KENNY
            Chapter 12

“This is Robin Flowers on KTVA channel 7 and tonight we have with
us Kenneth Jacobs, the hero at the hospital last week and with
him are two young ladies; Consuela Gomez and Barbara Hicks. These
are two of the people Kenneth saved from gunmen in the emergency
room. First off Ken, I understand that you were injured. Are you
not healed yet?”

Ken looked down at the sling on his left arm and grinned. “Not
completely Robin, I should be able to get rid of this after I see
the doctor tomorrow. Barb here is going to help me with some
physical therapy then.”

Robin turned to Barb. She asked her and Connie about what had
happened and what they had each been feeling, how scared they
were and what they thought of Ken’s actions.

“What do think would have happened if Ken hadn’t been there
Barb?”

“Well, it would probably have turned into a hostage situation
when the police showed up. The police don’t have a very good
record when it comes to hostages Robin. I’m sure that Ken saved
two or more people from injury or death. I know that he saved the
man who was shot. Five or ten minutes later and he would have
bled out. Ken got the doctor to him just in time.”

“But he killed a man too Barb, don’t you think that is wrong?”

“Sure, it’s too bad that he died, but it was his own fault; not
Ken’s. I was in the exam room with Ken, I was about to look at
his arm, when Drake came in and knocked me to the floor. I heard
what he was saying and I saw the scalpel in his hand. He was
going to hurt Ken as much as he could and then go after me. I was
just realizing that I was in big trouble when Ken spun around and
Drake fell. Ken only hit him once, and there is no way he
expected to kill the man with a bedpan. It was an accident. If
Ken had grabbed the knife and stabbed Drake in the chest, then
that would have been murder, but in this case it was just an
accidental death.”

Robin turned to Connie then and asked, “Would you agree with this
Consuela? Was Ken just acting in everyone’s best interest?”

“Why are you treating him this way Ms. Flowers? You act like he
was trying to get famous or something. Drake followed me home and
then called his friends to the hospital; Ken did nothing without
just cause.”

“What about when he saved you the first time a couple of months
ago? Did he need to hurt those men as badly as he did?”

“There were three men who intended to rape my employers and me
and my mother. He stopped them and once they were down he didn’t
do anything else.”

“Two concussions and a broken jaw is not just stopping those men
Consuela.”

“One against three, what else would you have him do Ms. Flowers?
They had ropes and gags to use on us. They even had a key to the
house. Ken couldn’t take any chances.”

“Then what about this, Ms. Gomez?” A screen lit up behind Robin
Flowers showing a parking lot at night. “A friend at the San
Francisco airport sent me this yesterday. A young man was
complaining about being attacked Saturday. When airport security
looked at the tape this is what they saw.”
The scene on the screen went into motion and showed a slim man
wearing a hoody running away from a woman with a white purse in
his hand. The woman was gesturing but not attempting to follow
the man. A chubby woman pushing a baby stroller appeared into the
scene on the left and suddenly she kicked a trash can into the
path of the purse-napper. The man skipped sideways then tried to
run past a man and woman who were following the chubby woman.
Suddenly the crook was on the ground and the walking man was
picking up the purse. He then trotted over to the woman it was
stolen from and moved away. The whole scene only lasted 30
seconds and left the audience silent.

“Do you deny that you were there and that Ken Jacobs hit that
young man? Let’s see that in slow motion.” Robin turned to the
screen again and the portion of the video where Ken stepped in
and leveled the running crook. He was seen to drop the duffle bag
he was carrying and step to the side as he swung his arm at the
runner.

Ken stood up then, he had been largely ignored and had decided
that enough was enough. “What do you expect me do Ms. Flowers?
You there, the cameraman; would you have stood by and let the
crook escape? The damn fool is just lucky he didn’t try to go
after my mom, she would have crippled him. Mom grew up on the
docks and you don’t want to mess with her.”

The cameraman looked at Robin Flowers first, then he answered,
“No, I probably would have had to do something; but there is no
way I would have been able to clothesline the man the way you
did.”

“Maybe not, but you would have done something. Come on girls, I
think this interview is over.”

Robin Flowers jumped up, “Wait a minute, we’re not done yet.”

“Yes we are, c’mon Connie. Barb, how would you like to meet my
mother and daughter?”

Ken took Connie’s arm and the three headed out of the studio.

“If you leave you won’t have any control over what we say about
you, you’ll be yesterday’s news.”

“Why thank you Ms. Flowers; that’s the best thing you could have
said to me. As far as having no control, you have done everything
but call me a publicity seeking thug with me sitting beside you,
how will us walking out make any difference?”

Barb giggled and looked up at Ken, “Your mom sounds like fun,
let’s go.”

And just like that, Ken’s moment of fame was over. The station
never ran the aborted interview, and interest in Ken dropped when
the hotel heiress forgot to wear her panties to an opening (pun
intended).

Barb and Rosemary got along together very well, but the emergency
room nurse was surprisingly uncomfortable with Mallory. Ken would
have thought that a nurse would be good with kids.

Connie and she were alone for a moment and Connie asked, “What
gives with you and Mallory Barb?”

“I don’t know Connie; I can’t seem to connect with her. I usually
don’t have any trouble with kids, as your little guy shows.”
Stefan had crawled all over Barb when she sat down on the couch.
“Maybe it’s because I see how Ken looks at her and I know that I
could never compete. You I can fight, but he loves that little
girl completely.”

“Oh Barbara; it’s not a competition hon. You’re not trying to
take away his love from Mallory, or even from Rose. What you need
to do is to add yourself as someone for him to love. Mallory has
captured a large chunk of his heart, but there is plenty left for
the rest of us. If you try to insinuate yourself between him and
Mallory, you will lose. Ken could never replace Stefan with me,
but he sure could stand beside him.” Connie was looking at Ken on
his knees with Stefan building something with blocks.

Later Ken and Rose were sitting in his cabin watching Mallory
sleep. The TV was on for background, but neither of them had any
idea what was on it.

“So fess up son, why haven’t you told me anything the last couple
of years? Have I been that piss poor a mother that you had to
hide from me?”

“Its not that mom, I was just so ashamed. I know that I have
never lived up to your and dad’s expectations, and I didn’t want
to disappoint you any further. When Belinda turned out to be such
a witch and I knew that Mallory wasn’t really mine, I didn’t want
to get your hopes up and then smash them down.”

“Yep, a piss poor mom. How could you ever think that your father
and I were ever anything but damn proud of you? We were worried
that you didn’t date, but we were always proud of you son. I had
a long talk with those sisters who adopted you.” Ken started
blushing, “Yes, they told me about that too. I’m glad that they
took an interest in your education; I sure couldn’t have done
that for you. My biggest question for you is what made you think
that your father and I were fuckin’ idiots?”

Ken looked at his mother with a shocked expression.

“We lived out here for 6 years and we damn well know a lot of
people and have kept in touch with some of them. We have known
since that bitch conned you into marrying her just what has been
going on. Your father has kept me from interfering like I wanted
to, but when the fucking skank ditched you like she did I just
about shit a brick. She’s fucking lucky that Marta stepped in
when she did or I was going to have that slut’s guts for garters.
When the private detective called the police on her he saved her
too. The waitress she left my granddaughter with is a friend of
mine and was keeping me up to date on Belinda’s activities.
Belinda didn’t know that Shanna was totally trustworthy; hell the
fucking bitch didn’t even know her. If the damned courts try to
give Mallory back to the bitch they are going to have to find her
first. That biker gang will make her disappear if I ask them to.

“You have been working your ass off trying to do the right thing
and I have been bleeding for you son. Now that you have things
going good again I guess that I can relax. The thing you need to
know you dumb shit, is that I have a reach that can jam a boot up
your ass if you don’t take care of that little girl. I know that
you aren’t her cum donor, but she has your name and I can see how
much you love her.”

“I’m amazed mom. I guess inside I knew better than to try and
hide anything from you. I’m glad that you didn’t step in when you
could have, ‘cause then I would never have gotten this chance
with Marta and Marcia.”

“I know son, and you wouldn’t have met Connie either. When are
you going to show her some lovin’? You know she wants it, her
pussy drools whenever you are in the room, and I know you can
recognize that smell now.”

“Mom! I’m sure you’re wrong about that. Connie is thankful to me
for saving her from rape is all. As soon as she comes to her
senses she’ll be out looking for someone again.”

“Bullshit buddy boy. She may have been thinking thank you at
first, but when you showed up at the hospital with that fucking
spear looking like Schwarzenegger in his prime her panties
flooded and the little slit started thinking about more kids.”

“Well if that’s the case, why is she pushing me off on Barb?”

“Damned if I know, but I will be talking to her about it. If I
had to guess, I’d say that she knows that miss hot pants nursie
just wants a roll in the hay and will probably drop you
afterwards. Then she can roll your sad dick into her cooze and
comfort you. Hell, I drove your dad to three different fucking
whores before he asked me out. Once he sampled the free shit he
never went back.”

“Gee thanks mom. I really needed to know that. I always thought
that you intimidated him into marrying you.”

“Are you shitting me boy? Look at me, I have never been a beauty
queen and I was always glad to get whatever I could. Your dad is
a big stud and he ain’t threatened by me in any way. He is in
control in our marriage and has always been, and I sure as hell
like it that way. He doesn’t say much, but when he does I fuckin’
listen. Now get your ass to bed, we’ll talk more tomorrow.”

Rose had been sleeping on the recliner in Ken’s cabin. She was
comfortable there and had been sleeping in one at home as well.
Sometimes she had trouble breathing when supine and the slight
elevation of her head provided by the recliner helped. Ken had
volunteered his bed, but she had refused. One plus was that this
way Mallory could crawl up on “gamma Ros” in the morning to wake
her up. Rose was in heaven.

Rose did have the conversation with Connie and warned her that
her plans may not work out as she hoped. “If all else fails girl,
show up at his door naked and drippin’ cunt cream; he’s not
likely to turn that down. Whatever you do, don’t get into a knock
down cat fight with miss nursie, Ken won’t give a shit about
either of you then. I’m amazed at how much violence he has been
forced into lately. At most schools he would have to demonstrate
at least once that he wasn’t to be fucked with. Usually he would
pick the biggest bully and beat the shit out of him. It rarely
took more than one or two punches before they learned to leave
him the fuck alone. He looks damned good now, but the little shit
has always been strong. He takes after his dad and my dad that
way.”

Rose had one final indignity to bestow before she left for home
on Friday. Mallory had her first appointment with the
pediatrician Thursday. It was the same man who took care of
Stefan, and Marta trusted him. Rose gave him a little incentive
though, she described just what would happen to him if her
granddaughter came to harm because of him. He knew without a
doubt that when she was done he would be able to wear his
testicles as earrings.

Ken finally left his mother at the airport and he and Mallory
returned home. He had a date with Barb tonight. Dinner and a
movie was what he had planned. Connie was going to baby-sit.

Ken was unsure about the wisdom of dating Barb at all; he just
felt that it had no future. What the hell though, he would have
the chance to spend some time with a lovely woman. There was no
down side to that.

Everything was going as planned. Ken picked Barb up at her
apartment and drove them to dinner. As they were having an after
dinner drink, Barb wine and Ken 7up, Ken asked her what type of
movies she liked.

“To hell with a movie Ken. What I want you to do next is to take
me home and fuck my brains out. I’ve had enough foreplay for five
dates and I want the real thing. Think you are up for that?”