This is my sequel to Alicia’s Summer Vacation. I read the story the first time around 1999 and I was horrified at how the story ended. The way it ended left me with a very sour taste in my mouth, because he was a child and the extent of the utter betrayal by those who should have loved him. I been thinking about how to write an ending for around 5 years and this is my feeble attempt.

Saving Alicia
Finding the Truth
Chapter 2
By Christine

9 am, our lady of grace private school. Room 10
It was a normal peaceful Wednesday morning class with students nodding off at another history lecture by Mr. Ridly. His droning voice filled the classroom carrying on about the battle of Gettysburg until two women disturbed the peace in the class. One was stocky, with a bun behind her head. The other, who had long blonde hair, was wearing a black formal skirt and matching jacket with 3-inch spikes heels. When they flashed their badges, it only took ten seconds for the teacher to follow them out to the hall.

The blonde started the discussion. “Mr. Thomas Ridly? I am Jessica Roberts and this is my partner, Melanie Wake of the Special Victims unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Your student Alicia Peterson the young lady that collapsed during the middle of class a few weeks ago.

When he nodded, she continued, “We need the scoop about life at home. We have reason to believe she was abused by her own family.”

Jessica could almost see relief flooding into him. He slumped and said, “Yes, So do I. Its feel 4 years but its about time one of you troopers come. I will be happy to enlighten you. This may take a while, so if you’ll wait till I find someone to watch my class, we can go talk in my office.”

Within 5 minutes another man strode into the class and they headed off. His office was rather plain and as he sat at his desk, he invited the two officers to take the seats in front of him.

This time, he started the conversation, “Now that we have more time. I’d like to thank you for taking an interest in Alicia. I cared for the girl a lot, but she was unlike any other girl I’ve ever seen.”

Melanie spoke up, “Yes? How was she different?”

“Well Officer Melonie, Alicia was so terribly shy. She appeared afraid, almost terrified every second of the day. That is why I think she was abused. My class is in the mornings but on Thursday my class is at the end of the day. I noticed she dreaded going home. She stayed with me as long as she could till her bitch sister Kathy took her by the hand and pulled her away.”

Jessica spoke this time, “Mr. Thomas, did she ever tell you want went on at home?”

“I am sorry to say no. I tried hard to get her to say something to me but she seemed afraid to say a thing. But I can tell you; she had a complete petrifying terror of her sister. And having had her sister in a few of my classes, I can say she was the bitch from hell. I just hated her.”

“Jessica asked, “Why?”

“Because she was terribly self centered, totally rude, mean spirited, and vindictive.”

Melanie asked, “Can you give me some examples of this?”

“Sure. One day last year, I had to fail her on her midterm exam. She truly flunked it. But she stormed into my office ranting at me about how I’m being sexist and unfair. She grabbed me by the collar and almost knocked my lights out until security came in and pulled her away. There was another incident 2 weeks ago when another student had the gall to tell her that she wasn’t very attractive that day. Kathy took the boy Kevin, pulled his arm nearly out of joint and he had to go to the hospital. She’s lucky we could convince the boy’s parents to keep it within the school. ”

Melanie was writing it all down and asked, “Wow. From what Alicia told us so far, I agree with you. So what else can you tell me about her or her family?”

“Alicia was born Allen Joseph Peterson,” he let that hang in the air for a second. “She’s attended this school since she was 12. She’s never advanced a grade because her grades always stank. When she first came here 4 years ago she was terribly depressed. Of course her parents had just passed away a few months before that, but it was more than that. I’d say she was almost suicidal. “

Jessica just listened as Melanie wrote it down

“Her guardian was her brother Ron, who was then and he still is the biggest ass I ever met. He had this horrible girlfriend at the time, Sandra. A big tall woman, busty blonde. She was a total bitch and a kinky dominatrix. The one time she came to the school to pick Alicia up from school, she wore a leather black miniskirt and a strappy tight, very snug top, and some lacy black boots. She had that totally domineering air about her. I felt completely intimidated by her. I can just imagine how Alicia felt living with such a woman in her house. “

After he finished, Melanie asked, “So if you had very good reasons to suspect mistreatment, why didn’t you report any of them to the police or to Child welfare?”

“Because our principal Rachael Kendal expressly forbid us to get involved in Alicia’s home life. Principal Kendal told us never to report anything we said to the authorities. She said that Alicia’s family and Alicia was her concern alone. This job is my life and I wasn’t willing to threaten it”

“Why did Kendal forbid you to go to Child Welfare?” Jessica asked.

“Because she knew her family. Kathy and Sandra were her friends. I’m afraid that is all I can tell you officers.”

They both stood up and Jessica said, “Thank you. If you can think of anything more, here’s my card.” He took it and the two officers strode out the door.

~~~~*~~~~
10 AM. Principal’s office of Our Lady of Grace private school
The dark room had a foreboding feeling inside it. A flogger and a riding crop hung on the wall across from Jessica as the two officers sat across from the principal. Jessica eyed the woman sitting at her desk across from them. She thought with humor, how this woman’s attire was totally inappropriate for a school principal. She wore shiny black lather pants that look like they were painted on her legs, with a heavy belt, and a blue bustier looking top that fit snugly snug around her chest. She was a heavily built woman with a black bun behind her head.

She was glaring at them with evil intent. Jessica’s emerald eyes met the other woman’s look with her own as she opened the discussion. “Principal Rachael Kendal? I am Detective Jessica Roberts and this is my partner, Melanie Wake. We are in the Special Victims Unit of the LAPD.”

“And I am principal Rachael Kendal. Let’s move this along’ shall we and get it over with. I have other matters that need my attention,“ Rachael broke in, interrupting the officer.

Jessica wasn’t flustered at all, “We are going to take as much time as we need to. We need answers, Miss Kendal and we can do the questioning here or in the station. But we will get to the bottom of this situation.”

“You’re here about Alicia, aren’t you? I’m not stupid. She collapsed in class, and now you’re wondering if we are to blame, right?”

Jessica smiled, “No I think I have a very good idea who is to blame. A very serious matter has been brought to our attention that leads us to believe Alicia was abused. She collapsed because she was poisoned. What we need from you, Rachael, is information about her family.”

“I regret to disappoint you officers, but I can’t simply give out private information about my student or the students family’s to just anyone that comes in.“

“I guess that means you want to do this the hard way.” Jessica said. “If that is how you want to play this, we can call down to the courthouse and get a warrant to search all though all of the files here. We can shut down the school for a few days and question every child and teacher that ever had any contact with Alicia Peterson. Is that what we need to do?”

Jessica opened a cell phone, and Rachael shouted, “Ok fine, I will tell you just about Alicia and her family?”

“You will find cooperating with us makes things a lot simpler. Then we will be out of your hair. Tell me about Alicia. We heard she was being abused. Tell us who abused her,” Jessica closed the cell phone and smiled at Rachael.

Rachael’s forehead went down as she thought. Then she said, “Kathy was the main one that abused Alicia, but Donna also played a big part in hurting the girl.“

“I’m sorry, Donna?” Melanie asked.

“Who is Donna?” Jessica repeated.

“Ooh, Donna is a character. She is a very hard woman, a lot like I am actually.”

Melanie snorted, “Oh god, that’s just wonderful.”

She ignored the insult and continued, “Donna is a professional governess Alicia’s brother Ron hired to run the Peterson household. One day, when Alicia was twelve, and still Allen, he got the drop on Kathy as she was trying to train him to be a submissive slave girl. He beat Kathy, and Ron realized he couldn’t keep them two under control, so he hired some help. Enter Donna. She fixed Alicia’s bad attitude after that. Donna trained Alicia to be a sweet little slave girl. She trained Alicia in all aspects of female mannerisms. She trained Alicia to be a housemaid.”

Jessica gasped in horror, “Gawd, are you telling me Alicia was the family’s slave girl?”

Rachael said happily, “Yep, they trained the little bastard to be their sweet little maid. I spoke to Alicia’s brother and his wife Sandra only a few times about Alicia. I visited the place two times. Alicia was wearing padded wrist cuffs, ankle straps with a one-foot chain. A collar around her neck with a leash and a satin maid’s minidress. She was really quite cute and submissive. Donna really handled Alicia well, he was a very cute slave girl.”

Jessica and Melanie were horrified at such mistreatment of a young child and even more horrified that Rachael was pleased over the results. Jessica though this woman wasn’t even a woman. Rachael had become a sadistic inhuman creature in Jessica’s mind. Rachael was just pure slime.

Jessica stood up and took pulled out her handcuffs. She said formally, “Rachael Kendall, you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense. Do you understand your rights Rachael?”

She snapped the cuffs on Rachael’s wrists and the two officers took Rachael out of the office in her handcuffs. The surprised students and teachers watched in amazement as she was taken out of the school into the police cruiser.

She was taken to the station and booked for failure to report suspected abuse of a child.

“Melanie, I think it is time we visited the Petersons. I am going to get Ron and Sandra Peterson. We will interview them at the station. I’ll grill their ass. “

Melanie rarely saw her partner like this. Jessica’s nostrils were flaring and she had an enraged look in her eyes.

~~~~*~~~~
77th precinct Los Angeles Police Department

Ron was a 26 year old stocky barrow chested guy. He played athletics in collage and high school. His short trimmed marine style haircut and strong thick arms detoured people from giving him too much trouble. He was Alicia’s brother and when their parents passed away he was placed in charge of the Peterson household.

Ron was visibly trembling. He figured when Alicia went into a coma in the middle of class that there would be problems. Two angry looking officers met him at his house. They hand cuffed his wife and him, loaded them into a police cruiser and drove away. The officer was making comments about him in handcuffs the whole way to the station. Like, “You have a lot of experience with handcuffs don’t you Ron. Putting your family members in cuffs. ” Or they said, “Those cuffs look good on you Ron. You should get used to the feel.”

The officer locked him in the interrogation room three hours before the same two female officers came back in.

The two officers sat down in front of Ron and stated, “Ron Patrick Peterson. Before we begin questions, I am bound to inform you of your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense. Do you understand Ron?”

He had a strong suspicion that this was over his sister Alicia. He didn’t understand what the problem was. Allen was clearly a faggot. He nodded to the officers and asked, “Is this over Alicia?”

She just smiled and he plowed on, “Well Alicia was born as Allen. He was a pathetic boy. What’s all of this fuss over?”

Melanie bolted up from the chair, got over in Ron’s face and snarled, “This fuss, as you call it, is because Alicia nearly died, you slime ball. “

Jessica said soothingly, “Take it easy Melanie. We all know he’s a slime ball and his wife is rolling over on him. He’s going down state for a very long time. “

His face lost all of its blood and turned ghostly white, “What. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Now Ron we know you're just a stupid jock but you cant be that stupid. Alicia was poisoned by an overdose of the estrogen you and your wife were feeding him. We also hear he was beaten a lot too. Now, you know all of that is very serious abuse, the states attorney will take extremely seriously. “ Jessica let that hang in the air as Ron seemingly lost his voice. “Now if you tell us your side of the story we might be able to convince the states attorney to take it easy on you but if not, your going away for life. “

“We kept catching him wearing Kathy’s clothes, It was his idea, not ours.” He stated meekly.

“Ron, you’re not helping yourself by lying to us. If you want us to help you, you need to help us. Who fed Alicia hormones that caused her to almost die. Sandra told us you beat Alicia. She tells us it was your idea to turn her into the families slave girl. This is your chance to come clean and tell us what really happened before we go to the states attorney and tell him it was all you.”

He said,” we all were happy except for Allen. He always got into fights with Kathy and he kept getting in the way of me and Sandra. I had nothing to do with it, Kathy and Sandra did it all. I stayed out of there way.
“Whose idea was the estrogen?”

“It was Sandra’s. She purchased it. “

“Yeah well, if it was them and you weren’t there. You sure didn’t do anything to stop it. I bet she used your money didn’t she? That makes you still culpable. Tell us more, Ron.”

“Sandra hated Alicia. Them two didn’t get along. I hired Donna to make the fighting stop.”

“Ok that’s very good. Now tell me about Kathy. What did she do with Alicia?”

“It was Sandra’s idea. Kathy just liked hurting Alicia. Now I’m not saying anymore without my lawyer.”

Which pretty much ended the discussion.

After talking with her supervisor, they had to let him go for the time being.

Within a few minutes they were standing in front of Sandra. Jessica started the questioning, “So Sandra Peterson I must inform you. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense. “

Sandra was sitting at the table wondering if she was in trouble or not. She never had much trouble because of her looks. She had a beautiful fit body. Her blonde hair flowed down her back in gentle waves. She was tall for most women, over 6 foot tall and what Ron loved best was her breasts. She had DD cups. She married Ron and helped Ron with his family.

“Yes officer.” Sandra said. “I want you to know we never hurt Alicia.”

Jessica snorted, “And I want you to know that we know you’re a lying bitch.”

Sandra never had been spoken that way before and she was shocked. “How dare you speak to me that way?”

“I can speak any way I want Sandra. I am not your sweet little slave girl. We know you hired Donna. We know you and Kathy beat Alicia day and night without mercy. We know you had her enslaved and forced to become the household maid! And you forced her to take hormones which damn near killed her. Your going away for first degree attempted murder!”

For the first time in her life, she was very afraid. She turned white. “Murder, Ma’am.”

Melanie said, “Yes that means your going away for life. Prison. Alicia will be safe from you, for ever. “

“Alicia hated me officer. She kept coming in-between Ron and me. What was I supposed to do? “

Melanie shouted, “Now thats a great reason to repeatedly beat, enslave and poison a girl isn't it?”

Jessica said soothingly, “I know. It was hard living with her and threatening your love. Perhaps we can convince the states attorney consider that. What did you do about Alicia?”

Jessica stated understandingly. “Did you enjoy seeing him dress”

“Yes Allen made a stunning girl,” was Sandra’s response.

“When was the first time Allen dressed as a girl,“ Jessica questioned.

“Kathy was there, I wasn’t. I think I heard after a fight with Kathy.“ Sandra said.

“So if Kathy was there and you weren't, how do you know she didn’t force him?”

She slumped, “I don’t know officer. I just guess.”

Jessica asked, “Did Kathy ever beat Allen when he was a boy?”

“Not that I know of, officer.”

“If Alicia refused to dress or do her maid chores,” Jessica asked. “What would Kathy do?”

“I don’t know. He hated me ,but Kathy had very little patience. She did beat Alicia a number of times. . She always beat Alicia. Alicia was Kathy’s personal slave. She made Alicia wait on her hand and foot. She was forced to obey kathys every command.”

"What part in this did you play Sandra? We know what kind of woman you are. You wear those leather and rubber suits. You’re a dominatrix. You had to have played some part in all of this?”

Sandra answered, “I wanted Ron and Kathy to talk to him and get him to understand. I never wanted them to harm the boy?”

They stood up and said, “That’s enough for today. We will continue this later.“

The two officers walked out and let Sandra and Ron leave. Jessica said, “Its time to talk to Kathy now. “

They let Kathy simmer in the room alone for 5 hours till coming in. Jessica and Melanie were standing on either side of the blonde haired 18-year-old girl.
She was just 14 when her parents died. But even at 14 her looks made it easy to pass for an adult. Alicia said she had sophisticated beauty. Her dark brown hair went down longer than Alicia’s. Her looks had grown stronger with her age. But Alicia now could almost match her in strength.

“Kathy, before we begin, we need you to understand that you have the absolute right to remain silent. If you give up that right then anything you say can be used against you in the court of law. You also have the right to an attorney and if you cant afford one then one will be appointed to you. Do you understand?”

She nodded.

“Kathy. We need the truth from you now. It’s all up to you. Tell us about your brother. Everything? You’re 18 now. We can try you as an adult.”

“My brother is a transgendered officer. She has been taking estrogen for years but we couldn’t stop her. We kept telling her……”

Jessica shouted, “Oh Kathy Kathy. Don’t tell us lies. Ron said you forced him to take estrogen. Sandra laid it all on you about beating Alicia. She said you and Donna tricked him into believing he was a true transgendered. Its up to you to tell us the truth. Now we know Al was known to be violent. He beat you up didn’t he and that is why you hurt him.”

“Yes he handcuffed my hands to the headboard of his bed when we were playing a game. He beat me bad with a paddle. We knew we needed to do something about his violent nature toward women. Sandra suggested I make him my slave girl. I resisted till he beat me.”

Jessica rubbed Kathy’s shoulder and said, “Yes, Al was a violent goon beating women. Now tell us how you taught him to respect women.”

“It was quite easy. Ron realized I couldn’t control Al's violent nature alone so we hired Donna. She taught him and She spanked him when ever he stepped out of line. She had the little bastard cowed within 10 seconds. After she came in, he never stepped out of line again except for once spitting on Sandra but wow that was a mistake.”

Jessica smiled, “I understand you all did this to stop Al’s violent nature. You’re his sister didn’t it ever occur to you it had gone too far?”

“No. He was a bastard. I hated the fuck. He was much easer to handle as a slave girl.”

Jessica smiled and proceeded to walk out and talk with her captain. He said, “Let them go for a few days. We will gather more evidence and then we will nail their ass to the wall. “