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Chapter Twenty

Helga had always dreamed about being a schoolteacher ever since she was a little girl, but then her dream was shattered the day that her Uncle walked into their lives.

That was the year that her father died, her mother was completely lost, so her brother came to help out, and help out he did, he helped himself to Helga more then once. That would soon end when a man would come into her life and save her.

Roland lived at home with his father and older brother who was off working to bring more money to help pay bills, Roland quit school when he was in the tenth grade to get a job, but it wasn't enough as far as his father was concerned, so he'd beat the hell out of Ro.

That went on until his brother came home and found the scars on his back; his brother who was built like a linebacker confronted their father about the scars on Roland's back. He just laughed and that's when Joshua decided to use his dad as a punching bag, just until he passed out.

Then he took Roland, had him get enough clothes to last until they found another place to live and then they drove off and never looked back.

They ended up in a town called Domino and when they drove around to find someplace to live, Roland saw this beautiful vision walking down the street, he knew then and there that she was the one he was going to marry.

Roland asked Joshua to keep driving around, Ro wanted to find out where this vision lived, then he saw her to into this house, he figured that was where she lived.

They found a nice studio apartment that wasn't to expensive and settle down, the next day they both found jobs; Joshua was good with numbers so he got a job in this small store.

Roland was great with his hands, so he got a job as a mechanic at the service station in town, that's when this car came in for gas, and he saw the vision again, except she had a black eye and her bottom lip had been split.

Roland knew the signs, she was being abused and probably by her father, he had to do something before it was to late, so that evening he walked to her house, knocked on the door and when Helga opened the door, she saw the most handsome man standing there.

May I help you?" She asked. Roland said, "Pretend that you know me, come outside and talk to me." She didn't know what he was up to, but she went outside anyway and when she closed the door, Roland asked, "Is your father hitting you?"

Before she could answer him, the door burst open and the man who was intoxicated came stumbling out and said in a slurred voice, "Get your ass in here, I need help. Who in the hell is this man, someone you're screwing behind my back, you bitch."

Helga's mom came outside, she had been crying and you could see a hand print on the side of her face, she said, "Please Jack, leave her alone."

Then Helga said, "Uncle Jack why did you hit my mom what did she do to deserve that?" Then when the man started to strike Helga, Roland grabbed his arm, twisted it behind his back until you heard it snap.

Jack's arm was busted and he screamed from the pain, then Roland looked at Helga and said, "Get your mom, then pack enough things to last for a few days, you're both coming with me."

Then he took Uncle Jack back into the house, down the stairs to the basement, when Roland closed the door, he then proceeded to beat the hell out of Jack until the man passed out.

Between the beatings, Roland would tell Jack, "if you ever come back here again, I'll cut off your prick and make you eat it, do you understand me, do you?"

By the time Helga and her mom was ready, Roland came back upstairs, and then he said, "Alright, do you trust me; trust me enough with both your lives?" Helga nodded her head that she did and he mom said, "Yes."

Then Roland picked up their bags and as he showed them to the place where he and his brother were staying, they found a room next to theirs, that was the beginning of their relationship.

A neighbor who heard whimpering from inside the basement of the home, when the Police broke in, they found this man lying on the floor of the basement saying repeatedly, "I've got to be good, or the bad man comes back" discovered Helga's Uncle.

The Police took the man in for Psychiatric revaluation and the Psychiatrist found the man incompetent so he was locked up in the Domino Mental Institution, where he is today.

That's how Roland and Helga got together and they've been married for twenty-three years.They tried several times to have children of their own, but because of the scaring tissue inside Helga wasn't able to carry a baby to term, she either didn't get pregnant or she miscarried twice.

Roland wasn't going to lose her, so he suggested that they try to adopt a baby, that way they could have their child.

Helga loved him for that and that's when they got a call about a little boy who had been abused and needed a loving home, Helga suggested that they become foster parents, that's how Bakura came to live with them.

Bakura was the first of twelve children who came to live in their home, each child had he or her won history of abuse of some kind.

Like Bakura, each child that came to live there, was scared or hostile because of the abuse they received by someone stronger them they were, so it took a long time for Roland and Helga to gain their trust, but once that wall was knocked down, the children began to live again. It was because of the love of two very special people, people like themselves who had endured abuse at the hands of someone stronger.

Helga had gotten her teaching degree and she taught the children their schooling for the first few years of their lives, then when they got old enough to attend Public School, they were all give the choice, stay home and let their mom teach them or go to school and make friends.

All the kids wanted to go to Public School, all except for Yugi, Ryou and Malik, they all wanted to stay home, they didn't what to be separated and they feared that would happen if they went to public school.

Then there was Mokie, he wanted to go to school with his brothers and sisters, but he was just too young yet, so he stayed home and their mom taught them what they needed to learn.

When Joey came to live with them, he had gone to public school and loved it, but after the beatings that nearly killed him, Joey was afraid to go because he'd have to tell his friends what happened and he was too embarrassed.

So for a little while he stayed home and sitting beside his younger brothers, Joey too learned what he needed to know, and then one day when Seto came home from school, he had a note to Joey from one of his friends. This is what the note said:

Joey:

We miss you, when are you coming back to school, Seto kind of explained what happened, listen we all knew that your old man was beating you, but we never knew that he nearly killed you.

Please come back to school, we can't wait to tell you what's been going on, man it would be so great to see you again. Please come back.

Bobby

Tears ran down Joey's face as he read the note, Seto was afraid that Joey would be angry with him, but after reading the note, Joey went over, put his arms around Seto and said, "Thanks." Then he kissed Seto.

Then Joey went to the kitchen and said, "Mom can I talk to you about something?" Helga smiled and said, "Sure, son what is it?"

Then Joey said, "Would it be alright with you if I start going back to my old school, Seto brought me a note from one of my friends and they want me to come back."

Helga went over to Joey, she put her arms around his shoulders and she hugged him and said, "Son I'm so proud of you, you've fought a hard battle to come back to us and now this, it's great that you want to go back to school and be with your friends again."

Please R&R..

Chapter Twenty-One Coming Up..