Just me again, just a lil note to say this should be updated on Tuesdays but I've noticed it's sometimes updated late so you'll just have to keep an eye out for it. hehe thanks Julz for the review lol I always knew I cld count on you (private Joke) and yes Marky just gets worse and worse. Take care everyone reading this eh Lisa, Lyl, Sammie. etc.
Nineteen
“A call for you Marazzi”
“Me who the hell would be calling me?”
“Better go and see,” said Christian.
Marazzi quickly took the black receiver then lent casually against
the wall. “Don’t talk just listen okay…are you listening”
“Err yeah”
“It’s Kate…I know Chris got into trouble again but I really need
to get word to him”
“And you want me to pass on the message…okay shoot baby”
“I want you to send a visitor slip out to this address”
“What? Are you nuts? I won’t
be able to remember all of it”
“If you don’t just ask Chris he’ll remember it”
He screwed up his face as if trying to memorise the address.
“Okay you got it?”
“Yeah, well some of it”
“That’ll do now address it to Roxi Naylor”
“Who?”
“Marazzi just listen please”
“Okay I’m listening”
“Roxi’s gonna come see you and get vital info from Chris”
Marazzi wasn’t listening now.
All he knew was that some chick was going to visit him. “Is she cute?”
“Who?”
“This Rusty Naylor?”
“She’s gorgeous and her name’s Roxi!”
“Okay”
“So what have you to do?”
“Send a visitor slip so some gorgeous chick can visit me, peace of
cake babe.”
“Don’t let me down Marazzi!”
“Oh I won’t baby, I won’t”
“Good tell Chris he has to remember everything that happened
before the night of his party during and after tell him it’s important okay
Marazzi?”
“Okay baby I’ll tell him”
She said her goodbyes then replaced the receiver and turned to
Roxi .“It’s all set” Roxi forced a smile then sat down.
Inger let out a deep
sigh as she took the glass of wine from Kate, “I can’t believe all this Kate
darling…it is really happening isn’t it?
This Jo is really trying to help?”
“Yeah you’ll meet her…she’s coming round tonight to talk to us”
“Oh I just can’t take it all in”
“I know”
“We’re getting help at last”
Kate nodded happily as she watched the woman’s eyes fill with hope
of a reunion with her son; Inger let her thoughts sprint back in time to when
someone else had tried to help them….
Christian sat watching
his teacher his heart racing, he knew that his secret would soon be out. A secret that he’d managed to keep for years
would be known in the next few seconds. “Thank you Michael that was well done”
Christian looked over at a smiling Michael Bryant then up to where his teacher
stood brown eyes full of kindness. “Chrissy would you read next” he glanced
down at his book the words all seemed to jumble up together “John took the
present” the pretty woman said helpfully. Christian could feel his hands begin to sweat.
“John took the present” he repeated then stopped. “Come on honey” he glanced at
his teacher then back at the book. “What’s up?” she said crouching down on
seeing his tears. “I can’t”
“Sure you can John took the present.” she coxed; he shook his head
then wiped his tears away. “I can’t do it I don’t know how” he suddenly yelled
out “Haha Chrissy can’t read Chrissy can’t read.” Michael sang
“That’s enough Michael go wait outside”
“Chrissy it’s not the end of the world…what you say I teach you
would you like that?”
He nodded solemnly.
“Okay so we don’t need any more tears do we?”
He laughed “No”
“There we’ll have you reading in no time at all”
“Yeah”
She ruffled his hair then stood up going off to deal with Michael.
“Are you okay Inger?” Roxi inquired
“Yeah sweetie just memories”
“Yeah well there’ll be a whole lot more”
“I know sweetie I know”
Kate returned with the pizza, which she placed down, on the coffee
table
“Kate do you remember that teacher you know the one who taught
Chris to read?”
“Miss Williamson why?”
“I just wondered what happened to her.”
“She’s Principal of a school in LA last I heard”
“She loved Chris so much”
“Yeah she was the one wanted to reported Larry…for all the good it
done”
Roxi looked at both of them.
“Yeah I know…if only I hadn’t been so weak…I could have spared
Chris years of abuse”
“You can’t change it Inger…you just gotta live with it” Roxi said
but Inger knew she could have changed it…she had had the perfect opportunity to
change things but had failed…
Caroline Williamson
smiled down at the seven year old who had made sure he got to sit next to her,
they had been on an outing to the zoo and he’d hardly left her side. “Okay
settle down at the back” she said before sitting down beside him, “Don’t you
want to go sit with your friends?” he shook his head. “No Miss” she smiled
across to where the Principal sat then settled down for the journey back to
school.
It had been a glorious
day and the kids were all tired out, some had drifted off to sleep already
Christian being one of them. “Caroline” she heard the Principal’s voice.
“What?” the older man signalled to where Christian’s t-shirt had risen slightly,
“Oh my God!!!” they both mouthed. “He’s been beaten…look at those welts”
“I know, look, there’s nothing we can do just now, have him come
to my office first thing tomorrow.”
“Okay”
He began to stir. “Hey you’re just in time, we’re just pulling
into the school”
“Do we still got lessons?”
“No, schools over”
He looked crushed.
“Oh”
“Just think no homework”
He smiled at her. “Cool”
Next day he arrived in
school earlier than any of the other kids and sat on the steps waiting for her
to arrive. “Hello Christian what you say we have a chat huh?” he glanced at the
Principal then frowned. “Am I in trouble?” he shook his head, “No of course
not, but I would like to talk to you okay?” he nodded as they man took his hand
and lead him to his office.
Once there he was
given some fresh orange juice while the Principal waited for Miss Williamson to
arrive. “How’s your reading coming along?” Christian licked the juice from his
lips then gulped down the rest “Good”
“Really, well that’s something then?”
“Ah Miss Williamson good morning”
“Morning…hello Chris”
“Hi”
She ruffled his hair once again.
“Christian we have to ask you some questions okay”
He fixed worried eyes of the Principal then his teacher.
“What kind of question? Are
they hard?”
“No sweetheart they aren’t like the questions in your tests or
anything okay?”
He relaxed, “Okay”
Both grown ups exchanged knowing glances.
“Christian we couldn’t help but notice the marks on your back”
“What marks?”
“The ones I saw with my own eyes yesterday, the ones someone made.”
“Oh them ones”
“Yes, can you tell me who beat you?”
“No”
“No you can’t tell?”
“No one beats me or what ever it’s called.”
He didn’t really understand, “Chrissy who hurts you?” he eyed the
Principal then thought for a few minutes, “What you mean Larry?
He noted the look which passed between both grown ups once again.
“Larry?” said Miss Williamson.
“The boys step father,” the Principal explained
“Oh”
Christian sniffed then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
“Larry does it when I’m bad”
“Well Larry has no business hurting you like that, you are just a
little boy, we gotta report this”
“Wait, I know Larry Anderson, he’s a decent enough chap, I’ll go
and talk to him, see if we can’t sort something out.” the man said.
“Fine, but if it happens again then I wont hesitate I’ll call it
in”
“Okay”
Everything calmed down
for a while or until term ended and Caroline Williamson moved away to another
school but not before speaking to Christian’s mother. “I can take care of my
own business Miss Williamson” Inger had told her firmly, “Really? Are you really taking care of your son, because
from where I stand you most certainly are not, why do you stay with a man like
that?”
“That, is none of your business”
“He does nothing for you, the only thing he provides you with is
misery, look at yourself you are an intelligent woman, you are already
providing for your son, you could do so much more with your life if only you’d
let someone help you.”
“Yeah like who?” she asked herself as she watched the young woman
walk away.
As she neared her home
that evening she could hear them going at it. Christian giving as good as he
got, he never had been one to lie down and just take it, he always had to have
the last word. “Take your brat and go!” hissed Larry as soon as she stepped
inside the kitchen. “Mom he…” Christian begun to speak, she raised a hand.
“Shut up, both of you” they both stood there in stunned silence, “What the hell
did you say?” Larry muttered moving forward, “I said shut up you Christian get
to bed right now!” the child gasped. “But he…” she pointed to the door “Now or
by God I’ll take my hand to you my self!” she never would forget the look he
gave her, it was a look of ultimate betrayal.
She knew it was at that point she had lost him, he never would trust her
again.
“Inger pizza it’s getting cold” Kate said as she went to answer
the door.
“Hi Kate” the young woman greeted, Kate looked a little confused
“It’s me Jo Logan” the young woman added
“Oh sorry…I didn’t recognise you out of uniform, please come in”
she invited them both. “This is my sister Hollie” she introduced Kate smiled at
the pretty girl.
“You look like…”
“Twins, that’s what everyone says, but Hollie is eleven months
older than me”
“Yeah and boy she don’t let me forget it”
“I bet she don’t, please sit down, Roxi you know of course but
this is Chris’s mother”
“Hello”
“This is Officer Logan and her sister Hollie, Jo’s the one working
on the case”
“Hello sweetheart, listen I know you’re putting your career on the
line for my son and don’t think we don’t appreciate it coz we do”
“I know you do” Jo smiled as she sat down.
“Have you eaten because we have plenty?” Kate told her.
“Yes thanks I had something earlier”
“So tell me Hollie, do you work in the police department to?”
“No, Hol works for the biggest sex symbol in the world, or at
least that’s what Mr Read likes to think.” Jo laughed as she spied Roxi walk
back through with yet more wine. “Hello Roxi” Hollie greeted.
“Em hi”
“You don’t recognise me?”
“No sorry”
“I work for Mark Read”
“Oh I got you, I didn’t know you without the smart suit, can’t
exactly say the same about your boss, when he was going over my case he hardly
had his on!”
They both laughed. “Yeah, now why doesn’t that surprise me?”
“He’s quite the charmer is Mr Read and he got me a real good
settlement in the divorce.”
“Excuse me butting in I’m looking for a good divorce attorney”
Inger joined in
All went quiet. “How good is this Mr Read?” Inger went on.
“He is very good, he’s good at what he does,” said Roxi.
“Do you think he would handle my divorce?"
“I don’t see why not, would you like me to schedule you an
appointment?”
“Sure”
“Okay, I’ll call you in a day or two”
“Thanks”
Marazzi lay on his back
staring into space, thoughts of the mysterious female who was coming to see him
invaded. “I wonder what she looks like” he muttered, there was silence in the
bunk below. “I wonder if she has big boobs, I so love girls with those, you
know low cut tops” still silence, Marazzi leaned over to see if his cell-mate
was still there. “Are you listening to me?” Christian eyed him, “Ye-ah!”
Marazzi rolled back onto his back and continued speaking. “Are you sure you
don’t know who the fuck she is?”
“No”
“But you said you knew all Kate’s friends”
“Ye-ah, that were before I came in here, I’ve been here nearly
five years Maz”
“Oh yeah that’s right”
“She’s got blond hair, Kate said so and she’s beautiful.”
“Maz”
“Yeah?”
“Shut the hell up, I’m trying to think here!”
Marazzi looked down on him. “What?
Brig that would require a brain and since you got shit for brains there
ain’t no point now is there?”
“Haha you’re so damn funny…I gotta get this right in me mind so as
you can relay it back to that Roxi chick”
“Oh okay, I’ll just lie here and be quiet, I wont utter another
word, promise, not one more word will come outa my mouth!”
“Maz!”
“What?”
“You’re still talking!”
He appeared again. “Sorry” he mouthed, then rolled back onto his
back and stared at the ceiling. Christian let out a deep sigh as Marazzi begun
to hum some unrecognisable tune.
“Marazzi will you shut the hell up!” yelled Christian
“Sorry”
Christian tried to recall the events leading up to the party but
there was nothing out of the ordinary, except that
“Shelb, she kept asking me all these questions, questions that I
didn’t think of at the time”
“What questions?”
“Maz, she wanted to know everything about my gun, types of bullets,
she wanted to know where I kept it, damn it I told her I told her exactly where
it was and she was the one got the initials put on it”
“God Marazzi, the bitch framed me, but why? I don’t understand why?”
“And she was the one invited him to your party”
“Yeah. It all fits, I remember, I got drunk after she went to
bed, I dropped the glass and that’s when I cut my hand, I wiped it on my shirt
then when I were getting undressed I couldn’t get the buttons so I just pulled
at it that’s when one of the buttons came off.”
“Think Chris, where did you put your clothes?”
“I just left them on the floor and got into bed.”
“Shit man, she screwed you real good didn’t she?”
“Yeah, but why? I don’t
understand why?”
“Who knows? I mean she’s a
chick ain’t she?”
“Yeah a chick who fucking framed me.”
“Look, at least you know now, I’ll tell this Roxi broad when she
comes, at least they got something to go on.”
“Cops man I don’t trust cops, I never have”
“I know, but this cop you’ll have to trust, I mean, what can you
do from in here?”
“Nothing but what if I ain’t here”
“Chris don’t be a goddamn fool, if you get caught there’s no
telling what they’d do to you”
“I don’t intend to get caught; Kate said something to you about
this guy Read or something didn’t she?”
“Yeah, she said she was going to try and get him to help or something,
he’s an attorney”
“Well that’s a start; I’ll go and see this Read guy myself.”
“Are you fucking crazy? The first thing he’ll do is call the cops
on you”
“It’s a chance I’ll just have to take”
“You’re insane Brig!”
“Yeah maybe, maybe not”
Marazzi tried all
night to talk his friend out of escaping but to no avail.