[CW: reference to violence]


Elijah had left him there handcuffed, attended by another constable. This time he wasn't dealing with Elijah. This time he was probably not going to be let go after a warning. 

He hadn't regretted it as Elijah had taken it to the station. He'd beat that bastard's face into a bloody pulp any time he could. What had he done to Alice? Mr. Meijer was it? Yes, he remembered it now. Had he been preying on Rose too? How many of his children had that bastard tried to seduce? God, for all he knew he wats preying on Elijah too! If they hadn't stopped him he'd have knocked the fellow unconscious, then castrated him. Bastard. He was to blame for everything! For everything! So Ben could leave his own guilt safely tucked away and unexamined. 

But as he sat here in the station, cuffed and waiting for the sergeant to charge him, the rage slowly left him and worry started taking it's place. What was going to happen? They needed to let him go tomorrow. If they didn't, he could lose his place on the boat. Then what of his children? Elijah wouldn't let it get that far, surely. 

But Elijah wasn't here.