Chapter 10
Jack and Kennedy walked hand and hand through downtown Detroit.
"So, you thought anymore about what I told you about the court?" Jack asked
"Yeah, and I want to do it. But Jack I don't think I can go to court and face him again."
"He doesn't have to be there. You just go to the judge and tell him what happened and then he will make his decision without your father being there."
"What do you think I should do?"
"I think you should do it. I don't want you to ever have to see that man again. You are 17 years old. You still aren't of age. He can take control over you. You need to set your foot down and say I am not going to do this anymore."
"I'm so scared Jack. I honestly don't think I can do this."
"You won't be doing this alone. If you want me to come then I will."
"Can this go to court? I mean can this be taken to court for him to go to jail?"
"If you want it to then yes."
She shakes her head "I don't know what I want to do."
"Just think about it. That's all I am going to ask. You have plenty of time to make your decision" He kissed the top of her head and pulled her into him. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders as they continued to walk down the street.
As they walked into the house, yelling was heard inside the living room. "Get that bitch out!" Bobby yelled
"Bobby, this is not your house alright. Ma said it was fine for her to come over." Angel replied
"Ma's not here smartass, so I am the boss now. I say she can't be here while I am here. She drives me completely crazy."
"What's going on?" Kennedy whispered to Jack who had a huge smile on his face.
"You'll see." Jack replied.
"She is my girlfriend and I can have who ever the hell I want over here. You can't say shit about it." Angel yelled
"The hell I can. Where she at? I'll tell her ass that she can't stay here. What do you think our neighbors think when they see her over here with us. This isn't a whore house Angel."
"Stop talking about my girl that way."
"What are you going do? Huh? You going to fight me?"
"Bobby, ma said it was fine and she is staying here. I don't care what you say?"
"I am running this shit Angel. I am the oldest. What I say goes."
"You need to grow up that's what you need to do"
"Grow up? You need to get a new girlfriend. One that isn't crazy. She's freaking loco Angel, and you know it."
"What's your problem Bobby?" Sofi's voice was heard at the steps. Kennedy and Jack turned around and saw a Puerto Rican girl standing on the stairs. Jack just died out laughing. Kennedy turned to him and hit him in the stomach.
"Baby, don't start. You both don't start this. I am so tired of this shit!"
"Bobby I am so tired of you bitching about me all the time. All you do is bitch, bitch, bitch."
"You are a bitch!" Bobby yelled. "I bitch because you drive me completely insane."
"Stop talking to her that way Bobby." Angel told his brother
"Don't you know how to talk a woman? No right, you haven't seen one in so long I doubt you would know what a woman was." Sofi spat
"If I see a woman then I will talk to her like she should be talked to, but what I see in front of me is a nasty, unclean….."
"Bobby!" Evelyn's voice sounded the room "How dare you talk to Sofi that way!"
"Ma, she cannot be here. She is fucking crazy. She drives me insane."
"Bobby, this is Angel's girlfriend. She is welcome here anytime."
"Thank you Ms. Evelyn." Sofi replied. She smiled at Bobby before turning around and going back upstairs. Jack continued to laugh as Bobby stormed out of the house.
"That's Sofi, Angel's girlfriend. They break up and go back out more than anyone. Bobby, can't stand her. He said that she is just so annoying. Her voice annoys him the most. All Angel and her do is have sex and Bobby's room is right next to it so he hears everything. She thinks he's jealous, because Angel can rattle the room and Bobby never brings a girl home so we don't know what he does. Bobby hasn't liked her since we were little." Jack replied
Kennedy laughed "Am I going to here that all the time?"
"Yes, probably. That wasn't anything. Usually things go flying everywhere."
"Wow, I can't wait." Kennedy replied sarcastically. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and kissed her cheek.
"Kennedy, I got your things for you. They are upstairs in cracker jacks room." Angel replied before disappearing on the stairs.
"Why do they call you that?" Kennedy asked
"I don't know. They have so many names for me. I tend to ignore them. It all started when I first arrived here. Bobby called me a fairy because I wouldn't talk to anyone. He thought maybe it would make me mad and say something back but I never did. Angel calls me Cracker Jack I guess because he's black and im white. Jerry and Bobby picked up on it and they call me that all the time."
"Does it not hurt your feelings?"
"No, of course not. That's who they are."
Kennedy smiled. He leaned over to kiss her, but heard a knock on the door. Jack groaned and went to answer it. "Yes." Jack said looking at a man in a suit.
"Is Ms. Evelyn Mercer available?" he replied
"Yes, she is in the kitchen. Is something wrong?"
"I would like to speak to her please."
"Sure, come this way." Jack let the man inside the house and led him into the kitchen where his mother was making tea. "Ma, this man is here to see you."
"Ms, Mercer, my name is Steven Richards. I am with the law department. I understand that you have taken in Kennedy Blake Wilson. Is that right?"
"Yes." Evelyn replied sitting down
"I came to tell you that by the state of Detroit, Kennedy is legally bound to Mr. Wilson. I have been told to bring her home with me. If you wish to make a case out of this then you should contact the court, but as of right now she has to come with me. I will not tolerate any dilemmas. I will not hesitate to call the police. Kennedys father has asked me to give you this as well." Mr. Richards handed Evelyn a piece of paper.
"A restraining order?" Evelyn asked "Why?"
"He feels like you have brainwashed his child and doesn't think she should be staying with you. He wants you and your children to stay away from her. If you happen to go against this restraining order then you or your children will be arrested. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, you do. I hate to tell you that its not going to be easy taking her away. She decided herself that she wasn't going back. He hits her and beats her until she is black and blue. Why would you want to send her back to that?"
"I am through discussing this with you. Kennedy is to get her things and come with me tonight." Steven got up from his chair and made his way into the living room where Jack and Kennedy were. "Kennedy, I need you to come with me."
"Where am I going?" Kennedy asked
"Home. Your father wants you to come back."
"You cant just take her away from here if she doesn't want to go." Evelyn told him
"I'm not going back. You cant make me." Kennedy could feel tears form in her eyes. She clenched onto Jack's hand and squeezed.
"Please step away from her son. Kennedy, come with me." Steven told her
"Excuse me? Who the hell do you think you are talking to?" Jack spat
"Jack…" Evelyn started "You have to let her go. He's a lawyer."
"Ma, what are you talking about? What is going on here?"
"Jack, whats going on?" Kennedy asked confused
"Kennedy, you are coming with me and you arent to see this boy ever again. These are your fathers orders. You are only 17 years old making you still bound to him. Go get your things."
"You arent going anywhere? She isn't going anywhere." Jack told him
"Ms. Mercer, you need to contain your son before I call the cops." Steven demanded
"Jack, calm down." Evelyn told him "Don't take her away like this ok. She's too fragile for this to be happening."
"Jack, do something. I wont go back." Kennedy replied "I wont go back!" she yelled. Angel and Sofi had made their way down the stairs and stood in the doorway. "I would rather die than go back to that house with that man."
"That man is not her father anymore." Jack told him
"That's it! She is coming with me and that is the end of it. You cant go against the law." Steven yelled. He got his cell phone out and dialed a number "I am going to need some help."
"What is going on?" Angel finally asked
"Kennedy get your things you are leaving tonight with me. Do not make this any harder than it already is." Steven told her
"Please don't do this. I cant go back to that house. He will kill me, do you not understand that. He will kill me."
"Your father is one of the kindest men I have worked with. He wouldn't hurt a fly. I don't know where you get this from but he loves you. He talks about you all the time. How can you say that about him? He is your father and you need to respect him. He misses you. It killed him to know that you ran away from home. He said that these people kept him from seeing you. He didn't want to take legal actions but he felt that he had to."
"My father is satan himself." Kennedy spat. Suddenly 3 police officers walked into the house. Kennedy grabbed hold of Jack's arm. "Don't let them do this. Do something!" she yelled. Tears were streaming down her face.
"Now, Kennedy you need to go get your things and come out to my car with me." Steven replied
"I'm not going." Kennedy replied
"She isn't going!" Jack spat "You cant make her!"
"Move out of the way boy. She is coming with me." Steven demanded
"Ma do something!" Jack yelled
"I'm sorry sweetheart theres nothing I can do." Evelyn has so much sympathy in her voice. Jack just stared at him mother.
Steven walked towards Kennedy grabbed her arm "Don't grab her! Who the hell do you think you are?" Jack pushed him back causing him to stumble backwards. One of the police officers grabbed Jack's arm and threw him against the wall. Steven grabbed Kennedy.
"Don't fucking touch him!" Angel yelled walking towards the police officer who grabbed Jack. Another police officer grabbed Angel. Suddenly a fight broke out between the men. Steven saw this opportunity to get Kennedy out of the house. "Jack!" she screamed. "Let me go!" she yelled trying to pull away. He pulled her out the door but she hung onto the door and kept screaming. Jack heard her and made his way to the door. "Let her go!" he yelled. Steven prided her hands off the door and picked her up in his arms as she screamed for Jack. Jack made his way outside and got to the car just as it drove away. "Kennedy!" he yelled. He began running after the car as he saw Kennedy banging on the back window. He stopped in the middle of the street when he saw that he couldn't catch up to them, before turning back to the house. He saw the cops had Angel on the ground. He had so much anger in him, he took off running and tackled the cop on Angel to the ground. He began punching him as Angel got up and started fighting the cops off Jack. Evelyn went to get her boys but Sofi grabbed her. She saw Bobby's car pull up in the driveway. "Bobby!" Evelyn yelled, but it was too late. Bobby was in the middle of the fight. He began pulling the cops off Jack and Angel. "What the fuck is going on?" He yelled holding Jack back.
"These bastards took Kennedy away. They took her back home!" Jack screamed trying to get to the cops.
"Calm down!" Bobby yelled. He looked at Jack who was so full of rage.
"They through her back to the dogs Bobby. He is going to kill her and they let it happen!"
"Ma, I need some help here!" Bobby yelled. Evelyn walked down to the steps and grabbed hold on Jacks arm. When he felt her soft touch he turned around and looked at her. His eyes were filling with tears. "Sweetheart…" but he wouldn't listen. He stormed past her into the house slamming the door.
"I should have known to expect this out of a mercer. You boys are nothing but trouble. Waste of precious air if you ask me. Next time he lashes out on one of my men, I will put his ass in jail and you can bet that he wont be getting out. That goes for you too, jackass!" one of the officers spat
"Fuck you!" Angel yelled getting up. Bobby pushed him back down and punched the officer in the jaw.
"Get the fuck off my property!" he yelled. He grabbed Angel and went into the house. "Now someone needs to tell me what the hell is going on!" he yelled. "I come home and my brothers are about to kill 3 police officers. I was expecting this from you Angel, but what the hell Jack?"
"They came and took Kennedy away. That bastard got a restraining order against us. We cant go near her or we will be arrested. They sent her back to her father." Angel replied.
"Where's Jack?" Bobby asked "We need to calm him down before we do anything."
"He went up to his room. He's so mad right now." Evelyn replied. She wiped her face and sat down on the stairs.
"Ma you ok?" Angel replied rushing over to her.
"He has never lashed out at anyone before. Those eyes, so full of anger and rage." She replied
"I am going to talk to him. Then we will decide to what to do and how to get her back." Bobby replied
"You arent going to do anything. Let the courts take care of this. If you come within 500 feet of her, you will go to jail." Evelyn replied
"I would rather go to jail then that man put his hands on her again." Bobby replied. He walked past his mother and up to Jack's room. He saw Jack pacing back and forth in his room. "Hey little brother, you alright in here?" Bobby asked closing the door.
Jack's head shot straight up to Bobby "She's gone Bobby." He replied "Those assholes took her away."
"We are going to get her back. I promise."
"No body did anything either. They just let her go."
"Looks like you and Angel tried to do something. You beat the hell out of one of those cops. What the hell took over you man?"
"All I kept seeing was Kennedy's father touching her like he did before. This anger just over took me and I saw the cops on Angel and took off. I don't want to know what he is going to do to her tonight Bobby. She is probably so scared right now and I am not there to protect her. I told her that I would always be there to protect her. How can she trust me now? How can she believe that anyone is going to protect her? She is probably crying for me and I cant go anywhere near her."
"Jack, we are going to get her back. That bastard isn't going to do anything to her again. But you have to calm down so we can think of a plan."
"She's probably so scared right now." He sat down on the bed and rubbed his hands through his hair. "I want to be with her."
"Then lets go. Lets go to her house and get her back."
"Bobby, there are probably cops all around that house making sure we don't come near her. We will be thrown in jail and then we wouldn't be able to help her at all." Jack threw himself on the bed "Gua! I just want to know if she is ok. That's all. I want to hear her voice."
"Call her?"
"All her shit is here. She didn't bring her phone when we went out into town today. Its probably still here."
" Listen, she is going to be alright. You stay here and I will go get her. That man will not touch her Jack. Do you understand me? He will not lay a finger on her or I will be the one to pull the trigger on his ass this time and I can bet that the safety wont be on." Bobby replied. He left the room and stormed out of the house. Suddenly the phone rang and Jack took off running down the stairs. "Its Jenna." Angel replied. Jack closed his eyes and took the phone "Hey Jen."
"Jack, what the hell is going on over at Kennedys? There are cops everywhere and she was screaming when she got out of the car."
"Jen, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to go over there and see if she is alright and tell her to call me. I need to talk to her ok."
"Jack, whats going on?"
"Jen, you are my bestfriend and I tell you everything, but trust me on this you don't want to know right now. Kennedy will tell you later, but right now I need you to do that for me."
"Jack, you are scaring me."
"Jen please!" he begged.
"Ok, ill go over there."
"Thank you." He replied. He put the phone down and leaned his head against the wall. "Sweetheart are you ok?" Evelyn asked walking into the hallway
"Ma, tell me that everything is going to be ok?" he told her
"Aw baby, I wish I could." She embraced her youngest son in her arms "We are going to get her back. She is going to be fine."
"She's probably so scared right now and im not there with her."
"She knows that you tried everything in your power to protect her Jack. She knows that you are going to help her. You need to go get some rest."
"I cant sleep. Not until she is back in this house. Not until she back in my arms and she is safe." Evelyn bent down and kissed him on the head. He sat on the floor waiting for Kennedy's phone call that never came.
Author: Ok, so there was so much I wanted to do with this chapter but I don't know it just didn't happen. I don't really like it that much but I hope you do! PLEASE REVIEW! I didn't get any on the last chapter! So just tell me if I should go on or not.
PS If anyone has seen Waist Deep, please tell me if its good or not because I really want to go see it. Another thing is I saw Fast and the Furious 3 and it was amazing. I loved it! Everyone should definitely go see it!
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