Disclaimer: Once again I don't own any of the characters except for Skyler and some minor characters.
A/N: I just wanted to say thanx to the few people who have reveiwed my story. Although I wish I was recieving more reveiws so I will know I'm not writing this horrible story. I would also like to say sry to the people who have read my story so far, I just recently noticed that the first two chapters have a lot of mistakes. I would like to tell all the readers that I am going to try and proofread my other chapters better. I hope my writing hasn't discouraged anyone from reading this story because I know that when a story has a lot of mistakes it can be annoying. So once again sorry for my mistakes. Please continue to R&R. I'm hoping after the next couple of chapters I will recieve more reveiws because reviews are really what keep an author going. Pleas Enjoy.
I would also like to say that some of the stuff in the story might not be accurate. I tired to make it as accurate as possible but some thingsI just couldn't get info on so it won't be accurate.
Chapter 3:
Skyler was in a world all her own. She could feel the cold breeze on her face. The flowers and the trees seemed to be swaying with the wind to a tune all their own. The grass was the greenest grass she had ever seen. The whole place had the sweetest aroma she had ever smelled. It smelled like an infusion of wild flowers and lavender. It was the sweetest smell in the whole world.
The man she pretended was her father was there. He had on a nice woolsweater, that was a bluish-gray, with khaki pants. He had a distinct smell, it smelled like tobacco and arich and tangy cologne. He had blond hair. Everything else about him was blurry, except for the huge smile spreading across his face.
He was swinging Skyler around in the garden causing the flowers, trees, grass, and baby blue sky to mesh together and form a rainbow of color. While being swung she couldn't help but feel elated and she couldn't help but laugh. Slowly the man quit spinning her and lay her down on the grass and then he lay down next to her; they both stared up at the sky and gazed at the clouds. They were looking at the shape of clouds and laughing as a bunny came into veiw. Skyler had always pretended that this man was her daddy; the thought had always brought her acertain sense of happiness. Even though she knew her daddy would never change she could always hope. She would always escape into this world whenever her father or one of the strange men came into her room to do things to her that she hated.
Whenever she would go into that beautiful peaceful world everything around her would dissipate. She couldn't feel or see her father or any other man around her. It was just her world, it was just peace. She couldn't feel the pain caused by one of the late night visits. She couldn't smell the men, the mixture of alcohol, tobacco, and sweat. She couldn't hear any of the sounds made by the men. She couldn't feel the silent tears streaming down her face. She was in a world all alone in peace. She loved her garden the only thing she wished was that she was really there, and didn't have to be with that man and that she could be faraway from the pain she had to endure.
Skyler wasn't sure how long she had been in her world when her bedroom door burst open snapping her out of her trance.The door was pushed open by a tall man and at first he didn't say anything he just stood and stared at the scene unfolding before his eyes.The first person to speak was the man who had been tormenting Skyler.
"Hey man get out I was here first you can have your turn after me." he said angrily.
"Freeze you shit head" said the figure. "I'm not here for my turn. You're under arrest. Now I want you to step away from the girl and once you do that I want you to lay down on the ground and place your hands on top of your head."
"I...wh-wh-" the man said in shock.
"Now asshole" the cop yelled
Slowly the man rose from the bed and did as the officer demanded. He had a defeated look in his eyes, the look of someone caught doing an unspeakable thing, a deer caught in the headlights of a car. When the man was finally in the position the officer had described the officer read the man his miranda rights and the whole time all the man did was beg and plead.
"You have a right to remain..."
"Look man. Please listen to me.I know what I did was stupid b-b-but..."
"Anything you say can and will be used against you."
"I paid for it thats all. The people that lived here said if Ipaid them m-m-money I c-c-could..."
"In a court of law." The officer finished angrily
"Have a pick between either one of their kids. The boy or the girl." the man said in a barely audible voice. He knew he was in big trouble and he knew their was no way he was getting out of it. With an officer witnessing it and with the evidence that was sure on the bed. He knew he was in trouble it's not like this had been his first time caught with a little girl. He had broken probation, he was sure to get a long time in jail this time.
When the cop heard what the man had said about the kids parents it angered him and hurt his heart a little bit, he couldn't beleive parents could do something like that to their own children. The man was probably lying and trying to save himself he told himself resonably. The cop yanked the man roughly off of the floor and pushed him out of the room into the hall, where he told his partner she should probably check on the little girl and try to find out what happened.
The whole time this was happening Skyler didn't feel any kind of relief all she felt was fear. Her daddy had told her and Jack about this before, about keeping their mouth closed because no one else would understand that all he was doing was loving them and teaching them to be "respectable and deserving" children. He told them that if anyone ever found out about the things that were going on in their house they would be forced to leave and they would never be loved again. Never be allowed to see their parents again and Jack and her would be taken away from each other never to see each other again. Although Skyler didn't mind the part about never being loved again, she had always hated the way she had been "loved" by her daddy or any of the other men, she never understood what the big deal about love was anyways; she did, however,mind the fact that Jack and her would be separated and would never see each other again. Jack was the only person in the world who she wasn't worried about hurting her when she did wrong and he was the only one who gave her the comfort she needed after one of the late night visits or one of the many beatings.
While Skyler was lost in her thoughts she didn't notice the tall slender blond women enter the room. However, when the women came over and started to place her hand on Skyler's shoulder she did notice her and fear gripped her little body. Skyler cowered against the wall and hoped the women would just leave. When the women noticed Skyler cowering she backed away and proceeded to talk to her.
"Hey, my name is Diane" she said soothingly. "I'm hear to help you. Now look, I'm going to sit down on your bed. Okay." She waited for Skyler to say something, but after a minute or so knew she wasn't going to get a response so she proceeded to sit down on the bed. The little girl cowered even more.
"Now would it be alright if I asked you your name."
Skyler peered at the women, Diane, not sure if she should answer or not. She didn't want to anger Diane and get punished, but she also didn't want her father finding out that she had talked to the women. Finally she made up her mind.
"I...I...I'm Skyler" she said in a barely audible voice.
"Well, that's a very beautiful name you got there. Now would it be alright if I helped you pick out a shirt or something to put on." gently Diane raised herself out of the bed and went rummaging through the dresser. Diane was murmuring something to herself somethig like "we've got to find you something nice and comfy to wear."
When the women found what she was looking for she walked back over to Skyler and held up one of her many nightshirts. This one happend to be Skye's faviorite, it was a lavender colored shirt with two bears holding a flower, after Diane showed Skyler the shirt she proceeded to explain to her what she was going to do so she wouldn't frighten the girl anymore than she already was.
While Diane was putting the shirt on Skyler,she wanted to pull away from Diane and not allow her to put the shirt on, but not only was she afraid to do so she was also in too much shock to do anything but stare off into space.
After Diane got the nightshirt on she proceeded to ask Skyler some questions.
"Skyler, I am going to ask you a question now. Okay." She waited for the girl to respond but she merely gave a shrug. " Alright, well, do you know the man who was in your room?" Skyler just looked and her hands and rubbed them back and forth against her bed.
"Well, alright, umm...has anything like this ever happend before."
Skyler then gazed up and the women and quietly said "I want Jack."
Skyler could tell the women was a little bit confused. "Jack...umm...who...is that the little boy...the little boy downstairs...your brother...is that Jack?"
Skyler gazed up at the women not meeting her eyes and just shook her head "yes".
"Well, you haven't answered any of my questions, but I'm not going to force you too. You can answer them later. We'll go see your brother; but your gonna have to get up out of the bed and follow me downstairs. Alright."
Skyler, who was gazing at her hands, didn't know what to do she knew not getting up could anger the woman but she was also afraid of what her daddy would do later after all this was over, if she went with the woman. She was also terrified that this woman was going to hurt her if she went with her.
"I-I...um...y-y-you promise you'll t-t-take m-m-me to J-J-Jack."
"Well of course, where else would I take you." the woman said lovingly.
At first Skyler didn't know if she should believe the woman but she also knew she couldn't stay in her room forever while all this stuff was going on and what better way to suffer through this experience than to be with Jack. She finally made up her mind and slowly started getting out of the bed.
Once she got out of bed, Diane started talking to her. "Would you like me to hold your hand" Diane slowly started going for her hand, but seeing the childs terrified face she dropped her had to her side and said "Hey its okay you don't want me to touch you I won't." Slowly Diane started walking towards the door, but she noticed Skyler wasn't coming and she turned around " Are you coming Skyler." Skyler, however, didn't respond. Diane pondered this for a minute and then decided it would be best to just carry on like she wasn't there. Diane then started walking out the door and noticed that Skyler was trailing behind her.
Slowly both people made their ways downstairs. One, a very angry and confused woman, the other a frightened and pained little girl.
When they arrived downstairs it seemed that there was mass confusion. There were a million people all over some were handcuffed some were not. Mr. Garrison and his wife were there, the police were talking to them and Skyler having just arrived downstairs over heard a fragment of the conversation.
"Has anything like this ever happend before." the police officer asked. "The man officer Monroe caught with the little girl claims that he paid for a uh...night with the little girl. He is also claiming that this is something that goes on at least once a month usually more like twice. Have you ever witnessed anything like this."
"Well of course not officer. Doug and Vivian Kramer may not be the best parents but, they have never subjected their children to something as heinous as selling them for money." exclaimed Mr. Garrison.
"Okay. Now can I ask you what you meant by them not being the best parents." Asked the officer.
"Well" Mrs. Garrison said. "They..."
However Skyler didn't get a chance to hear the rest of the conversation because Diane was almost two feet ahead of her and Skyler didn't want to be left behind. Skyler couldn't understand what Mr. Garrison and the cop were talking about. She knew what ever Mr. Garrison said wasn't the truth he had always lied about things and she knew on severaloccaisions he had visited her room.She also knew her parents weren't bad, they hadn't done anything that any other parent wouldn't do if they had been cursed with the two worst kids in the world.
Diane was slowly walked through the crowded and hectic room keeping a close eye on Skyler to make sure she didn't wander off. She couldn't seem to locate Skyler's older brother, Jack, so she stopped to talk to one of the many cops there to figure out where he could be.
"Hey steve, How's everything going." As she said this Skyler came up behind her and stayed there taking in the scene before her.
"I'm doing good Diane. This case is just kind of messed up you know." He said looking towards the scared girl hiding behind Diane.
"Yeah, tell me about it. This is one of the worst cases I have ever seen so far. It's a simple case of he said she said. These kids might end up having to come back to their parents if we can't prove anything."
"Yeah I know what a horrible thing." he said with a sigh. Knowing full well that not all the kids that needed to be saved were saved. "Hey, we get to keep them away from their parents for a while, at least until this whole thing is figured out.It may not be what anyone wants or needs but it's a start.Did you have something to ask me because I have to get back to work."
"Oh, I almost forgot. I'm looking for the little girl's, Skyler, brother Jack. She's really freaked out and wants her brother so I'm looking for him."
"Ah. He's outside with some of the other cops. They are trying to keep the parents from seeing the kids and scaring them or anything. As a matter of fact you should probably take Skyler outside because the parents are in the back room, but who knows when they will come out. You know."
"Yeah, I do."
Diane started making her way outside with her little shadow trailing behind her. She was about three feet from the door when someone, a woman, started yelling.
"Skyler baby. Don't let them tell you your father and I were horrible parents, don't listen to them they only want to take you away from us and destroy our family." Diane could tell that Skyler's body had stiffend at the sound of her mothers voice. She knew she had to get the little girl away from her mother as soon as possible. The whole time this was happening the cops around the scene were trying to take the woman out of the room, but she was fighting and yelling for her daughter.
"Skyler, come on it's okay. We will get this whole thing straightened up as soon as possible. You have to come with me now though. We'll go find your brother. We'll go find Jack." at first it looked like Skyler wasn't going to budge, but then she looked away from her struggling and yelling mother and followed her. As Skyler did this Diane could see that she was shaking all over. What had these people done to their kids that caused them to tremble and cower at everything. God, she hoped they would never see their parents again.
When Skyler made the decision to follow Diane instead of going to her mother, she knew she would pay for it later, but at that time all she cared about was getting to Jack. She was so scared she didn't want to be taken away from her parents or from Jack. However, she knew that was what was going on from the conversation she had over heard Diane having with the other cop.
Why were they being tormented? Why couldn't the cops just leave and let her family alone? Her parents were only doing what was right, weren't they?
Slowly Skyler noticed that they were outside. She didn't know how they got there, but she was glad to feel the cool breeze on her face. It made her feel a little bit better as did the smell of the trees and flowers. She started getting even more frightened when she didn't see Jack. Why was it taking Diane so long to take her to Jack? Was she just tricking her and really going to do something bad to her, hurt her? What if they had sent Jack away and were going to do the same thing to her and the whole finding Jack thing had been a ploy to get her to cooperate. She almost started to cry but she remember earlier in the day how her crying had angered her father. Obviously, crying made everyone mad and she didn't want to anger Diane. So, instead of crying she bit her bottom lip and dug her nails into the palm of her hands, her lips were already parched so right when her teeth dug into her lips they started bleeding. Skyler always loved the taste of the blood, a rusty taste, and the feel of the blood wetting her lips.It hhad always soothed her.
Suddenly she heard a russling and then Jack burst from a nearby car. Skyler didn't see him at first, but had heard the noise and almost fainted in fear at the thought that her daddy was finally coming with a vengence to get Jack and her and punish them for listening to the"bad people". However, her thoughts of punishment were soon replaced when she spotted Jack running towards her with concern in his eyes.
"Jack" She said in a whisper. Diane hadn't lied! They really did find Jack! She then started to run for Jack, in normal curcumstances she would have never done a thing like that for fear that she would anger someone, however, these weren't normal circumstances. Jack who had been running met Skyler and Grabbed her into a tight embrace.
"Skye, did that woman do anything to you? Was she nice to you?" He whispered, even though they were glad to be with each other again they both knew not to be heard talking.
"I...She was nice...but what's going on?" She whispered back.
"Skye I don't really know. I think..." Jack didn't get a chance to finish his conversation becuase Diane and another cop, with shaggy black hair and friendly green eyes. approached. This cop was the one who had come into Skyler's room and took the man away.
"Well, I'm glad to see you found your brother." she said with a smile.
The first thing that popped into Skyler's head was an apology. " I-I-I'm s-s- sorry"
"For what Skyler" Diane said with concern.
"F-f-for running o-o-off."
"Ahh. Well don't worry about it kid it's nothing to be sorry for. I have an older borhter and whenever I'm scared I run to him. Brothers always have a way of making you feel better. Huh."
Skyler just shrugged and looked down at her hands.
"well, I have some stuff I have to do in the house so I'm gonna take Jack and you to the car okay. Mike here will help you if you need anything. Skyler, I won't leave if you don't want me too. I can find someone else to go if you want." She looked and Skyler expectantly hoping she would say something, it pained her to see a child so sad and dispondent. No answer came just a little shrug.
"Alright, I'm going to walk you to the car then I'm going to go. Then when CPS gets here you two will go with them okay."
Skyler and Jack made no move to respond; so Diane and Mike motioned them towards the car. Skyler grabbed on tightly to Jacks hand who in turn squeezedhersto reassure her that everything was going to work out; as they slowly made their way towards the car.
Neither kid knew what CPS was but it scared them nontheless. They understood what Diane had said about going with this CPS person and they didn't like it but they knew they had no choice. As long as they were allowed to get back to their parents it would be okay; as long as Jack and she got to stay together it would be okay. Soon everything would be back to normal, Diane had even said so she had said they would get down to the bottom of what had been going on. Therefore, that meant they would figure out that all their parents were doing was punishing and teaching two "worthless and undeserving" kids. Once the cops figured this out everything would go back to normal, they would go back with their daddy and mommy. This horrible night would be forgotten.
A/N: Well I hope you all enjyed this chapter and I hope that there weren't as many mistakes. I know this chapter is longer than the other ones i have written, but I just had a lot I needed to get down. I think my chapters will get longer seeing as I will need to explain more stuff. Please enjoy
