Chapter Fifty-Two
John watched as Thomas opened his DNA test results, noticing how Kemp did the same with Jessica's. "Your Honor, as you can see, the results don't match." He looked at Kemp, holding his hand out for the tape. "Do you still have the tape from John's wire?" He asked, raising a brow at Kemp.
Kemp nodded, handing him the tape. "Even if I wanted to I couldn't destroy it." He stated, glaring at John as the kid pulled Amelia into his lap and placed some headphones on her ears.
The judge nodded, taking the tape and placing it in a stereo and pressing play.
Jessica's voice came over the speakers, the purring tones of a cat. "All you have to do, is surrender yourself, mind, body, heart, and soul. I want you to fuck me, right here, right now. No holding back, no breaking up with Claire, just you and me. Down and dirty, with me bent over the table and you fucking me fast and hard."
The judge shut the tape off, motioning for the video tape to be played on the TV. He watched as John tried multiple times to pull away from Jessica, as she stuck her hands in his pockets. "Well, it looks to me, like Johnathan is innocent." He stated, looking down at John and Thomas. "I am truly sorry about this whole fiasco." He turned to Jessica and Kemp. "You however, are now facing charges of prudery, false accusations, and in general wasting the courts time."
John smiled, giving a cocky look at Kemp. "Honesty starts at home." He whispered, lifting Amelia onto his hip as they stood to leave.
Kemp glared at him, wondering what he meant by that. "You little shit." He muttered, watching John leave the room with his family.
John burst through the door to the house, tossing the blazer as soon as he was in the entryway following closely with his pants. "Freedom!" He shouted, bolting up the stairs to his room.
Dominic followed suit, stripping all the way down to his boxers. "Finally!"
Clarissa shook her head, watching as the cousins streaked through the upper level of the house in their underwear. "Go put some pants on boys!"
Dominic paused for a moment, stripping his last layer off and tossing the boxers over the balcony. "I cannot be controlled!"
Mary shook her head, covering Amelia's eyes to shield her from the naked boy running above them. "Dominic Alejandro Bender!" She shouted, listening as John and Dominic started throwing pillows at each other. "Put some pants on!"
"Get away from me!" John shouted, a loud thud echoing through the house as one of them fell.
"Dominic! Leave John alone!" Vernon ordered, listening as John started screaming for Dominic to stop tickling him. "You're gonna trigger a seizure!"
"OFF!" John laughed, a boom going through the house as Dominic started shouting that his nose was broken.
"You broke it asshat!"
"I'm not responsible for your injuries!" John retaliated.
Jan sighed, watching as the three girls ran to their rooms to change into their old clothes. "Dominic and John, I'm going to count to three and it you do not have pants on when I come up there, I am taking your instruments away for a month." She chuckled as she heard the boys scramble into their rooms. "I swear, those boys are going to send us to an early grave." She took the blazers from the other young men of the household, placing them in the laundry basket that they'd started keeping by the door for muddy clothes to go into when they came inside.
Clarissa chuckled, walking up the stairs to check on Dominic's nose. "Please dear God let us live until I can have grandbabies." She knocked on John's doorframe, peeking inside to see him scratching at a red splotch on his chest. "Johnny?" She walked into his room, pulling his hand away from the rash. "What's this from?" She asked, running her fingers over his skin.
He shrugged, resisting the urge to itch at the bumps. "I think it was the glue for the wire."
She sighed, starting for the door. "I'll be back with some ointment in a minute."
John smirked, watching her leave. "Thanks Mom."
She nodded, looking at her adoptive son. "Anything else you want?" She asked, smiling as he thought for a moment. "No sugar."
He rolled his eyes. "Fine a diet Coke then."
"Alright, I'll be back in a little bit." She shut his light off, pointing at the exhausted boy on his bed. "Get some rest. If you're not too tired maybe you won't have as many nightmares."
He chuckled, curling up under his blankets and closing his eyes. "Wake me up at dinner." He yawned, feeling Amelia climb into his bed. "Hey squirt." He smiled, listening as Clarissa left his room. "Wanna take a nap with me?"
She nodded, playing with the key around his neck. "They're not gonna take you away, are they?"
John shook his head, poking her side and making her laugh. "Nope. I'm gonna be here a long, long time."
She cuddled up against his warm chest, feeling how the fuzz on his skin had been shaved off. "That's good." She yawned, letting him unclip her hair and take her necklace and bracelets off. "I don't want you to leave."
He chuckled, pulling her little cardigan off and tossing it to the floor before taking her dress shoes off. "I won't." He closed his eyes, leaning back into the pillows as she began to mumble in her sleep. "Goodnight, Sugar." He smiled, letting the warm waves of sleep over take him.