My Probation Boy

Prologue

(Jasmine's POV)

       I look around the chilly, concrete cell of the Nashville  Police Department. "Ugh"I groan why am I being punished?I didn't kill him! I just protected my family because I love them.As I'm thinking, Officer Bradley comes and takes me to my trial. She's a sweet lady on the thick side but a heart of gold.That's what I love about her. She took care of me while I've been in holding and made sure these felons didn't kill me.

She hugs me and says," Good Luck Kiddo."and I walk in to the bench where my lawyer sits.I look at the regular ole courtroom and see now jury so the judge must decide my sentence, I guess.The lady judge glances at me and smirks.I look at her name plate it reads;Justice Collins. "Alright honey tell me why you assaulted your father?"I sighed and began to tell the wicked tale...

"So I was taking a nap in the car and my mother and I were going to pick my brothers up from my father.We were picking them up and I woke up because my birth father got out the car.I looked and he started fussing about needing to "borrow" 80$ yet he never pays anyone back so she said no.He snapped and said, "All That Child Support I pay YOU?!JUST GIVE IT TO ME!STOP BEING SELFISH!!"He screamed and I got out the car.

    In hindsight, I should have gotten out way earlier..he has a abusive history but it had never escalated to this point before.

That he hasn't noticed so when she said no he snapped. "I'll blow your f*ckin' brains out b*tch!" he reached in his pocket and I trucked him as hard as I could. As we fell I grabbed the gun and shot all the bullets out so he couldn't kill anyone.Then I took the butt of the gun and smashed it against his hand and threw it. He wrapped his hand around my throat and I took a nearby rock and bashed it until he let go a little. I didn't want to accidentally kill him. He let go and I started punching and before I knocked him out I drug him by his ear and said."If you come near my family again and threaten our lives again, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO KILL YOU!"and with that I punched him as hard as I could and down he went." As the story ended there were tears in my eyes and my hands shaking.How dare he?!He hurt my mother, threatened to kill her,tried to shoot her, and before I trucked him he pushed her and she went for something to help me.

The judge looked at me with glazed eyes and wiped her bangs from her face and spoke, "Now look the law says you should've called the cops so for that you have to live away from this situation for a while. You'll live with Ryan Simmons for a year, and have probation for a year and this won't be on your record as long as you don't commit another felony. And between us, "I'd have done the same thing there's no guarantee if you called the police someone wouldn't have gotten hurt and/or killed.So I would've done the same thing for my mama." She sentenced and I went up and hugged her. "Sorry this isn't appropriate but I was worried you'd over punish or not understand." I said and she laughed, "A common worry for first time offenders but I have to go.I'll see you in a years time after the probation term ends."I go outside and call Ryan he had to go drop my mother off and help her pack my stuff. He arrives as I walk out the police department and I walk up to him. Ryan used to be my bestfriend but he moved and so we drifted apart 8th grade year..but he came back this year and whoa has he changed.

"Ryan the judge ruled I have to live with you for a year away from my family and their situation so A)he won't know where I live and B) I can start anew. I'm on probation for a year so I can't      come in contact with my father things like that so I have a thin, GPS bracelet on." I told him and he  hugged me.
        "Well Roomie that sentence we can and will do okay? And with that we left for his house.