Dark night of the soul

Chapter 88

*Jessica's POV*
"Hello my gorgeous baby, are you ready to see your new home? Yes you are yes you are" I say to Kai whilst his bubbly smile is brightening up my life. I'm so glad that he is coming home, I've missed him so much.

*3 months later*
*Sarah's POV*
I check my alarm. 3:46am. I've been tossing and turning all night wondering about what will happen today. Every single possibility is running through my mind and I'm running through everything that I should say.
"What if he isn't found guilty?" I think. "What if he's released and he comes for Ava?" My mind carries on playing rotten tricks on me so in the end I decide to get up and watch tv in the living room. I scroll through the channels and I see that an episode of ahs season 1 is on so I click on it.

"I wanna be a pretty girl!" Adelaide cries. My heart breaks for her. "Well you're not a pretty girl and you know it" Constance argues back.

*baby cries* I open my eyes and I realise that I had fallen asleep whilst watching tv. I make my way upstairs to where I can hear one of the babies crying. It's Kai. "Hello honey, what's wrong are you hungry?" I say in a soft tone picking him up. "Let's go get you some milk shall we?" I walk downstairs with Kai in my arms and I heat up a bottle of milk for him. To begin with he rejects his food but he soon gives in.

"Today is a very important day for momma. I'm going to a big building to get a bad bad man sent away so he can never hurt my family again. I want you and baby Ava safe and sound so you can grow up a pursue your dreams. You do whatever you want to do in life Kai and I promise you me and your other mummy will be so so proud of you've cause we love you very much, yes we do my darling."
"Oh Sarah I'm sorry, you should have woken me and I would have taken care of him" Jess walks in behind me. "Coffee?" She asks. "Please. Are you sure it's okay to still come with me today?" I ask, most likely darkening her bright morning mood. "Of course honey, I wouldn't let you be alone in this time." She kisses the top of my head and takes Kai from my arms.

*10:30am*
I enter the court room hand in hand with my wife. The palms of my hands were sweaty and I had a lump in my throat the size of a fist. We sat down on a wooden chair next to the lawyer. She was dressed smartly in a black dress and suit jacket with red heels. "Morning Sarah, Jessica" she shook our hands. "Morning Lydia" I said giving her a weak smile. "It's going to be okay Sarah, I've got this under control and we're going to take this fucker down." I chuckled at her choice of words that seemed to ease my nerves slightly.

Danny was brought in by two guards and was secured with handcuffs. He made eye contact with me and smirked at me which made me sick to my stomach. Jessica squeezed my hand reassuring me that everything was going to be okay.
As the judge approached his seat we were all asked to stand. "Please rise for the judge" a tall guard said.
Once the judge was seated we did the same and the lawyers began.
"Your honour if I may begin" Danny's lawyer spoke up first. The judge nodded and I was asked to take to the stand.
I was asked to swear on the bible, which I did and then I took my seat. "Mrs Paulson, on the first night that you claimed Mr Houston sexually assaulted you were you under the influence of alcohol?"
I could feel everyone's eyes on me. Beads of sweat were appearing on my forehead and I found it difficult to breathe. "I had one small glass of wine that night yes" I responded. "We're you by any chance trying to catch Mr Houston's attention in any way that he would have thought that you were making a move on him?" His lawyer asked. "Your Honour I object" my lawyer began rising from her seat. "I'll let it slide, carry on Mr Johnson" the judge said and nodded at me as a cue for me to speak. "No I was not, I was simply walking down the street and I walked down an alley way as a shortcut home when I came across Mr Houston who was in fact drunk. I could smell it in his breath" I explained.
"That's all I have for now judge" the lawyer said and I was allowed to go back to my seat.
The judge called a break and I made my way to the toilet where I was sick from nerves. "I can't do that again Jess" I said as she pulled the hair out of my face. "It's so hard just being in the same room as him." I cried harder.