Jeff tried to shut the door but Russ pushed his way in anyway. Russ always found a way to get in. "Russ no," Jeff pleaded. "Not again. Please get out."
"But why?" Russ asked innocently as he locked the door. "It's been so long since we've got to spend any time together."
Jeff knew he was screwed. There was nobody that could help him. His dad was at the grocery store and Matt had gone to help Shannon with something. He was completely alone with his rapist.
Russ touched Jeff's face, not caring about how hard his nephew flinched. "Come on Jeff. Don't make this harder than it has to be."
"Leave me alone!" Jeff begged. He was shaking so bad that he couldn't stop it.
"Okay, if you want to do this the hard way, we can." Russ shoved Jeff down to the floor. Jeff tried to get away but Russ was too strong. "No please stop Russ! No, no, no, no---"
"Jeff? Jeff are you okay?"
Jeff snapped out of his trip down memory lane and realized everybody was staring at him. Not that he could blame them. He had broken out into a cold sweat and was rocking back and forth. The surprise of seeing Russ had really affected him.
"Jeff?" Matt said slowly. "Why are you staring at Russ like you've just seen a ghost?"
"Russ?" Randy growled. He could not have looked more enraged than he did at that moment. "You're Russ?"
"Yeah," Russ said, seemingly oblivious to Randy's tone. "I have been for a long time now. I heard about what happened to Matt and I came to check on him." He grinned at Matt. "Of course, he woke up not too long after I got here."
"Hey, you all know I will not die," Matt said cheerfully. "Although I would like to pass out again because my head is killing me."
Gil looked at Jeff carefully. "Are you okay Jeff? You're really starting to scare me."
"Of course he's okay," Russ said quickly. "He just gets a little goofy from time to time. Isn't that right Jeff?"
"No, he's not okay," Randy snapped. "Not anymore anyway. Not since he's seen you."
"Me? What did I do?"
"You know what you've been doing. I know it too and that's why I'm going to rip your fucking head off you mother fucker."
Jeff grabbed Randy's arm. "Randy please not now. This isn't the time."
"This is the time Jeff," Randy insisted. "Gil and Matt have to hear about it right now, or it's never going to stop. They'll just keep letting him in and he'll keep taking advantage of opportunities to hurt you."
Okay, so maybe Randy was right. Maybe it was time for his dad and Matt to know. But he didn't really want to say it. Not with this many people in the room. Not when Mickie, John, Katie, Miz, Lillian, Morrison, Ted, Cody, Kofi, Phil, Mark and Glenn were all looking at him too. And especially not when Russ was there. He couldn't take the way Russ was looking at him. He grabbed his hair and closed his eyes, willing this all to be a dream.
"What exactly have you been telling your little boyfriend Jeff?" Russ asked dangerously. "You haven't been telling lies about me, have you?" The tone of his voice clearly indicated that he was supposed to deny the things Randy was saying.
"I've suddenly got a bad feeling about this Russ dude," Ted whispered loud enough for everyone to hear. "Look at him. He almost looks like a deranged rapist."
Jeff opened his eyes and looked at Russ. His uncle did look like a deranged rapist. And those cold blue eyes were locked on him, clearly telling him he was in for a world of hurt later if he didn't say something. "He is a deranged rapist."
"Good guess," Cody whispered to Ted.
Russ looked furious. "How dare you even say--"
"How dare I?" Jeff interrupted in disbelief. "How dare I? I've kept my mouth shut for twenty five fucking years Russ. I've let you hurt me for so long I've lost track of how many times it's actually happened." He held out his arms to show off his scars. "Look at these. Look at these you sick fuck! These are because of you! I did this to myself because I couldn't deal with what you were doing to me. You're the reason I'm fucked up in the head!"
"Jeff quit telling stories this instant!" Russ snapped.
"I'm not telling stories!" Jeff shouted. He tightened his grip on Randy's arm, only now it was to keep himself from falling apart completely. "I'm just sick and tired of taking your shit! The touching, the rapes--I won't take it anymore! I can't take it anymore! I'm not going to play your games. I'm not going to act normal around you anymore so Dad and Matt won't find out you've been abusing me since I was six. I won't fucking do it because it's ruined my life. You ruined my fucking life."
The room had gone completely quiet. Everybody had been stunned into silence. Poor Gil and Matt looked like they had just got shot. Jeff couldn't blame them. They had trusted Russ and now that trust was broken because the truth had finally came out.
Russ looked around desperately. "Oh come on. You can't possibly believe this outrageous story."
Gil glared at Russ with an anger Jeff had never seen before. "I don't think it's outrageous story at all. You see, Jeff's a lot of things, but a liar is not one of them. If he said you raped him, then you raped him. And there's only one thing I've got to say to that." He punched Russ right in the face.
That one punch set off a domino effect of violence. Mark, Randy, John, Phil and Glenn joined in the kicking of Russ's ass. Jeff just stood there in shock. He had heard of people reacting badly to the news of sexual abuse, but this was insane.
"Matt stop it!" Katie pleaded. She was desperately trying to hold down Matt, who was trying just as desperately to get out of his bed.
"I'm going to kill him!" Matt growled. "I'm going to get out of bed and kill that fucker."
Jeff went over to the bed and tried to help Katie. "Matty stop," he begged. "You're going to hurt yourself even more."
"Punt him in the head Orton!" Morrison shouted. He and the others were cheering on the fight.
"Kick him in the balls!" Miz encouraged.
"Forget the kicking!" Mickie snapped. "Cut his dick off!"
"No wait, let Jeff do it!" Cody suggested. "He's the victim in all this."
"Somebody get something sharp," said Kofi.
A nurse barged into the room. "What the hell is going on in here?" she screeched.
"We're kicking this guy's ass," Phil informed her. "He raped our friend so he's going to get his dick cut off. Now go get us a scalpel."
"This has spiraled way out of control," Jeff said in disbelief. "That nurse is probably going to call the cops."
Matt shrugged. "Let her. Nobody messes with you and gets away with it. We're a very protective bunch. You should have seen what we did to Christian before he left for TNA."
"Did you cut off his dick?"
"Well no, but that was because we didn't have anything sharp enough to do it with."
Mark picked up Russ and slung him over his shoulder. "I'm going to take care of this piece of shit." He glared at the nurse. "You didn't see a damn thing, you understand?"
The nurse nodded fearfully.
"Good girl." Mark then proceeded to carry a beaten and bloody Russ out of the room.
The room went quiet again. Mickie and Kofi went to John and Phil to try to calm them down. Glenn sat back down in his chair like he hadn't done anything at all. Randy went over to Jeff and pulled him into a tight embrace. Jeff returned it, but he didn't take his eyes off of Gil. His dad looked tired and worn out. "Dad?" he said hesitantly.
Gil sighed. "I think I broke my damn knuckles. Now I understand why you're not supposed to punch people with a closed fist." He shrugged. "Oh well. It was worth it. Nobody gets away with hurting my kids" He pulled Jeff into an affectionate hug. "Of course later we're going to have a talk about telling me these kinds of things a lot sooner than twenty five years later after they start to happen. Good God kid, I'm old now. I can't take all these shocking secrets like I used to."
Jeff managed a small grin. He felt…well he couldn't describe it. He was free from the dark secret that haunted him for so long. Everybody knew and nobody had turned against him for it. He was free from Russ's reign of terror.
But little did he know that two certain Canadians had seen what had just taken place and were already forming a new plan for his and Randy's destruction.
