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Jessie stood in front of Jack and Arcaunis. She had heard every word and was not letting Arcaunis destroy her or her home. “Well, what have we here?” Arcaunis asked as she sauntered over. She went around Jessie, her red eyes staring her down. “A sixteen-year old girl who was never loved….” She said. Jessie could feel her anger growing. “Shut up,” she muttered; but obviously Arcaunis didn’t want to, “….and never will.” Then Jessie lost it, “SHUT UP!” she screamed and flung herself onto Arcaunis. Jack watched helplessly as Jessie fought Arcaunis, he then saw Arcaunis grabbed a dagger. Jessie pushed Arcaunis with her two feet, and sent her flying. Now dodging the dagger, Jessie tried everything she could, but as Arcaunis came for the kill she dodged, but it wasn’t enough. The blade cut her left side, but she didn’t notice.
She writhed the dagger out of Arcaunis’ hand by twisting her wrist, a tactic she learned in a self-defense class. Then ran to Jack and cut his ropes with one slice. “Let’s get out of here!” Jack said as they ran down the flight of what felt like ten million stairs and when they managed to get ten miles away, they stopped to catch their breath. “Are you OK?” Jack managed to ask between gasps for air. “I’m fine, never bette-Aaahhh!” Suddenly, she felt a stab of pain and clutched her side as the pain sent her to her knees. Hands wrapped around her stomach, she felt like someone was stabbing needles through her side. “Jessie! What happened?” Jack knelt down and tried to support her weight. Jessie moved her hand and saw that it was covered in blood. “You’re hurt. We better get you home fast.” Jack stood up and helped his daughter up, only to fall to her knees by the agonizing pain. “Dad, I don’t think I’m going to make it all the way home.” Jessie said weakly, exhausted from the pain. Jack had to do something fast to get her home. He decided to carry her home, though she was persistent. By the time they got home, Jessie had fallen fast asleep.
“Jack! Are you OK?” Sally asked as Jack came through the door. “I’m fine. But Jessie’s hurt. Bad.”Jack said as he slid his daughter off his back and laid her on the couch. “It’s bad, but I can fix it.” Sally said after examining the long, blood-covered wound. After two hour and a roll of bandages, Sally covered her daughter with a spare blanket as she slept soundly on the couch. Jack came in took Sally’s hand. “Jack? Is something wrong?” Sally could see the uneasiness in Jack’s face and it was obviously worrying him. “We need to talk, Sally.” Jack led her to a chair and sat down, his skeletal hands in hers. “It’s about Jessie. Last night, Jessie had a nightmare about something that happened to her earlier that day. She told me she received a call from her mom about her dad. She went to see him and, well,” Jack let out a deep breath; Sally could understand this something hard for him to talk about. “She was too late, her father died after she got there. She’s gone so much more pain than many other girls her age. She was abused by her mom while dad was gone. I just don’t know what to do anymore.” Sally put a hand on top of his and said, “The only you came do is to let her know how much we love her, and that nothing is ever going to change that.” Jack was overwhelmed with so much grief; he rested his head on Sally’s shoulder as tears began to roll down his skull. Sally held Jack tight, knowing that Jack needed comfort.
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