Yona is in the room with Remi she is finally calming down. They are just curled up in her bed with him holding her. His heart is breaking because there is nothing he can do to help her. She looks up at him and kisses him on the cheek. He smiles tenderly back at her. He bends his head just enough to kiss her lightly on her soft pink lips. Wanting so much more but afraid of making her afraid. She snuggles closer to him and sighs . He doesn"t know when it happened but he has become very attached to this little lady over these last few weeks. He is undecided as to what to do. He needs to go back to work soon , he has a trip coming up in February that he needs to prepare for. He doesn"t want to leave here until all of the legal proceedings are over . He makes a mental note to call and discuss things with his boss. He knows he can remote work that he really doesn"t need to be in the office . Looking down he notices Remi is sleeping so he goes to slide out of the bed . Her hand grabs tighter on his shirt to keep him there. He grins at her and settled back down beside her . when Crystal gets home from school the first thing she does is run to the sitting room to see her mommy. Slipping inside she sees Yona is asleep holding her mommy. She gets so excited she runs to find Salali. Calling for her.
"Salali , come see ,come see. " They quietly peek inside the room and see the two of them sleeping. Closing the door softly Salali and Crystal give each other a high five. Going into the kitchen grinning as if they were the cat who swallowed the canary. Aisling notices their excitement when she is placing Crystal and Braydon"s snack on the table.
"hmmm what has the two of you so excited?" Crystal can"t contain it. She has to tell Aisling
"Yona is on mommy"s bed holding her and they are asleep. My New Years wish is going to come true I just know it." She sits down to eat her sandwich . Aisling looks at Salali slightly alarmed. Salali laughs and explains
"don"t worry they are fully dressed . It looks like my brother may have been comforting her and they fell asleep. I don"t think anything like that has happened. She had a very rough morning and he carried her out of the sun room and straight to her room. It was emotional to say the least. Her session was shorter then their meditation time. I don"t think it lasted five minutes. It was heartbreaking and terrifying at the same time." Salali sits down and watches the kids chat while they eat. Aisling gets a worried look. Is this going to work. She knows she needs to give it time but how much. Getting up she goes to find her uncle . She needs to ask his advice as to what to do.
going out to the barn to find her uncles. She finds all four of them there they are working on the log splitter. she decides to just ask.
"what happened this morning with Remi?"
Steve sighs and they all grab a bail of hay to sit on.
"well first thing was that Winona got angry over Maureen lighting the incense burner. So I had to tell her why they are burned and to respect the house. Then Maureen lead them in meditation so that Winona could be calm . It was at Remi"s request. Well then according to Maureen she was barely under hypnosis when she became distressed and began screaming .Aisling it was terrifying to hear. We all ran into the room .Yona demanded that she bring her out immediately and he took her straight to her room. We heard her crying for what seemed like an eternity. Finally she fell asleep. Yona hasn"t left her side since. " she looks at the four of them. She takes a deep breath and asks.
" So what should we do. I don"t want her going through this everyday. So I don"t think she should have sessions everyday. I know that it"s going to be hard,but is having her talk worth her going through this. "
Onacona speaks up first.
"fear is worse than any cancer. It will eat at you till you become hopeless . If we allow her to continue to be trapped in fear eventually we will lose her completely. I have cried many times watching her hurt herself in the past. She has hidden it well from you all. As you know you can"t hide from a spirit. Her pain goes beyond not being able to speak. If we allow her to stay like this she will eventually take her own life." His voice is sad and quiet. They look at him in surprise none of them knew that she had harmed herself.
Inola speaks next .
"I know I don"t have a say in anything but Moll is very concerned for her. She has called me three times today to ask after her. So if she stops and something happens it will be devastating." They all nod in agreement to his his words.
John does not say anything he just bows his head and you can see he is upset. Steve is the last one to speak.
"Aisling she is an adult it is up to her how she wants to live. If I had my way I would erase her memory and have her be my happy care free girl again. That would not solve anything though. I think we need to have her continue and give Winona the chance to work with her."
looking at them she understands what they are saying . They hear someone coming it"s Remi and Yona. Remi hands Aisling a piece of paper.
Aisling reads it out loud.
"I"m sorry for you to worry but I need to continue this. I"m scared more than anyone but I need to give the people I love my best. I have asked Yona to take me to get some things from storage at moms. It has my journals from the hospital and after. If Winona reads them may be she can understand better. I don"t want to be afraid anymore. I don"t want to do this anymore. " they look at Remi and she pulls her shirt up. She has faint scars all over her stomach . She closes her eyes and slips her sweat pants down her legs are covered as well. Steve stands and walks to her. Adjusting her clothes He then hugs her so tight she can barely breathe.
"oh baby girl why would you do this to yourself. You are so loving and we all love you so much. You could have come to me at anytime. I would have done something to help you. We all would have."
She hugs him back holding him tightly allowing him for the first time in a long time to know she loves him.
Yona takes her hand and they go to get into his car. Remi is wondering if she may have just lost this man beside her with her confession just now. How can anyone love someone with so many scars.
Yona glances at Remi thinking how much guts it took to show her family her scars. To admit that she is in so much pain that she would inflict more on herself. This man Dean has a lot to answer for. He will need to check in with Jonathan to see where things are. He wants that man far away from Remi and Crystal.
They arrive at Remi"s mom"s house . Yona looks at the big house it beautiful but it"s not even close as welcoming as Aisling"s . Thomas is there and he is aggravated that Remi is even in the house. Asking her what is she doing there she knows that he doesn"t like to see her s.l.u.tty face. Yona looks at this child and asks
"where is your mother?" He points to the bedroom. Yona glares at him and angerily tells him to get here now.
when Charlie walks out the first thing he does is put her on the spot.
" I brought Remi to find a few things and since Aisling put me in charge of your punishment . I need to know when are you going to transfer the monies from the sale of your vacation home ?" Charlie sputters and begins to fidget.
"well you see Thomas needed a few things for school and he just got his license. He needed a car to go back and forth with. I didn"t think she would mind?" He slammed the table and looks at her .
"get me the keys to his car now. The agreement was basic living expenses which is more than you deserve. That if there was anything extra you and him would need to work for it. I expect receipts for every item. Also your son is about to get a beating . He needs to be taught respect for his sister. If your not going to teach him I will." He takes his phone out and calls Steve.
"Yona is there a problem?"
Yona smiles ruthlessly at Thomas
"yes sir there is. You see your sister doesn"t think that her punishment is valid and spent the money on her son that belonged to Aisling. Your nephew is still disrespecting his sister. The moment she walked in he asked what she was doing here that she knows he doesn"t like her s.l.u.tty face. I just called to inform you I"m going to beat him and you need to have a chat with your sister before I file legal papers on her." He hangs up and grabs the teenager by the shirt dragging him into the living room. He takes his belt off and lays him across his knees. You hear a whomp and a yell . Yona hits him four times before letting him up. When he stands up Remi is standing there her eyes big with shock. No one has ever taken Thomas to task over her before. Charlie is coddling him and Yona looks at her hatefully. Looking at the both of them he tells them
"If you insult her one more time I will give you a worse beating. She does not deserve your malice. You are her brother you are supposed to love and protect her not hurt her. You are her mother you better set him straight or he will learn the hard way. Now give Remi the keys to the new car. You do not deserve it. " just as they were leaving John and Steve were pulling in. Charlie begins to cry thinking her brothers would take her side. To her surprise when they saw the brand new car pull out and saw that it was the top line. They had no sympathy for her at all. John looks at the two of them then at Yona .
"start the legal proceedings to take everything from them they can stay in Remi"s apartment." Steve is in agreement waiting till they are gone. he goes on step further though. Grabbing his nephew he slapped him across the mouth.
"if I hear one more nasty word about your sister or Crystal come from you. Your next stop is boot camp. I will make sure your life will be miserable. How is it your sisters fault that she was beaten and raped thrown away like trash? ANSWER ME!!!!"
Thomas looks at his uncles and sinks to his knees."I didn"t know no one ever told me."
looking at his sister he lets her know how ashamed he is of her he lets her know
"even after she forgave you and made your punishment bearable you still do this. What have you done to teach this boy responsibility and respect. When I come back he better be a better person or else he will be going into the military to learn some." They walk out and Charlie sits in the floor crying .
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