"MOM! You need to get out of there!" she yelled into the phone.
"Honey, I don't need marriage advice from my single daughter!" her mother argued.
"My he's abusing you! What are you going to do when it goes too far?!" she yelled.
"Althia, I'm alright! Honestly!" her mother began getting angry.
"Mom! He hits you and you stay with him. He hits me and you still stay with him?!" she yelled. "I don't understand you sometimes!"
"This is none of your concern!" her mother exclaimed.
"When I come over and find you dead one day would it still be none of my concern?!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. The phone was silent.
"I guess your right." she said. "I'll think of something to do."
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" came a voice through the phone.
"Who's that?!" yelled Althia.
"He's been listening in on the other phone!" her mother exclaimed.
"Mom! Run!" she yelled, but all she heard was the phone being dropped on the floor. Althia listened for some hope that her mother would pick the phone back up, but she heard nothing. Althia's heart began to beat faster. She then ran outside to her car and headed to her mother's house. Half way there her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Althia?" said a voice.
"Mom?!" she asked.
"I'm alright." she answered. "I ran out to the car when he came after me."
"That's a relief!" sighed Althia as she turned around in the nearest driveway and headed in the opposite direction. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." she answered. "I'm going to head to the police station to file a report."
"That's great Mom!" she said with a smile on her face. "I'll see you later."
"Alright. Bye Althia, and thanks for your help." she thanked her.
"Your welcome Mom." she said as she drove off to 'Buck's Garage.
About an hour later...
"That will be $8.35!" exclaimed Ron to his customer as he handed him his bag.
"Here you go Stoppable!" said the bald headed, big belly man.
"Barkin?" asked Ron, but the man had already left. "Odd."
Outside...
"Bye Monique!" yelled Althia. "Thanks for the ride!"
"No prob!" she replied. "Do you need a ride this afternoon?"
"No. Their going to drop my car off here when they finish working on the breaks before I get off." she said.
"Alright! See you later!" she said driving off.
"Bye!" she yelled, waving to Monique as she walked in for work.
"Buenos Diaz!" greeted Ron as Althia walked in.
"Good morning Ron!" greeted Althia as she walked into the office. Ron followed her noticing her smiling.
"Ok... Who's the guy?" asked Ron flopping down on the couch in the office.
"What?" she asked laughing.
"Who's the guy?" he repeated.
"There is no guy!" she exclaimed.
"Well there has to be a reason your so happy." he said.
"My mom's leaving my dad." she smiled.
"And that's good?" he asked with a confusing face.
"RON!" she yelled. "You know that's good! You know about the problem."
"I know! I was just teasing." he replied. "Sheesh."
"Well this is no time to be teasing." she said.
"Man!" Ron said to himself. "Women and their moodswings"
Later on that afternoon...
"Booya!" exclaimed Ron. "Bueno Nacho is officially closed for the night!"
"Goodnight Ron!" said Althia as she walked out.
"Goodnight!" he said waving to her. Ron finished wiping down the counter and walked into the office. When he walked in he saw a purse. "Althia must have left it."
He took the purse with him and sat it in his car.
"I'll drop it off at her house after I pick up Kimberly." he said to himself. Ron got in his car and drove to Monique's house. "Hey Monique!"
"Hey Ron!" she yelled from the house. "Are you going to come in?"
"No! I have an errand to run!" he yelled. "Maybe some other time!"
At that time Kimberly poked her head out the door and began to run to the car.
"Daddy!" she yelled getting in.
"Hey!" he said. "How was your day?"
"Good!" she replied.
"Bye Monique!" waved Ron as they drove off and headed to Althia's house.
Meanwhile...
Althia walked inside her house and dropped her things on the couch. She was pooped after a long day of work, but something didn't feel right. She walked over to her recliner and turned on the lamp. When she turned around she let out a loud gasp. There across the room sat her father.
"Hello Althia!" he said with his cold voice.
"Why are you doing here?!" she asked as he got out of his chair.
"Well you should know." he said with a hateful voice. "You did encourage my wife to leave me!"
"Your wife is my mother and I care for her well being!" she yelled as he began to walk towards her. "Get away from me!"
"Your going to pay!" he exclaimed as he continued walking towards her. He raised his fist and brought it down with a force, hitting Althia in the stomach. She grabbed her stomach with pain.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled looking around for a source for help.
'Where's the phone?!' she thought running over to the charger.
"Looking for the phone?" he asked. "I got rid of them and everything else you could possibly use to help yourself!"
Outside Ron and Kimberly pulled up.
"Alright. You sit here while I go give Althia her purse back." he told Kimberly. "Ok?"
"Yes Daddy." she replied.
"Alright." he told her. "I'll be right back."
Ron walked up the sidewalk and to the front door, but before he knocked her heard something break and a yell. Ron wasn't sure what was happening but her ran back to the car.
"Kimberly?!" he exclaimed.
"Yes Daddy?" she asked.
"You sit here and don't open the doors for anyone unless it's me or Althia." he commanded her. "Alright?!"
"What's wrong Daddy?!" she asked with fear in her voice.
"Nothing! But I don't have time." he told her. "Lock the doors!"
Ron ran back up the side walk and to the door.
Back inside...
"HELP!" yelled Althia from the floor, as her father continued to beat her. She was bleeding and bruised.
"Shut up!" he yelled slapping her in the face. She struggled to keep him from hitting her again. He grabbed her by the neck and pulled her up from the ground. She pulled up her leg and kicked him in the stomach. "Ahhh!"
She fell to the ground and tried to scramble to her feet.
"Your going to die!" he yelled pulling a gun out from his jacket and aiming it at her. "Die you..!"
Outside at that moment Ron ran into the door knocking it down. Althia layed there in fear. Ron saw her father with the gun and in a matter of seconds ran over to him pushing his arm out of the way. Althia's father pulled the trigger blasting a hole in the ceiling.
"Run Althia!" he yelled. "Run!"
She scrambled to her feat and ran out the door. She looked around and saw Ron's car with Kimberly in it. She knocked on the door.
"Let me in Kimberly, please!" she yelled. Kimberly unlocked the door.
"What's going on?" asked Kimberly.
"Nothing." Althia told her. "It's alright."
"Where's Daddy?" she asked. Althia pondered the thought but did not have a good way to answer it.
Back in the house...
"Give me the gun!" yelled Ron trying to stay out of aim of the gun and trying to get it at the same time. Althia's father took aim but barely missed Ron's arm. It scraped Rons shoulder barely. "AH!"
"Who are you?!" yelled Althia's father trying to get a better aim of Ron. They fought until they fell with Ron on top of him. Both of their hands were on the gun and Althia's father pulled the trigger. Blowing a hole in the wall. Ron jumped up and pryed the gun from his fingers, and ran outside with the gun.
"Unlock the door!" yelled Ron to Althia and Kimberly as he ran towards the car. "Hurry!"
They unlocked the door and Ron jumped in laying the gun between the seats. He cranked the car and sped off towards his house as Althia's father ran out of the house. When they arrived Ron parked his car in the garage and closed it. He rushed them all inside.
"Kimberly... go to bed. I'll be up there in a minute." he commanded.
"Yes Daddy." she replied as she walked upstairs.
"Are you ok?" he turned to Althia.
"I'm fine." she said trying to walk.
"It doesn't look that way." he told her. "How long was he there before I got there?"
"Maybe ten minutes." she told him as he walked into the kitchen.
"Hold on." he told her looking through the cabinets for a first-aid kit. He found it and walked back over to her. "Follow me."
He took her to the downstairs bathroom. He pulled out the alcohol swabs and bandages. He began to clean her cuts and bandage them.
"Thanks Ron." she told him. "Your a good friend."
"No prob." he said putting the first-aid kit on the bathroom counter. "You can stay here for the night. I'll sleep on the couch."
"No Ron I'll sleep on the couch." she told him.
"You sleep upstairs." he told her. "I probably won't go to sleep anyways."
"Alright." she told him as they headed upstairs.
"Here you go." he told her walking into his room. "And the bathroom's right next to the closet."
"Thanks again." she told him.
"Again... No prob." he told her. "Well I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight." she told him but he had already headed down the hall.
"Kimberly?" asked Ron as he walked in her room. Althia was accidentally listening. "Are you asleep?"
"No sir." she said laying in her bed. He walked over to her.
"You want to say your prayers?" he asked bending down next to her bed.
"Yes sir." she told him. She closed her eyes, put her hands together, and bowed her head. "Dear God, Thankyou for this day and our new pet hamster at school."
Ron smiled as she continued. "And thankyou for Daddy, and Aunt Monique, and Blake, and Uncle Damian, and Althia. Amen."
"Goodnight." said Ron as he got up.
"Hey Daddy?" asked Kimberly.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Is Althia going to live with us now?" she asked.
"No Althia just needs a place to stay for a day or two." he told her.
"Oh..." she said. "Goodnight Daddy."
"Goodnight." said Ron and he went down stairs and went to sleep on the couch.
WOW! This is a long chapter for me! :D YAY! REVIEW!!!
