Breaking From the Past

Chapter 8: Asking For Help

Conrad's POV:

"Why-why are you calling me!?" I yell into the small iPhone 4, probably startling my mom who is downstairs.

"What? A father can't call his son?" The sarcastic male voice spoke into the phone. My expression twists in anger as he spoke.

"Whose father? You were never a father to me!" I cry into my phone. I place my dry hand up to my quivering mouth, muffling my sobs and gasps for air. I can hear my mom coming toward my room. Her footsteps becoming even louder, I can hear a second set of feet as well.

"Oh come now, you know I loved you as much as I loved your mother." I can tell he is smiling in the way he talks.

"Sh-sh-shut up!! You mean nothing to me!!" I can't help, but cry. "Just leave me alone!" I can't breathe, I can feel my heart pounding hard in my throat.

"Meet me in New York. Leave your mother. Goodbye." And the call ends just as suddenly as it had begun. I hold the phone at my ear for a few more seconds until it's drops out of my hand, bouncing onto the bed.

I sit up on my bed, barely breathing and just staring at the plain white wall in front of me. I gasp desperately for air until something shoved roughly into my mouth, a wet mist is spread across the back of my throat a few times. Muffled voices can be heard, but I can't make out who they belong to. The air is slowly beginning to easily run in and out of my lungs before blackness overwhelms me, my head gently placed upon my pillow.

"Zori, you should go home." My mothers voice rang out near me.

Someone is laying next to me, but who? I wish I could just open my eyes a little, but I'm afraid to. I thought to myself.

"I want to stay with him. I need to stay with him. Please." I can faintly make out Rina's pleading words as she begs my mother permission to stay with me. Her hands firmly wrapped around the nape of my neck as I lay on the fluffy pillow underneath my head.

Somehow in my sleep I am able to move my hand on top of hers, squeezing as tightly as I can. My eyes open in slits just so I can make out Rina's expression, tears already down her cheeks.

"Oh my god, Connie!" She grabs me, pulling me into a tight embrace. The sheets rustle under the movements of my friend. "Thank god you're okay." She pulls my head into her chest. Her hands around my head, curling her fingers through my greasy unwashed hair.

"I-I can't breathe." I stutter out breathless, my throat still dry from trying to catch my breathe earlier.

She apologizes and pulls away, looking at me with sad eyes. "What happened?" She finally asks, her hand gently cupping the right side of my face.

"Nothing." I snap. My strength suddenly back to full battery "I understand you all are worried, but please I just need to be left alone! Go away!" I hold my hands up to my face, pushing Rina's hand away, covering my tear filled eyes. "P-please...Rina." She nods in understanding and leaves with my mom downstairs, shutting the door gently behind them.

Why did that man call me? I thought, as I lay in my bed yelling at myself for yelling at rina. I pull the covers over my face, smacking myself in anger.

I drift into sleep thinking about what I am supposed to do, how I am going to see my dad alone. Then something occurs to me, he only said to leave mom, he never said anything about not bringing Rina. It is a good plan, but I decide to just sleep on it until tomorrow. I fall into a sleep that nothing could've woken me up.

I awoke the next morning at around 8:30 in the morning. The sun bursting through my open window, birds chirping louder than my alarm, at least that's what it sounds like. I decide I'd better go to school today, I should explain things to Rina. I make my decision and get dressed in the standard uniform, leaving the top couple buttons undone like usual. I fix my hair so it's at least a little decent, I slid on my black Converse high tops, pull on my coat and slung my bag over my right shoulder, letting it hang neatly on my back.

I walk into class late, it was 9:30 by the time I sit in my seat. The teacher really didn't say much to me, he just said hello and that I have homework from yesterday to get when class starts. I nod as I walk to my seat next to the window, it's raining today. The thunder booms and the lightning flashes behind me lighting up the room profoundly.

"You're here." Rina's voice breaks through my shell that formed through the nights events. I sit at my desk trying to respond to my friend.

I turn to face her and force a smile, "Hey." Is all I say before the smile fades and I turn back to the window. I suppose Rina is worried, but I just don't want to think about it at the moment. I continue to glare out the widow the rest of the day, watching the rain fall and thunder boom through the sky along with it's partner, the bright white flashes if electrical charge us humans call lightning. The bell rang, Rina taps my shoulder letting me know that it's time to go. I hadn't been paying much attention to the time or classes for that matter, so I didn't notice it is the end if the day already.

"Hey, it's time to go." Rina has her bag on her shoulders and her coat on already. She stares at me waiting for me to do something.

I look at her, my eyes filling with tears ready to fall, which seems inevitable, there is no escape. "R-Rina? Please. You need to help me." As people leave they look over at me, tears steadily falling from my eyes. Rina grabs me by the shoulders and holds me tight, saying she will help me with anything.

I speak between sobs, "M-m-my dad. H-h-he is in New York. Come w-w-with me. I need you." I speak into the nape of her neck, as she stands over me, holding me tight. I stay in my seat while she hugs me.

"I will help." Is all she says before releasing our embrace.

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