"Mom! Please say you're lying! Please!"
She nodded her head in dismay, "It's true. And I'm sorry."
"That shouldn't be allowed!!"
"Apparently he's had 'good' behavior. He gets to visit for an hour and a half under supervision of a prison guard."
"Mom! No!! I don't want to see him!"
"I have them permission to bring him over! He is still your father!"
"No. He isn't."
I walked back into my room and closed the door behind me.
"You got in trouble, didn't you?" Austin said.
"No..she didn't care. It's nothing.." I looked at Kayla, "Kay, we need to talk."
Kayla got up with out a question. She followed me out into the hallway, "What?"
"My dad is coming.."
"What..."
"I promised the boys nothing bad would happen and then now...that freak is coming!"
"Okay..don't panic."
"Don't panic?!"
"Is he coming alone?"
"No. He's under supervision."
She put her hands on my shoulders, "He's under supervision. Nothing can happen. It will so be okay, okay?"
"You better be right..but that still doesn't solve my problem. With the boys and all. I don't think that the boys will be too fond of my convict father stopping by."
"When he comes, run downstairs and spend about 30 minutes down there, I will tell the boys your mom needed you."
"Good. But how will I know he's here?"
"You'll hear him knock?"
"Yeah but so will the boys."
"I'll say I did it."
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About 45 minutes later I heard the knock.
The boys didn't even seem to take notice of it.
I looked at the clock, "Oh I gotta go help my mom with her..thing."
They waved me off and Kayla gave me a quick wink.
I took a sigh when I stepped out of the door.
"Hey." I said when I stepped off the last step.
He turned to me and smiled a smile I faintly remember.
He doesn't look like a bad person. My dad is handsome and decent looking.
He reached out to shake my hand.
I resisted for a second and then shook his hand.
"Let's sit?" My mom said leading us all to the living room.
"This house looks so different.." He's said, "You decorated a lot."
"Yeah.." She said. You could tell mom was uneasy.
"Jennifer..you've grown into such a beautiful young woman.." He said looking me up and down.
I got chills. The only way I can picture in my mind is that in his mind I am beautiful to a pedophile.
"Well I've got things upstairs I need to do. It was okay to see you, Charles. I mean dad.."
"Give me a hug before you go." He stretched his arms out to me.
I slowly walked towards him.
I let him grasp me into and uncomfortable hug.
Then he whispered in my ear, "Did you get a visit from Brantley?"
I stepped back. Looking at him in full disgust.
What's wrong with him? Whys he like this?
The only reason he was put in jail in the first place is because he was on drugs and alcohol! What's the problem?
He smirked at me with the devil in his eyes.
I took off running upstairs.
I need to tell Austin!
I burst into my room.
I gave Austin a sad look. He stood up and walked towards me, "What's wrong?"
I shook my head, "I will have to tell you later.."
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I continued on through that night with happy thoughts.
At about one in the morning Kayla conked out. Then Alex.
I made sure Austin stayed awake.
"Austin. Come here." I whispered.
He got up off the pallet set for him in the floor and sat down in the bed with me, "What's up?"
"My dad was here."
"What?!" He shouted.
"Shhhh!! My dad was here earlier..and he told me something."
"What did he tell you?"
"He asked me if Brantley has visited me.."
Austin, from what I could see in the dark, his face was blank.
I sat there quietly.
"Your father is a sick man."
"You think I don't know that? I didn't want Alex to know he was here because I figured he'd flip."
"Yeah just don't tell him. But really, can we testify against your dad too?"
"I don't know. I'm almost too scared to tell my mom what happened."
"Just tell her!"
"I can't..it's not that easy. You don't understand."
He rolled his eyes and crawled back into the floor, "Good night, Jen. Love you."
"Love you too."
I laid there in my bed quietly.
Can I pin this on my dad?
And if I do, what does that mean for Brantley?
Will he get away with it because he was brainwashed by a criminal?
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