Hate me more, love me harder

Seven

TW ⚠️

It was Tuesday morning and Josie was already up..

She took a shower. She didn't do her morning jog because her side still hurts.

She left a little earlier then she was suppose to.

She didn't want to face her dad and she sure as hell didn't want to hear Lizzie pity speech.. she hated when Lizzie brought the attention back to her.

There's only one time josie father treated her like this and that's when she was 10.

Flashback:

"Hey dad" Josie says as she walked into the kitchen.

"Hello Josette, what can I do for you?" He asked as he made some lunch for the girls.

"I think I like someone." Josie says

"What? You're too young" he says

"I know but it's just a crush" she says

He smiled at her.

"Come here" he says to Josette.

She ran over to him.

He gave her a hug.

"I'm happy you are open about this" he says before patting her back.

"You think I should tell her?" Josette asked

"Tell her? What do you mean?"  He asked

"The girl that I like." Josette says with a soft smile.

"What girl? You don't like a girl.. that's just your friend" Alaric says

"Yes I do dad... and it's okay to like girls... mommy does" Josie says

Alaric was really angry.

"You won't date any girls while being in my house you understand?" He asked as he went back to cooking.

"But dad—" before young Josie could say anything else Alaric had slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground.

Young Josie cried.

"I'm sorry... I just got upset" Alaric says trying to help her up.

She gave in and wasn't mad at him for long because she didn't know what was wrong and what was right.

Present day.

Josie finally learned what the whole not letting a man or anyone put hands on you thing.

But the problem is Alaric just started back up on the whole thing.

Josie was at the school and she was sitting in the library.

Anything would be better than sitting at home waiting for the next move her father does.

*

Hope had just woke up and she was thankful that she had good nights rest.

She took her long hot shower and she made her some breakfast.

By the time she was down with everything her mom had came out of the room obviously not dressed.

In fact she looked as if she was doing something she had no business doing.

Hope POV

"Mom... where's dad?" I asked with a weird look

"He's- he's getting dressed" she says obviously out of breath

She was obviously having some fun with my father but I didn't today anything about it.