𝓡𝓮𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮𝓭

A glimpse of the Past

Brooke's P.O.V

Thank you", I said as Ryan handed me a glass of water. I gulped it down before finally meeting his gaze. He was clearly worried and did not know the reason behind my sudden breakdown. I suppressed a sigh as I thought of explaining everything to him. It hurt to relive those memories, but I had no choice, and he definitely deserved to know the truth.
Taking a deep breath, I started with my explanation.
" Do you remember that guy back at the diner? He's my ex, Josh. Basically, we ended things in bad terms. I wanted to break up with him, and his giant ego could not handle it, so he turned physical. He-"
I faltered, taking in his reaction. His hand gripped mine while his other was clenched tight, his knuckles turning white.
"He tried to.... to assault me."
I closed my eyes, feeling the memories trying to pull me back into the past.
I still remembered everything as clear as day.
"You're kidding me, right? You... want to break up with me?", he punched the wall to his left and I flinched at his reaction.
"Josh..."
"No, you can't break up with me. I won't let you. You belong with me! Don't you understand that?"
He was starting to scare me now. I tried to back away out of the room, but he stalked towards the door and locked it.
His eyes flashed dangerously as he eyed me up and down. In a flash, he backed me towards the wall and fisted my hair, pulling it downwards as he stared straight into my eyes.
"You... belong... with... me. "
He said as he tugged my hair with every word. I whimpered in pain as he grabbed my hand and dragged me towards the bed, flinging me on it. I pushed backward as he stalked towards me.
He lowered himself and kissed me roughly, his hand gripping my chin, and he tried to hold me in place. Tears streamed down my face as I tried to push him away to no avail.
He moved down to biting and sucking on my neck as he unbuttoned my shirt, with a mighty kick to his groin, I pushed him off of me as he doubled over in pain, his eyes flashing at me murderously.
"You fucking bitch!"
I ran to the door and flung it open, running out of his apartment and getting into my car . I asked my driver to get out of there as fast as he could, tears still streaming down my face.

"Rose... rose?", I snapped out of my trance as I focused on Ryan sitting beside me, a look of worry across his handsome face.
"God, I- I can't even imagine what that must have been like. I swear if I ever come across him again I will beat the shit out of him. "
"Don't worry, I have a restraing order over him so he can't come near me again."
"Good... that's good"

After a while he helped me settle into bed with a cup of tea and went back. I leaned back and closed my eyes, tired from the days events.

I locked the door to my room and sank down to the floor, shaking and sobbing. My mind was still reeling from what had happened. I could not believe Josh was capable of doing this to me. I had always found it cute whenever he said that we belonged together, but lately he had been getting obsessive and scary. I was also scared of him and his reaction to me being friends with guys. I had finally decided to end it when I realized I was no longer happy with him but was scared of him.

I fell asleep that day while crying . The next morning, I decided to skip school and stay home, not in the mood to face Josh again. My mom was at work while my dad was working from the home office as he usually did. We were both currently seated at the kitchen counter eating when the door bell rang. I got up to answer it and came face to face with a very angry Josh.
"You think you can just break up with me and be done with it? Fuck no! You are still mine, do you get that? Did you think-"

"THAT IS ENOUGH BOY.", my father's voice boomed as he strode towards us and practically shielded me from Josh.
"How dare you show up to my house and talk to my daughter this way? I suggest you leave before something untowards happens to you", he said cracking his knuckles.
Josh paled as he backed away, he stared directly at me and mouthed 'its not over yet'. I shrunk behind my father as he closed the door and turned around. One look at his face and I broke down in tears as I told him all about what had happened last night. He listened and comforted me, not leaving my side at all.
"We'll get a restraining order on him Brooke. Don't worry, I won't let him get away with this."

"TRING TRING"
I woke up with a gasp , a cold sweat breaking down my back as my alarm brought me back to the present. I dragged myself our of bed and half heartedly got ready for the day.