Thin lines between love and hate

Chapter 22

Dominique's POV:
I stood there in awe, not believing who was standing right in from of me "Jessica I thought you moved to D.C." I asked still standing there in complete shock "I did, but when I turned 16 everything changed, complications happened but that's not important and by the way, I know I didn't get a chance to tell you this or Ray for that matter but I'm really sorry for everything I did to you guys" she said sounding as if she were to burst into tears "it's cool" I replied not really knowing what to say "well , see you around" she said walking off. Has she changed or not, I guess time will tell.

Jessica's POV:
Nothing was the same for me anymore, what my father did to me and my mother was unbearable, it really had an impact on my life, you see I was so busy trying to ruin someone's else's relationship not even realizing the heart break that was right in front of me. I don't know whether I will ever be able to forgive my father for what he did.

Dominique's POV:
As I was taking my walk I was still processing my conversation with Jessica, she seemed like a totally different person from was she was in high school, her personality was different for sure because the Jessica I knew would never talk to me or even dared to apologize for anything she did, but I decided to focus on other things, maybe I'll talk with her later, something is just telling me I need to talk to her.

Ray's POV:
I was studying for my exams when someone knocked on my door "hey Brandon" not really having time to talk to any one at the moment "hey, I thought you were at Dominique's" I was but she fell asleep, she had been studying for her exams all night and caught a headache the next morning" I told him heading back to table as he took a seat in the couch "yo, I can't believe we have exams all this week though" he said "I know right, but hey that's the college life" I said back to him as I got a text from Dominique.

Text convo
Dominique: we need to talk
Me: why what's wrong
Dominique: there's something I have to tell you
Me: right now
Dominique: not necessarily but I would rather tell you sooner than later
Me: alright I'll be right there

Text convo over

"Yo Brandon I gotta go" I said grab on my keys and my jacket and Brandon trailed behind me "why what wrong" he said sounding concerned "nothing, it just that I think it my have something to do with Jessica" I told him "wait, Jessica's back" he said as we stopped at our tracks "yeah" I told him "why didn't you tell me man" he said with more emphasis in his voice "because I didn't want to cause such a fuss about it and besides I didn't think it was a big deal, who cares if she's back she's hurting anybody" I told him walking away and honestly I wasn't ready to have a conversation about this.

Jessica' s POV:
When I got to my dorm room I immediately broke down crying, I didn't know what to do or think but I sat there crying.

Flashback
I was coming home from school when I noticed a car in the drive way, but it wasn't my mother's "it must be one of dads friends, maybe even his brother" I said to my self. I got to the door, took my keys from my pocket and entered the house, my dad wasn't sitting on the couch as usual and mom isn't home, only the worse was running through my head, what was he doing. I got to my parents bed room and slightly opened the door, I couldn't believe what I was seeing "DAD" I screamed with tears running down my face, as he and the lady he was with looked at me in awe, I can't I witnessed my faster having sex with another woman "listen sweetie it's not what it looks like" he tried to tell me but I didn't want to hear it, I ran as fast as I could and I didn't know where to go but I needed to get away from him as far a possible. I finally arrived at the park and say on the bench and cried, what was I going to tell my mother when she got home.

The next day
I was disappointed in myself for not telling my mother what my father did, she wasn't home at the moment so I was pacing back and forth in my room wonder what I was going to tell her, then my father walked into the room but he did something I never thought he would do...he looked the door
"Dad what are you doing" I asked s little frightened by the look on his face "you want to rant me out don't you, well I'm sorry baby girl because that's not going to happen" he said with an evil grin on his face "no dad please don't do this" I said trying to back away from him only to fall onto the bed "your going to do whatever I say your going to do" he said in raged as he slapped me "take off your clothes" he said "dad please" I said as warm tears ran down my face "NOW" he yelled, I slowly started to take my clothes when my mother bust through the door "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER" my mother yelled at him, my father turned around slowly "listen I..." He was cut off by a slap from my mother "I don't want to hear your filthy lies you sick son of a b••••, how dare you bring another woman in my house and then try to cover it up and also even dare try rape our daughter" she said making her way over to me as she whispered in my ear "on my cue I want you run and don't look back" she said to me as her voice began to crack. I couldn't believe was she was telling me, she really wants me to leave her head with my father, but I knew whatever she was going to do it would be to protect me, a mother will do anything to protect her child, I hesitated for a moment and slightly nodded at her as we both stood up slowly "listen Eric, we don't want any trouble alright just please let our daughter go please, I'll do anything you want just please please please let her go" my father looked at with with a death glare "anything" my father said looking my mother up and down "yes" she said grabbing a hold of my hand and squeezing it tightly "fine" I took one more glance at my mother before it was time for me to run, I didn't know where I was going to go for the time being "I love baby" my mom said as a tear ran down her cheek "I love you too mom" I said bursting into tears as i reached for a hug "on the the count of 3 run... 1...2...3 I ran as fast as I could out the door not looking back, what was he going to do to her, would he kill her, many terrible things ran through my head but I didn't Kat that stop me from running. I ran until I could run anymore, I was far away from home as possible so decided to call the police "hello, what's your emergency" the lady said, my hands trembling and sweaty, voice cracking "um hi, I was just in an situation with my father and he tried to rape me" I told the lady not really knowing what to tell her, but I did the best I could "alright so where are now "I'm at golden eagle drive in Doran Forest" I told the lady "ok help is one the way just stay put" she replied back as she hung up. I stood there in shock, mesmerized by what my would have done to me or what he was doing to my mother, I couldn't take take this anymore.

15 minutes later the police arrived to the location where I was, two female officers approached me "is everything ok, are you hurt" one of the cops asked me "I'm ok wiping the tears with shirt sleeve "alright, would you mind if we ask you some questions" she asked in a gentle tone "how did this situation happen" she asked "well I um was coming home from school when I noticed a car in the driveway, I figured it may have been one of his friends or his brother so when I got he wasn't in the living room where he normally would be so I went to go check my parents bedroom and I slightly opened the door and that's when I saw that he was in bed with another woman"  I paused and she wrote down what I was saying "and what did you do after that" she ready to write more "I ran here and just cried" I said whipping more tears "then today I was in my room and I was just thinking on how I would tell my mother and that's when he walked into the room and he looked the door and he has never done that...ever. I took a breath to try and calm myself down from this abominable moment "and then I asked him what was he doing and then he was talking about how I was going to rent him out and then he told me to take off my clothes but I kept telling him to please don't do this and so he slapped me. I paused again and took a deep breath and I don't want to get hurt so I started to remove my clothes slowly and that's when my mom burst through the door and as they were fusing she came up to me to make sure I was alright and then she whispered into my ear to run and that when I ran... She told me that she would do anything as long she let me go and that's when I got here" I said whipping more of my tears as her partner handed me a tissue "thanks" I said softly as they talked off to the side. I wanted my mother next to me,I just hope she alright "can you tell me your name please" the first officer asked returning to me "Jessica" I said softly "alright Jessica, would you like ride back to the your house" she asked, I hesitated for a moment "ye...yes please" I replied back to her as the both lead me to the police car and then took me home. When we arrived o the house other police cars has already arrived but I wasn't really concerned about them, I was concerned about my mother "mom" I said looking toward an ambulance truck and walking towards her "mom are ok" I asked as he had bruises on her body everywhere "I'm fine sweetie" she said embracing me into a hug as we just sat their and cried "where did they take dad" I asked hoping he was in hand cuffs n the back of a cop car "they didn't take him anywhere he escaped and he wanted to leave to dead" my mom said crying harder "then how did the police know you were here "I managed to call them before I blacked out" she said whipping her tears "listen, I have to be taken to the hospital so they can run test alright so for now you are going to stay with my sister ok" she said whipping my tears, I didn't want to leave her "but mom, I don't want to leave you" I said feeling more tears run down my face "you'll be fine sweetie and so will I" she said "and don't worry I'll take great care of you" my aunt said as she walked up next to me embracing me into a hug "alright ma'am, we need to take you to the hospital" the ambulance driver said "I love you mom" I said taking a deep breath "I love you too baby" she said right before they closed the doors and drove away and at that moment I burst into tears and tightly hugged my aunt "it'll be ok...I promise"

Flashback over