Scared To Death

Chapter 7

We quickly took our seats. I put my head down in my hands but then I heard the doors open and Jack walked threw. I wanted to run into his arms. I could tell that he wanted to do the same. He took his seat and looked behind him. He looked at his family and then me and smiled. I tried to smile back, but I couldn’t. I looked back down at my hands and then I heard someone walk in threw the doors. We all turned around and my dad, and Guy walked in. They looked at me and smiled. I cringed back into Cameron. He wrapped his arms around me. I saw the bailiff come in.

“All rise!” he said. We all stood up. “Judge Price is present.” he said and then the Judge walked out.

“You may sit,” she said, and then we did.

“Mr. Wright, defend your client.” she said. Jack’s lawyer stood up.

“My client, Mr. Ford, couldn’t of done this. Because one month ago, the week that he went to jail. We caught on tape of Ms. Selene’s dad, and best friend Guy beat her.”

“Do you have the tape?” she asked.

“Yes,” he said and brought out the projector. He started to play the video. I put my head down so I didn’t have to watch it.

“And we also have pictures of her marks after.” he said and played the pictures in a slideshow. We watched and then it ended.

“Is that all you have?”

“Yes, your Honor.” he said.

“Ok,” she said and shuffled threw papers. The lawyer sat down. “Lawyer Long, defend your client.”

“Ok, first off. The video could be them pretending to beat her.” he said pointing towards Jack’s family. “And the pictures, well the could of put her head on a different body.” he said.

“Liar!” I stood up and screamed.

“Sit down!” the judge yelled to me. Cameron and Rose were pulling my shoulders. I glared at Long. I sat down, still glaring.

“I’m done.” he said and he sat back down. I heard the judge shuffle papers, and then she looked up.

“Go on,” she said and waved her hand to Jack’s lawyer.

“Ok, I call Selene to the stands.” he said. Everyone looked at me. I stood up and slowly walked to the stand. I sat down and he walked up to me.

“Selene, what happened one month ago, after Jack went to jail?” he asked.

“You want what happened all that day?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said.

“Ok, well I went to see Jack and you came.” I said. I looked around at everyone.

“Then what happened after you left?”

“I went home set them up, walked into my room. But when I heard my dad and his friend come in I walked into my room and locked the door. I went to get the window open but I forgot I locked it and my dad got the door down. And you know what happens after that.” I said.

“What happened after the beatings?”

“I went to Jack’s house knowing his dad was a doctor.” I said.

“And what did he do?”

“He gave me an X-ray, and told me that I had no broken bones, and he put me on pain killers.” I said.

“And after that?” he pressed.

“I went to see Jack. I got there and sat down with him and talked but then my dad came and he dragged me out.”

“He literally dragged you out?”

“No, but he grabbed my arm roughly and pulled me out.”

“What happened after you were in the car?”

“I saw that we were passing Jack’s house so I took a chance. I jumped out of the car. I saw Jack’s sister, Rose, come out and she helped me, and so did every other person in his family.” I said.

“Any broken bones then?”

“No, I needed major stitches in my leg.” I said.

“Ok, one more question.” he said. “Did Jack ever hit you?”

“No,” I said.

“Ok, I’m done.” he said, and then walked back and took his seat.

“Mr. Long continue.” the Judge said, waving him to come forward.

“Ok,” he said, and walked forward. I glared at him.

Who does this bitch think she is?
his thoughts screamed. she’s not going to win. Her dad paid me big bucks to keep Jack in jail.

I felt my anger go threw me as it boomed loud. Then you could see lightning coming threw the windows.

Calm down now!
I breathed in and in trying to calm down. It didn’t work. I was still tense.
“Selene, when was the first time your dad beat you?”
“The night my mother died.” I whispered. I’m sure no human heard it, but I’m sure every vampire in the room did.
“Repeat that.”
“The night my mother died,” I said louder the tears started to spill over.
“How come you never told anyone about it?”
“He threatened me! I was 10 I was scared! I saw my own mom get beat to death!” I said starting to yell.
“Typical,” he said.
“Excuse me?” I asked.
“Of course you were ‘scared’.” I was so confused. “You were afraid that you would lose your dad!” he said.
“Oh my fucking God! Are fucking kidding me! Why in the world would I be afraid of losing him!? He beat me every fucking chance that he got!” I yelled standing up. I felt tears slip down my face.
“Order!” the judge yelled at me. “I will not have that in my courtroom! Escort, Ms. Miller out!” I looked at her shocked.
How dare she!
I glared and then I got up. The bailiff grabbed my arm and led me out. I got a glimpse of Jack and he was looking at me with so many emotions going across his face. I finally broke contact with his eyes when we walked out of the room. He led me to a chair. I sat down while he stood in front of me.
“Sit here. I will come and get you when your needed.” he said.
“Yeah, yeah.” I said. He stared at me and then walked away. I watched as he closed the doors. I sat there and stared outside. I finally got bored and stood up and walked outside. I saw by the fountain as the rain poured on me. I closed my eyes. I tried to read there minds to see what was happening they were blocking me.
“Dam,” I muttered.
I heard someone chuckle. I opened my eyes and saw Lucifer. I quickly stood up.
“What do you want?” I asked.
“I told you I was going to make you pay.” he said. He started to walk forward. I leaned backwards and I fell in the fountain. He laughed. I tried to get up but I couldn’t move. He was soon hovering over me. I cringed back into the water.
“Poor, poor selene. Now what will poor Jack do without you.” he said. I felt the tears go down my face. He then pulled back his fist and hit me in my chest. I then blacked out.
the judge yelled in her head. Cameron yelled threw his thoughts.