Chapter 30
Max
"This is stupid and you know it!" I heard Tammy shouting, Liz and I were sitting on the couch, watching a film. It was only a few days later that Liz was discharged from hospital and was taking it easy, I looked up and saw Tammy looking furious as she ran her hand through her dark locks. A habit she picked up from me.
"Tammy, there's nothing we can do." My dad told and she scoffed.
"You can tell them to take a flying leap of the freaking cliff!" she shot back and I bit back my snickers as Liz giggled slightly but we were still confused.
"Tammy, what's wrong?" Isabel asked as she came down the hallway, looking frustrated and I guess that Tammy's shouting has interrupted her studies time.
"The fucking lawyers want Liz to go on trial!" Tammy informed Isabel with a deadly calm voice and I shot up from my seat and hurried over.
"What do the fuck do you mean?" I demanded and she turned to me.
"Oh, the police had phoned up and told us that there is going to be a trial, the lawyers want Liz to be the witness!" she exclaimed and I looked back at Liz, where she huddling into the covers with fear in her eyes.
"It's too early! She's only came out of hospital!" I told my parents and my mom shrugged.
"They have a warrant, they say if Liz doesn't submit to the trial, she will be arrested for wasting the jury's time." My mom explained and Tammy turned on her.
"I want a minute alone with them and I will make them see sense, even if I have to knock it into them!" she snapped.
Even now that everyone knows Liz's secret, Tammy still bears the responsibilities of protecting Liz on her shoulders.
"Tam, there's nothing we can do." My dad explained but she shook her head.
"I don't care what I have to do, Liz is not going on trial till she is ready and she isn't!" Tammy exclaimed.
"How can you know?" mom asked and Tammy spun around, pointing to Liz.
"Look at her, she huddled under the covers cause she fears the thought of seeing her parents!" Tammy exclaimed and shook her head. "If they want Liz to go on trial, they'll have to get through me first." She stated.
"Tammy…" mom stated but Tammy shook her head.
"No mom, Liz is not ready for this." She told her before storming off to her room, leaving us all stunned in her wake.
Liz
They want me to go up on trial, they want me to see my parents again and tell everyone everything that my parents went through. How can I tell them that they killed my child because I was alive? I rocked backward and forward on Max's bed that I was sitting on, my arms were holding my legs as I held on to the blanket that surrounded me. God, how can I sit up on the stand and tell them what they did to me? I would have to go to the deepest of my mind and recover all my memories of what my parents did to me. I can't, I can't do it.
"Liz?" I heard a male voice asked, I looked up and saw Max standing in the doorway.
"I can't do it Max." I whimpered, he hurried over and pulled me into his arms, rocking me backward and forward. "How can I tell them they killed our child cause I was alive?" I sobbed out and he stroked my hair.
"Sh, don't worry about it right now, Tammy is going to make sure that the trial will be at a later date, once you have recovered from everything." He whispered and I nodded against his chest.
Does this mean I have to face my parents again?" I asked and he gulped.
"Yeah." He whispered and I nodded, inside I was petrified of seeing my parents again, they would blame me for doing this to them.
"It will be okay." He whispered as he rocked me once more, I nodded but I couldn't believe him.
Max
"Max!" my mom shouted, I lifted my head and looked at Liz, she had calmed down a little more and I sighed.
"Come on, we need to see what she wants." I told her and she nodded as she took my hand and we headed into the living room, I stopped short when I saw another man in the room. He had black hair and dark eyes.
"This is Jack Mastodon." My mom introduced and I looked down at Liz, she looked up at me with a hint of fear in her eyes. "He is the lawyer who will be defending Liz." Mom finished and I nodded as I walked over.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Miss Parker needs to go on trial." Mr. Mastodon stated and I saw Tammy gear up.
"Why?" she asked coolly and he looked at her.
"Because the warrant says so." He replied and she cocked her head slightly to the side, a habit she had picked up off Liz.
"Surely you see our side, Liz had suffered a tragedy and only just come out of hospital, wouldn't it be better to wait till she rested properly?" Tammy asked.
"Sorry, I have to do what I'm told." Mr. Mastodon stated with a fake smile and Tammy's eyes darken in anger.
"You are only acting like a jerk because your son got beaten up by Max." Tammy stated, my mother and father looked at me before looking back at Tammy.
"I beg your pardon." He exclaimed, his colour had faded and it hit me, Tammy had hit on the nail, he was doing this because I attacked James!
"You heard me, you hate the fact that James was attacked so you are taking out on Liz as revenge." Tammy stated as she stood up and walked over to him so she could look at him straight in the eyes. "You are very petty!" she hissed out.
"Tammy!" Jim stated and she shook her head.
"No, I will not let Liz be used like that, just because his little son's ego is bruised by Max attacking him, in defence of Liz by the way, I will not let him use Liz's trial as revenge." Tammy stated.
"Now listen here you bitch!" Mr. Mastodon stated as he pointed a finger in Tammy's face only for Tammy to grab it and bend it backward.
"Keep your fucking finger out of my face before you pull back a stump!" she hissed out as she shoved his hand down only for his other hand to come up to strike her.
We all stood up but a strong hand was clutching Mr. Mastodon's hand, we all turned and saw Jake standing there with fury in his eyes.
"If I were you, I cut my losses and get out before you do something that you will end up regretting." He warned before shoving the arm down and moving beside Tammy.
"Guess it's true huh?" Tammy stated and Mr. Mastodon turned to face her. "Definitely like Father like son, your son couldn't take the answer no so he resorted to attack Liz, and you can't take the answer no so you resort to attack me." Tammy stated.
"Miss Parker has to go on trial!" he protested and I shook my head.
"Get out." I told him and everyone turned around to face me, he looked at me.
"What?" he demanded and I glared at him.
"Get. Out. You are fired!" I snapped, he snapped close his briefcase and stormed out of the house, leaving us shaking our head.
"Now what do we do?" Dad asked.
"I know a really good lawyer." Jim spoke up and we all looked at him. "His name is Mark Wilson, I saw him in a couple of cases and he is really good and fair." Jim explained and mom nodded.
"I have seen him about on a couple of occasion, everyone I met had spoke very highly of him." My mom informed and dad nodded.
"Call him up." Dad stated and my mom nodded as she headed into the hallway to get the phone.
"Come on, I'm taking you back to my room." I whispered to Liz, leading her back to my room.
I settle her on the bed and wrapped the covers around her; she looked up at me.
"Can you just hold me?" she asked and I nodded as I got under the covers and wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her back against my chest.
"Go to sleep, Liz, you need it." I whispered, I looked down and saw that her breathing had levelled out and her eyes were closed. I smiled as I kissed her forehead before laying my head down once more.
Tammy
I sighed as I raked my hand through my hair, I was so ready to punch someone but I knew I couldn't. I sighed as I headed into the basement, peeling off my jumper as I moved over to the punching bag that Max had set up when he was 13, I pulled off my boots and grabbed the sneakers that was stashed away in the corner, I tied the laces up and moved over to the punching bag.
I closed my eyes and cricked my neck and I opened my eyes once more only to see that the Punching Bag has turned into Jack Mastodon I let my anger loose as I punched the bag as hard as I could. I needed to get rid of my frustration otherwise I was going to lose it and attack someone.
I grunted as I kicked the bag, I wasn't aware that Jake was behind me, watching me beat the shit out of the bag till he came up and rounded till he was behind the bag.
"Aren't you suppose to have someone holding the bag?" he asked as he held it.
"Aren't you suppose to be upstairs?" I replied and he scoffed.
"Tammy, you are beating the shit out of a bag. What the hell is going on?" he demanded and I sighed.
"Liz is not ready to go on trial right now, she needs to get over her ordeal before she can see her parents then move on with her life." I explained, still beating the bag up.
"Why can't she move on right now?" he asked and I scoffed.
"If she meets her parents now, any sanity she has left will go out of the window, she is not emotionally stable enough to see them. She will lose it in court." I explained and it hit him.
"And they want that?" he asked and I nodded.
"Well, the defendant of her parents will, this way they will get off and Liz will be classed as a family wrecker for trying to destroy her family's reputation." I explained and he shook his head.
"Why didn't you tell them that?" he asked and I sighed.
"Are you kidding, they'll never let Liz go to court if I do, I'm just making sure that the court is at a later date so that Liz is strong enough to face them, if I tell them now, they'll start wrapping Liz up in cotton wool." I reminded and he sighed, not getting anything else out of me as I continued to beat the bag up.
Liz
I woke up to someone shaking me gently; I looked up and saw Tammy leaning over.
"Hey, you need to get up, Mr. Wilson is here and he wants to talk to you." Tammy explained and I nodded, I, gently, pulled myself out of Max's embrace before turning around and kissing him, he woke up immediately and nodded as he got out of bed, we all headed into the living room where a tall man with light brown hair and blue eyes were talking to Mom and dad.
He turned when I entered and he smiled.
"Hi, I'm Mark Wilson, I will be representing you at the trial." Mr. Wilson introduced himself to me and I smiled slightly.
"Nice to meet you." I told him and he nodded. "Do I need to tell you anything?" I whispered and he shook his head.
"No, I have the notes from the police records, the doctors, your family and the ones that Mr. Mastodon was forced to give me." He explained and I nodded.
"What about the trail?" Tammy demanded and Mr. Wilson smiled at her.
"I talked to the judge, he said that we can push the date at a later time so that Miss. Parker can recover from her ordeal before facing her parents, so, I will let you know when the trial date is." He stated as he closed his briefcase, Mr and Mrs. Evans walked him out of the house.
I sighed as I rested my head on Max's chest, was this ever going to end?
TBC