Finding Jack

Chapter 5: I got you, You got me

                                                                                *Jinx in the bio*
1 week later
8:02 am

*Door slams*

Jumping up as I hear the door slam following the cabinets in the kitchen being slammed. Knowing who's causing the commotion I attempt to go back to sleep, seeing it's 8am I figured I'd get a couple more hours in before dealing with my dads craziness.

"JAAACKKYY!! JACK!!" I hear my dad yelling like he's lost it. In a rage I run down stairs.

"WHAT!!?" He's been acting like the child lately so maybe I should talk to him like one.

    Hearing the tone in my voice must have surprised him because he leaned back with wide eyes and a hand on his chest.

  "Clutch ya pearls daddy!" Emily says in a giggle hiding on the side of the sofa peeping around.

   Almost as if that triggered him, he looked at me and I couldn't recognize him. Throwing cups and other kitchen ware tearing down the now roach infested kitchen. When it once held so much joy and love. Before I knew it my dad had cornered me.

  "YOU DON'T HEAR ME TALKING BOY!!??" He says through his teeth as he sends a blow to my stomach. I guess it angered him that I stumbled back  instead of falling down this time because he immediately sent another to my jaw sending me to the floor.

   "I RUN THIS HOUSE YOU REMEMBER THAT BOY!" he says as he stammers away

  "And clean this damn kitchen" he murmurs right before he lays in the same spot he's been laying in since my mother past.

    Looking around and spotting a shivering Emily made my stomach turn. We've never seen my father act this way so I know for her it must be really hard. He was once her favorite and now she's scared of him and his outburst.

*Coughing up blood and wincing in pain as I limp to her, grabbing her in my arms*

   "I don't like daddy he's not nice without mommy " she says through her sobbing.

    "Have I ever let you down?" I ask her while rubbing her back and wiping her tears.

  Shaking her head while resting it on my chest. "No" she says tiredly.

   "Well, I promise you, I got you and you got me and as long as you got me you don't have to worry about anything. Ima figure this out and we'll be straight one day. You just gotta promise me something?."

  "What?!" She says excitedly almost as if we are sharing secrets.

   "Believe in me and be patient." I say knowing this is new for me too and that it may take some time, but I'll do anything to make sure Emily is straight.

   "I promise" she says while holding up a pinky.

  Rolling my eyes and chuckling we link pinky's and go clean ourselves up.

                                                                                                    -

                                                                                                 Jacky

*same day*
4:37pm

*Phone ringing*
Pacing back and forth anticipating what it is I'm doing but before I could finish that thought I was interrupted by the phone being picked up.