick. So fucking sick that he was revelling in my presence
Whereas I was drowning in his.

"We need to talk" I said, trying to get what I needed so I could leave
"Yeah..." he said, lowering his hand slowly
"We do" his gaze trailing down to my stomach
I swallowed hard, all the fear, all the nerves, every punch he'd threw me, I pushed it all deep down.

"Where are your parents?" I asked, his face dropped, and he was silent for a moment.
"What?" He asked
"Your parents, Maddox, where are they?" I asked
"Why do you care about him?" He asked.

"It's not for me. You need to tell me" I said, trying to stand firm
His eyes trailed all over my face
"Just... them?" He asked
I furrowed my brows at his question
"What do you mean?" I asked.

He smiled
"I mean. Do you just want to know about those ones?" He asked
"There... there are others?" I asked
He cocked his head to the side, thinking...

"I love you Marigold" he said
I felt my eyes flicker, the mere notion made me sick
"And I want to get out one day, so I'm sorry, but I can't tell you anything. Not here" he said, shaking his head.

I sighed, trying to remain calm
"Knox, you... you're not getting out. Not in a few years, not ever" I tried to explain.
"You killed... Ruby, you imprisoned me. They know you've killed your parents, they just don't know where to find them. In cases like this, there's a high chance they can charge you without bodies" I said.

He shook his head
"As long as I'm on my best behaviour, I'll do a few years" he explained
"Then... I'll be with you. You and the baby" he said
I tried my hardest not to cry. My eyes stung with the fear threatening to spill from my eyes.

"That won't happen" I said
"Yes it will" he said firmly, nothing but confidence in his voice
He was delusional
"No. Whether you get out or not. Which I'm telling you Knox... you won't. You will never. Ever. Have anything to do with this baby" I said, with as much strength as I could.

"But... you're keeping it though?" He asked
I looked down. I was. I knew deep down I wouldn't be able to get rid of a baby. My baby.
"Marigold" he snapped, I looked up
"Just tell me where they are Knox" I said simply, I was so exhausted. I was done fighting.

I was done with being around... him
"Why should I?" He asked innocently
"Knox. If you feel any... any amount of compassion. Or guilt. Or respect for them... please just... just tell me" I said, unable to hold back the tears anymore.

I felt the first few drops run down my cheeks as I stared at him pleadingly
"Please" I begged quietly
"I can't flower. You won't understand" he said
"I will. I... I'll try to" I said, trying to sound like I truly cared.

He shook his head
"Tell me" he said
"What?" I asked
He looked at me for a long while, with such an intense stare.

"Answer my questions and I'll answer yours" he said
I sighed, glancing at the observation glass to the right of me
"Okay" I said shakily
He nodded
"Good. Are you keeping it?" He asked again.

Oh god.
"Where are they?" I asked
"Answer me first" he said calmly
I took a breath
"No. Answer me first" I said.

He mulled it over for a moment.
"Maddox. Or my parents?" He asked, cocking his head
"Maddox" I said simply
He scoffed
"That... that cunt... is in the woods. I could take you there?" he said suggestively.

"You can take the police there" I corrected him
His eyes flickered slightly, before he sat back and sighed
"Do you still love me?" He asked
I hesitated. I out right hated the boy in front of me.

Because he wasn't who I thought he was
He was a criminal. A murderer and an obsessive stalker
I love who he was before
He was nothing to me anymore
Nothing but a nightmare
"No" I said calmly, waiting for his reaction.

But he just... smiled. And then started chuckling
Before he leant forward
"You don't have to lie baby" he whispered
"They hear EVERYTHING in this place" he shouted amused, sitting back.

"Where are your parents?" I asked
He smiled again
"Also in the woods, not too far away but... they are deeper" he said
I wanted to throw up. I suppressed the urge as much as I could, taking steady breathes.

"Where in the woods?" I asked
"Ah Ah, it's my turn flower" he said
I stayed quiet, bowing my head slightly out of instinct
"I want to see the baby" he said
"What?" I asked immediately, head darting up.

"When our little flower has come, I wanna see her" he said
"Her?" I asked
He chuckled
"It's going to be a girl flower, I just know it" he said, smiling down at my stomach.

The thought had crossed my mind. And now he had ruined the thought of having a girl
I dreaded the idea of a boy
A little him. He would look like him. It would torture me.

That's when I felt the first tear fully roll from my eye.
"No" I said simply, he was never seeing it. Never
"Promise me flower" he began again, his eyes finding mine.

"Promise me and I'll tell you anything. About all of them. I'll tell you everything" he said, he seemed to have accepted the idea that he wouldn't be a free man. Not anytime soon anyway.
Even if he did want to keep up this ridiculous thought of us being together. Of being a family.

"I..."
I wanted to know. I needed to know. I wanted to hear the extent he went to. The actions he's committed.
"I promise" I whispered, unable to stop any tears now as they freely rolled down my face.

He looked... serious. Content in my promise and the tears.
"Who was first..." he thought to himself for a moment
Finally breaking all pretence of silence, I could see it in his face. He wanted me to know
He wanted me to know the extent he went to.

"Ah yes. Axel" he said, making my body stiffen
"What?" I asked.

"Axel. I... I beat him up" he said plainly
I shook my head
"No... no no no you... you couldn't have hurt him. You were with me" I said.
He threw his hands up.
"You got me. It wasn't me. But it was me behind it. He was too... close. Too involved with you" he admitted.

"He was my friend" I cried
"He was in the way!" He shouted, banging his fist against the table, scaring me.

✖️Flores✖️

It was interesting to watch how other people interacted
Knox didn't scare me. Not the way he seemed to rattle Marigold.
But then again... I hadn't been locked up in a house for weeks.

"Boss" Thompson called out, throwing the door open
I didn't take my eyes off the interview though
"What?" I asked
"He's on meds? He's not been fucking medically checked yet?!" He asked angrily.

"No" I said blankly
"You need to get her out of there. I told you this was a bad idea in the first place-"
"I'm getting my result. Whether you like it or not" I said.

"You're going to get our asses handed to us on a fucking plate!" He shouted
"Calm down" I said
"No. You've lost complete control of this case. She shouldn't be in there. We should have halted any further interviewing. None of this will be admissible in court!" He shouted, throwing the folder he had down on the table behind me.

"I'm taking any fall. Now quiet down. Or piss off" I said, arms crossed
He came closer
"This whole case. Is now fucked. Because of you. And us? We're done. You're finished after this. That's if you're not taking half of us with you!" He shouted, leaving the room.

Great. Now I only have a limited amount of time before the big bosses halt this.
Thompson just didn't understand. I needed this. I needed him to admit what he's done
With or without the interview. He'll lead us to the bodies.

✖️Marigold✖️

"And then there was... Aiden" he mumbled
"Aiden? Aiden Randell?" I asked shocked
He nodded
"He wouldn't shut up about you. Sure he was drunk but... the comments he was making, he couldn't have just walked away from that baby. Not after what he said" he explained.

"So you... you're saying you killed him?" I asked
"With a bottle. I'll admit I... I don't remember it. I don't remember any of it. I just remember sitting on the floor afterwards. That's how it is for most of them... I just kind of... fade out" he explained seriously, staring at the table.

"Maddox..."
He chuckled
"You wanted them in order?" He asked, I nodded
"Then Maddox wasn't next" he said
I waited silently. He wanted me to ask. He wanted me hanging on every word.

"Remember the guy that robbed you?" He asked, every time I felt like he couldn't shock me anymore, another one ran through my body
"Yes" I stuttered out
"Come on baby, you've learnt by now that I don't like people treating you badly" he said.

"What did you do?" I asked
"Don't worry... I didn't kill him. I just... gave him some advice to never do it again" he explained
"You're sick" I breathed out
"No. I'm in love. They're completely different things" he replied.

"And Maddox?" I urged
"Why do you care?" He asked, his demeanour changing
"Why do you honestly care? He treated you like shit, he cheated on you fuck knows how many times. He continued fucking those whores even when he wanted you back. Fuck... he left you alone and scared that night you got fucking robbed. That never would have happened if he was a decent human being and took you home!" He shouted.

"He was still a person. He didn't deserve to die, sure I didn't exactly like him anymore but he didn't deserve that, that's not a reason to murder someone" I cried
"He deserved everything he got! You don't see it do you? You don't see the way people look at you. The way people want you. The way he spoke about you... when you have someone like you flower... someone so pure and so innocent. Someone so wanted. You need to protect it at all costs!" he said, standing up again.

"Maddox knew that. And he wasn't strong enough. He looked elsewhere. He never deserved you. Never!"
"But me... I have done everything to make you happy. To keep you safe. To keep you with me. All I've done since the moment I laid eyes on you is think of you. Do everything I've done... for you" he breathed out honestly.

"You're mine Marigold. You always will be. No matter how much you outrun it" he said, his eyes burning into mine.
It felt like he was literally taking the air out of my lungs with each passing second
Each passing second that felt like a lifetime but truly wasn't.

Then the door opened.
"Miss Moreau, we need to break" Detective Thompson spoke from behind me
I looked at him, my conscious coming back. He was here. I wasn't alone with Knox
I stood up
"No. We're not finished yet" Knox said strongly, glaring at Thompson.

"You are now" he said simply, widening the door for me
I hesitated, taking one last glance at Knox, before I left, despite his shouting and his protests.

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