broken wings

chapter 39 diner with Bellamy

Bellamy sat himself down on the couch opposite of us and Julia went towards the kitchen with the groceries but not before sending me a wink causing me to blush in a redder shade then a strawberry.

Bellamy was looking between me and Ryder before speaking " how have you guys been enjoying your time ? " he grinned finding the situation clearly entertaining. " we've been enjoying it just fine brother " Ryder glared at him.

" oh I know " he laughed causing Ryder to trow a pillow at his face, 3 seconds later the 2 of them were both in a heated pillow fight. I just sat on the couch looking between the two of them, Bellamy wasn't taking the situation serious and was laughing but Ryder may have had been laughing but the glare on his face showed he was kind of getting his frustration out too.

both of them continued even when Cody came downstairs form the sound and was now next. to me laughing at them, but they soon needed to stop because Bellamy fell causing a vase to fall to the floor, shattering and make a loud sound, their mother was soon in the living room glaring at the both of them.

both of them pointed at each other straight away after she entered putting the blame on the opposite person " who did it " " he " " he did mum " both of them said at the same time glaring at each other. Julia looked between me and Cody and asked us this time " which one was it "

I kept quiet not feeling like joining a family drama that wasn't mine, also I don't want to snitch any of them and stand on a bad page with them. eventually Cody spoke up " honestly it was both of them " he said casually shrugging his shoulders.

" dude no I didn't  it was just him "

" not true Ryder you caused me to fall "

the both of them kept bickering and eventually Ryder picked up a cushion again trying to hit Bellamy with it but didn't because his mum yelled at him " don't even think about it Ryder, both of you clean it, Cody and Zina will help me with dinner since they aren't as problematic " she smiled at the end at both of us and me and Cody stood up following Julia to the kitchen.

" it was so your fault Ryder "

" no it wasn- " I couldn't hear the rest since I was already in the kitchen and Julia had closed the door trying to sound out the pair of big toddlers who were probably going to bicker for the rest of dinner.

" so darls can you guys do the salad, the vegetables are already on the table and washed " I nodded and Cody said " of course mum " and kissed her cheek. both of us started to chop the vegetables and after that mixed them together with the dressing.

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" i am sorry momma " Bellamy said while hugging his mum " it's alright just sit both of your asses down so we can start eating " Ryder gave her an apologetic smile.

they sat down and the dinner started, all of us placed our portions of food on our plate and started to eat, I didn't really include myself in their conversation because this was a family dinner for them and I am not family, I am currently a charity case, I know I put it in the hard way but it is true non the less.

they talked about Ryders and Codys school and about Bellamys work, Julia talked a bit about her own job, they talked about Bellamys girlfriend who is currently in Barcelona for the week due to her job and much more, but none that I included myself in unless their was a question asked directly at me. which wasn't more as about 3 times.

eventually dinner came to an end, secretly I was glad that me and Ryder's shared kiss on the couch earlier wasn't mentioned and I am sure he is too for that. I also hoped the conversation would never happen that we talked about it because to be fair that would be embarrassing.

Julia told both Cody and Ryder to go upstairs and do their homework because she wanted some son mother time with her so called 'far away' child, he lived 3 blocks away but I guess she couldn't handle the long distance.

I stood up myself but I heard Julia speak " can you stay for a minute, we have plenty of time and I think you should know about some stuff love " she said looking at me, I nodded and sat down on my seat again who was opposite from the two of them.

" so I wanted to talk to you about your fathers case " Bellamy started talking I nodded at him signaling him to continue, maybe now I had rather had a conversation about the couch kiss then about my father but it's not like I had the choice to just go upstairs and ignore them. I didn't have the right to do that to someone in their own home, and for sure not if one of them is paying my food, water and electricity.

" so the court is almost near and your father has a lot of prove against him right now, but most of them are words. those aren't valid enough to get him in jail but there are like 3 mild evidence that girls were able to show but then again that is at this moment not enough to get him in jail if you decide to help your dad. " I looked at him with confusion not really understanding this talk completely.

" let me put it like this, that kind of evidence those 3 are I can not tell you since that is secret until court, what i do can tell you is that at this moment your dad is going to jail, not for longer as 20 years but he is going to jail with the prove and witnesses now, unless you testify at court In the defend of your father and are able to 'free' him. without you he goes to jail, put roughly to be honest. "

" but if there is prove then why isn't he going to jail for sure, not that I want my dad in jail it's just a question " I asked him confusion written on my face.

" to get him in jail for sure you need hard evidence, which none of them do. we have small evidence and witnesses, none are 'good' enough to get him in jail or they just don't have prove that it was him. to get someone in jail you need at least two witnesses and a hard evidence, or 2 small ones and one hard one. we have everything except the hard on this very moment and I don't think that is going to change " he answered my question me now understanding things a bit better.

" so as long as I testify he wont go to jail? " I asked again

" not really, as long as your testimony can prove his innocence he isn't going the jail. and that can be easy as long as you speak the truth with the questions the judge will ask you at the end of your testimony " I nodded at him knowing that I had no choice but to testify for my father. yes I feared him but he is my dad and I honestly never knew I wasn't the only one he was doing those things to, I was surprised so maybe he didn't even do it and are they lying. or maybe he really is a terrible human being

" I'll testify " I said to Bellamy looking him into his eyes, he nodded at me and eventually Julia excused me from the table, I went upstairs and started doing my homework.