Can she keep it a secret?

Chapter 1

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"Valeria, run!" I instantly knew he was here. My awful father, had found us again.

"But mom!"

"Take Jake and Nicole with you and leave. NOW!" My mother yelled. I could see the tears in her eyes, she was afraid like always, but who could blame her?.

We've tried for several years now. Getting away from my abusive father, but wherever we go he manages to find us.

I knew that if I left my mother in the house alone while dad was here, she would end up at the hospital, but I also knew that if I stayed he would come after my little brother and sister aswell.

I ran upstairs, grabbing my little brother on 6 and my little sister on 3 with me. They both were results of several rapes my mother had gone through, but that didn't mean I didn't love them. I loved them with every bone in my body, but I also loved my mum, and I definetly didn't want her to stand up against my father all alone.

We ran quietly out the back door. The sound of my mother screaming, and the sound of the beatings almost broke me every time. Usually I would be there to spare mom from the hardest beatings, but now I just had to get my siblings to safety. 

I had Jake in my left, and Nicole on my back as we ran through the wood. We ran all the way to the other side of the wood where we could see Sofie's house.

Sofie were the most amazing woman you can imagine. She was in her sixties, and she was the only person around here that knew about my father.

Her house was a cozy two-storey blue house. Surrounded with flowers in all the colours you can possibly imagine.

"Val, is mum gonna be okay?" Jake managed to get through his heavy breathing. His eyes shining in tears. I felt like I just had gotten stabbed in the heart, of course she wasn't gonna be okay...but I couldn't say that.

"I hope so..." I told him while bending down so we were at the same hight.

Sofie saw us through her window, and instantly ran down the stairs to get us into safety.

"I'm so sorry kids..." Why was she sorry? she didn't have anything to do with this, but she obviously knew what all this was about.

"Go to Sofie now, and I'll be right back" I sendt the kids towards Sofie, while trying to reassure them that everything was going to be okay.

"Valeria...." her eyes was pleading me to stay. "Don't do this..." her eyes became wet, and tears started falling down her beautiful light pink cheeks.

"You know I have to...I'll be back" my voice sounded more sure than my body acted. I didn't wait for a reply, I just took of towards the woods.

My feet ran like they've never ran before, I had to hurry because my mum needed me, now...

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My eyes registered our white house, but my body and heart only focused on my mum. Her screams were awful, I could almost feel her pain. I heard a big sound coming from the house.

I threw the door open, revealing my dad straddling my mother on the floor. His left hand on her throat, and his right hand holding the sharp kitchen knife.

"Get out Valeria!" her pale face and bruised body told my otherwice. My feet instantly ran towards my father, I had to get the knife away. I took him by surprise and was therefor able to get the knife away, but it didn't last long.

His fist flew against the left side of my face. The hit made me stumble backwards into the wall. His smile grew bigger, and his fists were aming towards my stomach. I could almost feel my ribs getting crushed. I hadn't seen him in two years, but he had definetly been working out, because his hits were twice as hard as last time, and he didn't show mercy.

Suddenly I could hear my mom screaming, and I realised that he wasn't hitting me anymore. I slowly got up, my ribbones still stinging. I tried to hit him in the head, but I wasn't strong enough to inflict him any pain.

He quickly turned around, facing me. His eyes glowing, and his smile getting bigger and bigger. I didn't realize the knife in his left hand before I could feel a sharp pain against my stomach.

"Nooooooo!" I couldn't feel anything other than pain, my vision became blurry and my body sank to the floor, still having the knife in my stomach.

"POLICE! hold your hands where we can see them!" was the last thing I registered before my vision went black.