Warning ⚠️ Hints at child molestation (none happens) but read at your own risk.

Jerome POV

Time jump the baby is now just under a year old. However, she looks like she's still a newborn.

"Would you shut that brat up? All she ever does is cry." One of my mother's lover's complained and my mom groaned.

"Stupid brat always spoiling my fun. Now what do you want do you want huh?" My mother demanded grabbing the crying baby. The baby pawed at my mother's shirt causing her to shudder in disgust.

"No." She said sternly then shoved the baby in my arms. "Feed the little brat will you? I'm busy. Now where were we?" The Whore states as she slammed her bedroom door shut.

I rolled my eyes and sighed as my baby sister continued to cry after that whore left the room. Yes, I called my mother a whore. Why?

It's simple, because she is one. She has slept with every man single or married in the Circus. All that Whore cares about is drugs, alcohol and having "fun" as she calls it. Her only interest is our family is my twin Jeremiah. In her eyes he can do no wrong.

As I prepared the bottle, I sighed. I just didn't understand why that woman refused to breast feed her.

As I held her in my arms I winced. I was still in pain from the beating I had received earlier in the day. They were going to hit my baby sister, but I had stepped in just in time.

The baby seemed to understand this, as she didn't wiggle as I fed her. Once she was done, she yawned and I laid her down in the makeshift crib that my twin brother and I had made. As I rocked her, I hummed her a lullaby.

Several hours later, a new lover appears at our trailer he seemed amused when I answer the door spotting my sister in the crib.

"I heard that Lila had a baby girl but no one told me how beautiful she was." The whore's newest lover said in amazement. His eyes never leaving my little sister's sleeping form. Something about his gaze seemed almost predatory and I didn't like it one bit.

"Yeah well, she doesn't like to advertise us. She claims it spoils her evening. Most of her lover's are put off by the fact that she has kids."

"I see. May I come in?"

I shrug my shoulders and allow him to enter our trailer. "Sure. I am sure that my mother is expecting you. She's in the other room."

"Actually, I'd like to see your sister if you don't mind."

"I do mind." I replied blocking his way to her crib.

"Come now, I won't harm the little one. I just want to see her. I love little ones." Lila's lover said his eyes sparking as he glanced over at the crib. I glared at him.

"You sound like you want to devour her."

At this, the Whore's lover frowned "to be quite frank boy, I'm offended by your insinuation. What kind of monster do you take me for? I just want to hold her."

"Look, I just got her to sleep ok. Lila won't be happy if she wakes up. And quite honestly, I can't handle taking another beating in her place. So maybe later."

To my surprise the Whore's new lover
frowned in concern. "Beating? Lila beats her?" He asks glancing over at my baby sister a concerned look crossing his face.

"Not if I can help it but I'm not always around to protect her."

"I see. It seems that I have arrived just in time then. As for your comment about not wanting to wake her I'm sure you can pick her up without waking her. I'd really like to hold her."

"No." I replied blocking the way to the crib.

"Your trying my patience boy. Now, I'm going to ask this one more time and then I'm going to get angry. Let me see the baby."

"No."

"What is going on out here?" The Whore groaned as she stumbled out of her bedroom half dressed as usual.

"Your son is refusing to allow me to see let alone hold his sibling."

"Jerome what's gotten into you? He just wants to hold her." The Whore replied with a frown.

"I don't trust him. Why is he so interested in My Baby sister? He came to visit you right? So why don't you go have at it. Forget about us like usual." I reply receiving a slap
across the face in reply.

"Don't take that tone of voice with me boy! Who do you think you are? You have no right to object to anything! If my guest wants to see the little termite"

The Whore's new lover cocked an eyebrow at her and she quickly changed her comment. "I mean the precious little thing, he is more then welcome too." The Whore replies.

"I'm sorry about that Darling. My son can be a little over protective of the brat, I mean precious little thing." She replies as she hands my baby sister to him. He smiles victoriously as he seems to examine her.

"Smells like the little one could use a diaper change." He said as he removed her from her crib.

"Jerome, I thought I told you to bath and dress her? Go change her diaper and be quick about it."

"It's fine Lila. I'm more then happy to change her." The man replies carrying my sister towards the bathroom. "My my you are a stinky baby aren't you." I heard him coo at her.

"I'll change her I don't mind." I replied attempting to take her out of his embrace.

"Look kid, I already said that I'd change her, so if you know what's good for you, you'll drop it." The man hissed at me.

When I refused to back down, he handed my sister to that wh*re before raising his hand as if to deck me. I'm positive that He would have hit me if my baby sister hadn't let out an ear piecing wail.

Immediately his look of anger was replaced with one of concern. Grabbing my baby sister out of my mother's arms he carried her into the bathroom. I groan in frustration as I heard the door locking.

"You couldn't just do as you were told for once could you?" That whore of a woman hissed at me. Before kicking me a few more times as she grabbed a few beers from the refrigerator. "Why can't you be more like your brother?" She said sighing in disappointment.

A few minutes later, the man came out of the bathroom carrying my baby sister who was sporting a new diaper. "What took so long?" That wh*re whines and the man smiled.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were jealous of the baby."

"Desdemona." I reply.

"Excuse me?"

"Her name is Desdemona Valeska. Demona for short." Jerome replied.

Ignoring me, the Whore turns her attention back to her lover. "Shall we go have some fun in the other room?" The whore asks as she clumsily attempts to unzip the man's pants. I rolled my eyes as the man chuckled.

"So eager to please. Maybe later. Right now we have business to discuss. I will settle any price that you deem proper. I will pay what I must pay to take sweet little baby away. This is a duty I must heed. There is a promise I have made. I speak here in their voice of those who want to have a daughter. From this day I shall not forget my vow. This baby shall have a loving family now."

"What to do. What to say, shall you carry my treasure away? What a gem. What a pearl. Beyond rubies is my little girl. How can we talk of price? Let's not haggle for darling Deseray."

"Desdemona."

"Right, Demona. Have I done for my child what is best? I think so. Shared my bread shared each bone."

"Your feelings do credit Lila, and I shall ease the parting blow. Let's not talk of bargains or bones or debts or greed. Now may I say, we are agreed? No more words, here's your price, Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice, and I'll add in some good quality off the market medicines. You know, the good stuff that you can't get in stores. I can assure you, what I'm offering is the real deal. Not some knock off stuff you buy off the street. It won't take you to long to forget."

"You've got yourself a deal."

"I'll come by later tonight with said payment and to collect said property. It was doing business with you madam. I'll see you later."

"Must you be rushing off? I thought we could have some fun."

"Perhaps some other time. See you later little one." The man said blowing my sister a kiss causing the whore to frown.

"What was that all about?"

"None of your business." The Whore hissed at me.

Jeremiah POV

"It's about time you got home."

"What do you want Jerome?" I said with a sigh.

"We've got a problem."

"Oh yeah, what is it this time?"

"Lila had a visitor earlier today."

"Yeah so? What's so unusual about that?"

"He wasn't a lover. It seemed like he was visiting for some type of business transaction of some sort."

"What makes you think that?"

"The man offered mom 1500 for what he called property, plus some as he put it off the market medicines. Stuff you couldn't get in stores. He said it was the good quality stuff not the knock off stuff you get in the streets."

"Did they mention what he was purchasing?"

"Your not going to like this, but I think it was our baby sister."

"What?" Jeremiah replies with a slight growl. When it comes to Bella he's as protective over her as I am. "Ha ha very funny Jerome. You had me scared for a moment."

"This isn't a joke Jeremiah! That whore sold our baby sister for $1500 and for some illegal drugs."

"Watch what you call her, like it or not she's still our mother, and she deserves our respect. Your sick you know that? I know our mother hasn't always been the best mom, but she's doing her best. It may not always seem like it, but I know that she loves us. She'd never do something like this. I'm ashamed to call you my brother, coming up with such a cruel lie."

"I should have known you'd take her side after all, you are the favorite son. Well, if you don't want to believe me, fine. I'll go talk to someone who will."

"Don't you dare involve Quinn is this!" I hiss at him shoving him he proceeded to shove me back.

"Boys stop! What are you fighting about now?"

"It's nothing Quinn. Don't worry about it." I reply but Quinn frowns. She can always tell when I'm lying.

"Don't lie to me Jeremiah. Now tell me why you too are fighting."

I groaned running my hand through my hair in frustration. "We just had a disagreement on something. It's a family thing. You wouldn't understand."

At this, Quinn frowned and turned her attention to Jerome "well? Are you going to tell me it's a family matter too or are you going to tell me the truth?"

Jerome POV

I tried to hide my smile as Jeremiah screwed up majorly by telling Quinn that our fight was about something that didn't concern her and that she wouldn't understand. "Well?" She replied tapping her foot impatiently.

"He's right, it is a family issue however, as far as I'm concerned you are family. So I'd be happy to tell you what our disagreement was about."

"Shut up Jerome!" Jeremiah hissed at me but I just smirked at him in reply.

"Sorry bro, no can do. Quinn has a right to know."

"Don't do this." Jeremiah begged but I wasn't going to back down not this time. "You know she won't understand."

"Excuse me? Won't understand what?" Quinn replied her eyes flashing in anger. I couldn't help but chuckle. "You find something funny Gingernut?" And I frown. She knows I hate that nickname. "Tell me what your arguing about NOW!" Quinn hissed at me and I held my hands up in surrender.

"OK. I overheard Lila planning on doing something terrible. However, when I told Jeremiah about what I had overheard, he refused to believe me. So I told him that if he didn't want to believe me then I'd go find someone who would. He didn't want me to involve you in this, so he attacked me. That's when and you showed up."

"What has She done now?" Quinn replies with a sigh.

Jeremiah shakes his head and mouths the words "don't" at me but I ignore him.

"If what I overheard was correct, she sold our baby sister Desdemona for drugs and a fifteen hundred dollars."

"She did WHAT??" Quinn demanded angrily glaring over at our trailer.

"Quinn, you can't possibly believe that our mother could be capable of doing something so horrible do you? She maybe a lot of things, but cruel isn't one of them."

"You've got to be kidding me! Lila spends all her time drinking, doing drugs and having sex. She lets her many lover's physically abuse Jerome and possibly your baby sister. Hell, she's even done it herself. Face it Jeremiah, she is a horrible mother."

"She's still our mother." Jeremiah muttered refusing to meet Quinn's gaze.

"I'm going to go have a word with my mother. Lila can't be allowed to get away with this." With that Quinn turns and rushes off.

Jeremiah POV

I quickly follow suit. I have to convince her that this is some cruel prank. "Quinn wait. This is Jerome we are talking about. He loves making up stories. We both know that he despises our mother. He'll say anything to get her into trouble."

"Stop defending her Jeremiah! She's a cruel heartless woman! I'm sick and tired of her getting away with everything all the time! And Why? Because she bangs all the men in the circus including my own father!" Quinn hisses at me. "She's the reason my mother lost my sibling did you know that?"

"My parents got into an argument over her and he accidentally pushed my mother causing her to fall. The fall harmed the baby. The medicine woman warned my parents that if she carried the baby to full term that either one or both of them could die. My mother didn't care she wanted to keep the baby."

"However, when the medicine woman warned again the severity of this choice so my father ordered the medicine woman to abort the baby. My parents relationship hasn't been the same since."

"Your mother is a slut who couldn't keep her legs shut if her life depended on it. She's a heartless woman and I can't believe that your defending her after everything she's done." Quinn hissed at me.