One and a half years later
I lay there watching James sleep beneath the covers beside me. I do this every morning, lay here and watching him sleep. It reminds me every day how lucky I am to have him beside me. I don’t know what I would do if he had been sent to jail again.
I feel a lot safer now that Mr Waters is locked up, but I do get times when I’m worry he may escape and come for me. He has gotten a life sentence. I still get nightmares about him, and when I do, I have James holding me and makes sure I am able to get back to sleep. We live together now. After the trail we just had to get away from Los Angeles and my family. We moved to Wichita where we stayed with Aunt Zoe until we could save enough money to buy our own house. We work at her store since I know some people still wouldn’t take James on for work. He had tried too when we were living in LA, and didn’t get anywhere.
Living here in Wichita gives us a chance to get away from the spotlight and to hang low. Eyes were always on us when we walk down the street together, like everyone still believed James was a criminal. Here in Wichita, no one put James in shame. Well, there are some people here who still don’t treat him right. Justin is still disrespectful to him. I have nothing to do with him, and whenever I see him, I ignore him.
James and I have been thinking a lot about the future. We aren’t so sure what we will end up doing, but we plan to start a family someday. Not yet, but whenever we feel comfortable. We’re taking things slow and trying not to rush into things. Sometimes when I do make out with James, I do experience the flashbacks, but I have to force myself to just push them aside. James was nothing like his father.
I knew that whatever we planned to do in the future that no one will be happy with what we plan to do. I don’t talk to my parents much after I moved. I saw them last month when Daniel married Clara. She is expecting now, about two weeks. Not really sure how I feel about being an aunt at the moment, but I guess I will have to wait until after the baby is born.
In the mean time I just want to fix things with James and get our lives back together again.
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Innocent
General Fiction*CONTAINS SOME MATURE CONTENT*James is innocent. I know he is. But how can I prove it when no one wants to believe me, except for a lie that everyone wants to believe instead? I saw everything and so did he. That’s why I know he is innocent.
