A Year After Losing Kayla

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 :), This is the Final Chapter :'(--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter 13:

The days were dragging slowly. I spent almost all my time working out what to say for the court hearing. I had barely left my room. I needed the air so I decided to go and see Tommy, he had been out of hospital for while now. I walked downstairs and bumped into Jane.

'Oh look, she has left her room' She said, surprised. I laughed and Jane pulled me in for a hug. I hugged her back.

'Any plans for today then?' She asked, as we walked into the kitchen.

'Gonna go see Tommy' I said, cutting up some fruit. Jane nodded at me. I could sense that she was hiding something from me, but I didn't ask. It wasn't really the right time.

I knocked on the door for Tommy's home. He opened the door and pulled me into a hug. I hugged him back.

'How are you feeling?' I asked him as he pulled me up into his bedroom.

'Yeah, I'm ok. It's healing quickly' He replied, pointing at his side. I felt so guilty. Because of me, he nearly died. He could read me so easily. He pulled me in closer to him.

'Don't blame yourself' He whispered into my ear.

'I can't help it though. He wanted me and you got hurt' I was nearly in tears. He rubbed my arms in comfort.

'He isn't going to get to you again. I promise you that' I could hear the sterness in his voice. 'Can I tell you something?' He asks. I nod into his chest and wait for him to speak. His breathing steadies.

'I love you Holly' He ment it. He really ment it. I was over the moon, I loved him back. So much.

'I love you too Tommy, I just didnt know how to tell you' I felt him give a huge sigh of relief. He layed me down and kissed me. It felt so good and it felt right. He broke off and I had huge smile on my face. He laughed at me and layed on the bed beside me, we stayed there together for the rest of the day.

Today was the day. The 21st. Tommy was sitting with my in my bedroom, he held my hand as we both read through what I planned to say. I rested my head on Tommy's shoulder.

'I don't think I can do this' I said. He turned his head and kissed my forehead.

'Of course you can. I'll be right there'

'I cant, he'll be there and I can't look at him anymore. Not after the stuff he did to me, you and Kayla' The tears were running down my face.

'He is never going to hurt you again' Tommy held me close and rocked me as I tried to stop crying. I stopped crying and I continued to get ready. A few hours passed and Jane knocked on the door.

'Holly Sweetie, are you ready?' She asked, opening the door.

'Yeah Jane, Im ready' I turned and gave her a hug.

'Good, we really need to get going' She then turned her head to look over at Tommy.

'Are you coming with us Tommy' She asked with a small amile on her face.

'Yeah, if thats alright with you' Tommy walked forward and wrapped his arms round my waist.

'Of course it's fine by me Tommy' Jane beamed. We left the house and began the drive to the court.

 It all went wrong, maybe I just didn't try hard enough. The Jury had no idea, they couldn't understand how dangerous my Dad was.

'Jury, how do you find the defendant on the Charge of Attempted Murder?' The Judge boomed. A small frail women stood up before the court to give the decision.

'Guilty' She said, such a strong voice for someone so small. Tommy, who was sitting next to me squeezed my hand. One sentence down.

'How do you find the defendant on the Charge of the Murder of Kayla Carter?' The Judge's voice boomed again. The lady stood again.

'We find the defendant....Not Guilty' My heart sank and my world fell apart. How could they see him as innocent for Kayla dying. Tommy pulled me into a hug. I looked over at Dad, he had a sly smirk on his face. He would still be locked up, but Kayla's death was still 'suicide'.

The Jury hadn't seen enough evidence, to be fair there wasn't much. I gave my speech, but it could of been taken as just a biased opinion. Dad hadn't confessed to the police, and I was the only person he told the truth to. There were no witnesses to back it up.

I sat in silence as we drove back home. Dad had only gotten 10 years in prison, and he can be bailed out. If anyone cared enough about him that is. When we got back, I ran up to my room, with Tommy not far behind me.

'Hey Holly, I know we didn't get the result we hoped for, but he's gone now. We should try and move on' He said holding me in  his arms.

'He just got lucky' I said. Looking down at the floor.

'Well just forget about it, Kayla would want us to be happy.' He said smiling at me. I lifted my head up and couldn't help but smile back.

'Yeah, your right.' Tommy lent down and kissed me. We were gonna be just fine, Tommy and I. As long as we had eachother nothing could tear us apart. Could it?