Angela's POV: TW: sexual abuse
After Emma ran out, so did I. I ran home and never looked back, memories from Richard were flooding back into my mind. my checks got stained with tears as they flowed down my cheek dripping down onto my blood-stained sweater from when I fell. My heart started racing it was I just got attacked by my best friend's ex. Why was she mad at me? Why did he whisper that to me? What the hell was going on?
After about 25 minutes of running home, I finally got there. my brother was still at school so I was all alone. I ran up to my room and the tears poured out of my eyes, what just happened? I was still stunned by what happened. then I heard my doorbell ring. quickly I switched my sweatshirt and wiped my tears away until the doorbell rang again. I ran downstairs to see Mateo, Daniel, and Max standing there looking at me. Mateo was closer to me while Max and Daniel stood behind him but enough for me to see them.
" We just came to see how you're doing," Max said kindly looking down at me. He was about 6'2 and I was 6'0 which is pretty tall for an average American girl.
" Yeah, I am doing well, thanks," I said looking down because particularly at this moment the ground looked pretty interesting. " Do you guys want to come in," I said moving away giving enough room for them to come in. They walked in and I showed them to the living room. Once we got in, I was asked a couple of questions by Daniel.
" Name?"
"Angela."
"Age?"
"16."
"parents names?" I went quite fiddling with my fingers. Mateo looked at me and I looked up.
" My parents died in a car crash when I was 12," I said. Daniel and Max looked at me with a sorry expression but I just gave a small weak smile. why were they here?
" What were your parents' names?" Mateo spoke up. Daniel and Max looked at him and nudged him but he didn't budge.
" Alexa Smith and Robert Pesic," I replied looking into his beautiful grey eyes. he nodded and then said they best get going so I led them back to the front for them to leave. Just as I opened the door my brother was there looking at Mateo. My brother was also pretty tall, he was about 6'4.
" Hello, Alex," Mateo said and then walked out.
" ARE YOU CRAZY, WHY WERE THEY HERE?!" He yelled at me. what was wrong, I didn't understand.
" What do you mean, Mateo protected me today From Richard," I said looking up at him. he looked at me weirdly.
I explained what happened with Richard and by the end, he was fuming.
" I'm going to that motherfuckers house to beat his ass!" He yelled reaching for the door handle until I stopped him.
" Alex, Mateo beat the shit out of him today already it's ok really," I said with pleading eyes for him not to but he's too pig-headed to listen. he went to his car and sped off to Richard's house without any hesitation. He was gone for 5 hours so I got worried. I didn't know who to call or contact. I couldn't call Emma because she was mad at me or my aunt and uncle so I decided to go over to Max's house. Even though he was a part of the mafia, he lived by himself so I went over to his house. I rang the doorbell and Mateo answered it, I guess they were doing mafia stuff together.
" Hey Angela, what are you doing here?" He asked me. He ushered me inside and closed the door behind me. that's when the panic hit me. I started turning red and my eyes filled up with tears.
"Hey, hey what's wrong?" He asked putting his hands on my shoulders trying to calm me down.
" My brother went over to Richards's house but never came back," I said in between sniffles.
" When did he go?" he questioned me
"About 5 hours ago," I said letting a sob out. my brother was my guardian, if something was to happen to him I would go back to my aunts and uncles.
" Don't worry we'll find him." He said reassuring me. I calmed down after he sent out about 30 people to find my brother. we sat down to watch a movie to get my mind off of my brother. max and Daniel went to look for my brother so it was just me and Mateo. halfway into the movie, I fell asleep and I'm pretty sure Matteo brought me up, but am not sure.
in the middle of the night, I got a nightmare about what my cousin did to me. when I was 14 he came into my room and raped me. I woke up panting and crying letting sobs out. Mateo heard and rushed to my side.
" It's ok, it's ok nothings going to happen, your safe." He told me while stroking my hair trying to calm me down. It did calm me down and next thing I know I'm sleeping.
