Dallas's Little Sister

I Knew You Wouldn't

Sophie's POV

Today's the day we have to see our parents. The day Dallas and everyone else has been dreading in fear I'll be taken away. We received the news 2 weeks ago and have been on edge since.

"I'm shitting bricks" Soda said went we got in the car. I took his hand and smiled.

"It'll be fine. Darry is stable enough to house me and I'm going to tell them every single thing my parents did to me" He smiled at me. "I'll be right there the whole time" He pecked my lips softly earning a grunt from Dallas who was sitting behind us.

"Oh shut it dipshit" I shot him a smile.

We pulled into the parking lot. No one got out. My nervousness was there but my confidence was stronger. These people can fuck themselves if they try to take me away. I'll run away again, they can't stop me from living with the gang.

"Alright lets go" Darry was the first one out. The rest of us piled out of the car. We slowly walked up the steps and to the doors. I rested a shaky hand on the handle then swung the door open. A lady sat there smiling at us.

"Ahhh you must be Sophie and Dallas Winston yes?" I nodded and held Soda's hand.

*Skip to the court hearing cause idk wtf they do before it*

"Mr. Winston will you please come up here" The judge motioned for my dad to sit in the box next to him. He did and glared at me.

"Mr. Winston please share your story with everyone" The judge folded her hands and placed them on the surface in front of her.

"My son Dallas ran away 6 years ago with out telling anyone. We heard about all the horrible things he did in Tulsa a year after he had left. We filed a restraining order on him so he wouldn't come near our sweet little Sophie and turn her into a hoodlum too. I could never let my sweet girl live with a dirty greasy hoodlum" He smiled sweetly at me. My blood boiled as I clenched my hands on the chairs making my knuckles turn white. He continued with a smirk.

"We gave Sophie everything she wanted and treated her well and then she ran away too. I got held up in the hospital, but Sally here had heard they'd seen Sophie in Tulsa so we came to find her. Only to find her with a group of dirty hoodlums and Dallas violated the order" He glared at us. I had to contain myself from ripping his head of then and there. The judge nodded and people wrote things down.

"Now Mr. Winston our CPS has told us when they visited the house was quite dirty and smelled gross" I grunted as he described the hell I was forced to live in. Hell yes it was dirty and nasty. Beer cans and cigarette buds littered the place inside and out. Rotten food sat in the fridge next to fresh food. Nothing was ever cleaned, just occasionally the trash was picked up.

"We had just gotten back from a month vacation and Sophie had left the door open and some teenagers came and partied" The judge nodded. I looked at Dal. He glared at me father. If looks could kill everyone here would be dead. I was way beyond angry. I could kill them right now. My mother just smirked at me when we made eye contact. That rugged whore.

"Thank you Mr. Winston, please have a seat now" My father made his way back to his side of the room. The judge looked at me.

"Now Ms. Winston please over here" I slowly stood up and sat in the same place my father had just been sitting. It reeked of cigarettes making me almost gagged but I held it back. I sat down and ran my hands down my thighs and looked at Dallas. He was biting his lip with a deep frown placed on his face.

"Ok Ms. Winston why did you run away?" I took a deep breath and began speaking.

"Because those two people over there abused me. For 6 years I was kicked,punched, sliced, starved, thrown around like a rag doll, almost sold for sex slavery, thrown up on, and forced to do things for them. At one point my father yanked a good portion of my hair out after I didn't wash a spoon. I have gone days with no food while living under their roof. Everyday it was the same wake up, take a beating, do nothing but take beatings and go right back to sleep. You can believe whatever shit story they've come up with and you can think you're going to take me away from the gang but you're not. I will never go back to living with them" I glared at my parents who stared wide eyed at me.

"Ms. Winston is everything you said true?" I nodded

"Why would I make that up. I left because I was tired of it. For 6 years I was alone with two monsters. And so I figured out were Dal was staying and left. I've been perfectly fine under Darry Curtis's roof and have been happier than ever." The judge looked at me and then my parents.

     She questioned Darry about keeping me under his roof. 30 minutes went by until the judge called for recess. I sighed and laid my head on Soda's.

"Hey you're doing great. Those fuckers won't know whats comin" I smiled at him. He leaned down and kissed me. Dal poked my side making me jump away from Soda. Dally just smiled at me innocently.

"Final decision, Joseph and Sally Winston you are under arrest for child abuse and neglect. 20 years for both no parole. Once sentence is over 3 years of community service. There will be no coming back here to Tulsa after you're set free. Sophie Winston you have been approved to stay with Darrel Curtis. Court dismiss" She slammed the mallet down and I smiled.

"I knew you wouldn't be taken away" Dallas hugged me tight. I felt a hug from behind and knew it was Soda. I've never been happier. Finally my parents will be out of my life for good.

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