"Wow" Emmett announced "That's, well that's just awful"
"Yeah" Jasper gave him a doubtful smile
"May I see?" I asked him.
He nodded and I moved closer. As did everyone else for some reason. I think they were curious. They had never heard of a self harmer before. I on the other hand have dealt with them quite regularly at the hospital. But this poor kids case was one of the worst I had seen. I examined his arm with great care and saw some old scars and some fresher looking ones that still had dried blood on them. Probably what he was doing when his mom kicked him out.
"And she had no idea?" I asked him
" No. Well she says she didn't. Im pretty sure she did. It doesn't take a genius to work out if you suddenly see someone whos been unhappy their whole life with a few scratches on their arm. I mean I didn't expect her to buy the whole the cat scratched me story. Hell we don't even have a cat. But she's usually too drunk to notice anything these days."
There was a bit of a silence before he spoke again
"You'd think she'd care a bit more. Want to try to help me. Not kick me out on the street with nowhere to go" he started to cry again
"Aww don't cry Jasper" Alice put an arm around him "We will help you wont we guys?"
My family looked unsure but nodded in agreement all the same. I couldn't help but feel a bit proud at my kids. All agreeing to help a poor soul. Not just any soul. A human soul. A human soul covered in blood!
We decided that Jasper could stay here for a few days and I was going to find him a bed in hospital so he could have regular access to a physiatrist. After he had done his stay in hospital and was better then….well we hadn't figured that part out yet, but we would think of something. Anyway he had to stay here for a few days because there was no beds available at the moment. He also had no clothes to change into he was still in the damp clothes that he arrived here in. I offered to drive him home so he could pick up some things. He was thankful for the offer but did not want to see his mother at all. So I just simply said "Ok Why don't we go while she's at work?" and Jasper just nodded and flashed me the biggest smile. I've never seen him look so happy in the short few days ive known him. So anyway at around 3.00pm he revealed that his mom usually leaves for work around this time. So he and I jumped into the car and he directed me to his house. As we got closer and closer he looked a bit scared. He obviously didn't like the place where he grew up. I asked him if he was ok and he just told me that he had too many bad memories here. I told him that from now on things would be OK for him, and boy how wrong I was.