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Post by Brooklyn on Jul 21, 2008 20:33:04 GMT -5
Kiyoni grabbed the other end of the chair leg, attempting to wrestle it away from Max, or at least keep from getting hit with it. "Look man, I don't wanna fight you!"
The police and ambulances emptied as all the men came upstairs. The officers pulled them apart, putting Kiyoni into one room, that happened to be his own, and dragging Max off down the hall. They let him go. "Calm down, kid. We already gotta remove the body, we don't need a fight, too."
Helena could hear everything going on outside the bathroom door, but she didn't move from her position against the cabinet. Hearing the cop say something about 'the body' sent her into a fit of sobbing again. This couldn't be happening...
"It's not too bad." Reilly said, "More swollen than anything."
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Post by Tellie on Jul 21, 2008 20:36:49 GMT -5
Lucky nodded, pulling the ice away from her lip and touching it gingerly with her finger. "You didn't have to fight him, you know," she told Reilly, looking up at him.
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Post by Race on Jul 21, 2008 20:37:26 GMT -5
"DAT ASSHOLE IS THE REASON SHE KILLED HERSELF!" Max said,he was heaving,still seeing red,he wanted more than anything to kill Kiyoni now, "And ta top it off on dat! he abuses his cousin!" he told the cops everything,he didn't want Helena to end up with him as a guardian.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jul 21, 2008 20:43:50 GMT -5
"Can you prove that?" One of the cops asked him.
Helena heard him and looked down at the forming handprint bruise on her arm from where Kiyoni had half-dragged her down the hall, but she still didn't move. She didn't want to live with Kiyoni, but if they took him to jail, they'd send her to some foster home or something and she'd rather endure a thousand beatings from Kiyoni than be taken away from Max.
"Well I wasn't gonna sit by and let him talk to you like that." Reilly said.
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Post by Race on Jul 21, 2008 20:46:57 GMT -5
Max saw Helena in the hallway and said, "If she proves it.....instead 'a goin' ta some foster home,could she come live with me?" he asked, being as sincere as he could get with his thick accent, "I'm 18, plannin' on movin' outta my dad's house,an' I'd be able ta take care 'a her." he didn't mention that she was four and a half months pregnant with his child, he hadn't told Spot about the moving out part yet,he planned on it,and if Spot wanted to go with him when he told him,he could.
Race had Blink by the shirt in the middle of the mall, "FISH DIS!" he said through the jawbreakers.
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Post by Tellie on Jul 21, 2008 20:49:35 GMT -5
Lucky shrugged. "Words are words. They can't hurt me. Not like a fist can," she said, smiling ever so slightly so she wouldn't hurt herself.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jul 21, 2008 20:53:23 GMT -5
Helena looked up when she heard Max say that.
"That'd be for the judge to determine, kid." the cop said.
Blink smirked. "Okay, open ya mouth as wide as ya can and I'll push..."
Reilly smirked. "And he threw both at you, but you're still standing."
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Post by Tellie on Jul 21, 2008 20:59:11 GMT -5
Lucky laughed lightly. "I can hold my own when I need to."
(( hehe... "Lucky laughed lightly." Alliteration ))
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Post by Race on Jul 21, 2008 20:59:40 GMT -5
Race glared at him "Ish maughta kill nou'se" he said,but opened his mouth as far as it could go,he felt his cheek muscles streach.
"Helena,c'mere," Max said,gesturing for her to come over there.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jul 21, 2008 21:11:22 GMT -5
Reilly smirked, then it faded when he saw the needle sticking out of his drawer. He knew she had to have seen it. "I...I can explain that..."
Blink pushed as hard as he could against Race's cheek.
Helena took a step back. She wasn't sure about this. She didn't want to take the risk, but looking into Max's eyes, she came over to them, her eyes swollen and puffy from the amount of crying she'd done. She hid slightly behind Max, looking down and not moving any further.
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Post by Tellie on Jul 21, 2008 21:14:09 GMT -5
Lucky looked at the needle, then back up at him slowly. "Can you?" she asked quietly, seriously. "Look, Reilly, I know I don't know you very well... I know we only met today... I know you could get on well without me... but you shouldn't be doing that to yourself."
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Post by Race on Jul 21, 2008 21:16:32 GMT -5
"Show 'em babe," Max said,looking into her eyes with a look that read 'trust me,I'll take care of it'.
The jawbreakers shot out and hit Blink in the forehead, Race rubbed his cheeks,it had hurt when they came out, "CARO MI!" he yelled,rubbing them still.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jul 21, 2008 22:52:50 GMT -5
"I know..." Reilly said, "I hate myself and what I've become, but it's been so hard for me to try and get over it."
Helena sighed, holding out her arms that were both covered in bruises, the handprint, and a scar from where Kiyoni had cut her one time. Then she lifted her shirt ever so slightly to reveal a huge bruise on her side from where Kiyoni had shoved her into the stair banister a few days before, not even Max knew about that one. Then she lifted her bangs up to show the one on her eye from earlier.
The officer examined her bruises. "Well, I can take him into custody, but you have to be willing to find proof that he did this and testify that in court. After that, it's the judge's decision. Do you think you can stay with her until the decision is made?" he asked Max.
Blink rubbed his forehead. "OW YA BUM!"
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Post by Tellie on Jul 22, 2008 3:59:10 GMT -5
"I know. It's understandable." Lucky searched his eyes. "But that's what friends are for, to help you overcome it. One of my friends back in Cali was addicted to ecstasy. All of us, all of her friends, we helped her through it. We got her counseling and group therapy, we made sure that each time she felt the need for the drug, she called one of us or went to one of our houses to talk it out. Your friends... Max, Helena, Spot... they can help." She reached out and touched his hand gingerly. "I can help."
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Post by Race on Jul 29, 2008 19:54:55 GMT -5
"Fine," Max said,the cop just made him more pissed off.Were the bruises not enough for him? Hell,he want him to fill Kiyoni up with truth serum or something?
"Don' you'se ow ya bum me!" Race said, "You made me do it!" he rubbed his cheeks again,they were red and still slightly bulged from the jawbreakers.
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