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When Shantelle saw that her Instacart deliverer was Darnell, her heart dropped in the pit of her stomach. She knew that if Joe saw him at the door, he would lose his shit, and she felt that they were finally in a good place and she didn't need any more problems.

"Well..hello there love. I have your delivery, I see you've got quite a bit of groceries." Darnell said with a huge smile.

"Yes I do." Shantelle replied not cracking a smile.

"Do you need help putting it away?" He asked.

"Absolutely not, that's what my husband is here for." Shantelle said with a serious face.

"Well it is indeed a lot of groceries, are you sure I can't assist you?" Darnell asked again.

"No, no you may not." Shantelle rolling her eyes. "But can I ask you a question, well two questions?"

"Yes."

"One....why are you working for Instacart and second, why did you select my order to deliver?" She asked, curious.

"Well, I have a criminal background to answer your first question." He replied.

Shantelle eyes widened at this revelation.

"Criminal background? What did you do?" She asked, wanting to know more.

"Well, several years ago, I was an accomplice to a botched home invasion which led to a elderly woman being killed. I wasn't caught but I have a criminal background for other non-violent crimes." He said.

"I see." She replied.

"And to answer your second question, I wanted to see you again." He replied smiling.

"I don't know what for. As I told you, I am a HAPPILY married woman, so I really don't know what to tell you." Shantelle announced.

"Well at least I can see you as I deliver your groceries." Darnell replied.

At that moment, Shantelle heard a voice she hadn't hoped to hear...

"Hey baby, I'm done with the..." Joe began to say before he stopped dead in his tracks.

Shantelle closed her eyes, when she heard growling, snarling and snorting.

"GRRRRRR!!!!!! ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING AT MY GODDAMN DOOR??!!! HUH?!!! SSSSHHHAAANNNTTTEELLEE!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HEEEERRRREEEE!!!!" Joe roared.

"Joe please calm down." Shantelle said softly.

"IF YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN ONE MORE MUTHAFUCKIN' TIME....ANSWER MY DAMN QUESTION!!!" Joe growled, spinning around facing his wife.

"He delivered our groceries. You told me to use Instacart remember?" She sighed.

Against his better judgement, Darnell interrupted the couple...

"Hey bloke don't talk to your wife like that! It's bloody rude!" He said.

Joe blinked and slowly turned around to address the voice that dared to speak to him...

"Muthafucka.....what the fuck did you just say to me?" Joe said in a eerily calm and quiet voice.

"I said don't talk to your wife like that!!' It's bloody rude!!! You obviously don't know how to treat a lady, because you're behaving like an uncouth hooligan who just emerged from a cave!!" Darnell retorted.

Suddenly, without saying another word, Joe took his shirt off and went on the attack....

Joe immediately lunged at Darnell spearing him, sending him sprawling through the glass door. They began fighting with Joe gettting the better of Darnell as he was on top of him raining down punch after punch on him.

"Muthafucka!!!! I'm not uncouth!!!!! I'ma crazy ass Samoan!!!! There's a difference!!!" Joe screamed as he continued to pound on Darnell and then he wrapped his hands around his throat.

Shantelle tried to intervene by pulling on Joe's shoulders trying to pull him off Darnell, but those huge arms weren't budging...

"Joe!!! Baby!!! Please!!! Stop it!!! You're gonna get in trouble!!!" She screamed.

"I don't give a fuck!!! I'm sick of his bitch ass!! Now get off me!!!" Joe yelled, shaking his wife off of him.

"Oh my god, someone help me!! My husband's gonna kill him!!!" Shantelle shrieked.

All of a sudden, the neighbors in the cul de sac came out of their homes and cars to see what all the commotion was about.

"Someone call the police!" One neighbor said frantically.

"How uncivilized." Another neighbor scoffed.

The temporary distraction allowed Darnell to get the upper hand on Joe and get a few punches of his own in. But it didn't make a difference as the much stronger and bigger Joe regained the upper hand, by picking up Darnell and throwing him against his car, continuing his brutal assault.

"DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT IF I SAW YOU AGAIN I WAS GONNA KILL YO ASS?! HUH?!!" Joe yelled.

Nic rushed out of his door and tried to get Joe's attention....

"Hey Joe!!!! Knock it off!!! The cops are coming!" Nic yelled.

"I ain't knockin' shit off!!!! I'm gon' put this muthafucka in a body bag!" Joe screamed as he had Darnell in a dragon sleeper chokehold.

Shantelle began to cry. Her husband was gonna end up in a jail cell, she felt it.

At that moment, three police cars pulled up to investigate the disturbance.

"Freeze!! Sheriff's Department!!! Let him go!!!!!" One deputy yelled.

"No!!!! I can't let go!!! He won't allow me to let go!!!! Ahhhhh!!!" Joe yelled, still holding on to Darnell, who had gone limp.

"Sir let him go right now or we're gonna taze you!!!!" Another deputy yelled.

"Come on Joe, quit being a fuckin' hot head and do what the officer says." Nic pleaded.

"Please baby!!" Shantelle wailed.

It was the heartbreaking tearful pleas of his wife that made Joe release the hold.

"Fine then!!" Joe said as he released the hold, shoving Darnell away from him.

At that moment, Darnell started coughing, indicating that he was still able to breathe.

"Sir, would you like to press charges?" One deputy asked Darnell.

"Yes, he bloody attacked me unprovoked." Darnell croaked, holding his throat.

"Sir, stand up, turn around and place your hands behind your back." The deputy instructed.

"No!!! Why the fuck am I being arrested?!" Joe asked.

"Just obey or we will charge you with resisting arrest!" The deputy said.

"Fine, I can't be cuffed from the back, due to my shoulder." Joe said, offering his hands forward. Soon as he was handcuffed, he snapped, attacking the deputies.

"Leave me the fuck alone!!!" Joe screamed, as he began fighting with law enforcement.

As Joe was fighting with law enforcement, he was tazed by another deputy.

"Arrgggghh!!!!" Joe yelled as he collapsed to the pavement in agony. Suddenly, the deputies picked up Joe and placed him in the paddy wagon that was now at the scene which immediately drove away.

"Oh my god Nic! They're taking him to jail. What am I gonna do?" Shantelle sobbed on his shoulder.

"He'll get out doll. Don't worry. I'll call in a few favors." Nic reassured her patting her on the shoulder, in an attempt to console her.

Just then, Darnell spoke up, as the EMTs who had recently arrived, were treating him...

"I'm sorry love. I had no choice. He attacked me for no reason. I was just doing my job." He croaked holding his throat.

Shantelle immediately lifted her head from Nic's shoulder and turned to Darnell...

"YOU DID THIS!!! YOU SENT MY HUSBAND TO JAIL!!! YOU THIRST BUCKET!!! YOU RAT BASTARD!!! I COULD KILL YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!!! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!!! MARK MY WORDS!!!" Shantelle screamed attempting to lunge at him, unsuccessfully as Nic was restraining her.

"Calm down doll. He ain't worth it!" Nic said as he was restraining her.

Nic then addressed Darnell...

"Hey wise guy, do yourself a favor and finish your treatment and then get lost. This woman is like a daughter to me. I don't wanna see you around here again!! Capish?!" Nic said to Darnell.

Following Nic's advice and not knowing what to say, Darnell completed his treatment with the paramedics and promptly left the scene.

TBC
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