Chapter 247 Sister Guilt
Trent kept me in bed all day long, not that I planned on going anywhere anyway. We were both beyond exhausted. It was nice to just sleep and have him holding me most of the day.
He did have to end up calling his mom and tell her he's got a big surprise for her next week.
We also called the police and told them about Melissa's involvement. As much as I don't care about the bitch, I also don't want to see her ever again. I guess she's going to stand trial as an accomplice to kidnapping and rape. I have no idea how bad those charges are... I'm not studying law. I'm studying medicine.
Speaking of studying, we had to call the school and inform them about what happened, so they won't drop us from our classes. Our teachers seemed to understand and said we could look up their lessons on-line... And we will... just not right now.
But we couldn't put off talking to my sisters forever. We'd spent the last 24 hours resting and getting our stuff in order. If I didn't call her soon, she'd drag her pregnant self all the way over here and yell at me before she broke down and cried and then yelled at me again for making me cry...
Jos picks up in the first ring.
"Where the hell have you been? I've been worried sick!" She mumbles across the line. "We've been waiting... You were at the hospital and then... nothing..." she sobs out.
"Go easy on your sister, Josie. She's been through hell. I kept her in bed all day yesterday," Trent chuckles. "She needed a day to recover from all the shit Jay put her through."
Then I hear a sigh. "Sorry, Charlie. I was so worried! Rick told me..." sniff. "He told me about... Jay," she chokes over the name. "And... I didn't... why didn't you tell me?" she moans with dismay.
I'm pretty sure she'd be doing the same things if she wasn't already 8 months pregnant. She'd be blaming herself and wondering where she went wrong. I can't let her do that! She's the best big sister ever!
"Jos, I didn't tell you about Jay because... I was embarrassed... and I didn't want to put that on you. You had so much to deal with. Beth was being such a bitch to you, I didn't want you to deal with Jay too," I ramble.
That whole family is a fucking mess. I've always hated them. I don't remember them being this horrible before Mom and Dad died. But I know Beth was jealous of her twin. Mom married up and Beth... is stuck with Jay.
"I just wish," sniff, "You felt like you could trust me," sniff. "I could've called the cops, then we would've been taken away from their custody!"
I hadn't even thought about that, but she's right. That might have saved us years of suffering! Then again, why didn't she call the cops when Beth kept stealing our money from us? If Josie had called for herself, I probably wouldn't have felt so guilty.
I let Josie talk to me for another 20 minutes about how she would've rather known what was going on so she could do something about it. I hadn't been saving her at all, now she's just miserable.
Before she could blubber her way into depression, Trent cuts in. "Hey, Josie? I have something to ask you and your husband if you don't mind," he says gently.
"Oh! Trent! I'm sorry... I just... uh yeah! I've got it on speaker," she mumbles, sounding a little embarrassed.
"What's up, Trent?" Rick asks. I can hear the stress in his voice. He might be trying to soothe his over-emotional wife right now and wondering if there was something else we haven't told him.
"Well, I was actually hoping for some help. You see, I decided I want to take Charlie to Vegas today. I'm going to marry her, but we wanted you there too," he explains.