A Safe Place By James
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Chapter 15
Continuing in 2015
Caleb
Once over at Nathan's house that night, I told him a little more of the story and he was saddened for Justin.
"How old is he?" he asked.
"He's nine-going-on ten," I replied.
"That's nothing for someone that young to have to deal with," he said and put his arms around me. I held him and I could tell that he was crying. "Sorry, I'm just really'''."
"You don't have to say anything," I said. "It is really sad."
"It's not just that," he answered. "I guess it just reminds me of my own father who was a fucking drunk while he lived with us. He'd get drunk a lot of the time and it was my mom who was there for me for the most part when I was younger."
"So you don't hear from him at all?" I asked.
"No," he said. "I know I haven't talked much about my father since you and I met and I just couldn't bring myself to talk about it for a long time."
"I won't judge you for that," I told him. "This is something you're having to live through, not I. I don't have any right to judge you for how you handle it, especially in terms of when you talk about it or don't say anything."
"It really has bothered me a lot," he said crying harder now. "I always wish that I could do anything to get him back in my life and I always wonder a lot of the time why he couldn't love me. Sometimes I think that if I didn't have my disorder that maybe he'd be in my life. I'd just give anything to have my father around and here for me."
I held him and let him get his feelings and his crying out and I could tell that he had been holding this in for a long time and I didn't want to do or say anything that would interrupt this process. Finally though, his tears slowed, then stopped and he dried his eyes.
"I really wish there was something I could do for you," I said and kissed his cheek. "It sounds like hearing Justin's story, or part of it anyway brought all this up for you about the crap your father has done to you and your mom."
"You're right," he said. "You're already doing something for me though. Just holding me and being here for me this weekend is enough and just you being in my life is the best thing. I really don't know what I'd do without you Caleb. I really do love you and I don't ever want to be apart from you, not ever."
"I feel the same way about you too Nathan," I responded and we shared a deep kiss.
We continued to talk for a bit, then Amy was calling us to the table for dinner. We talked with her for a few minutes while eating, then she asked if anything was going on. She must have seen the sad looks that we were clearly trying to keep from her. I explained a little about Justin's situation and she was silent for a moment. I didn't hear any sounds of her silverware against the plate and I waited to see what she'd say.
"I feel really sad for him," she said softly. "I know she's his mother and your Aunt, but damn her behavior!"
Though she said this just above a whisper, I heard the toxic venom in her voice and I hoped that I'd never be on the receiving end of any of that.
"I'm angry too," I said. "She's been doing this crap to him for years and I really do worry about the long-term impact on him."
"So do I," she said.
"Also, you don't have to apologize," I said. "As far as I'm concerned, she's not my Aunt, not the way she's acting. Yeah, she may die, and at this point I want to feel sad for her, but I just can't right now. It's even harder when I'm around Justin and I see the sweet person he is and then I look at her actions. And I'm going to stop talking now before I say any words you don't like."
"I'm as angry as you are to that point as well," Amy said. "Which makes me think."
"What's that?" Nathan asked.
"Aside from him having your parents there with him this weekend," Amy began. "He won't really get to see you guys much until Sunday afternoon, so if you guys want to spend the weekend at your house Caleb, then I'd be fine with that provided it's okay with Bill and Maria."
We checked with them and they immediately agreed and we packed up and Amy drove us back to my house.
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Back at Justin's house, two men approached the front door. They were two men that Margie would sometimes drink with and also have casual sex with. She'd invite them over every few weeks and on this particular evening, they needed money for drinks. They would walk past Justin's room when he'd have the door opened sometimes and they'd see the TV and other toys in his room. They figured that they could take them and get some money in one of the bad sections of Sangger then they could get their drinks.
Once they cleaned out Justin's room and a few other things, they left and got what they needed after a few people unsuspecting, gave them several bills all of which were almost $100.00 and they went to drink it all away. This last part of Justin's life, at least as he knew it was now completely ripped apart.
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Caleb
Once back at my house, we got Nathan's bag placed in my room and I took him to Justin's room. We knocked and he let us in. I introduced him to Nathan and they shook hands.
"It's nice to meet you Justin," Nathan said.
"It's nice to meet you too Nathan," he replied as he sat back down on the bed.
I sat on his right and Nathan transferred out of his chair and sat on Justin's left and we put our arms around his shoulders.
"Did you have dinner yet?" I asked.
"Yeah," he replied. "Aunt Maria, Uncle Bill and I just finished up as you guys got close to the house and I just came back here a few minutes ago to lay down and watch a little TV."
"Sounds good to me," Nathan said.
"Do you want us to let you rest?" I asked.
"I'd rather not be alone right now," he said. "I was hoping you guys could stay with me for a while."
"That's a good idea," Nathan said.
"I'd like that too," I answered.
We moved so that Justin could lay down on the bed and we joined him. We lay on either side of him and we put our arms around him and held him as we watched TV.
After almost a half-an-hour, he was falling asleep. I stroked his hair and he snuggled closer to me and turned so that he was facing me. He wrapped a small arm around me and was draped across me. I had to get used to feeling only one leg across me since his prosthetic leg was resting against the nightstand. I continued to lay there holding him and Nathan had an arm around us both.
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Bill walked past Caleb's room and down to the guest room. He thought he'd find Caleb and Nathan in Caleb's room, but as he neared the guest room, he saw the door partly opened. He stopped, opened it further and saw them with Justin between them. The TV was playing softly and they had their arms around Justin as they all three slept.
"You're going to need all the love and hugs you can get Justin," Bill thought. "Depending on what happens, your life may never be the same."
Bill felt a deep sadness settle over him as he concluded this thought. "Damn Margie and her fucking selfishness. Damn that Bitch!"
As a doctor, Bill understood how out of control addiction of any type could get, but he didn't accept the disease concept of addiction. He continued to believe that addiction was a symptom of deeper problems most of which go back to unresolved abuse and other types of trauma. He didn't give a damn what his fellow doctors believed. Though Bill had compassion for addicts, he wasn't about to feel for them the way he felt for an abused child who had no say in what their parents or other abusers did to them. Bill's alliance was with the people around an addict who were affected negatively and anyone who was of the new age groups who believed otherwise about addiction could go to Hell for all he cared!
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Nathan
I awoke and looked at my watch. It was a little after 7:00 P.M. and I guessed that we had been asleep for almost an hour. I lay back down and put my arm back across Justin and Caleb holding them close. They both continued to sleep and I lay there thinking about what I was finding out about Justin's situation. I felt sad for him, but I hoped that we all could help him. Suddenly, I felt him jerk awake and he lifted his head off the pillow.
"No!" he yelled out. "No don't!"
I took him in my arms and this had the result of waking Caleb who sat up and leaned over us.
"It's alright Justin," I said. "Caleb and I are here."
"You're safe with us," Caleb said as he rubbed Justin's back.
We were sitting up with him and he was beginning to calm down.
"Did you have a bad dream?" I asked.
"I dreamed that I was back at my house and watching my mom drink and get more mean than she usually is," he said as he dried his eyes.
"Well for now," Caleb said. "You're safe."
"He's right," I added. "You can trust Caleb and I."
"I'm glad," Justin said as he motioned for us to let go of him.
He got up and put on his prosthetic and went to the restroom, then came back. He lay back down on the bed and he said that he wanted to be alone for a bit. We left after making sure that he was okay and went back to our room. Before I closed the door, I turned and looked at Justin for a moment. I took in his golden-blond hair, sea-green eyes and smooth skin. He truly was adorable and I knew that I could fuck up anyone who tried to hurt him. I then went out and continued along with Caleb to his room.
Caleb
Once back in our room, we showered and lay down. It had been an exhausting day and though I was drained, I needed to be with Nathan. I knew he felt it too and once in our bed after having dried off and lying down now, we began fiercely making out and getting ourselves more and more aroused for one another.
"I need you so much Caleb!" Nathan whispered through clinched teeth once we came up for air.
"I feel the same way as you do," I replied.
We kissed several more times, then moved in to position for a 69. We tried it a few days ago when we had some alone time and loved it so we did it again that night. We sucked and licked, and took time out to bathe one another's balls with our tongues. Soon though, we were more than ready to come.
Nathan exploded first and I followed seconds after. We saved a little cream and did our usual kiss, then after brushing our teeth, we fell in to bed and I put the covers over both of us. We were asleep in minutes.
Kevin
I finished up on the phone. My mom called a couple of hours after Cody and I had dinner and told me more-or-less the whole story of what happened to Justin and I listened, then asked if she needed me to come back to the house to help out for the weekend. She said that I was fine at Cody's house that weekend and I agreed to stay and we finished the conversation, then I put my phone on the nightstand.
"How's Justin doing?" Cody asked after sitting down beside me and snuggling up to me. He had been drawing and he had just finished up.
"He's doing a little better now," I replied. "He's been sleeping off and on and at one point after dinner, Caleb and Nathan laid down with him for about an hour and he awoke from a bad dream shortly before they went back to their own room for the evening. At least they were able to get him calmed down though."
"Yeah, that's good," Cody replied.
"That's sweet of you to ask about him," I told him and kissed him gently.
"Thanks," he replied after kissing me back. "I haven't met him yet, but I already care for him and I hope his mom gets better so he can live with her again."
He looked closer at me and must have noticed that I wasn't sharing his hopeful attitude.
"Kevvy?" he asked hesitantly. "Don't you want him to live with his mom again?"
I hugged Cody and just held him for a moment, then I separated and looked in to his eyes and he held my gaze.
"Cody," I said softly and hesitantly as I tried to explain it so he could understand it. "Justin doesn't know every single detail of what happened to his mother last night and I don't want you to say anything to him, but I'll tell you what my mom told me."
"Okay," he said and I knew I could trust him to keep what I said private.
"Justin's mom's drinking has been out of control for years," I began. "She started at the legal age, but it took off just like that. That's what my mom told us when we became old enough to understand the situation. Anyway, she tried to kill herself last night. My dad saw that she threw up what looked like pills that she mixed with whatever she was drinking. I'm saying that she mixed pills and alcohol. They were probably sleeping pills and by the time my mom and dad found her, enough went in to her bloodstream so that her breathing slowed enough so that she stopped breathing."
"Oh, that's so horrible," Cody said.
"Yeah, it definitely is," I answered. "It really is bad and what I'm saying and what our parents are saying or at least hinting at, is that Justin may never go back with his mom depending on if she can ever commit to getting help and sticking with it, and even then there's the issue of how much damage has been done so that Justin might never want to see her again. Whatever happens though, he's living with our parents for a long time and they're going to probably have to get custody of him, at least temporary to begin with."
"Well, I'll be a good friend to him as best as I can," Cody said and kissed my cheek. "I'll make sure he's safe along with you guys."
"Thank you sweetie," I said and kissed his cheek, then held him in my arms. "I know you'll treat him really well."
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The next day, Bill and Maria went over to Justin's house to collect his stuff. They asked Alicia to watch Justin and she immediately agreed. It was a little after 10:00 in the morning that Saturday and the snow was coating the grass, but it was finished for a while which was good. Bill and Maria wanted to get this part over-with.
For most of the night before, they lay awake in their bed talking about what they could do with Justin for the coming days. They figured they could ask the courts for temporary custody, but that was only a quick fix for one thing, and for another they wanted to get him in a long-term living situation rather than going day-by-day and having all of this hang over his head. He deserved better, so much better than what he had been given.
Finally, they pulled up to the driveway of Justin's house and Bill got out first and helped Maria out of her side. They walked up to the house and saw the kicked in door.
"Oh damn it!" Maria said angrily. "This better not mean what I think it means."
"Shit!" Bill shouted and walked forward in to the house. Maria followed him and they went to Justin's room.
Only a few changes of clothes remained and aside from a couple of toys and his music player, everything else was gone.
"Let me guess," Maria said struggling to keep her cool. "Margie's fucking drinking buddies needed money for a fucking drink, or several fucking drinks. They probably did this just recently."
"Let's just get this remaining stuff and go back home," Bill said sadly. "There's nothing more we can do here. Oh and one more thing."
He stopped and looked down at Justin's empty bed.
"Bill?" Maria asked stepping closer to him. "What? What is it?"
"I might be emotional enough right now so that I shouldn't say this," he began. "I'll say it anyway though. I'm not waiting around for temporary custody so that in 90 or 100 days your psycho sister can come back, get Justin and take him back with her so we can sit and so that Justin can sit and wonder if she will or won't drink ever again. I'm not waiting for the proof of this to be another phone call in the middle of the night with her bullshit. It's bad enough that she hurt him the way she did with her drinking and abuse, but it's the fucked up men coming in and out of here over the years that bothers me."
"Bill!" Maria said horrified. "She knew what he was implying. "You think the men she had around here might have hit him some of the time? Maybe even worse? You and I both know from patients we've looked at, especially when they've been children in this type of situation that they're at a high risk of being sexually abused among other forms of abuse by not only abusive parents, but even more so by people, mainly men who these addicted mothers bring in to the home."
"That's exactly what I'm saying," Bill replied and began gathering up what was left of Justin's belongings.
Maria got a bag lying in the corner that the thieves must have missed and together, her and Bill placed the possessions in it, then closed it up.
"We're going to have to talk to Justin," Maria said. "I want him to have today to relax, but we might want to talk to him on Sunday and let him know what's going on. We at least should let him know that it might be more than a couple of days that he stays with us."
"I agree," Bill said as they walked out of the house and got back in the car. They pulled out of the driveway and headed back home.
Once back home, Maria went to the living room where Justin was sitting and doing some drawing. He loved it and he seemed to be enjoying himself. She walked over to the couch and listened as Alicia exclaimed how good of a picture it was. Maria looked and saw that it was a drawing of a wooded area with many trees and several patches of flowers circling the bases of the trees. Once her and Bill looked at it, they sat it down and sat on either Side of Justin and put their arms around him.
"Did you get everything from the house you needed?" Justin asked.
Maria sat there trying to relax before telling him what they saw.
"We have some bad news," she began.
She told him the whole story of what they found and he began sobbing hard, moved from her and Bills embrace then ran to his room slamming the door.
"How the Hell could she do this to him!" Alicia said hatefully from her chair from across the room. "Damn her!"
She stood up and walked over to her parents.
"I'm sorry for the language," she began.
"That's the least of our worries right now," Maria said. "We just need to make sure Justin can get through this without any further trauma. We'll have to go and get new things for him sometime this weekend."
"I'll check on him," Bill said and left the room.
Justin lay on his bed with his head in his arms sobbing. It seemed like it would never stop and he felt like he'd never be happy again. Now, he had lost everything, or so it seemed. Just then, he heard a knock at the door. He told whoever it was to come in and the door opened.
"Is it alright if I come in?" Bill asked. "I can let you be alone if you want, but I want to make sure you know that I'm here for you and that so is the rest of the family in this house."
"You can come in," Justin said and finished drying his eyes.
Bill closed the door and sat down on Justin's bed and took him in his arms. They just lay like that and Bill listened to Justin's breathing slow and even out again.
"I really am sorry for everything you're going through right now Justin," Bill said softly as he stroked the boy's hair. "I know that we can't replace the things you had, but we'll make sure you get new things and while you're here, we're going to make sure you're safe."
"I just wish I didn't have to go through this at all," Justin said beginning to cry again. "Why, Uncle Bill? Why is this happening to me?"
"I don't know," he said as his heart broke once more for Justin and his insides felt like they were being ripped apart before being ripped out of him. "I don't know at all."
Soon though, they both stopped crying and Justin fell asleep. Bill continued to hold him for a while, then he gently moved Justin out of his embrace and on to the bed. He put the winter blanket over him after removing his shoe, sock and prosthetic leg. He set it all down beside the bedside table and kissed Justin softly on his forehead, then left the room.
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Kevin
Later that afternoon, Cody and I helped Melissa clean up some of the house. She was thinking about where to put the Christmas tree since the time for Christmas would be here soon. She knew that Thanks Giving was closer, but she wanted to get an early start at least with the decorating of the house. Once we finished cleaning, the phone rang. She answered it and stayed on for a few minutes, then finished up.
She came back in the living room and walked up to where Cody and I were standing putting the cleaning supplies back in the box where they were stored.
"That was one of my friends Megan," she said as we walked in to the kitchen and put away the cleaning supplies. She walked with us and continued to talk. "She's been one of my friends for years," she explained for my benefit.
"She's really nice," Cody interjected.
"That's good," I responded.
"Yes," Melissa agreed. "She's definitely nice. Anyway, her and a couple of friends are going out for a couple of hours for dinner and drinks and she wanted to know if I wanted to go with them. Do you guys think you'll be alright here on your own for a little while?"
"I'll be okay," Cody said.
"We'll be fine," I replied.
"I can leave you guys some money if you want to go out or order in," she offered.
"I'll buy tonight if that's alright," I answered.
"If you want to," she said. "That would be really nice. I'm sure Cody would like that."
Once she left that evening, I took Cody in my arms and we kissed for a few minutes while sitting on the couch. Once we broke the kiss, we just held one another and enjoyed the silence.
"What are you thinking?" Cody asked me.
"About how nice it is sitting like this with you," I replied. "I'm also thinking about us."
"Like what?" he asked and kissed my cheek tenderly.
"Well, for one thing," I began. "I'm thinking about how handsome you are and also how beautiful you are. Your looks are handsome and they take my breath away every time I see you. Your personality is beautiful in that you have a huge amount of kindness you show towards others and towards me. You have a deep happiness that makes me happy every time I see a smile on your face. Your love for everyone is also what amazes me. It makes me appreciate and respect you more and more every day. It's also what makes me love you. I truly do love you Cody, more than you'll ever know."
"I love you so much too Kevvy," he said as he smiled and we shared a kiss. "You have a lot of kindness and caring for others as well as for me and you have a deep love that I don't find in certain people and it's also what makes me love you. I love you so much."
We kissed several more times, then I stood and held out my hand for him to take.
"Come with me," I said softly.
He stood and took my hand, then we walked out of the living room. I took him to our room, which was what I was now thinking of his room as. I lead him in to the room and closed the door. Once closed so that it clicked shut, I took him in my arms and kissed him deeply. He was as hungry as I was and I pushed against him. I felt his hardness and I knew he could feel mine.
Finally after a few more minutes of making out, I lead him over to the bed and I sat down and had him sit next to me. I took him in my arms and began rubbing his shoulders which always relaxed him. Once we were both calm and our cocks soft, I separated from our embrace and looked deeply in to his eyes.
"You mean the world to me Cody," I said softly. "I can't picture my life without you in it and I never want to be apart from you."
"I don't ever want to lose you Kevvy," he said and leaned his head against my chest.
"Do you want to lay naked in each other's arms like we did last night?"
"Yeah!" he said excitedly. "I'd love that."
I helped Cody off with his shirt and he did the same for me. He stood up and moved directly in front of me so I could unbutton and unzip his pants. I did this and slid them down his hips and he lifted one foot and after placing it back down on the floor he did the same with the other foot and once his pants were off, I took them and his shirt over to the hamper. He walked over to me and helped me off with my pants and once they were in the hamper, we took hold of the waistbands of one another's boxers and at the same time, we removed them and I put them along with the rest of the clothes in the hamper.
I looked at Cody's naked body and he did the same to me. I stepped closer and reached out a hand to touch his shoulder. He rubbed mine and then I held out a hand to him. He took it and we walked over to the bed and lay down then wrapped our arms around one another and shared a couple of kisses.
Once we finished kissing, I looked in to his eyes and he smiled at me. We shared another kiss, then I gently stroked his hair.
"You're absolutely breath-taking!" I said and kissed the side of his neck.
"You're really handsome too Kevvy!" he replied and did the same to me.
I looked in to his eyes again and saw the deep and passionate love he had for me within them. He looked back and I couldn't wait another moment, not another day.
"So I was wondering," I began. "If you want to be boyfriends with me. Do you want to be boyfriends for a long time?"
"Yeah!" he said and kissed me hard on my lips. I kissed back, then he continued. "I'd love to be your boyfriend! I'd love that so much!"
"I definitely want to be your boyfriend!" I said and we kissed again. So with that, we officially declared for one another our love and our agreement to be one another's one true boyfriend and lover.
Author's Notes
Soon, Kevin and Cody will make love, but I want to build more upon what they have so far. So everyone have a good evening and I'll see you guys in Chapter 16.