Wow...not that it matters, but I'm Black and Italian. Anyways, continue to R&R folks. Lady Raven, where are you? LOL Don't worry Stan will probably get whopped a few more times before this story is over with. Stay tuned! :-) Please R&R!
Chapter 9
Kenny's POV
I'm at work doing some research while I have some down time. I'm searching for the best custody and lawyers in South Park. I wanted to hire Mr. Broflovski, but he told me he doesn't handle those cases. Funny because he seems to handle everything else.
The reason I'm looking for a lawyer is because I want to try to get custody of Abby. Stan is an alcoholic, unstable, and mistreats Abby. I think it would be in her best interest to get her away from him.
"Hey Ken, the system has gone down again. We need you to fix it." Lisa, one of my coworkers comes to my cubicle to inform me.
"I'll get right on it." I save some of the webpages I found and I will be contacting these lawyers to see who would be willing to take my case.
After work, I go to meet up with a lawyer. She's the only lawyer I could find who was willing to take my case. All the other lawyers I called laughed and told me I didn't have a chance in hell without even hearing why I want to do this.
"Ms. Parks will be with you momentarily." Her secretary tells me. I nod and take a seat while I wait for her.
Moments later, a tall red head comes into the lobby. She looks at me. "Kenneth McCormick?"
I stand up. "Yes ma'am?"
"Hi, I'm Eva Parks! Nice to meet you." She extends her hand.
I shake her hand. "Nice to meet you too. Please, call me Kenny."
"Ok Kenny. Let's go in my office." I follow her into her office. "Have a seat." I sit down and she does the same. "So you want to try to get custody of your younger sister?"
I nod. "Yes ma'am."
"Can you tell me why?"
"Yes. My sister is 7 and lives with her father. Our mother died the day she was born so that's why she's with her dad. Her dad is an alcoholic and violent. I haven't seen him be violent towards her, but she's come to my house crying telling me that he's really mean to her. She has really bad asthma and he gets frustrated when she has to be hospitalized for an asthma attack. She deserves a better life than that so that's why I want her in my custody."
She nods and takes notes of what I said. "I see..."
I'm a little nervous by her "I see". "So, do I have a chance?"
"There's always a chance. However, have you spoken to her father to let him know you want custody?"
I shake my head. "I haven't had a chance to bring it up to him."
She writes that down. "Can you prove the father is unfit?"
I nod. "I've witnessed him drinking and being drunk around her."
"We may have something to work with, but I need any information you give me to prove this."
"Ok, this could take awhile…"
Stan's POV
Abby had another asthma attack last night and was seen in the urgent care last night. I couldn't take her to the hospital because of that stupid bill so she had to go see a specialist this morning which turned out to be a complete waste of time. I dropped her off at school and made it to work by lunch time. Since my car is in the shop, my mom let me borrow her car so I can get around with the kids and to work.
Once I get to the office, I turn on my computer and try to log in and for some reason I'm unable to. I try multiple times, and I'm still unable to sign on. "What the fuck?" I whisper. I pick up the phone and call my boss Clair.
"Stan…I didn't know you were coming in." She answers.
"I just got here. I'm having trouble logging into my computer, so that's why I'm calling to let you know I'm here and about my computer trouble."
She's silent for a few moments, but I can hear her typing. "Stan, could you come by my office in 5 minutes?"
"Sure." I tell her and we hang up.
About 5 minutes later, I knock on Clair's office door. "Come in." I open the door and not only do I see Clair, but I also see Anna Logan from HR. "Have a seat Stan." She gestures towards the chair.
"Is everything ok?" I ask.
Anna shakes her head. "Stan, your attendance the last few months hasn't been that great. Within the last 90 days, you've shown up 32 of those days. 10 of them were half days."
I sigh. "I know, my daughter keeps getting sick and I'm a single parent so unfortunately I'm the one who has to take off."
"Stan, not only do you have poor attendance, your work performance is well below average. You haven't even entered half of the cases I've given you." Clair informs me.
"I'm sorry." That's all I can tell them. I can give a million and one reasons why my work is this way, but I can tell they're not in the mood to hear that shit.
"I'm sorry to Stan, this is your last day." Clair states. "Anna will walk you to your desk so you can pack your things up."
Goddamnit! I got fucking fired again. I'm so fucking pissed. I nod. "Thank you, I'm sorry it didn't work out."
Of course the first thing I did when I got home was start drinking. I've gone through three whiskey bottles and I decided to switch to vodka. I called Wendy's parents and asked them to pick up Sarah from daycare and get the twins from school. I told them I'm not feeling well so they agreed to keep the kids overnight. Unfortunately, that means I'm stuck here with Abby when she gets home. I decide to take a nap before she gets here.
"Hi daddy!" I jump up. Damn, it seems like I just went to sleep. I look at the time and it says 4:30. I guess I was out longer than I thought.
"What the fuck do you want?"
"I just wanted to say hi…"
I glare at her and then I stand up. "I got fired AGAIN! All because of you!"
She looks down. "I'm sorry daddy…"
I laugh. "You're sorry all right! You're a sorry excuse of a daughter! You and your stupid fucking asthma! Why can't you be normal and healthy like my other kids?" I light a cigarette.
"I-I don't know…
I blow smoke right in her face and she starts coughing. "I don't know either. God, if only your loser ass mother didn't die…I wouldn't have to deal with this shit! You would be her problem and her problem only! Wendy wouldn't be in jail and we wouldn't be living in this dump! I would have a huge house and Wendy and I would be there with OUR children. I wouldn't have a damn thing to do with you or your mother! You wouldn't even know your siblings! But no, your mom was a damn drug addict who died right after you were born and caused my whole life to go to hell!" I take another drag and blow more smoke in her face.
She continues coughing uncontrollably. "Do…you…hate…me?"
"Yes I fucking hate you! I've always hated you! You're ruining my life! Just like your mother did when she got pregnant with you! My life has gone downhill ever since!" I start shaking her. "It's all because of YOU!"
She's now wheezing. Oh great now the little bitch is about to have YET another asthma attack. "Dad…dy…" I can see her mouth moving, but there aren't any words coming out, just wheezing. She gets on her knees trying to catch her breath and I see her pull her inhaler out of her pocket.
I snatch the inhaler out of her hands. "Oh no! I don't have a job right now which means no health insurance! I don't have the funds to pay out of pocket for your ass! Maybe it's time for you to join your mother! That damn sure will save me a lot of money and stress!" I step on her inhaler. "I'm going to a bar!" I walk out, prepared to let nature take its course.
Kevin's POV
Missy, Kameron, and I just finished eating dinner. Missy took Kameron upstairs to give him a bath and get him ready for bed. I'm doing the dishes when I hear the doorbell ring. "Who could that be?" I walk over to the door and answer it. "Kenny?"
"Hey Kevin. I need to talk to you. I want to hear your opinion about something."
"Come on in." He walks inside and I close the door. We go to the living room and sit down on the couch. "What do you need to talk to me about? It's kind of late, I'm sure this could've waited until tomorrow."
"Sorry." He apologizes. "I was in the area, I just finished meeting with a lawyer."
"Why?"
"I'm going to try to get custody of Abby."
Wow, I wasn't expecting to hear that. "Kenny…I don't think-"
"Hear me out." He interrupts me. "You know Stan is an alcoholic and he's violent. He's also very mean to Abby. I really think Abby would be better off with me than Stan."
I sigh. "Kenny listen, I know you mean well, but do you really think this is a good idea?"
"Why isn't it?"
"While I think Abby should be far from Stan as possible, do you really think she's better off with you?"
He seems hurt by my question. "What do you mean?" I see his eyes began to water. I realize I now have to be careful with my word choice.
"Kenny, you're a great person, you really are. However, you're not in any position to raise a child, especially a sick child like Abby."
He's taken aback. "How could you say that? I'm really good with kids. Look how I am with Kam and Abby now!"
"That's because at the end of the day, they go home to their parents. That's completely different than raising them! I'm not trying to be mean, but you're too immature to be anyone's parent." He immediately starts crying when I say that. "See what I mean? A mature adult would be able to handle constructive criticism without bursting into tears."
"I can't believe you think I'm immature!"
"I also think the only reason you want to do this is because you're desperate for a child of your own. This isn't the way to go about that."
"This isn't about me, it's about Abby. I just want her to be safe!"
"How do you know she isn't? I don't like Stan at all, but if you're going to do this, you have to be really smart about it. Do you know Stan drinks in front of her? Has he been violent towards her? You're going to have to be able to prove that in court for the judge to consider giving you custody."
"I will. My lawyer thinks I have a really good case."
"Your lawyer wants your money. Don't be so naïve."
"I came to talk to you about this, hoping you would help me."
"I'll do what I can, I just don't think it's a good idea. You're not ready for parenthood. Have you even gone back to therapy yet? Because if you haven't, you better hurry up and start!"
He nods. "I went."
"Good. I really think you should reconsider this. Just know that if you do get custody, you're going to have grow up quickly and I don't think you're ready for that."
He wipes his eyes. "Fine Kevin. I'll take it into consideration." He starts to walk out, but I stop him.
"Wait!" He looks at me. "I'm sorry if I upset you at all, I just wanted to give you my honest opinion. I hope you're not mad at me."
"I'm not mad, you just gave me something to think about. Have a good night Kevin." With that, he leaves.
Preview:
Abby's life hangs in balance.
Stan feels guilty about what he did to Abby.
Kenny gets advice from Kyle about getting custody of Abby.
