4. Enemies

Father was due to come home today it was the best he could do and all i could do is imagine what he was going to be like when he saw his wife like this. Johnny and his sister Abby had come to stay with us for the rest of the summer. Their parents thought it would be a good idea since they were in Japan on business. It had been three days since Rika had been here and there was no sign of her any where. Jenny and my sister were telling Johnny and Abby about the story of Rika But johnny didnt believe it so i told him next time i saw Rika i would introduce him to her. I excused myself from the breakfast table while everyone was visiting and told them i was going to go take a shower for the day. johnny and i had been running dirt bikes out back this morning so i was kind of dirty and wanted to wash up. I started to strip my clothes off as i entered my room but stopped for soem reason couldnt tell you what though and then smelled the air. something s,elled rank and then i saw my french doors to my bedroom fromt he balcony opened. "f**k i hope her father hasnt done anything to her." i thought to myself as i pulled my doors closed and finished getting ready to take a shower. As i grabbed my towel i heard something like a small squeak i looked around but didnt see any sign of a mouse so i took my towl and my clothes heading to my bathroom then heard a small sound again and turned to the left where my bathroom was and i could hear small whimpering cries for herlp. If one wasnt paying attention you wouldnt hear it. I walked slowly into the bathroom where i thought i heard the cries "Rika? Rika is that you?" i asked loud enough to hear her. Was i so desprate to hear her voice that i was imagining it? Okay i had to be dreaming right? I went to see if she was in my bathroom but didnt see her laying in my bath tub right away it was only when she cried out again in a shaky voice i looked further in and saw her laying in the bath tub bleeding from her head and what i thought were whip marks all over her body. "RIKA!!!!!" i screamed and kneeled down beside her only to brush her bloody hair from her face. "i'm...i'm sorry." she said shaking from the cold tub against her skin. "JENNNNY!!! SOME ONE HELP !!!!" i screamed as loud as i could for some one to hear me through the closed bedroom door. I started crying as i saw Rika in my tub half dead. "SOME ONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!" i screamed again and started to stand up but my step mtoher and everyone came running to see what was wrong. "Logan what is ....OH MY GOD!" my step mother gasped and had to turn away from Rika's bloody body. tears were coming out of my eyes and wouldnt stop. "please... help her . please some one call 911." i said through my thick tears Kylie rushed in to cover Rika up with a blanket from my room and tried to tell her it was going to be okay. "i got the cops on the line. what is your address Bro." johnny asked me and i told him it didnt take long for the EMT's and police to show up and the fire department also came just in case they were needed. As soon as they were there i saw Rika's mother come running out of the house screaming for her baby. i took her into my arms and demanded to know who did this to Rika. "please no. please dont do this to us. he will hurt us if he finds out. please dont take her to the hospital." rika's mother begged of me but all i could do was shake her to make her understand. "god damn you .... she is going to f*****g die. please i beg of you tell us who did this so they can be punished." i screamed at her and thats when  everything went dark  and when i came back to reality i saw myself on the front porch of my house with cops and emt's trying to get me to come to. I saw my fathers car pull up but it was all a blurr, all i could hear was peoples voices and others rushing around the place. "Logan. Logan..." a voice said softly to me and i seemed to wake up from where ever i had just been. "yeah. what happened?" i asked looking around "you blacked out. they had to take Rika and her mother to the hospital honey." i realized it was my stepmother talking to me. "NO.. NOOO." i said getting up to my feet but the police grabbed me and sat me down again. "Logan the police need you to go to the police station give your statements of what happened." Jenny said looking at my father as i looked at the ambulance take off. "am i being arrested?" i asked not sure if i should go. "no sir. we just want to talk to you is all. your family can bring you down if you all want to follow us?" one of the officers asked and my father nodded his head. I got into the limo with my stepmother and the others behind me. My father went inside for a moment and came back out, sitting next to me int he back of the limo. Hours went by and i was stuck in the f*****g police station being asked over and over again how i knew rika. did i do this to her? what was the altercation between her father and i about when he came to see me. i started pacing the room looking at my cell to see whta time it was but it seemed like my time had stopped and reality was no more. Five hours later i was let go and gave them my statement. everyone was asleep in the lobby when i cmae back out. My father looked upset that he had to come home to all this but all i could do was hug him. "this is my fault father." i told him thinking its what he wanted to hear. "No son you did everything right. you did what you had to to keep that poor girl safe. I am to say the least very proud of you for being there when she needed you the most." My father let a couple of tears out and then my stepmom started to wake up and after we were all in the limo i leaned against Jenny and hugged her "i never meant to cause harm to you mom." i said "it's not your fault Logan." she smiled "It is. i know who broke in to the house the other night and i know who beat on you." i said in a low voice. "I'm sorry father this is all my fault." i started crying again but my family hugged me tightly i was going to be okay. this was going to blow over and Rika would be okay and her father would pay for all this. I wanted to kill him but my gut told me if i tried id end up getting hurt worse then i already was. For now it was a waiting game. would the police charge me or go after the person who deserved to be put behind bars for life?

Reviews

[Vinod Kumar U K]

Realy an eye opener experience is the master.........

[Stef Outsiders]

NO!! what the hell... poor Rika... and logan! God Rika's father doesn't deserve to live!!

[Coyote Poetry]

A very sad chapter. I like the emotion and the thoughts going through her head. Left a wide open ending. I look forward to where you are taking the story. A excellent chapter.
Coyote