A dream hidden behind a sweat shirt

Chapter nighteen

*his perspective*

I was nervous. I didn't know how to tell my parents this. I knew that my sister didn't like her already. So I didn't know what to do. I held onto Molly's hand and squeezed it looking back at her worried face with a grin on my own. A fake one meant to ease her worries.

"Mom... Dad... Tabitha... Ender." I saw my moms red short hair with her brown kind eyes in her kitchen as she looked back at me. Startled. She walked over to the couch and had her dish cloth in her hand continuely drying her hands and looking at me and Molly. She was the first to sit down.

"One minute mum I need to get the rest of the family."

"Dad! Tabitha! Ender! Get in here!" Mom yelled then looked back at me worried. I think I saw her glance at Molly's stomach but I wasn't sure. I soon saw my dad's blonde hair that was shaved into a mow halk that we called the runway because it looked like models did a cat walk down it. His eyes where the same blue as mine and Tabithas. He had a grin plastered on his face and was wearing his car fixing clothes.

"Yes son?" He patted me on the back looking around the room.

"I ... We need to talk to the family." I looked into his eyes terrified. I was so nervous.

"Ender ... Tabitha!" Enders face peeked around the corner and his dark brown hair fell into his just as dark brown eyes. He had a look of confusion on his face and he slowly swiped his hair and sat on the couch next to my mom and dad who where holding hands nervously. Then Tabitha came out and stomped down stairs with a scowl on her face. She had slammed her door and was shooting daggers into Molly with her glare.

"What?!?" She snapped.

"Dear sit down jasper has something he wants to tell us." My mom stuck out her free hand and pulled her next to Ender. I gulped.

Looking at Molly I squeezed her hand and smiled. I got a faint smile and light squeeze from her too.

"Okay um well... Molly has sorta well her face..." I studdered.

Then all of a sudden she took over. I glanced at her and she was scared.

"As you know my face is pretty messed up right now. Your probably asking why? Thinking I'm a messed up kid and your son shouldn't be with a girl like me because I get into fights am I right?" She looked around the room at my family and Tabitha was quick to nod her head. The rest were unsure.

"Yeah well my face isn't the only thing that's messed up. My emotions are. My heart is. My forearms are. My ribs are. My prospective on life is. And so on." She pulled up her shirt to show her bruise and her sleeves up to show he cuts on her arms.

"But just so you know I have a reason for all this. I was eight when my life fell apart. My mom met this guy and he started molesting me. I wasn't sure if it was abnormal at first but once I hit ten I realized that it was. My life changed I went from having no dad that ever cared about me to having a father that molested me and I thought every dad did that to their kid to thinking that I was wrong and was being abused. Yeah well I started threatening to tell my mom if he wouldn't stop. Then he said if you tell your mom she is going to be unhappy and ignore you and hate you because you took her love away. This frightened me. So I went on without telling. He molested me for seven years. At thirteen on their wedding day I told her. He had said he was going to rape me if I didn't." I looked at her astonished. But it looked like she was about to cry so I hugged her from behind and kissed her cheek. My mom looked like she was about ready to bawl my brother was wide eyed and open mouthed my sister looked like she was going to cry as well and my father just stared at us like we had grown two heads.

"Well once I told her he got away went to prison. He is out now. Last night I was walking the streets when he found me. He said he was going to rape me then kill me. I was scared he beat me. I passed out right when he left because he saw your son jasper. He saved my life. I was friends with your son before we had some encounters and what you don't know is that I was in the car with your son, we had been dating for several years and when he got in that car crash he forgot about me. we are just friends now. I'll let jasper take over."

She coughed and I looked at her.

"I don't want him finding her. Now we have that guest bedroom so do you think she can stay in there until he is found so she is under protection?"

My mother fiercely nodded with tears coming down her cheeks.

"Yes oh definatly yes poor darling come here." She jumped up and nearly tackled Molly hugging her to death. Molly just hugged her back and I smiled as I watched Tabitha get up and hug her and then my dad and ender just say there in the couch. Not knowing what to say. She departed and hugged me. And I whispered

"Welcome home."