I was stuttering, "Ray's gonna be back any minute, you should leave." I actually didn't know when Ray was coming back, but I was just hoping he'd take my bluff.
"You think I care when your little fiance is coming back, Aileen?" he chuckled, cold heartedly. "I don't."
"Justin why are you doing this? It's been almost four years.."
"Where's the baby?" he grinned.
"No." I shook my head and backed up towards the stairs.
"Don't try and run now."
"I thought you were in jail."
"I got out on good behavior." he smiled and dug under his fingernails.
"Pedophiles don't have a good behavior."
"I'm not a pedophile!" he yelled, loud. Loud enough to wake up Sophia. I dashed up the stairs into Ray and I'd bedroom and locked the door, finding something, to no good, to press against the door. I picked up Sophia, who continued to cry, and grabbed my phone and ran into the bathroom and closed the door, locking it and just praying to God to keep my baby safe. "Open the door, Aileen.. I'm not gonna hurt you.." I heard him faintly from the bathroom even though he sounded like he was outside our bedroom door.
"Go to hell!" I held onto Sophie tightly and dialed Ray's number. He answered ont he third ring. "Ray.." I began crying, "baby where are you?"
"What's wrong?!"
"He's here.. Baby I'm scared.." I heard our bedroom door being knocked down and screamed, "Ray I'm scared!"
"Call the police, Aileen!"
"It'll be too late then!" I shouted as I heard Justin banging on the bathroom door, which was much stronger than the bedroom door, "he baby.. I love you."
"Shutup. Stop saying that. I'll be there in three minutes, okay." he said and hung up.
I felt like I was 20 years old again and was being beaten by him. Over and over and I thought I had gotten away from it when I met Ray because he didn't seem to care. But he did. And now he was back.
I closed my eyes as tight as I could and held onto Sophie and just started praying this prayer my dad always prayed when I was little and he tucked me into bed and kissed my forehead and I just felt like I wouldn't be able to do that with my kids.
I felt like he was gonna kill me. Better me than my baby.
"Aileen!" I heard Ray yell and opened my eyes. He seemed so far away, "Aileen!"
I just screamed, as loud as I could, "Ray!!"
His voice got closer, and closer, til I could hear him in our bedroom. Next things I heard were punches and falling on the ground and wrestling I guess you could say. And then a gunshot. I was scared for my life. I didn't even know Justin had a gun. And that scared me even more.
Next thing I heard was the door being unlocked and again, I just started praying to God. I was crying, Sophia was crying, it was just a cry fest.
