Chapter 9: Tears Are
Not Enough.
Bo paced the apartment then took a seat on the
couch about to make another phone call trying to find Raven. He sat
the phone down as Raven walked into the apartment around 2:00 a.m. Bo
shook his head angry, "Where have you been! Were you with
Rex!" Raven shook her head, "No, I wasn't." "Don't
lie to me!" Raven looked hurt that he didn't believe her, "Daddy
I wasn't I swear." "Then where were you I called everywhere
no one has seen you. I couldn't get a hold of Balsom. I looked
everywhere I could think of and I came back here hoping you might be
home and you're not." Raven looked down at the ground not saying
anything. "Are you going to tell me?" Raven shook her head,
"I just wanted to be alone." Raven said tears streaming
down her face. "Alone where?" He continued when it seemed
she wasn't going to answer. "Well, until you decide you can tell
me where you're grounded you can't see Rex, you can't go anywhere
except school and you will go straight there and come straight back.
Nowhere else." "But Dad that's not fair!" Raven cried.
"Tears are not enough Raven either tell me where you've been or
you're grounded." "I hate you!" Raven cried. Bo looked
extremely hurt by her words, "Go to your room!" "With
pleasure!" She walked into her room slamming the door behind
her. The next morning Raven got up and put on a pair of black sweat
pants with two white stripes running down each side, a black
spaghetti strap t-shirt, and a sweater that matched her pants. She
put her hair up in a clip and came out of her room holding her school
books and car keys. She walked past Bo who was sitting at the table
drinking his coffee and reading a paper, "Good morning."
Raven rolled her eyes and headed to the door. "Raven aren't you
going to eat breakfast?" Raven turned around, "I'm not
really hungry." She turned to leave. "Where are you going?"
"School remember? The one place I'm allowed to go. Is that ok
with you warden?" Bo set his coffee down, "As a matter of
fact it's not. I'm taking you to school. Until you're punishment is
over I'm taking away you're car." Raven scoffed, "Just
because I came in late last night?" Bo shook his head, "No,
not just that. It's more the not calling and telling me you were
okay, not telling me where you were, and lying to me. Remember all of
that?" Raven's mouth fell open, "Lying to you? I didn't
lie." Bo didn't respond to this, "Give me your keys."
He said walking over to her holding out his hand. Raven held out her
keys and purposely dropped them on the ground missing Bo's hand.
"Really mature." Bo said as he bent down and picked up the
keys. "Well, apparently I'm a little kid who has to report to
you everything I do every second of every day." Bo shook his
head she was definitely trying his patience. "Let's go."
Raven walked out the door shutting it behind her Bo opened it back up
and walked out taking Raven to school. That afternoon Nora picked
Raven up from school because Bo was busy. "Sorry you're Dad
couldn't make it." Raven rolled her eyes, "I'm so heart
broken." Nora looked surprised, "Raven why are you so angry
with him?" "He's so angry at me and he called me a liar."
"Well, you came in late and you wouldn't tell him where you
were." Raven shook her head, "I didn't do anything wrong."
"Don't you think you should have called?" Raven shook her
head, "I wasn't thinking clearly it didn't even cross my mind. I
didn't realize how late it was." "Sweetheart where were
you?" Raven started to cry, "I was at a clinic." Nora
look worried, "Why were you at a clinic?" Raven said
nothing to she just cried. "Sweetie, what's wrong? What
happened?" "I wasn't feeling good so I went to a clinic I
thought I might be pregnant after the rape you know?" Nora
hesitated, "Are you?" Raven sobbed harder nodding her head.
She hugged Raven tightly. "Everything's going to be ok honey."
Nora took Raven home with her so she wouldn't be alone at Bo's and
she'd have someone to talk to if she needed it.
