Working for Mr. Bennington

The first night back

I woke up from a noise and I looked at my alarm watch on the bedside table. It was 2am. I got up and went out of my room. I saw my dad was struggling to go to his room, falling around and knocking things down with his falling. I went to him and hold him up.

"Dad let me help you."

He looks at me confused and then he smiles. He strokes my cheek.

"Hey darling. I missed you Mary."

"Dad. It's not mom. It's Emma."

I took his arm and put it around my neck and put my arm around his waist to hold him up.

"Lets get you to the room."

"I don't want to sleep baby. I want to be with you and hold you."

My dad pushes me against the wall and he tries to kiss me. I pushed him away.

"Dad. I'm not mom."

I pushed him away and turn my head so he won't kiss me. And he gets mad.

"What's wrong with you? Are you cheating on me?" he asks.

"Dad."

And he swing his arm around and he hits me in the face on my lip. I dropped to the floor and touch my lip. My dad can't control his strength when he is drunk. So he hit me hard enough to make my lip bleed a little in the corner. I got up and he starts crying.

"Emma I'm sorry."

"It's ok dad. Lets get you to bed."

I took his arm and wrap it around my neck again and put my arm around his waist. And then Jason comes out of my brother's room. He comes to me and he takes my dad's other arm and put it around his neck and his arm around my dad's waist to help me get my dad in his room and on his bed. We walked to my dad's room and we put him on his bed. I put his legs on the bed too and rolled him till he's safe on the bed and can't roll off.

"There we go." I sigh.

"Are you ok?" Jason asks me and he looks at my lip.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks for the help."

I was about to walk out of my dad's room but Jason grabs me on my wrist.

"Let me help you take care of the lip Em."

"Fine." I shrug my shoulders.

He takes my hand and we went to the kitchen. He turns the light on and shows me to sit on the counter.

"Sit here. I'll get some ice."

I lift myself and sat on the counter. Jason goes to the fridge and takes out some vegetable pack and comes to me. He stands between my legs and puts the pack on my lip and holds it there for a few minutes. I tried not to make eye contact with him.

"Glad to have you back Em. I missed you." He says smirking.

"Jason. Please."

He takes the ice pack off and puts it back in the fridge. He gets the first aid kit and takes out some ointment cream. He comes back to me and puts a little bit on his finger and puts it in the corner of my lip. I flinch a little.

"It will better soon."

"Thanks."

He puts the stuff back and put the first aid kit back on top of the kitchen cupboard. He comes back to me and he rubs my cheek and he leans in forward to kiss me. I pushed him away.

"Jason stop."

I got off the counter and pushed him away from me and I walked to my room. I closed my door and lay back on my bed. I heard Jason switching off the kitchen light and go back to my brother's room. I closed my eyes and slowly fall back to sleep.

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