Snippet #2296431

Lolly watched as everything unfolded. She wanted them to aim the gun at her. Sure what her dad had done was wrong and but he was defending her. Not only that, Deacon and Nickie were believing it too. Then Her Dad said he'd finish the job if Jason managed to pull through. Her eyes widened. She got her violence from him. She knew full well he meant every word. The Nickie moved from in front of him and Deacon's gun was aimed at him. She'd also gotten her pride from him as well seeing as he didn't bugde. He fully expected Deacon to shoot him and wasn't about to back down. Lolly saw this. He was gonna die, right then and there. "HE DIDN'T DO IT!" She screamed and jumped in front of Deacon's gun. She stared down the barrel of Deacon's gun. The room went silent, only the sound Lolly's breathing could be heard. Deacon's eyes fell on the girl. He knew she wasn't about to move and from the look on her face, the sweat on her brow, she was in pain as well. "Move, Lola." Beau said, his eyes never leaving Deacon's. "No. You all need to shut the fuck up and listen!" She screamed and everyone had been taken aback by that. Lolly never cursed in front if her father but this was the only way to get his -all of their- attention. Beau and Deacon's eyes fell on Lolly. She took a deep breath as she looked at the adults. She had to do it. She knew Jason wanted to keep this a secert but they were making him out to be a monster. "He didn't rape me." She said after a long silence. She looked at Deacon, Jimmy, Nickie and then her father. "He didn't." She said. Nickie told her she needed to explain and quickly. Lolly felt dizzy. "We were all at the party. We'd been playing spin the bottle." She said, still never moving from in front of Deacon's gun. Instead, she slowly placed her hand on top of the barrel and pressed it down. "Jason spun and it landed on me. He didn't want to kiss me so he broke the bottle, ending the game." She said and shifted uncomfortably. "Get to the point Lola." Her father ordered. "I am!" She said, she was trembling now and she was suddenly keenly aware of Nicky and Ria's presence. "I started picking on him cause that's what we do. We've doing been baiting each other for years. So I called him out for now kissing me. So he chased me and I ran. He caught me, and held me down." She knew by this point, it was sounding bad for Jason. Nickie looked sick and Deacon's grip tightened on his gun. "This sounds like rape, Lola." Beau said. "It wasn't." She said, tears in her eyes now. "I called him a wuss for not kissing me. So he did and I him." At that point, Ria stood. "Lolly?" She said shaking her head in disbelief. Lolly couldn't look at her, and continued. "Neither one of us wanted to stop the other so we kept going, at first just to see who'd back out." She said, and closed her eyes. It was the moment of truth now. Would it stop the madness. She didn't know but she couldn't let Jason be labeled as a rapist. "Neither of us did." Ria choked out a sob and ran out of the hospital. Nicky muttered something under his breath but Lolly couldn't think about them now. "What about your ankle?" Beau said, feeling bad for shooting Jason now that he knew he didn't rape her. "That happened after. I slipped in a rabbit hole." She said and looked at Deacon. "What you're doing now. How you're feeling." She was trembling so much, her voice was breaking. "That's how my Dad feels. Think about it. Someone hurt me. His daughter. Though, I will never forgive him for what he did. He was only trying to protect me." She said, somehow able to keep her eyes on Deacon then. "Please...don.t..."