Silence

Chapter 2: Never forget

Ruthie, Ashley, and Tony were at Ashley house in Grand Perry just an hour outside of Glenn Oak.

Ruthie threw her shoes at Tony who was laughing about a guy she met a week ago. They just found out that Tony and her was seeing the same guy.

"Tony, this is not funny what if we kissed or something"

" I thought ya'll did." Tony said continuing to laugh

" We did and this is why this is not funny."

Ruthie and Tony was so busy playing around that Ruthie didn't realize Ashley going through her bag.

Ashley was looking for a pen to fill out her job application when she came across a piece of paper. Seeing, that Ashley and Ruthie go through each other stuff all the time Ashley opened it.

Ashley pulled out the letter Simon send her and read it. Then she got a pen and a notepad.

Hey Simon,

I miss you so much I would love to be a bridesmaids at your wedding, I know rose and I had our problems but these past months I have been able to...

Before Ashley could finish Ruthie snatched it out of her hand.

" What are you doing?" Ruthie said looking over what Ashley just wrote and balling it up and throwing it on the ground. Ruthie was proceeding to the door before she could fully grab the knob Ashley grabbed her arm.

" Ruthie, where are you going?"

" You have no business writing this letter."

" I just think that you should patch up all your wounds your hiding everything that is hurting you. For an example, you dislike Simon because since he was fourteen years old his been picking his girlfriends over you…you hate Rose because she took Simon away from you and she's the one who introduced Martin to Sandy so therefore it's her fault why Sandy is pregnant with Martin baby."

Ruthie turned around with tears running down her cheeks. Ashley never seen Ruthie give her the look she was giving her. Tony just sat there not saying anything.

"Do you know that Rose cheated on Simon with this guy name Chris and Simon found out and confronted Chris, he beat him so bad he had a broken nose and a swollen eye. Simon never blamed Rose for cheating because he was so in love. Whelp, you know what Chris did to get back at my so called brother and why I went into a deep depression ? the day after I caught T-bone with Jane on my walk home I ran into Chris. Do you know what he did to me? I was RAPED over and over again that night. I don't dislike my brother I hate him and that bitch rose."

Tony grabbed Ruthie before she clasped in his arms crying as he held her tight.

"I replayed what happened to me over and over again but then when I met you two it felt like I didn't have to keep everything to myself so there you guys go now ya'll know everything about me. "

Ruthie woke up with sweat beating down her forehead. For a week now her dreams have been getting bad. Usually the dream would stop at Ruthie grabbing the note out of Ashley hand and she would wake up.

What happened to her was something she buried deep down in side and would go to her grave with it. At first she wanted to tell her dad, shot she wanted to tell anybody who was listening. But she figured no one would listen to a girl who everybody just thought wanted attention and was being selfish with the whole Simon/Rose ,Sandy/Martin situation now it was Jane and T-bone too.

She was afraid for her life deep down inside. Chris could come back any day and do the horrible things he did to her that night.

She thought about telling Kevin but he was no longer living in Glenn oak. Ruthie was fragile and didn't know what to do or who to turn too. She wanted to tell Ashley and Tony so bad but knew they would tell her parents.

So, who could blame her for being mad at the world if it wasn't for Rose she wouldn't of got raped and Martin and her would still be friends. And it was T-bone and Jane fault because if he wasn't cheating then Chris wouldn't have never been about to do those things to her. She didn't know what to do.

She hasn't replied back to Simon and her dad keeps bugging her about it. She just kept telling her self she should tell her dad or better yet the police or somebody but she has no evidence and from that day on her life would never be the same.

Ruthie got up and went straight to the bathroom to whip her face and as she entered back into her room she looked at her open dresser and there was a bible her dad gave her for her seventeenth birthday she grabbed the book and proceeded to open it when her cell rung.

Martin POV

" Better late than never." I thought to myself.

I've been hearing Ruthie has been having a bad time dealing with this whole me being a dad situation. I couldn't help but blame myself. I loved Ruthie more than any women well she was right under my mom. I haven't talked to her in five months almost six, I just didn't what I would say to her.

When Simon called me about the wedding I was excited, about time Rose and Simon got married. Then the next day, Mr. Camden calls and tells me I should really call Ruthie because she just needs to know that I still care about her and he told me about the whole Jane and T-bone being together.

That was three days ago and I'm finally getting the balls. I needed too because Simon wedding was three weeks away and I had to try and convince her to go.

I picked up my cell phone that was under the pillow I was resting my head on and sat up in the dark, on my bed.

I dialed Ruthie number and heard a familiar voice I haven't heard in so long and my heart dropped.

"Hello, hello. ..who is this?" Ruthie asked from the other end of the phone.

" This is Martin." I managed to get out and then there was a click.

" Did she just hang up on me? Or maybe we got disconnected…I know she didn't just hang up on me." I called back four times and got her voicemail.

I didn't think it would be easy but I didn't think it would be this hard.

I decided to call one more time and got the voicemail once again.

I through my phone against the wall frustrated. I ran my hands in my hair.

I got out of the bed after moments of silence. I grabbed my jeans off of the floor along with my shirt, socks, and shoes. Put them on and walked past Mac room before I reached the liver room.

I grabbed my jacket off of the coat rack that was by the door and closed the door behind me.

I was on my way to see Ruthie…

Ruthie POV

I couldn't sleep last night, all I did was cry and cry some more. I finally picked up the bible around four, and started reading it. I started reading from the beginning I didn't get that far before I decided to go to sleep.

Even though, I stopped going to church I promised myself I would read the Bible from now on.

I laid in my bed thinking about the call Martin made earlier. I couldn't talk to him so I hung up and he called over and over again. I'm not ready to face him.

When I finally closed my eyes to fall into a deep sleep, the sun hit me in the eyes.

" You have to be kidding me." I looked at my clock that was on my dresser and it read six o'clock.

Then minutes later I could hear my dad calling my name, I put on my slippers and hurried down the stairs.

Officer Jackson POV

I was the head detective of a case that's been going on for five years. I'm apart of the Santa Lauren Police Station.

I had nine girl home in , in the five months period and tell me they have been sexually assaulted.

My team and I later figured out it was by the same guy when the ninth victim, Victoria Rose, came in and the DNA matched a man in our data base.

He was living in Glenn Oak when we picked him up.

Christopher Wright: Caucasian, 6'1, 265 pounds, and 25 years old.

Last night, I stayed inside of the officer working late on the case. Yesterday, we brought him in and now he's being charged and his hearing is a month away.

I informed all the girl for they can be there to have justice served.

But last night I as I was going through his journal and his trophies as he called them, pictures of the women before his acts with him, I counted ten. There was one girl who looked to be in her twenties in the picture. Brunette with curly hair, brown eyes, and looked to be about 5 foot something,.

I ran her picture in the database and nothing came up.

Then I decided to look at the last entry of his journal and by the descriptions that was in there were a tenth victim.

I ran her name, Ruthie Camden, to see if she filed or if there was an open-case on her matter since it wasn't that long ago and came up with nothing.

So, I decided to call my contact in Glenn Oak for he can find out who she was since Glenn Oak wasn't a big town.

" Hello, is Chief Michaels there?" I asked the operator on the other end of the phone.

" Just a minute."

I leaned back in my chair and looked at the pictures of my wife and my two beautiful kids before I heard the voice of my friend I've known for twenty years.

" Alvin, how have you been?"

" I've been great just now finishing telling all the ladies that Mr. Wright have been charged and when the court date will be held."

" I will be there, I couldn't believe this case when I heard it. I met him plenty of time and I ever thought he could do something like this. Chief Michael and I are the one's who brought Christopher Wright in since Glenn Oak isn't my territory.

" I was looking over the journals and pictures and came across a tenth picture. The entry said she lived in Glenn Oak. I ran her name and got nothing so I was hoping you knew her for we can at lease tell her."

" Yes, what's her name? I know she must be terrified it will do her some justice to know that the man that did this to her is behind bars."

" Her name is Ruthie Camden."

There was a pause but I just figured he was looking up who she was but then a few second turned into minutes and I knew something was wrong.

" Do you know her?"

" Yes I do…."