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Chapter Ten

Helga gave Roland the "look" and he asked Phillip, "How can you really promise Joey that his father will never be able to find or hurt him again?"

Phillip looked at Roland and he said, "You've known me for a long time, I've been able to help both you and Helga in making sure that the children you brought into you home were kept safe from the abuser.

And then I also help you two adopt them, so please give me the benefit of the doubt in knowing what I'm talking about."

Helga walked over to Phillip and she kissed his cheek and said, "You have to understand that Joey's different from the others, their parents were either drug addicts or drunks, where Joey's father is almost like the average man, except he abuses his so badly he nearly died. That's why Ro is asking you when you said that to Joey."

Phillip smiled down at her and he said, "I completely understand, so now I've got to go talk to the Chief of Police and let him know that I need to have Mr. Wheeler arrested and held for questioning.

Then I'll go talk to him and let him know that I have enough proof to send him to jail for the rest of his life, then he just might admit to abusing his son, and well I'll have enough to have him held until the trial."

Joey's eyes filled with tears as he listened to what Phillip was talking about a trial, he then said, "You mean that I'll have to tell what that bastard did to me in front of people, I can't do that."

Seto then put his arm around Joey's shoulder and said, "Listen to me, yes you can, I had to do the same thing and it isn't as hard as you think it'll be."

Joey wiped the tears from his face as he looked at Seto and he said, "But won't those people start making fun of me for not being able to protect myself?"

Seto then made Joey look at him and he said, "Joey, no one is going to make fun of you, hell what they'll probably do is cry after listening to what that son-of-a-bitch did."

Then the door opened and the other kids walked in and they went over to where Joey and Seto were and Ishizu smiled at Joey and said.

"Listen, mom and dad will make sure that no one makes or tries to make fun of you, you're now part of this family, so remember that all of us will be here to help no matter what, we're here."

Joey then said, "Alright, if that's what it takes to keep him away from me, then I'll testify against him." Darrell, Steven and Michael were listening to what was going on, Darrell looked at Michael and said, "You know that we've to find this bastard and show him exactly what it's like to be abused."

About then, Bakura came out of the room and he said, "If you want to find that douse bag, then I suggest you start looking at the local bar, that's where I'd look if I were you."

Steven said, "Alright, we'll do that, but your mom isn't to know just yet, I don't want her implicated in this." Bakura then nodded his head and walked off, then Michael said, "I'm thirsty, what do you say we go get something to drink?"

Roland noticed that Helga's brothers got into their car and drive off; he knew that they were searching for Joey's father. Helga went over to where he was standing and she asked, "Where are they off to?"

Phillip was still talking to Joey, when he over heard the conversation between Greta and Roland, he hoped that whatever it was didn't have anything to do with Joey's father. Phillip then said, "Tomorrow I'll talk to the Judge, I might be able to get him to you to be able to talk to him in his quarters and not in the Court Room."

At the Blue Lagoon:

Michael, Darrell and Steven walked into the bar, went over to the bar, and asked the bartender, "Do you know someone by the name of Wheeler?"

The bartender pointed to a corner table, there sat a man who was talking to prostitute, they were laughing and she was kissing on him. Steven walked over and said, "Are you the bastard who likes to beat on his son?"

The woman sitting there got up and slapped Joey's father across his face and said, "You son-of-a-bitch, you told me that your son was living with his mother."

Steven laughed and said, "The man's pregnant wife died in child birth six years ago, ever since that day he started beating his six year old son."

Wheeler stood up, shoved the woman so hard that she hit the wall, "What gives you the right to talk to me that way, you no good bitch." Wheeler yelled at her.

About that time, Wheeler found himself on the floor with a bloody nose, and then he was grabbed by his hair and dragged towards the back door, shoved to the ground. He got up shouting, "You son-of-a-bitch, what gives you the right to treat me this way?"

Then Darrell walked up to him and with a double up fist he hit Wheeler in the stomach and as he doubled over gasping for breathe, he tried to say something nasty, but Darrell said, "If you say one word, I'll gut you right here."

Wheeler didn't say one word, but that didn't stop Darrell from saying, "Today, we've found you guilty, now you're going to find out what you sentence is." Then Steven walked back into the bar, walked over to the bartender and said, "We'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything about seeing us in here." The bartender smiled and said, "It's about time someone taught that bastard that he can't get away with beating up on his son."

Steven got into the car and drove into the alley behind the bar, Darrell and Michael shoved Wheeler into the back seat, Darrell sat next to him while Michael got into the front. Steven then drove to the outskirts of town to an abandoned building that they had found.

Inside the abandoned building:

Steven pulled up in front of the doors, Michael got out and opened the doors, then Steven drove into the building and when he got inside, he turned off the engine, got out of the car, he and Michael helped Darrell get Wheeler out of the car.

They threw him down on the floor and when he tried to run out, Steven took out his gun and shot Wheeler in the knee, causing the man to fall to the ground screaming in pain, "My knee, I'm bleeding to death."

Steven walked back to the trunk and opened it and reached inside and took out a black bag, he put it on the ground and then he got out a some rope, some hooks and then he slammed the trunk shut. He looked up at the rafters and said, "That one will do."

Darrell then picked up the rope, tied one end to one of the hooks, threw the rope up and over the rafter and then he pulled the rope hard and the hook stuck into the wooden rafter, and he tug hard and said, "This will be strong enough for what we have planned."

Michael was standing over Wheeler making sure to kick his knee every now and then just to hear him scream, he was watching to see what his brothers had in mind and he laughed when he knew, then he said, "Wheeler, we're going to have fun teaching what we think of child abuser."

Darrell and Steven walked over to where Wheeler was lying on the floor; Steven threw a piece of rope to Michael and said, "Tie his hands behind his back, while Darrell and I get the rest of the things ready." Wheeler looked at them with fear in his eyes, and he started begging, "If you let me go, I'll never hurt my son again, I promise."

Back at the Manor:

Bakura was outside talking to Marik when Roland walked up and over heard what Bakura was saying. Roland startled them by saying, "If your mom finds out, all hell is going to break loose, so I wouldn't talk about it anymore."

Bakura and Marik both nodded that they understood, then Roland walked back inside, he wondered himself just what Darrell, Steven and Michael were up to.

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