The Journey to You | D.L.

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Kevin Sr. eventually finished and left. He didn't say anything and just walked out.

I could feel bruises forming everywhere on my body. I was to sore, weak, and afraid to move. So I just laid there.

I laid there until Nick got home and when he walked in he froze. "Demi? Demi what the fuck is going on?"

He ran over to me and covered me in a blanket. I looked up at him with tears still falling. "H-He-He c-came a-and he....." I couldn't even finish.

"Who baby? Who did this to you?" Nick pressed concerned and confused.

"Y-your d-dad." I said and his face went white. It was as if he saw a ghost.

He knew I needed him, and I knew he was going to get him later.

"Baby I am so so sorry. But did he... you know... in you?" He asked.

I nodded and he picked up my weak and bruised body and took me to the Bathroom. He turned on the water and looked at me.

"Baby I know this is going to be weird. But I need to help you clean up. Is that okay?" He asked permission.

Once again I nodded and he placed me in the warm tub. He helped clean me up and the hot water helped me to relax a little bit.

After he was done, he picked me up out of the tub and dried me off. He helped me get dressed in some sweats and a t-shirt.

He knew I didn't want to be back in that bed so he took me to the couch. "I am so sorry baby. I should have been here. I'm sorry." He said and he was crying.

After he helped me I was feeling better and so I cuddled into him. "Nick it's not your fault I promise. You didn't know, and I was supposed to be safe in this house." I told him. "If anything I should apologize because I wasn't faithful to you."

He looked at me like I was crazy. "Demi this isn't your fault. You didn't choose to have sex with someone. He RAPED you not the other way around."

"I tried to fight back but he was stronger than me." I told him both of us crying now.

"You are safe now okay? I won't let anyone hurt you."

"I was so scared. It gave me flashbacks to Patrick and I-I don't know." I told him and he was there to listen. "It hurts so bad. When I tried to get away he would punch me and slap me and it hurt."

He looked at my wrists and there was bruises starting to form. "I'm so sorry he did that to you baby. You didn't deserve it and I will kill him."

"No. Don't kill him I need you. You can't go to prison because I can't raise Beck by myself."

He cuddled me the rest of the day and he didn't force me to say anything I didn't want to.

He checked the cameras we recently had installed and there was footage of him in the house.

When I told Nick not to put a camera in our room because then we would have a sextape, he convinced me to just Incase someone were to break in.

So there was video footage of me being raped. And neither of us could watch it. It was evidence for the cops, and we didn't want to watch it.

When we got tired he helped me to one of the spare rooms that had a bed in it. I was so sore that it was hard to move but I was able to.

It took me a while to fall asleep but I don't think Nick ever did. I think he was worried something would happen to me.

I woke up screaming in the middle of the night because of a nightmare and I cried into Nick's arms. "I-It was like they were b-both here. And t-they just..." He held me while I cried myself to sleep.
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When I woke up Nick was still awake and it looked like he hadn't slept. "Babe." He noticed I was awake. "Why didn't you go to sleep?"

"I did." He lies to me but I just let it go.

I shot up in bed and that made him too. "What?!?" He asked extremely worried.

"Beckham is with your mom! At their house!" I freaked out and Nick hopped up and grabbed the keys. He knew I was too weak to hurry so He picked me up bridal style and put me in the car.

We sped to get to their house and when we pulled up I said, "Go get my baby. And hurry the fuck up okay?" He nodded and ran into the house.

I heard a bit of commotion going on and he ran out with Beckham in his arms. He gave him to me and said, "He is hungry. Lock the doors I have something so need to do." I knew what he was going to do and agreed anyway.

He walked back into the house and I locked the doors. I looked down at my sweet baby boy and everything bad in the world disappeared. He smiled up at me and I kissed his cheek.

"Is Mama's boy hungry? I bet he is!" I lifted my shirt and saw bruises on my abdomen and on my boob.

I fed my baby and watched him, only focusing on him and not what Nick was doing to his father inside that house.

When he was done I burped him and Nick came out and he had blood on him. Some wasn't his, but some was.

I unlocked his door and he got in and started the car. "Baby! What the hell?" I asked worried.

"I'm fine we can check me out at home. Let's just get out of here." He told me.

"Nick I... i can't move well enough to put Beck in his car seat. Could you do it?" I asked embarrassed.

He looked at me pain in his eyes after hearing me say that. "Of course Baby. Whatever you need."

He buckled Beck up and we drove away. But after a few minutes of the music on low and no talking, I realized that we weren't going the way of home.

"Baby where are we going?" I asked confused because I didn't want paparazzi seeing us right now.

"To your parents house." He said focused on the road.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because you need a good support system right now Dems and I'm not sure bough all by myself."

"No. I'm fine. I don't want them knowing." I said stubbornly.

"Demi we are going and you don't have to tell them but they will be questioning why you are bruised and I am bloody."

I knew he was right but I didn't want my family knowing. They will just think that I am weak. Or a broken person. And if Nick hasn't, Eddie will murder him.