Stop A Bullet - Chapter Five

Stop A Bullet1

Chapter Five2

Trey's silvery, eyes, scanned Tanya's lips, her body. He watched as she stabilized, doing the poorest job I had ever seen and stumbled over the were I was standing close by: wrapping her arms around me. Her face compressed once again in my shirt, her molten tears of regret sinking through the already drenched, mucus smothered, fabric of my shirt.3

“Raped you?” Trey repeated, his voice lowering an octave, the sound so menacing it was like a dagger piercing the skin. Cutting through the barriers of my own stability to make me feel even weaker than I already was.4

It amazed me: For the kind of man he was he sure had a harsh reaction to what was happening to my mother, regardless of their love and marriage. 5

It was ironic, but more so hypercritical in the way that he cared so much for my mother, yet he did not care less about what he did and had done so many times to Maggie. 6

It opened my eyes clearly and made me realize while the demon might have a moment where the sun glistens around him, and all he was changes, those kind of moments are like a masquerade of confusion and when you took of the try- hard mask and took a good look; That demon is still the same monster and always, ever will be because as much as they try to fight it demons are and always will be evil.7

Tanya dragged her head away from my shoulder wiping her nose and lips. Her eyes were Red, raw and blood-shot. Her body still trembling violently.8

“Why don't you go to bed mum?” I asked her, stroking her tangled hair behind her ears.9

“There is nothing else we can really do about it till tomorrow and I need my sleep to, Maggie and I have school in a few hours.”10

“To hell there fucking is,” Trey growled pulling Tanya a little to sharply towards him. His monstrosity, large, hands gripping her shoulders firmly, tightly, in violent anger as he shook her.11

“Tell me exactly what happened Tanya,” she said his eyes glazed with murder.12

“I don't want to talk about it right now Trey. I am tired and I feel weak I will go down to the station tomorrow and report it but right now I am finding it hard to stay awake let alone reenact what happened today.”13

“NO,you will tell me right now I have work, I have commitments and fuck the police. What the hell do you think they will do? Nothing; got it? They will do jack shit for you Tanya. In this world you have to serve justice for yourself. So you will sit down on the couch right now and you will tell me what happened today or so god help me Tanya.”14

Tanya shook her head, shrugging his hand of her shoulders: Her head bopping up and down like one of those retro bobble-headed dogs that the hippies down the road had on their dashboards.15

“It's alright for you men you have no idea what it is like. You can't just expect to force it out of me Trey. I don't want to even think about it. I want to put it in the past and receive justice for what has happened the right way, without resorting to violence.”16

“That is not going to happen Tanya: You are so sheltered sometimes. What do you think the police are going to do, huh? People in this town are ass-licker's when it comes down to the rich and the poor and besides you said yourself the fucking, creep gets away with a slap on the wrist and how many women do you think he has abused already?”17

Tanya bowed her head, folding her arms defeated across her chest.18

“More so than you would think,” she answered looking back into Treys thunderous, granite, eyes. Her hair falling from behind her ear, covering my sight of her face.19

“Exactly: what do you expect from the police? He would pay them out to let him walk free and then how many more women do you think he would abuse knowing he has friends in higher places? It is a dog-eat -dog word Tanya and justice does not always prevail, now tell me what he did to you?”20

“I promised myself when Robert left that I was out of the crime business and you know that. So please for me just let it rest at least until the morning and come to bed with me so we can get some sleep please, everything will be clearer in the morning.”21

Trey raised his hands in the air, frustration leaking from his every pore; filling the room with anxiety and fear. 22

He had not yet lost his cool completely, which I knew must have been hard for him given the situation and the way my mother was defying his wishes time and time again; standing up for herself for once, but I knew she would not stand strong for much longer. Trey would get it out of her, he would make sure of that, he was determined to know the truth even if it hurt Tanya in the process.23

I moved back, resting myself against the back of the sofa as I watched the petty fight unfold in front of me. Why couldn't he just let her have the Three hours of sleep she deserved? They could always resume conversation later in the morning, especially at a time when I was not here to see the everything crumble around me. 24

It was one of those times where I wanted to be the last to known of anything that happened after those final words had escaped my mothers lips. I had already been dragged into far to many situations that a guy like me of my age should not have to worry about: especially with exams coming up in the Autumn. I could not afford to have all this riding on my back.25

“Eh, hallo I am still here,” I said, my voice drained and annoyed. I could feel my body deflating, worn out like a balloon.26

I wished in someways my mother would just get it over with right now. Trey's voice was becoming monotonous and sounded much like a broken record as he demanded the truth from my mother. Then in other ways I could even begin to imagine what was going on in my mothers head at this point of time, and I found treys compassion a cruel act.27

If he really cared, like he was making out, he would drop it, leave it, give her time to breath and wrap her head around the events that had unfolded before her arrival home. You couldn't make a pig fly, even if you wanted it to so there was no point in my eyes forcing something from her that she could not deal with at this point in time. It would only equate to something bad and I could feel the sense of danger lurking around the corner, ready to pounce.28

It was not going to be as simple as Tanya telling Trey and Trey warning Larry to keep away from his wife. No this was Trey, you could see the determination and motives literally exhaling from his very impulsive movement and from every murderously, deep, word that escaped his lips.29

“Do I get a say in this at all?” I asked stepping forward towards where they were standing.30

“If it was up to me I would say just let this rest till Maggie and I are both at school. Don't you think that is a good idea?”31

Tanya nodded, a small smile creeping its way across her solemn face. Her body starting to wind down, unable to take much more than she had already taken today.32

“My idea exactly,” she spoke brushing her fingers across Treys shoulders. Hey eyebrows raised as she pulled back her hands, rubbing her fingers over the sweat that had poured onto her fingers.33

“Did you go running?” she asked trying to change the subject. She had no idea whatsoever about what he had done to Maggie, none whatsoever.34

Trey shook his head, his hands finding her shoulders, fingers gripping tightly onto her body. His molten, aggression flooding through his every step forward.35

“Look Tanya this is your last chance to tell me what the fucking hell Larry did to you, so you better open your stupid, fucking, mouth and just tell me,” He shouted backing my mother into the corner of the room. 36

His fingers dug into her shirt as he pushed her forcibly against the wall, the impact causing the windows nearby to rattle and shake. The curtains falling from the metal pole that was holding them up, revealing my dysfunctional family to the rest of the street.37

Though somehow I did not think that neither my mother or Trey were conscious or cared about the fact that whoever passed by the house could now see exactly the animal that Trey was.38

I watched as Trey ripped my mothers shirt manically, her Violet buttons popping and flying in every direction. Her voice strangled as his hand caught her throat, his fingers spread and wrapped loosely.39

“Last chance,” Trey spat raising his hand into the air. His ugly, fist clenched tightly, his knuckles powder white. 40

This was it, the moment of truth. Now my mother would really see the animal that Trey was.41

Though even in this moment of revelation when all my dreams were about to come true, the truth about to break free ; it did not feel nearly as good as I had expected it to, especially since my mother was in the firing line and my body had come frozen to the spot again. 42

Fear was keeping me concreted only centimeters away from my mother and I could not do a thing to help her, even my voice had been constrained: It felt as if someone had a hold on my throat and was strangling me, squeezing the very life from within me, suffocating me inside a wall I could not cross. It was killing me slowly and painfully as my eyes were fixated to Treys hand raised only inches away from my mothers face.43

“You don't want to do that,” my mother breathed, struggling to speak as his fingers became tighter around her neck.44

“NO,” he screamed his fist flying in the air, almost as in slow motion.45

My eyes flinched, squinting as I attempted watched his every move, not at all wanting to watch when his fist impacted with my mothers face. I wanted to move, I needed to move to stop him from his animosity, but I was far to late: he had already made his impact and there was nothing I could do to stop him.46

“Just watch me,” Trey laughed, his powerful voice echoing through the room. He dragged his fist away from the wall, the plaster falling from his knuckles onto the floor beside my mothers feet.47

“You want to try this one more time,” He asked, his fingers brushing against her cheeks. Wiping the furious tears away from my mothers eyes.48

This was barbarity the way he was handling her, the way he was strangling the life from within her. Forcing her against her will in the most ardent way.49

Worse yet as my body was not anywhere near wanting to move any time soon. I could no longer even close my eyes; forced myself to watch the savageness unfold as he pressed his knee hard between her thighs and wrapped his fingers tightly around her hair, yanking it backwards so that her back was arched in an crooked position.50

“Want to tell me now?” he barked dragging her body to the couch, forcing her ragingly onto her back. His hands already on his belt, unclasping the buckle and pulling on the strap.51

This was my last chance, my one and only chance to stop this from happening. I had to fight my fears for my mothers safety, for my family's integrity. It was up to me, me Taint wilberson to defend my mother when she could not herself. I was up against a monster, but I did not have a choice. It was her or me and I would take the fall for my mothers behavior if that meant sparing her dignity.52

“GET OF ME TREY...STOP IT...PLEASE... STOP,” my mother screeched, hysterically as Trey wrenched down his pants, his foot kicking them to the side as he grinned, wickedly, reaching for my mothers head.53

“Looks as if I am just going to have to make you remember,” He spat cruelly, still fully clothed all bar his dirty, blood-stained, briefs that held his package tightly as he rubbed it against my mothers lips, his hands seizing hers taking them and raising them high above her head as his lips met her wrist, his mouth wrapping around her skin.54

I was not watching this, this was a dream. It was a nightmare, a horrible nightmare and any second now I was going to wake up and everything would be back to normal, or different; different yeah that was it, different; Everything would be different.55

“G...g...get o..o..f..f..me,”Tanya moaned, her mouth being filled with his sex. Her own lips complying with his wishes as Trey slipped his briefs down just a little past his v-line and let one of his hands go to force my mothers face to be buried in his crutch.56

Come on Taint you can do it. What are you doing? Why are you just standing there? He is going to abuse her Taint. He is going to rape her and your just to weak to even stop him. Stop him Taint...stop him right now before he fucks her Taint... he is going to fuck her right before your eyes and you can't do anything about it. 57

The voices; they echoed through my mind, they surged through my head like a train ready to fall of the rails at any moment. I could feel it, feel the power in my body as I overlooked the fear and the images that had escaped into my thoughts. I could feel my feet stepping towards them. Slowly one by one my feet were stepping towards Trey.58

I could sense his eyes as watching me as he looked up, they grew wider as his hands let go of my mothers wrist and he let her fall, back against the chair finally free for a moment from his hellish, grasp.59

The next few moments were a blur, the darkness seemed to be wrapped around me, blinding me completely.60

For the last thing I remembered before I could feel my feet hitting the pavement, my heart thumping... thumping...pounding furiously against my chest: was the feeling of my fist colliding with something that felt as hard as a brick wall and the screaming of my mother, begging him to stop long after Trey had fallen to the floor; not longer making a sound.61