Burn the truth (ENG)

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"What have you been through in those six months, Zara?"  Louisa leaned her arms toward me.  "What led to this trauma?"

Tears streamed down my cheeks as I curled up inside myself.

Inhale and exhale.

"Let me ask you something else. How can you be sure that someone..."

Inhale and exhale.

"I- recognized the touches."  My eyes stared at my fidgeting fingers.  "His smell, the way his eyes looked at me, the way he held me..."

Inhale and exhale.

"Has this happened before? Have you been touched unintentionally before?"  Louisa followed my every move and listened carefully to my breathing.  "In those six months?"  she asked when I didn't answer.

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[Zara - September 2018]

My eyes flashed open at the sound of an open door.

"Did you miss me?"

"Let me go," I muttered softly, wiping the blood from the corner of my mouth.

A grin formed around his lips.  "Hopeless."

"Do you think you'll lock me up here forever?"  I let out a humorless laugh.  My eyes darkened much promising.  "Faid and Imran will find me one day."

My eyes fell on Neor standing quietly at the door.  "Help me. Please."  My eyes begged for help as I slid forward.  He avoided eye contact and looked at the ground.

He signaled to Neor. Neor nodded and walked out of the room.  "No! Don't go!"  I cried with fear in my voice.

As soon as the door was closed, he took off his shirt and threw it somewhere on the floor.  "There are no distractions today."  His grin just got wider.

I swallowed at the sight of his steps approaching me.  "D-don't come any closer."  I tried to search for an object with my hands.  Unfortunately, there was nothing to catch.  "Stop!"

He pushed my legs apart with his knee and pushed me to the ground.  "Only you and me." He leaned over my head and smiled.  "It can be easy or difficult. You decide."

I struggled under his grip as tears left my eyes.  A frustrating scream left my mouth.  "Don't touch me!"

His eyes looked at me with pity for a moment before turning into a lustful look.

When he leaned toward me, I kicked his face with my free left leg, causing him to back off.

With a painful look, he rubbed his jaw and cursed under his breath.  "Difficult, then."

He took two ropes from his pocket and started tying my arms and feet together.

"No!"  I struggled.  "Please, stop."  Tears flowed down.  "No, stop!"  My hands formed into fists.

"I long for you, Zara."  His fingers caressed my arm and I froze.

Stop.