Chapter 84-1
Pure Evil
Part 2
My father spent almost the entire
week in the hospital before they let him come home. Like Mom, I was asked if I
wanted to press charges against my father for stabbing me. I said no, that
there was no real harm done to me, but left a warning if he ever tried to do
something like that again that I wouldn’t hesitate either by pressing charges
or kill him. Even though family counseling hasn’t worked in the past Mom and
him and my sisters were told to seek help, hoping to diffuse the powder
keg. I knew they were wasting their time
and I have yet to really have a successful home-visit whenever my father or
sisters were home.
I do know that feeling that something bad was going to happen was still ever
present, I had first thought it had something to do with the fight between me
and my father, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. It was Thursday having no
further incidents here, and it would be four days before I was to go back on
that following Monday at 4 pm. When I
received a phone call asking my mother to keep me home until they could decide
what to do about a problem at home that had to do something with the three bad
boys.
Even though my father didn’t want me there any longer then I had to be, neither
did he say one word other than growl painfully at me and Mom and quickly backed
away from me to almost a flinch state if I even looked like I would rip him to
pieces. It seems that my role had changed from victim to the monster in his and
my sister's eyes. Personally, I couldn’t blame him if it was me I would run
knowing I was a lethal weapon.
I didn’t know what the problem was, but I knew something must have happened
that my foster parents didn’t want me even near the house. That in itself told
me that they were hiding something from me if it wasn’t for Shane and my two
younger brothers showing up on the front door of my mother's house. I had no
doubt I would have still been left in the dark and personally I would have
killed Danny learning what had happened, cameras or no cameras for what he had
done to my sister Jody.
Somehow Danny had disabled most of the cameras in the house during the time
Shane, Mom, and Dad was out shopping, just finishing Shane’s list of the of
things he was going to need for his mission. He was scheduled to be ordained an
elder the following Sunday and to attended the temple for his endowments on
Tuesday (you can find what endowments are at LDS. Org) and would be going to
the MTC the following Friday.
When they had arrived home Jody was practically naked had been tranquilized and
dragged out to the middle of the field and raped repeatedly by Danny and a
couple of his friends. Who took off seeing them pull up into the driveway all
splitting off in different directions? Dad and Shane only got a good look at
the other boy. But the other one they didn’t get closes enough to verify, but
had a pretty good idea. The important thing was Jody before they could go on a
manhunt.
No one knows for sure how Danny got out of his locked room because the cameras
were down, but the only persons home were Shawn and Arthur, Arthur was still
locked up tight, but Shawn’s door had been monkeyed with. The cameras only
showed Shawn leaving the room and entering my foster parent’s bedroom and long
enough to disable the live feed outside and the basement and quickly return to
his room right before the power went down. The smug b******s stood long enough
in the hallway to flip both his fingers to the camera before it too went down
showing him going back inside his room; establishing an alibi having no doubt
watching his sister being raped from his window.
Dad quickly ordered Mom to take Jody to the hospital and Shane to pick up his
younger brothers and drive as far away from the house as possible. Telling him
he did not want blood on his hands being so close to going to the temple and
entering the MTC. Shane argued about it Telling Dad that Jody is his baby
sister and had as much right to see justice done going on a manhunt for the
ones responsible.
Dad and Shane wasted no time starting the manhunt once Jody and Mom were
quickly on their way to the hospital, Dad and Shane had to carry her to the car
because she was under the tranquilizer and didn’t know all her injuries due to
all the blood running down her legs and exposed chest.
We didn’t have to ask if it was one of the missing ones. Yet they couldn’t be
sure until a proper search was done, their main concern was Jody and locating
the boys responsible. They couldn’t call for an ambulance because both the
phones were ripped off the wall and their cords were used to bind Jody’s ankles
and hands. It would take longer to run down the street and pound on someone’s
door and wait for help to arrive by the time they got here, Mom could have
driven her to the hospital at top speed.
Dad and Shane wasted no time as they quickly searched the property going in the
direction that Danny had fled. When they did find Danny he was halfway down the
street and couple of blocks from Bishop Crawford’s house. Dad always kept a
tranquilizer gun on hand that they use on escaping criminals or runaway foster
boys. After Dad spotted him he shot Danny in the back and they both watched him
fall to the ground.
When they reached him Dad had Shane pull Dads car up to the curb and quickly
tossed Danny into the back seat. Dad locked the doors preventing Shane from
getting in the car. Telling Shane to go home get into his truck and pick up his
younger brothers at their friend's house and call the police and tell them what
Danny and this other kid did and wait for him; drove off leaving Shane at the
curb.
By the time the Police arrived at the scene of the crime, there was alert over
the police radio to respond to a runway in progress. Shane stood there waiting
what seemed like hours but was only minutes, when Dad pulled into the driveway
alone, shouting that Danny had run away and needed to locate his monitoring
device that he was getting mixed signals to where he is located, and that he
was having a hard time finding a payphone that worked.
Shane knew it was a lie even more so when Dad had on a different shirt and a
new pair of pants. When they found Danny his face was a mess covered in blood,
with several broken bones and his ankle bracelet was lying on top of him. Shane
had no doubt that Dad friends had something to do with it, or had any doubts
that Dad himself was responsible for some of Danny’s injuries. Dad was
arrested, but soon released not finding anything to prove he had something to
do with Danny’s injuries, but there would be investigation once they comb
through all the tapes.
It would be a while before the power was restored finding the breaker box
smashed and several of wires pulled out and cut inside Mom and Dads room. They
are hoping they had enough evidence on tape and more with a rape kit as well
who her rapist were besides some of Jody’s blood was still on Danny’s underwear
and skin, as well as Jody’s testimony proving Danny and his two friends were
guilty, for the moment test, had to be
run and statements had to be taken to prove that Danny and the two boys with
him were guilty of said crime and that could take days or weeks Dad said he
would call in favors to get done faster, but even he couldn’t work some
miracles.
When asked about Shawn, all Jody could say he was locked in his room, unable to
prove that he was involved only saw Danny and the two of the boys before coming
into the house uninvited before they raped her and tranquilizer. She was beyond
hysteric having to keep her sedated enough to keep her calm, and it would be
days before she would be released from the hospital or give a complete
statement.
One the reason Dad sent Shane and my two younger brothers here. Mom and Dad
would have to spend every waking moment at the hospital and for the moment,
Shawn is being charged for vandalism and being accused of helping Danny commit
the crime.
All I can say I hope he likes being behind bars because that’s his future, as
far as Arthur is concerned he has been placed in the state hospital for
evaluation and treatment and will be up to the Rothwell’s and the family courts
to decide where he will reside in the future. Dad and Mom still hope with Danny
out of the picture that we as a family can heal.
Personally, I had no doubt Dad would have slit their throats and our brothers
would help peel their skin off as we slowly torture them to death. I hate to
say I smiled when I heard about Danny’s injuries that were quite extensive from
a broken jaw to both his hands and fingers being broken. That it would be
months before he would be able to eat solid food or write, even longer before
he could talk without jumbled words while his jaw is wired shut. All he was
able to say was he beat up by big men wearing ski masks before they took him
inside the hospital.
According to Shane, he looked like a mummy with so many bandages that you
barely saw any skin that was left untouched. I can also say he’ll need
laxatives for the rest of his life and could be peeing into a bag until he is
old a gray. Death would have been too kind. Either way, I missed my chances to
get a piece of him and I didn’t care if I had blood on my hands for doing
it. I didn’t have to ask if he would be
back it was simply implied that I would never see him again unless it was
behind bars.
I had a bad feeling that Bishop Crawford was somehow linked to this because
someone was aiding Shawn and Danny to pull off such an elaborate stunt than
again all we had was suspicion, not actual proof. The fact that Danny was on
his way to Bishop Crawford’s house who had arrived with the paramedics with Danny
and several police officers to stand guard in case Dad wanted to finish the
job, told the Officers not to let any of the Rothwell’s near him. When Bishop
Crawford saw Shane, he literally kicked Shane out of the room the second he
entered calling the cops to escort Shane out of the hospital and was in the
processes of getting Danny removed to another hospital, asking charges to be
brought on Shane and I and all the Rothwell’s, that alone should have said he
was in on it from the get go..
By the time my caseworker showed up at my door to relay the news to me and my
mother regarding my extended stay, we already had heard most of it from Shane
and my two younger brothers. My caseworker asked if would be alright for them
to stay here until she can make other arrangements for Jared and Jason to stay
with their sister Kerry who is right now refusing to leave her sister's side.
Shane, on the other hand, was old enough to be considered an adult and the
State had no say in where he went. Other than home where at the moment is a
scene of the crime would only be allowed in with a Police escort to gather his
and his brother's belongings. And would be going back and forth to visit his
sister and help take care of his younger brothers until his sister was released
or he had entered the MTC.
My father growled. “Hell no, I will not let that immoral filth in my house,
they can “G.Dam” go straight to hell and live on the f’n streets. We are not a
f’n hotel for perverts and murders.”
Mom said. “It will be just fine, we will do just that… boys were going
camping.” Stood up and walked to the kitchen and placed a call to Officer Kenly
telling him that they needed assistance. Mom said hanging up the phone telling
Aaron and me to pack enough clothes for the entire week. Then asked my
caseworker if camping as a family counted as a safe place to stay for my two
younger brothers.
All she said was “sign here Mrs. Shepherd,” handing her a check for thousand
dollars for her inconvenience to provide food, clothing, and roof over their
heads.
She was just leaving as Officer Kenly pulled into the driveway. Mom quickly
broke down the situation. Having him radio in an escort from the State Police
and another to a buddy of his Officer Knox. Who I had only met once in church,
but would soon become a dear friend of Aaron and me in the near future. When
Officer Knox arrived he gave him orders to watch our house and more so my
father and my sisters if they decided to skip town said. “Yes sir, they will
not leave my sight, not on my watch.”
Parked his car in front of our house and made himself comfortable. When the State Police arrived to escort Shane
home so he could get the things he needed for him and his two brothers.
Considering his house was a crime scene, he needed permission to enter and take
note of what he had taken from the property.
The houses were a flurry of activity as Officer Kenly helped Aaron and load all
our camping gear into his and our car, While Mom was on the phone getting an
update from my foster parents on Jody’s condition and to inform them where we
will be. Dad told Shane that my new watch was in the glove compartment of his
car to make damn sure I was wearing it before we left town. He may trust my
mother, mostly he trusted her, enough to take care of his sons, but told her if
one hair of their heads was harmed in any way he would personally kill her. It
was not just a threat it was a promise.
Mom had no doubt he would follow through even more so hearing what had happened
to Danny. Mom said. She would die before anything happened to me or my
brothers. Told him if made him feel better that Officer Kenly and his family
would be joining us. Which was new to me and him, but he didn’t say no. Asked
her to hand him the phone, he said. “Mr., Rothwell I will guarantee their safety
if I have to watch her at gunpoint and shot first and ask question later.”