I don't want to go to much into this, because it's a long story, so, I'll point out the important parts that will help this all make sense.
A couple Saturdays ago, I woke up with a slight feeling that something was wrong, but I put it in the back of my mind, not realizing that it was going to be a life-changing event.
The day was going pretty well. Us kids, including Bella, were out building snow forts, and just enjoying Christmas break. Everybody seemed okay, so I pushed the thought further behind in my head.
Dad and Judy wanted to go out on a date, so they did, and Brittany's friend, Selena, came over to stay the night. A couple of hours later, they came home, and right as they pulled into the driveway, the felling hit me like a freight-train. Judy walked in, and there were tears in her eyes, and she had informed us that they got in a fight.. the alcohol brings out the worst in my dad.
She was upset, and she went into the bathroom to change her clothes. My dad came in a little later, from being in the shop, because that's where he went right as they got home. I could tell he was either drunk, or really upset, by the way he was slightly staggering, looking at the ground.
Luckily Selena was there, because Britt and I would've gotten an ear full, and I really didn't want that at 9:00 at night, and because we don't deserve to get yelled at when we'd done nothing. He then heads back out into the shop.
Judy later goes into the shop to see what was wrong with him, and a few minutes later, she comes back in, in hysterics, telling Britt, Selena and I to get into Britt and Kaitlyn's room, and to lay on the ground.
Laying there, a million thoughts went through my head. I heard people talking outside, and Judy talking, and I heard her say that my dad tried to kill himself. I heard her tell the cops that, and I looked up, and through the curtain, I saw the cops with my dad.
They took him away.
Judy said that when she walked into the shop, that he had the gun in his mouth, and she pulled it away as he pulled the trigger, and it shot through the shop roof. There was a shot hole to prove it..
He was taken to jail, and was put on 72 hour suicide watch. I called my mom to come pick my sister and I up and take us to her house, even though Judy wanted us to stay there.. I couldn't be there, so I left.
The pain that went through me was the worst pain I've ever been in. There will never be anything that comes close to how I felt. Nothing.
A few days later, my aunt Tanya went to see him in jail, and talked to him, since they were so close when my mom and dad were still married. He told her that he wanted to get help, and that he realized he needed help. He told her that he didn't want to die.
She bailed him out, and I was upset, but she did so he could get help, and he seemed like he was really going to do this..
It's been a long day, so I will finish this tomorrow..
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