This fictional story contains sex and graphic violence between underage minors. All normal legal warnings apply. Story should not be used, duplicated or re-written without the consent of the author as the author holds the copy right to the story. Please feel free to send all comments and suggestions to my email eric.z.james@live.com
I wanna know what love is -- Chp 3
DeMarco was frantic with the situation he just walked into; little Jules was lying half naked in a pool of blood. He ran to him and tried to pick him up but thought better of it, he shouted for someone to call 911 before remembering that no one was home. He grabbed his cell phone but when he looked at the screen; his mind went blank, he didn't know what to do. Images of finding his brother started to flood his head as he started to panic. He felt for a pulse and it was very faint "Someone help me please" he yelled again towards the door.
He realized Jules was bleeding from a gash in his head, his nose and from his ears; He pulled off his shirt and wrapped it around Jules's head to try and stop the bleeding. He looked up at the wall and noticed the security alarm panel; he ran to it and hit the emergency response button. He ran back to Jules, picked up his head and placed it in his lap.
"Everything's going to be alright Jules, I promise, just please don't die" he whispered to Jules as he began to cry. Within three minutes; EMTs and police where there. The police officer had to pull DeMarco away from Jules so the EMTs could work on him. He was in shock and couldn't answer when the officer questioned him. He told the paramedics they were cousins so they would allow him to ride with him the ambulance, he held his hand the whole way to the hospital.
Once they got to there, Jules was rushed off to emergency surgery and DeMarco was forced to stay in the waiting room much to his protesting that he wasn't going to leave Jules's side. He had to call someone but he didn't know who, he hadn't met his father and knew his mother had died, he tried to call Amy but her phone went to voice. He realized she as probably still in class, so he called Aiden since he knew he was home.
He told Aiden there was an emergency and Jules was in the hospital, he relayed what he walked in on and how he stayed with him and was now at the hospital. He heard Aiden scream bloody murder before hanging up the phone. Thirty minutes later; Aiden ran into the emergency room with Amy and his mother. Amy ran to him and collapsed into his arms crying. Aiden and his mother were at the nurse's station demanding answers, when he didn't get the answers he wanted, Aiden punched the wall and had to be taken back to have his hand looked at. Their mom got a call on her cell, when she was done talking she walked over and sat next to Amy and DeMarco with very worried look on her face.
"Stellan will be here in about six hours" she said to no one in particular before turning to DeMarco. "What happened DeMarco? Please tell me what happened"
"I don't know Ms. Talley; there was an incident at school so Jules was sent home. I got his assignments from his teachers and brought them to him at lunch time. When I got there; the front door was wide open and when I ran in he was naked, lying on his back and covered in blood" Amy started to sob silently after hearing his retelling.
"What happened at school?" she asked.
"Jacob and Joshua beat him up in the hall before first period and he fought back and kicked their ass. All three of them were suspended"
"Jacob and Joshua West?" Ms. Talley asked?
"Yes"
"Do you think they could be capable of doing this?"
"Yes" Amy said "They're sadistic"
"Ok, from now on don't say anything to the police, if they try to talk to you DeMarco say nothing and come get me"
"Why shouldn't I talk to the police?"
"Because their father is a cop in this town, he's an evil man and everyone knows it. You can't be too sure who his friends are, Stellan will take care of it when he gets home"
He didn't question her any more about the matter, he took her for her word. They sat around for about an hour before Aiden came out with his hand bandaged. He didn't break anything but cut his hand pretty bad. A few hours and many cups of bad coffee went by before a doctor came out to see them.
"Are you the family of the young boy that was brought in?"
"His name is Jules Barrett, I'm his aunt and these three are my kids" The doctor looked at the Talleys then looked at DeMarco and knew she wasn't telling the truth but didn't care.
"Well Jules was brought in with multiple broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and a broken nose. He was also has a intracranial hemorrhage that looks like it was caused by being truck in the head, the swelling and bleeding in the brain has gotten worse since he got here but we are trying to slow it down." The doctor said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"What are his chances?" Amy asked.
"Not too good at the moment, but that can change"
"Oh God" Amy wailed, DeMarco wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his chest, Aiden started to tremble and his short mother had to struggle to keep him standing.
"There's more" the doctor said "There has been major trauma to the anal cavity. I won't go into the details but it looks like he was sexually assaulted, we are performing a rape kit to hand over to the police"
"Wait" Ms. Talley said with urgency "You can't hand it over to the police just yet, his father is a very important person and will arrive soon with federal law enforcement, the rape kit should be handed to them, not the San Bernardino P.D." She gave the doctor a look that said all she needed to say, he understood and said the rape kit will be handed over to the federal law enforcement.
A few hours later, a nurse came out to inform the group that Jules was out of surgery and being moved to the ICU for recovery. The group followed the nurse to the ICU waiting room and waited for his doctor to come out and give them an updated. When the doctor came out, he was sweating and had a distressed look on his face, Aiden tensed as the doctor approached.
"Jules is out of surgery; we repaired the rips and contusions to his anal cavity and set his nose. The spleen was repaired and his ribs bandaged, they should heal over time. The swelling in his brain has slowed and the bleeding has stopped, but we are not out of the woods yet. He is in a medically induced coma, his chances are better then they were before but still not good, we just have to wait and see how he progresses"
"Can we see him?" Aiden asked.
"Only for a moment, I'll have a nurse bring you back"
A nurse escorted them to Jules' room, Ms. Talley gasped when she saw him in the bed with his head bandages and tubes and i.v.'s connected to multiple places on his body. Amy was too afraid to touch him but kissed his hand and told him that she was there. DeMarco was too shocked to say anything, he was flooded with many different emotions and they were all fighting to reach the surface, his kissed him on his forehead and walked out with Amy following behind him. Ms. Talley squeezed Jules's hand and told him they she was there and his father was on the way. Sensing her son needed a moment alone, she walked out and left Aiden sitting next to his bed holding his hand.
"I'm so sorry little bro, this is my fault" Aiden whispered into Jules's ear "I should have been there to protect you. You have to get better soon, what am I supposed to do with out you? I love you man" he felt Jules squeeze his hand, and knew he heard him. He lightly kissed the side of his face with tear streaming from his eyes.
Stellan Barrett flew into the ICU ward in a rage demanding to see his son; he was followed by Damian who looked very upset. Jules was in recovery and couldn't have visitors but the presence and command in Stellan's voice told the nurses otherwise. When he entered his son's hospital room followed by Damian, he took sight of his son and just wanted to grab him and hold him and tell him it would be alright but he knew he couldn't. If it were even possible; Jules looked even smaller lying in that bed.
He sat next to his son's bed and held his hand, needed a few minutes to process what was going on. He cursed himself for not being there but told himself he needed to be strong for his son. Damian took his other hand and cried, he couldn't fathom how someone he was so close to could be lying in a hospital bed the way Jules was. They were very close, like twins and even though they weren't biologically related, their band went way passed blood. Damian knew something wasn't right that afternoon when he was at school but he couldn't put his finger on it, but when Stellan showed up at his school without warning, he knew it was Jules and he feared the worse, and now his fears were a reality.
They both gave Jules a kiss on the forehead after being told by the nurse that it was time for them to go back to the waiting room. Damian spotted Amy and Aiden right away and walked over to give them hugs and to greet Ms. Talley. Stellan started talking to two men in suits who seemed to come out of no where, he gave them determined orders and they vanished just as quickly as they appeared.
"Who are you?' Stellan asked DeMarco after greeting the Talley family.
"I'm DeMarco Giordano; I'm a friend of Jules"
"I'm his father, but please call me Stellan" he shook DeMarco's hand. "Amy told me you were there after it happened and stayed until help came"
"Yes sir, that's right" he replied, with his eyes trained on the floor, he was too afraid to look Stellan in the eye and he had no idea why. He wasn't a very man, about DeMarco's height and built slightly more then him, but Stellan had this demeanor that exuded power that made people who didn't really know him to cower before him.
"Can you tell me what happened to my son?"
DeMarco retold the story of the fight earlier in the day and the suspension that followed, and then told Stellan of the scene walked into at his home and how he stayed until the paramedics came. Just as he finished telling Stellan his story, one of the men in suits showed up followed by two police officers that looked very irritated.
"Who is the guy in the suit?" DeMarco asked Amy.
"Probably FBI"
"Does Stellan work for the FBI? I saw him tell those guys to do something and they just did it, now those cops look pissed that he is giving them orders too"
"No he doesn't work for the FBI"
"What does he do then?"
"Um...he should be the one to tell you" she stammered. DeMarco knew she was dodging the question but thought not to push it until later. Stellan came back and sat down and was looking at something intently on his cell phone. He stared at it for several minutes then tensed at whatever he saw. He took a deep breath to clear his head and showed Aiden his cell phone.
"Are those the two boys?" he asked. Aiden nodded his head but was speechless to what he was watching; it was the video surveillance footage. "And is that their father?" Again Aiden nodded. "And he is a cop with the SBPD?" Aiden nodded again. Damian snatched the phone and watched the video; he was mortified by what he saw. No one told him Jules had been raped; his blood boiled over as he dropped the phone and ran out the hospital. Aiden followed him out and had to run to catch up with him, when he caught him, Damian was furious to the point where he was looking for something to punch, Aiden walked up behind him and wrapped his arms around him and held him until he calmed down. They were talking in whispered tones when Stellan walked out to them.
"I know that look boys" he said to them. "Your loyalty to Jules is telling you that you must seek revenge, but please don't" the boys were taken aback. "I will handle it" Stellan said. "I promise the both of you I will handle it to the fullest extent of my abilities. Jules is your friend but he is my son and he would be furious if I let you guys get yourself into a situation that could land you into a lot of trouble, so please let me deal with them"
"Fine Stellan, but if you can't handle... it I will, and it wont be pretty" Damian said with fire in his voice.
"Trust me, they will get theirs. They can't deny what they did, the house is covered in cameras and they didn't even bother to disguise themselves". Amy came out and told them that the doctor had an update and wanted to speak with Stellan. They rushed back in to meet with the doctor.
"Hello Mr. Barrett, I'm Dr Dhatri. Jules is still in very critical condition but we are monitoring him closely. His broken bones will heal just fine, so will his spleen. The problem areas are his anal cavity and his head injury. The lining of his anal cavity was torn and badly bruised, though the surgery to repair it was a success, I must watch its healing to make sure no more problems occur. His pelvis was also badly bruised. We thought the bleeding from the hemorrhage in his brain has stopped but looking at his x-rays we can't really tell because of the swelling, so I'm monitoring him very closely and that's all I can say for now. I think you guys should go home and get some rest, but if you guys want to wait just know it will be a long one"
They all decided they were going to stay, at least for a while. DeMarco called his mom to let her know where he was and why, Ms. Talley decided she was going to go home and get some rest and that she would stop by the school in the morning and make then aware of the kid's absence and to talk to Mr. Kripke about the situation. As they settled down to wait, the Police Chief walked into the waiting room and straight towards Stellan.
"Stellan, I'm sorry to hear about what happened" the chief said shaking Stellan's hand.
"Do you have any idea who could have done this?" he asked. Stellan and the Chief had known each other for a while and had a mutual respect for each other. Stellan even helped the Chief deal with the capture of a few really bad criminals in the past, so Stellan figured he could trust the Chief with the information.
"Yes Chief, I know who did it. My son's friends tell me it was Jacob and Joshua West whose father is a member of your police force"
"Those are serious accusations Stellan, are you sure it was them?" the Chief asked.
"Very sure, my home is outfitted with several high tech surveillance cameras and they caught the whole attack and rape"
"Rape!!" the Chief shouted in shock.
"Yes Chief, those bastards raped my boy, and their father was there and in uniform watching the whole thing". He showed the Chief the video on his phone, a look of disgust came over the Chief as he watched what transpired.
"His name is Officer Jason West, I always knew he was a hateful, evil son-of-a-bitch but this is horrendous. He has a long list of abuse complaints and I.A.D has been trying to build a case against him on hate crime charges for over a year" he took a deep breath and continued "Look Stellan, I'm not going to deny that I know what you do for a living, you have even helped me out on a few cases for which I'm grateful but there is one thing I hate the most and that is a cop who abuses his power. Do what you think is right to this man and I'll help you cover it up as much as I can, just remember that his sons are minors when you are dealing with them"
"I will Chief, thank you"
"One more thing Stellan" he said as he got up to leave "Be careful what you say and do around cops that you don't know personally, we don't know who his friends are. I will send over a few officers that you know to guard Jules, I'm sure you have your own men coming in"
"Thanks Chief and yes I have a team flying in as we speak" and with that, the Chief shook his hand and left the emergency room.
The next few hours were uneventful, there was no change in Jules' condition and his friends were becoming restless but determined to stay. Two uniformed officers that Stellan knew well showed up to offer any assistance if needed. One of the officers brought over Officer West's I.A.D file for Stellan to view. Moments later; the guys in suits walked in with two more guys similarly dressed, they spoke briefly to Stellan, took the I.A.D and left again. DeMarco couldn't hold his curiosity any longer; he had to know who this man was and what he does.
"Stellan sir? I don't mean to pry but Amy said I should here it from you, I'm just curious as to what you do for a living. I see those scary looking guys in suit coming and going and doing whatever you tell them. I'm just curious is all, but if you say you'll have to kill me if you tell me then don't need to know"
That got a laugh out of Stellan. "Well normally that would be the case, but since you are friends with my son I guess I can trust you" he looked at Aiden, who gave him a reassuring nod before he continued "I used to be an Army Ranger and after I retired I started a security and Intel firm" the explanation confused DeMarco. "My firm does the jobs that the CIA, FBI, NSA and other agencies can't or won't do. We do the hard lifting so to speak"
"And the scary guys in suits work for you?"
"Yes, I have a members of every government agency that work for me"
"Wow"
"Wow is right" he laughed. "I hope I don't have to tell you not to repeat what I just told you, Damian knows because his father works for me and had known Jules all his life, Aiden and Amy know because their mother was my wife's best friend and have been running around my house since they were kids"
"I think that's cool and I promise not to say anything"
"Thanks" he said with a smile. "Look kids, nothing is going on right now and I think you guys need some rest and some food, why don't I drop you guys off at the house so you guys can eat and get some sleep and I'll call you if anything happens, I promise" Reluctantly they agreed.
"You don't have to drive us Stellan, the house is only a 15 minute walk down the street and I could use some fresh air" Damian said. The kids made the walk down Valencia St, passed to the country club, to the huge estate almost at the end of the block. When they walked in the front door, they were shocked to find the large pool of dried blood that was still in the foyer. Amy broke down crying as DeMarco tried to shield her eyes from the scene; Damian covered his mouth to keep from heaving. Aiden left the room and came back with a wet mop to clean up the blood. After the foyer was clean, the four retreated to the family room in silence and settled down, still in shock of the days events.
********* Jules felt high; not like he does when he smokes a little weed, but much more intense, his whole body tingled from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. He kind of liked the feeling, but then became scared at wondering exactly why he felt that way.
He tried to open his eyes but they felt too heavy, like they were being weighed down. He tried to lift his hand to open his eyes, but it wouldn't budge. He began to freak out, "What the fuck is going on" he thought to himself. He could hear slight voices but couldn't make out what they were saying; they seemed to be getting closer. He heard his dad's voice, and figured he was dreaming because he knew his father was in New York and that's probably why he couldn't open his eyes, but all of a sudden he felt something grab his hand. "This isn't a dream" he thought. He squeezed whatever grabbed his hand and held it. He forced with all his might to open his eyes but they would open, he tried to open his mouth and speak, but his mouth was dry like sand paper. He tried again to open his eyes with little success, he could now see light, he tried a little more and could see walls of a room. Now open wider, he tried to take in his surroundings.
He noticed his dad sitting next to him holding his hand, he was confused as to why his dad was here, and where here was. He looked down and noticed an i.v. attached to the top of his hand and a pulse monitor connected to his index finger. "I'm in the hospital" he realized with a shock.
He tried figure out why he would be in the hospital, as he recalled the last things he could remember. He remembered picking up Amy, Aiden staying home, going to find DeMarco... Then there was the fight with the `dickdead' brothers, getting suspended and leaving school, then going to check on Aiden, and then going to wait for DeMarco... "Oh Shit" he thought as he remembered what happened. "It wasn't just a nightmare"
"Its ok son, you're in the hospital" Stellan said to his son. Realizing the reality of the situation, Jules began to freak out and sat up quickly. Just as he did, his body screamed out in agony. He let out a loud shriek as he tensed at the most horrific pain. His dad tried to get him to calm down, but his mouth fell agape when he noticed a pool of blood coming from between Jules' legs. His eyes became dreary and the last thing he noticed was nurse run into the room with a needle. Then the darkness came again.
"Doctor what happened" Stellan asked the doctor, who had just checked Jules' wounds after running into the room behind the nurse.
"When he moved suddenly, he tore his stitches and re-opened the tear in his anal cavity, he is being rushed back into surgery, and I'll let you know something soon" and swiftly left the room.
It had been 2 days since the incident, before Jules woke up and reinjured himself. The kids stayed out of school to be at the hospital, but they were forced to do their missing school work while resting at the Barrett home before returning back to the hospital.
No one at school knew about what happened, The West boys were still suspended and wouldn't dare blab that they raped the queer to the school and get themselves in trouble, so the rumor mill was silent. The coach only allowed Aiden to miss one more day of practice before benching him until he made up time. Amy convinced Aiden to at least return to practice, telling him "Jules would be furious if he found out you messed up your chances at a football scholarship because of him"
The case against the two West boys was wrapped up in two days. The most damning evidence was the security surveillance footage, but it was coupled with eye-witness statements from Aiden, DeMarco, Amy as well as Mr. Kripke as to the bullying Jules had to endure at the hands of those two boys. They will have to face federal hate crime charges that carry a hefty penalty. The father however will face felony state charges for child endangerment and assault for watching and not stopping his two son's actions. Stellan is hoping his team could get one of the West boys to flip and say that the rape was instigated by their father so that a facilitation of rape charge can be placed against him also. Either way it goes, he will loose his job, I.A.B is ready to swoop in and ruin his world just as soon as formal charges are files in Jules's case. The only reason Stellan is having his team hold off on filing charges is, he wants to be sure Jules is ok first. He is the only thing he can focus on at the moment, he just hopes it's soon, he doesn't know how much longer he can persuade Damian and the other boys to not seeking revenge on the West boys themselves.
Jules made it out of surgery without any complications; he just needs to be kept in a medically induced coma to remain still so he wouldn't be in danger of re-opening his wound. His head injury was doing much better; the bleeding in his brain had stopped and the swelling had decreased a great deal.
Stellan was standing outside his son's hospital room when a uniformed officer walked up and nodded to him. Stellan took him as one of the guys the chief sent over to watch over Jules and didn't think any thing of it as the officer stood in front of the window looking into his son's room. Stellan took a few deep breaths and tried to clear his mind, he was clearly stressed by this ordeal with his only son. After calming his nerves; he glanced at the cop again, there was something not right about him but Stellan couldn't figure it out. He thought back for a moment trying to remember if he had met this officer before, but couldn't place him.
Just as he remembered who he was, the officer leaned in and said "So I see the faggot made it" It was officer West. As soon as the words left his mouth, Stellan turned towards him, balled up his fist and sunk it deep into his face.
(Author's Note)
Thanks to everyone who sent me images regarding the first two chapters. Please stick with the story it will get better...Will Jules find love that is worthy of him? YES, but who will it be? Please email me with comments and suggestions at eric.z.james@live.com
A story always works better for me if I get a clear understanding of what each character looks like. So below are photos of the people that will be written about the most and as a new person is introduced, their photo will be added.
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/JulesBarrett.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/DamianJohanson.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/AidenTalley.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/DeMarcoGiordano.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/JoshuaWest.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/JacobWest.jpg
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/StellanBarrett.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/EricZJames/AmyTalley.jpg