Unforgiven Past

Chapter Eleven

It’s a weird feeling when your in a position like that. The fear definitely takes control over all your emotions, your movements and the way you think and react. It felt like everything was happening so fast, yet it was happening so slow.

No one had spoke, it felt like time was frozen, and we were all just stuck here waiting for something to happen. We were all crying, even Ben. We had no idea what to do next.

“You filthy little prick!” Cameron screamed as he threw Harry off his lap and stood up wiping his pants. Harry was so terrified of Cameron that he wet himself. He had pissed all over Cameron’s lap.

Time sped up and everything started to move extremely fast. Ben took the opportunity to charged at Cameron while he was trying to flick the urine off his pants. They were now wrestling and scuffling over the gun. Mum ran to grab Harry off the floor, he was laying on the floor crying.

Cameron was screaming,

“f**k off Ben! Your dead, your all dead!” He was fighting hard to keep the gun in his hand, but Ben wasn’t giving into him.

A shot went off. I didn’t look, I ran. I took off out the door and ran to our neighbours house. Before I could even knock on the door the old man was already at the door slipping his boots on. I was thankful for John and Edna, they had become good friends with us, I helped him around the yard, and mowed his lawn for him to earn some pocket money. They loved Harry and I. They would baby sit us when Mum had to work weekends.

They knew everything Mum had been through with Cam, and they were glad when Mum had gotten rid of him. Old John even laughed when I told him that I got to watch Cam get flogged. He was upset he slept through all of it. Edna and John were like the Grandparents I always wanted.

“ I heard the gun shot Peter, Go inside with Edna. She will look after you mate, the cops are on their way” John rushed passed me, and jogged over to my house.

“Your safe here Peter. Mum and Harry will be okay” Edna cuddled me, trying to reassure me,

“What about Ben?” I said scared,

“I’m sure he will be okay too honey” Edna said “I know your worried Pete, but your safe here okay. Would you like me to go get ‘Boss’ so you feel safer okay?”

I nodded my head,

Edna opened up the back door and whistled, ‘Boss’ came strolling in, his tail was wagging like crazy. ‘Boss’ was their four year old Rottweiler, he was a great dog. I loved to play with him. He was a good guard dog too, he would always bark when strangers came near his home.

I could hear the sirens coming from everywhere, there were so many. The street was lit up with red and blue lights, I could see them flickering on Edna’s walls. I tried to look out the window to see what was going on but I couldn’t see anything past the tree line and the fence. I was worried about Mum, Harry and Ben. I knew Ben wouldn’t let anything happen to them. He would do his best to protect them.

The ambulance took off really quickly, there lights were going, and the siren was on. Something was wrong, I thought to myself. I hope Cameron was hurt, worse then last time. I hoped Ben had choked him, or even shot him. I would be happy if he was dead. I didn’t care how wrong that sounded.

John and Ben walked back through the door and I ran over to them. They were both crying,

“What’s wrong? Where is Mum? Where is Harry?” I asked, I felt the tears forming in my eyes, something was wrong. I felt it in my stomach.

Ben grabbed me and pulled me in for a cuddle, he was sobbing, I could feel his warm tears fall on my shirt.

“Harry is hurt. Pete, they don’t think his going to make it” Ben was uncontrollably sobbing now,

I couldn’t talk, I didn’t know what to say. Ben hugged me tightly and we both stood their crying. Edna and John were also cuddling and crying. I don’t know how long we were hugging for but Ben blamed himself,

“I tried to protect Harry and you, I tried to protect your Mum. I failed” He said howling,

“It’s not your fault Ben. Cameron done this- not you” I didn’t want him to blame himself. It wasn’t his fault.