#Chapter6Hope's POVI was awoken by the radiant sun rays hitting my face. I grumbled due to the sudden brightness on my closed eyes and turned over onto my side. If only it were Friday.It was Wednesday and I had two more days to go. The moment I was about to enter the abyss, the annoying sound of my alarm blared into my ears. I stuffed my face into my pillow and sighed. Opening my eyes, I looked for my phone and turned off the alarm.Stretching, I got out of bed and went into the bathroom.After doing my morning routine I exited the bathroom. I opened the windows and felt the cold breeze brush against my cheek.It's going to be a cold day, I thought. Walking to my tiny wardrobe, I pulled out a thin black old turtleneck sweater and a pair of plaid cream and black colored pants that I had worn multiple times. I took my undergarments next, and entered the bathroom.Changing into those clothes, I went downstairs and decided to make some reasonable pancakes for my
#Chapter7Then just a few days ago, he started getting extra touchy and flirty with me. I was really uncomfortable and tried my best to stay away from him.I wasn't someone who would just straight up tell them that I wasn't feeling good with the idea of him touching me. I didn't have those guts, after all, I was a shy girl who couldn't stand up for herself. Just like I didn't stand up for mom when I should have. I lacked courage and that made me weak. David would always look for some excuse to talk to me, and I would just question myself what was going on in his mind. His intentions became clear to me soon after. A girl from his group came to me one day and told me that I was among the number of girls in Liberty High who hadn't slept with him. So I guess that made me his impossible conquest to complete. I was astounded by her revelation and I didn't know why she gave me a heads-up beforehand but I was grateful for that. Of all the things that had happened in my life,
#Chapter8'Look, she's here.' Someone said.'Her cheek looks really red.' One girl said.'She must have thrown herself at David and got rejected.' A brunette girl said with whom I shared physics class.If only you knew the truth, I thought of spitting the words to her face but refrained myself. Even if I did throw myself at him. That didn't give him the right to hurt me. I wanted to correct her but I didn't. I felt so embarrassed about what happened. I ignored all of the comments and kept scurrying to the food counter. The older woman behind the counter looked at me and sneaked me a sympathetic smile, and I averted my gaze. I didn't want sympathy.Before I could take one more step towards the counter, my head spun a little. I saw black dots before me but they were gone soon after appearing. I held onto the closest thing to me which was a chair. I balanced myself a little and then with small steps went to the food counter. I was going to place my order when the en
#Chapter9Hope’s POV After searching for Heath in the hallways, I gave up and went to my biology class, for which I was five minutes late. Miss Helena didn't say anything as she was busy explaining the practical to the students. I chose a table in the back, and took out a pen and pencil to perform the practical which was about examining mitosis in an onion cell. I looked through the microscope and focused on the slide image.From there the time passed quickly as classes went by. In between I had math with Heath but he didn't come to the class.Throughout the lectures, my mind was a whirlpool of emotions and thoughts, mainly because nothing made sense. From the moment David pushed me to Heath beating him up and Sebastian knowing what had happened. It was weird and confusing. I had no idea what to think and which answer to look for. Every question in my mind was looking for an explanation of Heath's behavior recently. I had never seen him fight anyone, other than tha
#Chapter10Cautiously I extended my hands towards his large thick hands asking for his permission. He looked at me and rolled his eyes but let me grab his hands this time. They were so warm and his skin felt rough to touch. I sucked in some air and then grabbed some cotton. "How did you know what happened?" I whispered and he looked at me. Gently and slowly, I began to clean his blood-filled fingers with cotton. His knuckles were scraped and looked like he had never taken care of them."I saw you and him in the library," He said in a dry tone and I looked up to meet his gaze. Oh my Gosh. He had watched how David pushed me, and how I was crying on the floor. He had watched it all, and I didn't know what to feel. I didn't know if he had heard our conversation too because it would be a disaster if he had heard it. I wouldn't even look at him if he had listened to everything David said to me. "Did-did you hear anything?" I asked."No. I saw you on the floor crying and
#Chapter11Hope’s POV Trigger warning for sexual assault.The next two days I didn't go to school. I was completely exhausted from all the cleaning and chores and had my periods too, so I decided to skip those days and stay at home. I watched some movies on TV which helped me kill time. Other than that, I read the course books, and chatted with Marie. Our occasional texts turned into hours of texting and we became friends. I tried to contact Lily but apparently, she was spending the weekend at her Grandma's so she was not available. I wanted to tell her everything that happened recently and know her thoughts on all the events. She promised to call me on Monday and I was anxiously looking forward to it.On Thursday I called Mom and asked her to spend some time with me, because it had been ages since we had done that. Luckily, she took the weekend off and spent it with me and we caught up on everything.It felt good being able to see her around the house. The sight of
#Chapter12He said huskily. I stared at him, my light brown timid eyes watering already. I was really nervous."So what should I do with you? Because I fucking clearly told you to stay the fuck out of my business. What part of that didn't you fucking understand?" He asked curiously, his eyes glistening with amusement, whereas I didn't find the situation entertaining at all.He kept looking at me as if he was staring deep into my soul. Like he was figuring me out.I eventually averted my eyes and saw Sebastian standing at the end of the hallway. He must have seen the pleading look on my face as he ran up to us and pulled Heath away from me.I heaved in huge chunks of air, it seemed that Heath had managed to suck up all of the oxygen surrounding us.Sebastian whispered something to him, but Heath never once tore his eyes away from me. He kept looking at me as if he was trying to figure out what to do to me.He must be planning to kill me, I thought. Eventually, t
#Chapter13Hope’s POV I watched Heath's fist colliding aggressively against the man's face. He punched him a few more times and then strongly kicked him in the stomach that made him yowl in excruciating pain. The guy's face was smeared with blood and it became difficult to recognize the lines on his face. The tight wrinkles I had seen just a few minutes ago on his cheeks and forehead were now coated with thick red blood. His eyes were forced shut from the brutal damage Heath had done. He looked half-dead.Heath pulled out a black shining pistol from his back pocket and shot his left leg making the man screech out in agonizing pain.The sharp sound of the gunshot reverberated through the eerie quietness of the streets, smoothly slicing it like a knife between the butter. The pale yellow light of the old lamp glistened the area and I could make out Heath's figure standing a good distance away from me. My fragile body was instinctively trembling and I felt a strong wa