Olivia Rain (#wattys2016)

Chapter 27 ✔

The trial last another three hours before I'm finally called to the stand. I get up feeling slightly nervous. I go to the bench and place my hand on the stupid bible the cop holds. "Do you Olivia Rain promise to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth." "I do." He nods and I sit the judge looks at me with pity in her eyes. She turns back to the crowd. "Mr Delrose your witness." She speaks and the old guy gets up with a smirk on his face before wiping it and all emotion from his face.

"Mrs. Rain." Immediately I stop and interrupt. "My name is Olivia you can call me that or liv just not Mrs. Rain please." He nods and starts talking again. "Olivia would you please explain to us what happen on the day of December the fifth of 2014 last year." I stare blank trying to remember that day. "That was the day my mother had passed."

"And what did your mother have exactly that resulted in her being in the hospital?"

"A rare type of lung cancer."

He nods, "And it says in your file that on the day of December the sixth of 2014 your father supposedly beat you." I nod not trusting my self to speak. "It also says that you were a trouble maker at school. Meaning you had numerous fights with other students and were constantly being moved around because you couldn't stay in one school longer than a week. Is that correct?"

"Yes." I say through gritted teeth I hate when people read about me. I look to Jake to see him looking surprised as well as the rest of my friends I smirk back at them knowing that they had always seen me as the goody goody girl. "Your honor I'm done. Your witness Hedwig." He says after asking about my past more. By the time he's done I have the chair arm rests in a death grip. He reached into my past that I had tried desperately to keep away from everyone. "Olivia you say your father has beaten you correct?" He waits as I nod not trusting myself to speak. "When did this usually happen?"

"When he's drunk or when I have supposedly done something wrong."

"And what would be something that you have done wrong in the past?" He says as he looks out the window.

"Not doing the dishes. Taking a shower to long. Having a bath. Making too much noise when I sleep. Once for going to school. For telling his secret." I whisper the last one but, the jury hears and you can see looks of disgust pointed towards them.

"You say his secret who's secret would that be?"

"David's." He nods and moves to stand in the middle of the court room.

"Olivia if you wouldn't mind would you please describe the last time your father hit you?" I remember that was the day I told all my friends.

"It was the day I was brought into the station to tell them what had been going on. I had woken up and taken a shower that morning. When I had gotten out and dressed David had apppeared at the door. He had called me a whore and stupid before slapping me cross the cheek."

"And what hand did he use to do so?" It was always the right hand it always did the most work. "The right hand sir. It was usually always the right unless there were bruises then it was left." He nods and I see Jake ball his fists. I see the boys and the girls with similar looks. "Your honor I am finished." She nods and looks at me. "You can sit now Olivia. Thank you." I get up and go back to my chair. "Court will have a recess until jury has come upon a decision." She hits the little hammer on the plate thing and the jury gets up and leaves.

I try to relax but with David and Mike still in the room its impossible. Jake senses this and gets up before holding his hand out to me. I take it and together we leave the court room. Once were out and no one is around us Jake pushes me against the wall. "I know this is hard but, I have to say I never knew they did that to you. You don't know how hard it was to keep me and the others from killing them right there." Before I reply he smashes his lips against mine. We move our lips together as his tongue traces my bottom lip. I open for him and his tongue darts in and clashes with mine.

Before it gets to steamy we hear a throat clear and then something like stupid hormonial teens. I pull away and look at officer Blaine. He looks pretty angry as Jake kisses down my neck. "Jake we have company stop." Jake looks at me and then at Blaine. "Come on its about to start again." I nod and we follow him back inside the court room.

The judge and jury walk back in as were taking our seats. "David and Mikel Rain please stand." She waits as they stand. It gives me little comfort that their both cuffed. "The charges against both of you consisting of attempted rape and child abuse has been proven not guilty." What?! How the fuck do you get not giilty?!

"Wait what! You think these two men haven't done what they have been accused of!" I scream at them before taking of my shirt showing the scaring. "This is what they do this is what they will do again." I let the room take in the scars on my back from his whips the front from his chains everything. "We will have a short recess to take in this new information and the jury will be able to find a new conviction if wanted." The judge says and I grab my shirt and run back out and into the hallway before collapsing.

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