CHAPTER 9
A couple of weeks had passed and I was feeling better. Jack helped me make all of my school work up and we were even getting closer as the days passed. We would go out a couple times a week and get something to eat and maybe try to catch a good flick. My bruises and scratches were healed up and with Jack sleeping by my side, the nightmares just vanished. It was my 18th birthday and I couldn't wait. I wasn't a minor anymore.
I was laying in bed sleeping when I felt Jack kiss my cheek.
"Happy Birthday," Jack whispered into my ear as he held me tight.
I turned onto my back and yawned.
"What time is it?" I asked as I squinted from the sunlight coming in through the window.
"It's almost nine," Jack said as he tucked some loose hair behind my ear.
"Guess I better get up so I don't waste this day. It's actually my first birthday that I'm probably going to enjoy in a LONG time," I said with a smile as I turned onto my side to face Jack.
"Well, I hope that you enjoy your day today," Jack said before he gave me a peck on my lips. "I can't wait to give you your present later."
"Do I get a hint?" I asked with a smirk on my face.
"Nope. No hints."
"Mister, if you don't give me a hint, there's a good chance I might develop a st-st-stutter. Pwease don't do this to me," I said with sad puppy eyes.
"That might have worked on Layla from Big Daddy, but that doesn't work on me," Jack said as he laughed.
The day went on and I couldn't wait to see what Jack had planned for me. We were sitting down on the couch when Bobby came down the steps.
"You ready?" Bobby asked Jack as he grabbed his keys.
"Yeah. We'll be back," Jack said as he stood up.
"Where you going?" I asked as I watched Jack walk towards Bobby.
"That's a secret," Jack said as he looked at me. "We'll be back."
I watched the guys walk to Bobby's car and get in. I wondered what they were up to. I sat on the couch and flicked through the channels. A few minutes had passed and I still couldn't find anything on T.V. to watch. Just then, the doorbell went off.
"Lacy, honey, can you get that?" Evelyn asked from the kitchen.
"Yeah," I said as I got up and walked over to the door.
I opened the door and my heart felt like it stopped beating. There stood the person that I thought I would never see again.
"You're supposed to be in jail," I said as tears welded in my eyes.
"You forgot. I know people, sweetie," my dad said as he walked towards me. "You thought that you could pull that stupid shit on me!" my dad yelled as he backed me up against the wall.
"Lacy, who is-," Evelyn said before she gasped.
"You stay there old lady. This is between me and my daughter," my dad said as he held a knife at Evelyn.
Evelyn stood there, scared for not only her life, but mine too. Evelyn went to go reach for the phone and my dad saw this.
"You fucking touch that phone, she'll die," my dad said as he wrapped his hand around my throat. "Now, you're fucking coming with me," my dad said as he tightened his grip around my throat.
"I don't think so," Bobby said as he stood in the doorway.
Jack looked over at me and panicked.
"Let her go, you sick son of a bitch!" Jack yelled as he tried to get past Bobby.
"Who is this? Your knight in shining armor?" my dad asked as he let go of my throat and grabbed onto my arm.
"I'm not going with you!" I yelled as I ripped my arm out of his grip. "You think that I'm going to go with you? You're not my dad anymore. I just turned 18 today. I don't have to listen to you anymore, incase you forgot. I'm not a minor anymore," I said as I looked into my dad's eyes. "I never want to be around you EVER again! You killed my mother and you think that I'm going to let you ruin my life forever?" I asked as tears came down my cheeks. "I hope you rot in hell for what you've done!"
"Don't worry. I'll be back," my dad said as he let go of me and walked towards the door.
Bobby stopped my dad and pointed the gun in his face.
"You ever, and I mean EVER come to this house again, I will blow your fucking brains out. Do you hear me?" Bobby asked as he looked at my dad.
"Fuck you, man," my dad said as he walked past Bobby.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I looked over at Jack. I ran up the steps and went into the bathroom. I grabbed the razor off the sink. I just wanted to kill myself right then and there. Jack ran into the bathroom.
"Lacy, no!" Jack yelled as he ran over to me and grabbed the razor off of me.
He tossed it across the floor and then wrapped his arms around me. I sobbed into his chest as we slowly sunk to the floor.
"You're okay. Shh," Jack said as he tried to calm me down. "It's okay."
"No it's not," I whispered as I continued to cry. "He's out of jail."
"He's not going to hurt you. I promise you that. I'm not going to let him hurt you ever again, okay?" Jack asked as he held me close to him.
I nodded my head and pulled back from him. He looked at me and wiped the tears off of my face.
"I just want to go lay down for awhile," I said as tears continued to go down my face.
"Okay. That's okay," Jack said as he helped me up off the floor.
He walked me across the hall and into his bedroom. I layed down on the bed and Jack covered me up with the comforter.
"You okay?" Jack asked as he kneeled down beside the bed and looked into my eyes.
"Yeah, just a little scared," I said as I wiped some tears away.
"Do you want me to go get Evelyn?"
"No it's okay," I said as I looked at Jack.
"I'll be right back okay? I need to run downstairs for a minute," Jack said before he gave me a kiss on my forehead and walked out of the room.
Jack walked down the hallway and went downstairs. He walked into the kitchen where Bobby and Evelyn were.
"Is she okay?" Bobby asked as he looked at Jack.
"No. She's really upset. Her hands are shaking and she's crying," Jack said as he looked at Bobby.
"Excuse my language, Ma, but that fucker shouldn't bother her. He shouldn't have came here and if he comes here again, he will pay," Bobby said as he slammed his fist down on the counter.
"Ma, what happened?" Jack asked as he looked at Evelyn.
"The doorbell went off, so I asked Lacy if she could get it and then I heard all this commotion. I came out of the kitchen and I saw her dad holding her up against the wall. I tried to call your cell phone, Bobby, but he wouldn't let me," Evelyn said as she looked at the two. "I just hope she's going to be okay."
"I'm going to stay with her in my room. She wanted to go and lay down for a little bit. I just can't believe that they let him out of jail," Jack said as he shook his head.
"Well, we're not going to let him get near her," Bobby said before he walked out of the kitchen and into the living room.
"What do you think?" Evelyn said as she finished icing my birthday cake.
"I think she'll love it," Jack said as Evelyn wrote 'Happy Birthday Lacy' on the cake.
"Jackie, I'm sorry that that happened to her. I should have answered the door," Evelyn said as she looked at Jackie.
"Ma, it's okay. He probably still would have come in and grabbed her. I'm just thankful that she's alright. I'm going to go check on her to see how she's doing," Jack said as he started to walk out of the kitchen.
Jack came up the steps and walked down the hallway to his room. He slowly opened the door and saw me laying there sound asleep. He came over to the bed and layed down beside me, wrapping his arm around my waist. He dozed off.
A couple hours had passed and Jack woke up. He looked over at me and I was laying there, looking at him.
"How long have you been up?" Jack asked as he looked at me.
"Not long," I said as I looked at him.
"You alright?" Jack asked as he looked at me.
"Yeah. I'm okay."
"Do you want to go downstairs and see what's going on?" Jack asked as he sat up.
"Yeah," I said as I sat up and pulled my legs over to the side of the bed.
Jack helped me up and we walked out of his room, down the hallway, and down the steps. We walked into the kitchen where Evelyn was. She was making dinner and I smelled so good.
"Hey, sweetie. How are you feeling?" Evelyn asked as she came over to me.
"I'm okay now. Jack helped me out," I said as I looked over at Jack. "What are you making?"
"Well, it's your birthday, so I wanted to make your favorite. I'm making Chicken Parmesan," Evelyn said as she stirred the sauce.
"Evelyn, how did you know-," I started to say then Evelyn looked over at Jack with a smile on his face.
"I told her," Jack said as he looked at me.
"Jack, this is almost ready if you want to go get Bobby," Evelyn said as she turned the oven off.
Jack walked over to the bottom of the steps and yelled, "Yo, Bobby!"
I heard Bobby's voice from the top of the steps.
"What?"
"Dinner's ready. Don't forget the present," Jack said as he tilted his head towards me.
"Don't worry, Cracker Jack. I have it," Bobby said as he came down the steps.
I was standing the kitchen helping Evelyn with things when Jack and Bobby came over to me. I turned around and saw that Bobby had something behind his back.
"We kinda have you give you your gift now because it can't wait," Jack said as he looked over at Bobby.
Bobby pulled his hand out from behind his back and he was holding a little Puggle puppy.
"Aww," I said as I walked over and took the puppy. "Thank you," I said as with a smile as I gave Bobby and Jack both hugs. "Thank you so much. She's so cute."
"Are we all ready to eat?" Evelyn asked as she looked at us.
We all walked into the dining room and sat down at the table. Everything looked so good. I looked around and there were 'Happy Birthday' banners and balloons. We bowed our heads to say grace.
"Dear God, thank you for all of this wonderful food that we are about to eat. Thank you for watching over all of us and making sure that we are alright. Thank you for bringing Lacy into this world 18 years ago and for helping her through her tough times. In Jesus name, Amen," Evelyn said and then lifted her head.
"Thank you guys for doing all of this. I really love it," I said as I looked at everyone.
"It was no problem. We wanted to make sure that you had a great birthday," Evelyn said as she grabbed a piece of garlic bread.
"Jerry couldn't make it?" Bobby asked with a mouthful of food.
"Bobby, manners. And no, he couldn't make it. He had to work tonight," Evelyn said before she took a bite of the chicken.
"Figures," Bobby said as he shook his head. "Always busy."
We continued to eat. Jack and I glanced at each other every once in awhile. We finished up and Evelyn and Bobby cleared the table. I was sitting there looking at Jack when the lights were dimmed. I looked around and then at Jack.
"Happy birthday, to you," I heard Evelyn and Bobby start to sing and then Jack joined in. "Happy birthday, to you," they all sang as Evelyn carried out a cake with candles lit on top of it. "Happy birthday, dear Lacy. Happy birthday, to you," Evelyn said as she placed the cake down on the table.
"Make a wish," Jack said as he sat beside me.
I made a wish and then blew out the candles. Bobby turned the lights back up and Evelyn went and got plates out of the kitchen. She came back into the dining room and started to cut the cake. I couldn't believe that I was having the best birthday ever.
Later that night, Jack and I were sitting downstairs watching T.V.
"Did you have a good day today?" Jack asked as I snuggled with him and the puppy.
"Yeah. It was the best birthday," I said with a smile as I looked over at Jack.
"So, what are you going to name her?" Jack asked as he pet the puppy.
"I think I'm going to name her Cocoa because of her color," I said with a smirk on my face.
"Cocoa it is," Jack said as he looked at Cocoa.
We continued to snuggle and watch T.V. This had seriously been the best birthday that I ever had. I felt so loved and I couldn't believe that everyone cared for me so much. I was also still scared because my father was out of jail. Would he ever come back to get me?
Sorry if this chapter was boring. I had a tough time writing it because it just didn't seem like it was going well at all. Let me know what you guys think. I think in the next chapter I'm going to skip more ahead because I want to get to the movie parts. I just want to thank everyone for continuing to read this story and I hope that you continue to read AND review.