Three days later...
After the girls finished their session with Dillon they were called to Rysta's office. When they walk it in Tena was there. So they decided to put their plan into affect.
Tasha looked at Rysta and asked, "Rysta we would like to go home today."
"What are you talking about?"
" We would like to go to our house."
" Well why all of the sudden do you want to go home?"
"Because every since we started training we were wondering what home was like."
"I see!"
"You know Rysta it might be a good idea for them to spend some private time together."
"Yes, I agree with Tena."
"Well since Tena and Dillon think it is a good idea, I guess you can go. But Tena must go with you and you must come back by ten tonight." "Okay that sounds fair, when can we leave?"
"In half an hour."
"Okay then we are going to go get ready."
" Good and I can put my things in my room."
" Then you may go."
After the girls and Tena left Rysta turned on Dillon. "Why did you to push so hard for them to go home?"
"Because we all know they won't be together much longer and want them to have some quiet time. Also, I personally think it will help their studies."
" What do you mean by that?"
"It's easy, the twin's mother was gifted and I think she might have repressed them somehow." "What are you talking about?"
" Well for instance when she died, the shock might have been to much for their young minds. Or maybe it was because their father wanted to use them much the same way you plan to." "That is none of your business."
" Fine what ever, but it is still a possibility."
" So you think maybe this will help them?"
" Yes I do."
" Fine I want a full report, now go tell Tena."
"Yes Rysta, what ever you say!"
So Dillon went and did what Rysta said. He told Tena to watch everything and report to Rysta when they return. She said fine and went to see if the girls were ready.
Tena and the girl's left at 10:30 a.m. in Tena's car. It took them thirty minutes to get to the girl's house. When Tena pulled into the yard and turned off the car the girls seemed to freeze, no one moved. Tena let the girls go at their own pace. She didn't want to push them into anything. Tena waited for ten minutes, but no one moved. Finally when she thought she couldn't wait any longer Tasha said, " Come on girls, we won't get anywhere just sitting here." The girls agreed with her so they finally got out of the car and headed to the door. Before Tena could unlock the door Amanda grabbed her arm and looked at Tasha. "I'm scared!" she said. Tasha put her arms around her and said, "I am to, but we have to do this. Plus I am here and I won't let you get hurt. Amanda let go of Tena's arm and she unlocked the door.
Tena stepped back and moved Tasha in front. Tena said," It's your house, you open the door." "Alright!" Tasha said. Then she took a deep breath and opened the door. They were all surprised to see the house in perfect order. There wasn't any dirt anywhere. Tasha turned to Tena and asked," How is this possible? No one should have been in this house for years. When we left that night all of those chairs were tipped over and now they are not. The cops wouldn't move them, would they?"
" No they wouldn't, as far as I know no one has been in this house since that night. The cops locked up the house and gave the keys to the judge. According to the will you three own this house. The judge then gave the keys to Rysta with orders to give them to you when the time came."
"Well then how do we know Rysta hasn't been here."
" Because Janet, one of the reasons I stepped back is the key has been coded to your DNA."
" What does that mean?"
" Its easy, I'll show you. Tasha close and lock the door please. Okay now give me the keys and step back. Now see how I just unlocked the door, but look. I will now turn the knob, but the door doesn't open. As you can see it is open. They called it a palm lock in court. Only the owners will be able to open the door."
" So that means the three of us own the house?" Yes Amanda that is what it means."
" Well that's so nice, but why is the place so clean? And it looks lived in."
"I really don't know Janet. Let's have a look around, maybe we can find a few answers." "Okay let's go then."
" Lead the Tasha."
As Tena and the girl's roam through the house the girl's see things they remember. And also things they have never seen before. When they finished looking around the first floor they headed up to their rooms on the second floor. As they get half way up the stairs they hear the front door open, everyone freezes. They hear noises. When the girls realize who it is they become very scared. When he walks over to the stairs he looks up and a huge smile spreads across his face. "Well, well, well look who's come home. Aren't you going to say HELLO to your father?"
Tena says," I thought you were in jail."
" No I got off." This makes Tasha mad, She is no longer scared of him. She walks down the stairs and says, " Why are you here? How come your not in jail?"
" Because my dear the jury said I didn't kill your mother. See according to the doctors it was a heart attack that killed her not me."
"What! But you beat her."
" Yes I did, but that didn't kill her Janet. I served a year and a half for second degree assault. That's it, when I got out I came home."
" That's not fair."
"What is this?"
" Its called sign language and Amanda says that's not fair."
" Why is she using sign language?"
"Because she hasn't talked since the day you killed mother."
" Come on there is no need for you to do that Amanda."
"How do you know?"
" And who are you?"
"My name is Tena and I take Care of these girls." " So why are you here? They are old enough to go out on their own."
" I know, but my boss told me to come here."
" I see, how interesting."
Now as the two adults are talking, the girls are having a conversation of their own. "Did you know he was going to be here?"
" No, but in a way Janet did."
" How can you say that?"
" Because you told us you though something was wrong, and I would say he is very wrong." "Can he do anything?"
" Well what do you mean?"
" Well he is our father, and he did say they let him off."
" To tell you the truth, I don't don't know Amanda. Heads up Janet they are talking to you."
" Oh god, what did they say?" "Relax Tena wants to know what you remember since you were only here a few weeks."
"Janet stop spacing out, and tell us what you remember about the house."
" Well to tell the truth, the only thing that is different is the weight set in the third room on the left. I know because that was my room."
" And what about you Tasha?"
" Its like Janet said, just the weight set."
" Do you agree Amanda?"
" Yes, except the bedrooms. We haven't seen them yet."
"What did she say?"
" Its none of your business."
"Don't talk to me like that, I'm your father."
" No, you were never our father, and you never will be."
By this time the girls could tell John was getting very mad. They knew they had to calm him down some how. So Tasha decided to try something.
"Okay dad why do you still live here? I thought you had to leave."
" Actually since the charges were dropped they couldn't make them stick."
" No wait don't ask, Amanda wants to know if everything was dropped then why didn't you come for us?"
"Because, they wouldn't allow that."
" I see, so can we go through the rest of the house?"
" Sure Tasha, I left everything the way it was when you left."
Now if I have my way I will truly know if they are gifted. John thought. John looks at the girls and says," I will even lead the way."
The girls look at each other, then at him and slowly followed. Janet looks at Tasha then back to John, and all they could do was shrug.
As the five of them go up the stairs John goes through the list of booby traps he set up in the house. When they get to the top of the stairs he pauses for a moment. He turns to the girls and says, " Now from here you have to go alone. I don't remember who's room is where."
Tasha says, " That is just fine with us!"
So from there Tena and the girl's walk down the hall to the third floor. Tena opens the door and a bookcase falls at them. Just as Tena pushes them out of the way, John comes rushing in. But when he gets there the smile leaves his face. In order to cover it up he comes over acting all concerned and asks if everyone is okay. They get up, dust themselves off and say yes.
Once Tena got to her feet John asks, " What happened? I heard a huge crash."
"Well this bookcase tried to make pan cakes out of us."
" How can that be?"
" I don't know I don't care it just did. Will you move it out of the way for us?"
" Sure just give me a minute. Okay it looks to be all clear, go ahead. if you need me again I will be downstairs. Girls take all the time you need." Then he leaves.
" So girls who's room is this?" "Actually Tena we all stayed in this room, and we used the room across the hall as a play room."
"Okay would you like to pick up anything while we are here "
" I don't know, what do you guys think? Maybe if there is anything good left."
"Well you guys go look around, I am going to talk to your father."
When Tena leaves the room Janet looks at Tasha and says, "Well?"
"Yes, it was a set up."
" What are we going to do? He is still after us."
" Don't worry Amanda!"
" You know there are camera's everywhere right!"
" Yes, Janet I know there are."
" If he has the whole place set up like this what will we do?"
" We just go with it, think about it we belong to the state and he can't do anything about that. Even if he does figure it out it will only be me he learns about."
"The dream last night was very graphic. The only thing it didn't show me was him, and I don't understand that."
" So what do we do now?"
" Lets look around, there are a few things we need to get."
"What's that Amanda?"
"Come on Tasha you should remember the box."
" That's right, how do we get it out of here?"
" That's the easy part, the hard part will be doing it without getting something broke."
"There are a few things in here I would like to take with me."
" What's that Janet?"
"Well these pictures to start with."
"Sure that's cool. Amanda do you know where our pictures are?"
" Sure they are over here."
" Just as the girls collect all of their pictures Tena comes back in the room."So how is it going girls?"
" We have found a few things, but we still want to look around."
" Well that's fine girls, but take a brake and come downstairs and eat. Alright we will be there in a minute."
"Can we trust the food here?"
"Yes Amanda, He's not out to poison us, just sell us."
" How rude."
"Yes, but it's the truth. Now let's go."
When the girls get downstairs they go to the dining room. There they find the table set for lunch. They are in total shock. All of the best China is out and there is real food on the plates. Not just hot dogs and chips. So the girls wash their hands and sit down to eat.
"So dad when did you learn to cook?"
"Natasha do you always have to be so rude?"
" To tell the truth Tena, when it comes to him, YES!"
"Why?"
"Because we all know what he wants from us. Not to mention the fact that he ruined our lives and got away with it."
" Basically what she is saying is she is just keeping him in his place."
" Yes, that's it."
"And why is it that you feel the need to do this?" " Oh, come on, you must be totally stupid."
"No Tena, I won't stop. He killed our mother and shows no remorse at all over it. All he thinks about is how he can use us. I will hate him forever."
" Now that's not true, using you three is not all I think about."
" You see what I mean Tena."
" Okay, so he's not the best father around. But he is your father."
" Would you stop talking about me like I'm not here."
" Like you actually care what we talk about." "Fine I don't care, but you don't need to do this."
" Can we please finish looking through the house now?"
" Good idea Janet, you girls finish looking and I will clean up. Now go on."
The girls go back upstairs and finish looking throwing their room and the playroom. Then they move to their mother's room, and that's where the unthinkable happened.
Amanda opened the door and jumped back. When nothing flew out at them they went inside. Everything was going well when Amanda opened the closet door. That's when a very sharp, and a very long knife fell at her. Before she thought about it she put her hand up to block her face. Then just as the knife cut her hand she gave it a mental push. Tasha and Janet came running over, Tasha grabbed a towel and wrapped it around Amanda's hand. Janet started running for Tena when Tasha stopped her. Amanda was crying and very scared. She looked at Tasha and said, "What will we do?" Tasha turns her back to the wall and has Janet move over to the left side of Amanda. Janet picked up another towel and handed it to Tasha. She removed the towel in Amanda's hand and watched the blood gush out of the hole. Amanda started panicing at this time. Tasha looks at Janet and says, " Get another towel, I need it clean." Janet runs to the bathroom and grabs three more towels. The girls did their best to get the bleeding to stop. After about five minutes the girls were getting worried. Amanda wouldn't let the girls go for help. After five more minutes went by and the bleeding didn't stop Tasha started getting very worried. She didn't want to panic, but it was happening anyway. Then she remembers what her mother had told her one time. If you ever start to panic or loose control just take a time out. Close your eyes, and take a few deep breathes. The and we will come to you. So Tasha does just that. Only while she is taking the breaths she is actually healing Amanda's hand. Tasha opened her eyes and looked at the hand, then she passed out.
Both of the girls got very scared and then ran downstairs to get Tena. Everyone came back upstairs and were shocked to see Tasha sitting up on the floor. She looked at the girls and asked," What happened, all I remember is your hand hurt."
"What happened then?"
Janet walked over and says, "You started to panic, then you tried to calm down. Then you passed out."
John walked over and said," What happened, how did Amanda get hurt, and by what?"
The girls look at each other then at him. Tasha shakes her head just slightly and Janet tells him what happened.
After hearing the story John walked up to Amanda and asked to see her hand. What John sees is a small scratch and starts laughing. He turns to Tasha and says," You were panicking over a little scratch like this, girl you are crazy." Then Amanda pulled back her hand and it started bleeding again. Everyone's eyes got big and Tasha said," No you fool that is why I was panicking."
Tena grabbed another towel and wrapped Amanda's hand better than the girls could. This time after a few minutes the hand finally stopped bleeding. So they cleaned it and bandaged it up. Tena helped then with the rest of the stuff after that.
The girl's left the house at 3:30 p.m., they got everything they wanted and got out as fast as possible. No one wanted to get hurt again. All four of them had bumps and bruises from falling objects. But Amanda's hand was the worst.
When they got back to the home, the girl's took there stuff to their room. Then Tena made her report.