The Monster Amongst Us

Chapter 4: Telling the truth & nothing else but the truth

Mom was sitting on the sofa, sipping her coffee and watching her shows as I came inside the house. I sat next to her, sighed, breathed in a deep breath and released it. She looked over at me, as if she knew something bad had happened. "Mom, I need to tell you something." She set her coffee mug down and lowered the volume on the tv and then just pressed pause. "First answer this Corona, why did the girls come in and not say anything and just run right upstairs? I called after them and they just kept on going up those stairs. What's going on Corona?" I couldn't not tell her; I couldn't lie and hide what happened today. "Mom, we went to the beach with a monster! Uncle Divoc is sick and evil." Tears started to form in my eyes and roll down my cheek...again. She hugged me and the uncontrollable sobbing began. "Corona, you can tell me anything, you never have to be afraid to tell me anything, no matter what it is, I am here for you!" She wiped my tears from my cheeks, "tell me what happened Corona, tell me why you're upset." I wiped my nose with the back of my hand, yeah I know that's nasty but a girl's gotta use what she has available, I didn't have any tissues, so the back of my hand did the job. "Mom, I should have never trusted Uncle Divoc to take us to the beach. I should have listened to that little voice that I heard saying it was a bad idea. I should have just sat outside on our stoop being hot and bored out of my mind all day then to have gone with Uncle Divoc and taking them with me." Pointing upstairs where the girls were sitting at the top of the stairs not in their rooms being nosey and listening to our conversation. "Mom, it started out with Uncle Divoc putting his hand on my thigh, he got a call and moved his hand, I didn't think anything of it, but then it just didn't feel right, then all was good until we got to the beach. Hally and Juney ran into the water, so I ran after them. Then here comes Uncle Divoc, he pulls out his penis, it's hard and rubs it against my leg in the water. I splash him, he picked the girls up and put his hand under and inside their bathing suit bottom, leaving his hands grabbing and rubbing on their buttcheeks and under and in between Hally's swimsuit touching her private area. Mom, that was just some of the worst parts, I thought it was all by accident until he grabbed me and stuck his fingers in my boohole. I kicked him away and he starts going after Juney. I thought it was because Juney was pulling Hally by the hair, I thought he was going to help Hally, mom, I thought that he was going to stop them from playing rough in the water. I was wrong, Uncle Divoc grabbed Juney and picked her up and put his hand under her bikini bottom, I tried swimming to him to save her mom, I really did, but I wasn't fast enough. He then threw Juney into the water and grabbed Hally and kissed her right on the lips, then he put his hand under her bathing suit bottom massaging all over on Hally's butt cheek and starts moving his hand around trying to go back in between her legs. I finally got to Hally and reached my hands out to her to get her, Mom, I wanted to save her, I really tried." The sobbing began again, she hugged me tightly, "what else Corona? What else happened?" I snorted and tried catching my breath. "Mom, I screamed so loud cause the lifeguard was there. I shouted as loud as I could, Uncle Divoc give me my sister she doesn't want you. The lifeguard looks over, I knew he could tell that there was something wrong Mom, I knew it, then he blows his whistle and asks if everything was ok. Uncle Divoc lied through his dirty, crooked, stinky teeth. The lifeguard kept asking him questions, people start circling us, watching, taking pictures and videos. I ask to use the lifeguards' phone to call you, he wouldn't let me. I just wanted to go home, Mom, I wish we never went to the beach today with Uncle Divoc. After we get out of the water to go home, finally, Uncle Divoc grabs my hand, he jabbed me in hard in my chest, pushing and pinning me up against the truck so I can't move, squeezing my cheeks making my teeth break through my cheeks, drawing blood. He threatened me mom, told me, no one will ever believe me, and if I told worse things would happen to us." I could see the anger build inside my mom, I could feel her shaking, with a sad, weak voice she says, "girls get down here now." My sisters who were listening at the top of the stairs, came running down fast and loud, right into my mom's open arms. She hugged us for what seemed like forever, crying into our hair, which was now soaking wet from her tears. "Girls, do you know that any touching on your private area by anyone without your consent is wrong right?" My sisters looked up in wonder as if they had no clue what she's saying. "Mom, Uncle Divoc touched my buttcheek, his nails are rough and sharp, and his hands felt like sandpaper, he kissed Hally in the lips and mom his breaf stank so bad!" Juney said standing there looking at Hally, almost waiting for her to answer. Hally looked down, "mommy are you mad at us? Are you mad that we went to the beach and Uncle Divoc threw us in the water and touched our butts and he tickled my private mom?" She looked down almost afraid of what answer my mom would give. "Girls, listen. I am very proud of you for telling me, things like this should never ever be kept a secret especially when you're asked not to tell anyone." We all looked at each other in what felt like the world had stopped spinning and we were just floating there in the air waiting for our feet to touch the ground. "Mom, when Uncle Divoc got mad at the lifeguard he grabbed us and our stuff and made us leave. The ride home he was driving crazy speeding, I was scared, He said that if we told anyone that no one would believe us. He is evil mom; he is a monster.  How could someone you're supposed to trust, be a monster and want to hurt us?" Juney says. 

 I'm so glad we all told the truth and wasn't going to let Uncle Divoc get away with this. He's a monster who took his opportunity when he had us alone thinking he could do whatever he wanted to us. I'm glad we got it all out, despite what Uncle Divoc threatened to do next to us for telling. My mom, sat there almost at a loss for words, she wiped her face, "girls, I am beyond proud of you, never ever feel scared of telling your truth, never ever feel scared to come forward and tell me anything, this is a safe place always, and as your mother, I vow to protect you girls, with every breath I take as long as I am granted breath by the Grace Of God. Do me a favor, go upstairs and take a shower, change and play in your rooms for a bit. I have to call your father and make some other important calls, don't worry, I'm going to take care of this, you girls' have nothing to worry about." She hugged us and we ran upstairs, I looked back as she wiped the tears from her face, grabbed her cell phone and stepped outside to make her calls. I helped Hally run her bath and told Juney to get in with her. I went and brought in their bathroom scribbles to draw and color with. I waited till they were done and then I drained the water and got them out told them to go get dressed and head to their rooms to play. I undressed and got into the shower, I tried to scrub off every part of my body that Uncle Divoc touched with the hottest water, till I rubbed my skin raw. I hated that monster, I hated everything about him now. I hated the fact that he wasn't the person that he claimed to be, the doting uncle, that made you laugh at any chance he could get, he was no longer. He was now a hideous monster, a piece of trash in my eyes. He disguised his evil behind lies, deceit, manipulating everyone and anyone to truly know what kind of monster he really was. I wondered if Aunt Tessy knew what kind of evil man she married? I wondered if he had hurt my cousins? I got out of the shower and I got dressed, curling up in a ball on my bed and cried myself to sleep, thinking of how much I hated Uncle Divoc, the monster who fooled us all.