There in the hospital bed lay Lynn. She had a black eye, and a few
scratches
and bruises on her face. Her neck had a brace around it, and one of her
eyes
[the black eye] was closed shut. Her lip was split down the middle, and
she
looked horrible.
"Justin..." she moaned.
She tried to smile but her split lip made her cry out in pain.
A tear rolled Justin's cheek as he saw his mom so crippled and hurt.
But that
was only part of what had caused the pain in Justin's heart. There, at
the
chair at her side, sat Paul.
"Hello Justin," said Paul, with a fake smile.
'Hello bastard' Justin thought.
"Hello Paul."
"Would you like to introduce your friend to your mom and I?"
"This is my girlfriend Sonya," Justin said, tighting his grip on her
hand.
"Hello Sonya," Paul said.
'Hello bastard' she thought.
"Nice to meet you." She smiled at Lynn.
"How have you been doing mom?"
"Good. Never been better," Lynn whispered.
Justin's eyes began to
water.
"Oh God mom, I'm so sorry." He leaned over and wrapped his arms around
his
hurting mother.
A tear trickled down her cheek, and she looked into her
son's
eyes.
'I wish that bastard would leave right now' Justin thought, but Paul
was
holding on tight to Lynn's arm.
"Paul? can u please leave and get a cup of coffee or something? I want
to
talk to my son and his girlfriend for a while."
Paul hesitated for a second, then kissed his wife and left the room.
Justin
check to make sure he was gone, and not standing outside of the door
listening to the conversation.
"Tell me about your girlfriend Justin," Lynn said, closing her eyes and
trying to breathe normally. Justin told Lynn how they met, and how they
felt
about each other. She nodded and tried to smile, so happy for her son,
She
sensed that Sonya was a nice girl.
Sonya sat there, smiling at how beautiful of a relationship Justin had
with
his mom.
"Listen mom... i know this wasnt an accident."
Lynn's smile faded, and her face became serious.
"Justin, you don't know what you're talking about. Do you remember what
Paul
said?"
"No mom, he's gone too far. It's time to fight back."
"Justin, you don't know what you're doing. Everything will be alright."
"Mom, I'm going to the police."
Lynn lay there, silent. Not knowing whether to stop Justin or to
encourage
him. She knew that she didn't want to live her life with Paul. She was
in so
much pain, and she finally realized that she didn't have to put up with
this.
"Justin, I love you so much. This will all turn out perfect in the end.
As
for now, this is the way it has to be. I LOVE YOU JUSTIN." she took his
hand
and held it for a moment, then let go.
Sonya gave her a hug too.
"I'll call you mom. But trust me, I can handle this."
They left the room, Justin on the verge of tears.
They were about to turn the corner when Justin heard Pauls voice.
"Stop," he whispered to Sonya. He quietly peeked around the corner and
saw
Paul talking on a cell phone.
"Dont worry, I got it all under control. I take the money, and leave
the
bitch. The kid's tryin to get into this mess tho. WE gotta keep him as
far
away from her as we can. Got it. Kay, I don't wanna leave the bastard
in
there with her too long. I'm goin back now. " Paul clicked the cell
phone off.
Justin ushered Sonya into a dark room as Paul walked by so he wouldn't
know
that they had been listening.
When the coast was clear they wlaked out of the room and called a taxi.
"I knew he was abusive, but I didn't know he was trying to steal our
money
too." Justin could feel the anger boiling inside of him, he felt like
he
could break ten boards right now.
" I can't do this without Michelle," Justin said to Sonya. "She's a
witness..she can testify against Paul. Would you mind if she flew down
from
memphis?"
"Anything to get that bastard in jail for life Justin," Sonya said.
"You are so supportive baby, Justin said, kissing her neck, I'll call
Michelle tomorrow.... but the rest of the day is for US."
He kissed her lips softly, and she kissed back. Soon the soft kiss
developed
into a passionate one. As they drew away from each other, Justin began
to
talk.
"Sonya....i...."
"Hmmm?"
"I just wanted to tell you that I..." Justin began, "Wel...I really
appreciate you doing all this for me."
Sonya smiled at him and said it was her pleasure.
Soon the taxi stopped and they found themselves back at the hotel.
"The rest of the day, sweetie, is for you," Justin said, kissing Sonya
on the
forehead. He took her hand and they walked along the path towards the
beach.
It was 5PM , and the beach [surprisingly] was completely deserted.
Miles of
golden , soft and warm sand glittered around them, and a vast,
glistening
ocean was spread out before them, the calm waves splashing softly
against the
shore. After walking and talking for a mile
Sonya and Justin decided to sit down. The sun was setting, and Justin
was
holding Sonya in his arms. SHe dug her feet under the sand, and leaned
back
on his sturdy chest.
"Justin..this is our second sunset together."
"Thats right," Justin smiled, Touching his cheek to Sonyas cheek, they
both
stared at the elaboratly colored sky.
"SOnya...i tried to say this a billion times. And you probably
noticed....But
i Just wanted to tell you that...I love you."
Sonya looked into Justin's beautiful blue eyes and could tell that he
had
meant every word he said.
"I love you too Justin."
"You're the first girl i've said that too," Justin said, looking into
Sonya's
green eyes.
"And youre the first guy."
He leaned forward and kissed Sonya softly on the lips. Then he reached
his
hand into his pocket and brought out a small box.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Justin asked, holding open the velvet box
to
reveal a 24k gold necklace. It had a tiny hard pendant.
"Of course," SOnya said, wrapping her arms around Justin.
He showed her how on the back of the tinky heart "J+S" was inscribed,
and
then put it around her neck.
"Want a piggy back ride?"
"Sure ," Sonya laughed. She hopped on Justin's back, and he ran to the
ocean-
skipping over the waves and splashing them up. Soon they were laughing
so
hard that Sonya tumbled off, landing on the soft sand. The tide creeped
up
and she was soaked in water.
"Look what you did Jus!!" she screamed, sppashing him with water. She
tackled
him to the ground, so they were both drenched now.
Their now completely wet clothes sticking to them, Sonya and Justin
hugged
each other happily and walked off, back to the hotel.
Chapter 22
When they got back to the hotel, Sonya and Justin saw Nicole, Sherry,
Vanessa, Charlene, Leila, Vicki, Darlene, Rachel, Chris, Lance, JC, and
Joey
in the pool. The pool was a clear aquamarine color, heated up, and full
of
excitement. Lance and Nicole were off in the spa, talking quietly, cuz
they
hadn't seen each other in a long time. JC, Vanessa, and Sherry were
playing
with a beach ball. Vicki was sitting on Chris' shoulders while he swam
around. Joey was playfully drying to dunk Rachel, and the others were
just
fooling around.
Justin and Sonya, still completely drenched from the ocean decided to
jump
in- hey, the water was warm.
"Come on Jus, let's jump off of the diving board."
They made their way to the diving board, holding hands.
"Kay, let's jump together on 3," Sonya directed.
"1.....2....."
Right before the 3 Sonya pushed Justin in, watching him try to swim
frnatically.
"Haha" she laughed playfully at him as he came to the surface of the
water.
"Cheeaatteerr!!!"
Before Sonya could answer her, she felt two hands on her back, pushing
her
into the water.
She hit the warm water with a splash. AS she came to the surface she
saw a
guy standing there, grinning.
"Mark!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!!!!?!" She exclaimed, her eyes huge with
disbelievement.
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