She sat on the back porch stairs naked and sweating, with a cool glass of sweet tea by her side. The sounds of crickets and frogs cut the silence of the night. In the distance heat lightning broke the dark of night. A sip of the cool tea chilled all the way down to her stomach, and yet the fire further down continued to burn. She could feel his cum slowly ooze out of her, as she heard him softly snoring from the open bedroom window. It brought a smile to her face to hear the soft snoring. "Finally wore the kid out," she whispered to no one in particular.
Kid in this case was true in more ways than one. The woman was 38, and the kid was 18. The kid in question really was her son. While many would condemn what they had just done, she smiled with contentment as she drank from the chilled glass. She often wondered these days how something that felt so right could be viewed as so wrong. She had been in a few relationships, and the only good thing about any of them was snoring in her bed. To say life had been tough on her would be an understatement. A drunk, a thief, and finally an abuser were the three attempts at marriage, and she doubted she could take another failed relationship. To think that the last few days of being beaten would bring her and her son together in such a way, made all of the other crap she has dealt with in her life worth it, seemed ironic.
She could remember the last few days of her last marriage. Her husband slapping, pinching, and punching at her like some bag hanging in a gym, causing marks and bruises and pain that no amount of makeup could cover. The trips to the doctor to make sure nothing was broken and the promises not to do it again that were. She vaguely remembered the final evening that signaled both a beginning and an end in the book of her life. She remembered the blows and the pain. She was not sure if she imagined the sounds of screaming from the man inflicting the pain, and the yelling of her son (not his as he frequently reminded her) and then nothing.
Her next memories were of pain in her head, left arm, and right leg like she had never experienced. She remembered waking up to a blurred world. She could make out a person sitting by her bed. When she finally could focus she could make out the form of her son sitting in a chair by her bed. He had his hand resting near her, as if to feel her every move. She noticed his left eye was blackened with a bruise that ran down his check, and his upper lip was swollen with a cut on it. She tried to move her arm to take his hand, and found it covered in a splint. "Jason." she whispered. The sound of her voice made him wake with a start.
"Mom? Oh mom. Are you ok? I stopped him. I did. I am sorry I wasn't there sooner." The words tumbling out in a rush as he touched the fingers of her splinted arm. His eyes moistened as he laid his head on her stomach.
She reached across with her right arm and stroked his hair. "Oh baby, I will be ok. We will be ok. How bad did he hurt you?" Just then, the sound of a clearing throat made Jason sit up, and look towards the door. A man in a suit with a badge clipped to the front pocket stepped into the room. "Mrs. Dryden, I am Detective Watson. Just stopping in to see how you and your son are." Julie looked at the strange man standing by the foot of her bed. "Well I guess we are doing ok as far as I can tell." she replied." I guess things are still a blur. I am not even sure what time it is." The detective pointed to a calendar hidden in the shadows of the room. "You have been out of it for about three days now. I have stopped in to check on you, and your son has been here the whole time. I would say he is keeping an eye on you too."
"What happened to me? Not sure I remember it all." she asked.
"Ummmmm, well you were attacked it appears by your husband. The crime scene indicated he had beaten you severely, and then tried to do the same to your son." answered the detective. "Crime scene! Did I press charges against him? Is he in jail?" she asked.
The detective cleared his throat again and looked out the hospital room window." In the course of defending himself against his and your attacker, your son struck your husband three times in the head with a bat. These blows caused a head injury serious enough to be fatal. In the course of my investigation I have determined that it was completely in self defense. There will be no charges filed on this matter."
"You mean he is, I mean is he really.......?" Julie tried to get the words out. "Yes ma'am. He will never ever do this to you or your son again." the detective replied. "Here is my card if you have any other questions. Take care and get well." With that he turned, and left the mother and son alone again.
Julie turned and saw Jason staring at the wall. Many thoughts were running through her head, but much to her surprise, relief was the nicest thought of all. No more beatings. No more being forced to please a man whom she despised more than loved, and no more pain of the emotional kind either. "Jason." she whispered. "Thank you. I love you son." The room faded to black.
The next morning her doctor came in and told her she could go home. She would need some care at home for the simple fact that two broken limbs and all of the bruises would make caring for herself difficult for a few weeks. The problem was money was tight, and insurance was not part of the picture. "I will do it." Jason said. "Do what?" asked the doctor. "I will take care of her. I can do it. I will do it." and with that they were sent home.
While there was help at the hospital in getting Julie to the care, there was no such help waiting for them when they got home. After several attempts at trying to walk on the casted leg, Jason finally gave up and picked her up and carried her up the front porch stairs into the house. He tried to be gentle but the bruised areas on her ribs and chest throbbed as he clutched her tightly and carried her up the stairs. The house was a mess from the night of the beatings, so Jason laid Julie on the couch and went into her bedroom. He found clean sheets and pillow cases, and made her bed. It was not the neatest bed making ever, but it would pass. The son picked his mother off the couch, and placed her in the bed. He gave her some pain medicine to help her rest, and turned out the lights.
The next few days passed in a haze. Jason making instant soup and tea for meals, and making sure she was comfortable. Then Julie could not take the lack of a shower or bath any longer. She stared at the ceiling in her bedroom trying to figure out the logistics of bathing with two casts preventing her from a shower or her ultimate favor of soaking in the tub. She realized that Jason would have to get her set up to at least wash her self. Maybe she could get him to help her wash her hair. She called out to her son to come into her room. "I can't stand not being clean Jason. I think I can wash myself up if you get me to the bathroom. I might need your help washing my hair. I would feel so much better if I could wash."