The Journal Of Sara Revol

Dinner

My father and the rest of the family were already preparing to be served at the dinner table. I was finishing up the potatoes and gravy when E.J. walked in.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"What does it look like? I'm finishing up dinner so we can all eat," I said.

He walked closer to me offering his help but I declined teasing him about how he can't cook. It didn't matter he was gorgeous. I almost squeak whenever he gives me a bear hug.

"E.J. shouldn't you be out in the dining room waiting for me to serve dinner?"
Failing to create a little breathing room and relieve the tension I felt he said, " Your mother asked me to help carry out the food."

DAMN MY MOTHER! She knows damn well I have a thing for E.J.! Ugh this is embarrassing. I decided to just ignore it and say that he could take food from the other end of the counter out and to start setting the table.

"Sarah could you come here please? Your brother has an announcement. "

Finally what I waited for dad has a few drinks in him so he will take this very well. Obeying E.J. helped me clean up and quickly carry out the rest of the food to the table. We met in the sitting room where we were both offered a glass of D'Italia raspberry wine and then my brother had spoke.

"Today was a great day a large dinner with my friends and family, my father hone with great news of becoming Secretary of Defense and my girlfriend by my side... I feel like Thanksgiving came early this year. Well I'd like Shelby to join me up here. Please?"

He gestered toward her and she followed him to stand in front of everyone. She looked at me hoping I would tell her instead I just smiled.

Johnny then says," Shelby since seventh grade I've had you by my side. Loyal, understanding and my shoulder to cry on and I the same to you. So now I hope we can be that way and so much more."

He stroked her hair back, got on one kneeand picked up the small, velvet jewlery box he hide under the coffee table," Shelby nothibg would make me happier than to be your husband."

My father in a rage from my brothers speech stands and rants about all this. My mother in an attempt to calm him down gets ignored. When she reached for him with a steady hand he threw her back on the wall and she feel to the floor not crying but I could feel her pain.

"Dad! What the hell?!" screamed Johnny.

Afraid I took Shelby away. She couldn't hear any of what was going on and looked very scared and confused. When I got her attention I signed to her telling her to go upstairs for the time being. She left with no hesitation.

Then I joined the arguement, " Dad what the fuck the whole family has known about this arrangement. What the fuck has gotten into you? Look at Mom! She's practically passed out!"

I've never seen my father so pissed at me.

"I'm sick of pretending!  That bitch isn't your mother. Your mother is some skank from a club. This bitch was arranged and I would fake everything with her. Love, affection, hope all of it faked even with you kids I was gonna divorce this trash tonight! Now I hear this shit about Johnny actually going after that deaf prick! I wont have it; its bad enough I have you for a disgrace," he continued, " Why are you even still here? I know everything that happens at your school. Hanging clothes from the flag pole as an attempt of attention! Haha no wonder your a whore."

My heart broke. Staring at my father I wrung speechless. He never acted this way. Then again I've never seen my father drunk. As I try to hug my father to tell him without words. I don't care what you think of me. I still love you. Before I could even open my arms he grabbed me by the hair and threw me to the ground.

"Since your a whore as much as they say maybe you'ld like to give daddy some pleasure," he whispered when I tried to scramble away.

He took his gun and told me to freeze. I slowly turned around and he held a 19 mm glock to me; he told me to get on my knees. Johnny in a rage came at my dad probably not the brightest trying to attack a military official. He shot him the leg.

"Stay down Johnathan. Better listen before the bullet hits the brain," he said turning to me,"Now suck it bitch."

Scared to death with tears streaming down my face I shake my head no. My father who had seemed so loving and caring in mg early years had trulg hated my family with every part of him. I couldn't believe he then screamed a me and atgreatened to shoot me if I didn't.  I still didn't. He held his gun upto me and that's when E.J. jumped in front of me and knock his ass on the ground in one punch and then took his gun. He told me to grab Johnny and run upstairs. I helped helped Johnny up and supported him from the leg he was shot. I put him in the same room as Shelby and locked the door. 

I ran to the bathroom and grabbed my first aid kit. In there I have instructions on how to stitch a wound, perform CPR and do all of the basic first aid stuff. I learned how to do that in this college course E.J. and I took together. My favorite unit was CPR. I saw E.J. in the hall his face and knuckles were battered and covered in blood. I took him to the room my brother and Shelby were in; Shelby sat next to Johnny crying he was breathing and okay just losing blood in his leg. I had E.J. sit on my bed until I could help him. Right now I had to focus on my brothers open, gushing wound in his leg. 

After I took the bullet out of his leg I cauterized it with a lighter I had in the kit and then quickly cleaned and stitched his leg together.  After that I got to work on E.J. My dad really did a number on him.  E.J. Had a serious bruise on his jaw and a small cut on his eyebrow and some serious bruising and broken skin under his shirt.  I didn't have any cuts hat needed stitches but I did clean him up really well. I stuck his cuts together with glue and medical tape and told him to try and help Shelby get Johnny to the bed. 

I pulled out the futon and grabbed me and E.J. some pillows and blankets and locked us in my room with my brother and Shelby on my bed. I called 911 and told them the whole night, the witnesses names and what he tried to do to me. After that I took the rest of E.J's clothes and threw them in my laundry basket did the same for me and gave a pair of my longest sleeping pants to Shelby. She crawled in bed with my brother and I had a nice night sleeping next to E.J.