Sarah continued her story: âThe next morning we were awoken by our parentsâ screaming. We were scared and shocked, because our parents never screamed at each other. Kim and I held onto each other, frightened, and tried to listen to what was being said. The more we listened, the more evident it became that our parents were not screaming at each other, but were yelling at somebody else. We could not determine exactly who, or what was being said, but we could tell that a man, or two, was threatening our parents. We got up, still naked, moved to our bedroom door, and cracked it slightly open.
The conversation became quite clear; two men with deep voices were threatening our parents. They claimed to be detectives, but from the way they talked we had our doubts. They cussed too much, and were threatening to kill them. We were scared, not certain what would happen. Our parents were openly hostile to the men. They even threatened to rape me and Kim! Upon hearing that we quickly decided to get dressed. Our father was asked what he thought of that and he replied that since we were not home then it would be a hard threat to carry out. He said we were at a friendâs house.
One of the men smiled and said: âWe have been watching this house all night, we know they are here. Heck letâs go and get them. Then we can see how tough you really are.â
We were not dressed, and decided it was time to help our parents. We both had played a little baseball in school, so we each had a bat and knew how to swing it. We quickly grabbed our bats. With a little luck we could surprise them; our closet was by the door to our room while our beds were at the other end. We quickly put pillows underneath the covers to stand in for us and hid in the closet, bats in hand, ready to pounce. Luckily our parents had been slowing down the menâs progress, and we had plenty of time to hide.
The two guys led our parents into our room. Mom and dadâs faces flushed when they saw our beds. They must have thought we were still sleeping. Their assailants motioned for them to go to the beds and remove the sheets. As our parents hesitantly moved to the bed, Kimberly and I snuck out of the closet and got ready to strike. The men did not hear or see us. The one in front of me hollered: âRemove the sheets, now!â
As the reality that we werenât in our beds hit them, so did our bats. As the two men collapsed to the floor, unconscious and bleeding from the large gashes on their heads where the bats had connected, our parents turned around.
They were happy to see that we were alright, but at the same time, we now had two bleeding men on our floor. They hugged and comforted us. Then our father made a quick call to the leader of their gang while mom checked the menâs pockets to see if they were actually police. She found their fake badges, and then found something really bad. They were members of a local Mafiosoâs defence force. She told our father, and when he learnt of this he told the gang leader and organized it so that the men would be stripped naked and dropped off in the forest. He said that hopefully that would buy us enough time to disappear. We packed up as quickly as we could, leaving all the furniture, and packing only as much as we could carry in the two duffle bags we had. By lunch time we were ready to leave, the gang bought the house from dad at reduced cost and we left.
Our parents were given a van by the gang; it was designed so two people could live out of it comfortably. That would mean it would be cramped for the four of us, but it was better than nothing. The van was a full-size commercial van, about six feet wide, and fifteen feet long, and it stood seven feet tall, creating a ten by five by five inside living area. There were a couple on foldable side mounted seats over the back wheel wells, and the floor and wells were carpeted. The roof and walls had thin wood paneling covering them. Two long horizontal windows had been fitted at the back of the vehicle, and coupled with the two windows at the back, permitted sunlight to flood in during the day. A curtain separated the cab from the back, and, with the curtains that could be drawn over the windows, created a rather cozy personal area. Two foldable cots were stored in a box running along the driver side, between the wheel well and the driverâs seat.
We also were given contact info for a friend in a friendly gang that was in the city we were headed towards; it was doubtful that we would be able to stay there for any real time but we could use any help we could get right now. It was a rough couple of days as we travelled across three states. Eventually, we reached the border town where we were going to stay for a couple days. Our parents had to make a choice, and they decided that this was as good a place as any to make it, so they decided we should get a hotel room. They would stay in the room while Kim and I would sleep in the van. We had no choice so we agreed.
They had to choose whether to stay in the States or move back to Canada, where we were born. Thankfully we all had dual citizenship so there wouldnât be any real issues either way. Kimberly and I were a little overwhelmed by the situation and we had hardly been able to sleep for the two days since weâd left and so fatigue was finally catching up with us. Our parents went into the hotel and left us in the van. The windows were curtained so you could not see inside it, but it was still a rather uncomfortable place for two sisters to be sleeping alone. The van had a pair of military-style cots and a few pillows. Really not designed for comfort, and definitely not designed for sleeping close together.
After what we had been through in the last few days, Kimberly and I both knew that we wanted to be in the same bed close together and, if we could not make love, we at least wanted to feel the otherâs naked skin rubbing against our own. We were looking at the lousy sleeping conditions, both thinking the same thing, when Kimberly said: âSis this really sucks! I mean not only do we have to leave our home, but now we canât even sleep together, and after the wonderful night we shared on my birthday, I really wanted to go further with you. Damn those assholes who interrupted our lives!â
I hugged her as I tried to soothe her: âIt will be ok Kim. We are still alive, our parents are still alive, and we have each other, it could be a lot worse.â She knew I was right and just sobbed softly into my shoulder as I stroked her hair. It really did suck, just as I was about to cry myself, but I decided that I was tired of being a victim and said: âFuck them all!â Kimberly looked at me in surprise as I continued: âI am not letting the world get the best of me sis. I want to make passionate love to you tonight and God help me I will.â
Kimberly smiled as she stood up, wiped the tears from her face, and said boldly: âFucking right! I am tired of feeling like a victim. I want to make love to you and god damn it I am going to.â We smiled at each other and valiantly cleared a space and put a sheet on the carpeted floor of the van. We made a solemn vow that night, and to this day we have never broken it. We vowed to never let others choose our future for us.â
The two sisters turned their faces towards me and, smiling, Kimberly said: âWell I think Iâd be willing to make an exception in your case Vinny.â