The story of Carter Jones

Taders and green beans

"I suggest you cook my fried chicken and throw out that pot roast I'm starving so get to it."
"But that'll take forever and I already made something so we would be wasting perfectly good food." I took a few steps back knowing that I just messed up and braced myself for the impact of his hand. But it didn't come I opened my eyes to see him coming closer to me backing me up against the wall with nowhere to run.
"Are you talking back to me?" "I uh was just trying to uh explain that we could have chicken tomorrow night so we don't waste this dinner." All the words came rushing out in a stutter then the thing I prepared myself for happened. Joe hit me harder than he's ever hit me before I let out a quiet yell and I couldn't hold the tears back anymore.
"Get started on my dinner you and your little brother eat this." He said flipping the plate of pot roast I fixed him onto the floor. "Then clean up this mess and the whole kitchen, I'll be eating my room I suggest you get started its getting kinda late." He smiled at me and as I went to walk towards the fridge he grabbed my arm and pulled me closer and whispered in my ear. "If you ever talk back to me it won't be just you being punished." With that he walked to his room and I rushed around getting his dinner made.
I fixed Joes plate of fried chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans. I had to give him my potatoes and green beans because I only made enough for each of us to get on serving of it and he knocked his to the ground. Before walking out of the kitchen I grabbed a beer for him to have with dinner.
I knocked slightly on the bedroom door and he came rushing snatching the food and beer out of my hands and slammed the door shut with the click of a lock. Letting out a sigh of relief I went back into the kitchen and made Jake and me plates. I looked over at the time it was already 8:30 and Jake was still doing homework.
"Jakey I have dinner for you. Sorry it took so long." I said placing the food in front of him. "Car I miss mommy." That's when I noticed he was crying I didn't say anything for a few minutes I just hugged him and rubbed his back. "Oh honey I know it's gonna be okay I miss her too." He sniffled and looked up at me and with his little baby hands rubbed my cheek where Joe had hit me.
"Carter are you okay?" He looked as if he might cry again and he didn't need to see anything that happened early he doesn't deserve to be this hurt. "Yes baby I'm okay why don't we eat and take a shower then get ready for bed?" I say while opening his juice box.
"Okay but where's your taders and beans?" He questioned me while giving my plate a puzzled look. "I gave them to Joe he was extra hungry tonight." I said tickling him. "Oh okay well we can share mine!" I couldn't help but smile how did I get the best baby brother in the whole world.
After about an hour Jake was bathed and in bed and as for I still had a kitchen to clean, lunch to pack, clothes to pick out for me and Jake, three pages of homework to do and a shower. It was already 9:45 ugh I even have work tomorrow.