Invisible

Chapter 22

Josh

   Erica had dosed off on the way home. We had dropped off her pescription before going home. I decided to tell mom and Sara about the trial and they both agreed to be there for her as well. I texted Missy and told her Erica was awake and we were on our way home she said she'd met us there. After about a 20 min drive we pulled into the drive and Missy was right behind us. "Erica sweetie we're home and Missy is here to see you" I said softly into her ear. She stretched and smiled as she sat up and looked at me. "I love you" she said. I smiled and kissed her softly "I love you to" I said as we got out of the car and Missy damn near tackled Erica into a hug. "Hey she's still sore you know" I laughed as Missy let go and blushed. "I'm sorry I was just so worried we lost you I've been through it once and this time was worse I don't know what I'd do without you" she said and Ericas eyes welled up with tears. "Oh I'm sorry Erica I didn't mean to bring up the past I love you please don't cry" she said pulling her into a hug. "I love you to Missy and I'm sorry I just couldn't handle the thought of being trapt by him. I have kind of good knews though he's not my brother he's adopted and I'm testifing against him in two days so he'll hopefully be put in prison for a long long time" said Erica smiling. "Oh my god I'm so going to be there with you I want to see that son of a bitch put behind bars" said Missy. We all headed in the house and dad had made sure to order pizza for when we got home.
    We all sat around the living room talking and eating Erica was curled up to my side mom had went to get her medicene a little bit ago and when she came home Erica took a pain pill she was now dozing off and I smiled. "I think I'm going to take Erica to bed guys" I said picking her up bridal style and carrying her toward the stairs. "Wait" I heard Missy say. "Let me know what time the trial is I'm not missing that" she said and kissed Ericas forhead before turning around to leave. I took Erica to the guest room and laid her down but bwfore I could turn to leave she caught at my arm "stay with me please" she whispered. I took my shirt and pants off so I was in my boxers and she scooted over so I could climb in bed with her. Once I was laid down on my back she came over to rest her head on my chest and sighed in content. We both fell asleep quickly.

Erica

    "Erica, Josh you need to get up officer Johns is here" I heard Sara yell through the door. I jumped up and instanly regetted it. "Josh baby Officer Johns is here we need to go down stairs" I said kissing him lightly and he groaned. "Don't wanna, wanna stay here and cuddle" he said wrapping me in his arms and I giggled. "I do to but it could be about the case" I said as I slid out of bed and quickly got dressed. "I'll met you downstairs baby I don't wanna keep him waiting I want this to be over with" I said kissing him softly and heading downstairs. I could hear him getting up and going to his room to get dressed. When I got downstairs I found everyone in the living talking. "I just want to prep her for the trial tommorow" I heard a female voice say. "Hello" I said and they all looked to me. "Hi Erica how are you feeling today" said detective Johns with a smile. I smiled back as I sat down next to Sara "I'm doing ok" I said. "This is ADA Melissa Brinks she will be the one prosecuting Eric and Nick" he said and she stood up to shake my hand. I still had the bandages from yesturday on when I looked down at my wrists. "Erica we need to change those before we get into anything else" said Sara as Josh walked into the room. "Josh do you want to change her bandages" she asked. "Yea come on babe we'll be right back detective" he said as I stood up and started toward the kitchen. He grabbed everything he needed and I sat down on a bar stool by the breakfast bar. "Are you ok" he asked as he started taking the old ones off. "Yea just a little nervous I'm scared to sit in that court room and testify with him sitting there staring at me" I said. He used peroxid to clean off my cuts as he was told to do and I winced a little cause they still kind of hurt. "I'm sorry sweetie I promise I'm trying to be gentle" he said with worry in his voice. "I know baby its not your fault" I said. "I love you" he said as he put the antibiotic cream on then the gauze pad and wrapped them up. "Ok all changed ready to go prep for this" he said I nodded slowly. He took my hands in his "Erica remember we'll all be there supporting you" he said and I smiled. "I love you" I said and we walked back to the living room.
Sara had moved to the other couch by momma and papa Ramsay so Josh and I took the love seat across from the detective. "Ok Erica are you ready" she said. I nodded and she stood up. "Now when I call you to stand I'll ask you to tell your story so jury knows exactly what happened. Then I'll ask you to point out Eric and Nick. Once I'm done his attorney will cross examine you. He'll try to make it seem like it was wanted and that you knew all along that Eric wasn't truely your brother. The main thing during this time is to remain calm" she said I nodded. "I can do that. Um am I suppose to just tell about what he did that day or are you going to have me tell about the first time he let someone rape me" I asked. She looked at me "I wasn't told there was another time" she said. "Yea just once after that is when momma and papa Ramsay let me move in here" I said. She looked as if she was thinking. "I need to bring this evidence to the Judge. But I will call and let you know. One more thing are you ok with me asking about the times he beat you" she said and I nodded. We went over everything and I told her about the beatings and the first rape. We were doing this for about an hour when we were finished she said she was going to the Judge and seeing if we could use the first rape as part of the testimony.
      Josh and I walked them to the door before she walked out she turned to me "I know its going to be hard but the sooner we do this the sooner he gets put away and can never hurt anyone else. Your extremly brave for doing this and I'm sure you'll have a lot of support there for you including me and Detective Johns" she said giving me a smile and a small hug before they left completly. I shut the door and turned to Josh "thank you" I said and he looked confused. "For everything you've done for me since you got here. You've been amazing and I love you" I said wrapping my arms around his waist. He wrapped his arms around me dipping his head down so he could kiss me. The kiss was soft and slow there was definetly no rush. "I love you to" he said when we broke the kiss. "Are you two love birds hungry moms gonna cook" said Sara from the door to the living room. We laughed and nodded our heads. The rest of the day went by pretty quickly we had lunch and talked and played games then had dinner. "Well guys its getting late and we have a long day tommorow I think we all need some sleep" said momma Ramsay and we all agreed. Onc we got upstairs momma Ramsay hollered for from the bottom step. "Go ahead and sleep in the same room I know you guys already do" she said with a wink. I blushed and we went to Joshs room. I desided to put the plastic things on my wrists that the doctor gave me and take a shower before bed. As I let the water run down my back I thought about Melissa calling and saying the Judge accepted the new part for the testimony now I had to descrip all the rapes and the beatings. Tommorow is going to be hell. I finished cleaning off and got out of the shower. I dried off and out on my pjs before going back to the room. Josh and I climbed into bed and snuggled as close as we could get and quickly fell asleep.