Her Mafia Cousins

Chapter 4- Introductions ~Rewrite~

Recap...

I have to make the pain killers last so I'll only take them in the mornings. After my bath I put on some sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt.

After tossing and turning for a bit I manage to get a few hours of sleep in.

Kiera POV:

I wake up sore and in pain. That's nothing new though, I've gotten used to the pain killers wearing off completely during the night.

The important thing is for them to last throughout the day. Who wants to be in blinding pain just doing daily tasks?

Eventually I manage to get out of bed and I check the time.

4:30 am.

I woke up earlier than usual. Must be either the stress or pain.

I walk into the bathroom and take a pain killer. I decide to take a shower to wake myself up so I undress and lock the door. At the house with my "dad" I couldn't use the hot water ever so I'm glad I can use it here.

He always said I was undeserving of any warmth. He used to take my blankets and mattress away from me until I got pneumonia and had to go to the hospital. Not that he cared though, he only cared that they could've called the police if they had found any of my bruises.

I look down at my body now. The makeup is completely gone and you can see I'm covered in bruises, cuts and scars.

My stomach is all shades of purple and blue. I have a fresh cut down my arm. I have no doubt that it's going to turn into a scar like the one on my thigh.

I have so many scars and I hate them all.

I finish up my shower and dry myself with the fluffiest towel I've ever used.

I grab my concealer and foundation and start covering all of the visible bruises, and scars. I also cover the one's on my stomach.

If my shirt moves up it's better to have already placed makeup there, I've learned that the hard way.

I chose a black pair of jeans and a grey hoodie I've had for awhile. By now it's a lot thinner than it used to be and has some holes down the sleeves. It still looks acceptable though and it's honestly one of my most comfortable clothes.

I decide to put my stuff away because I can't run away if I'm in pain so I might as well unpack.

I can stay here for a while and save up energy to leave.

I go into my closet and put away the clothes I own. All of them I bought from thrift stores and I don't have many. I have 5 pairs of pants, 3 sweatshirts, 2 T-shirts, and 2 pairs of shoes that I bought throughout the years.

One of the pairs of shoes don't even fit me properly but they were free so I took them. Even if they're a little tight they work fine.

I go into the bathroom and put all my medical supplies in a small drawer in the corner, hopefully no one goes through my things.

After putting away my few toiletries in the bathroom I leave and look for a place to hide my money and other valuables. I eventually decided to put them behind my mirror because who would look behind a mirror?

I managed to save up $508 since I started working. I also have a phone that I barely use. It's an old and broken phone but it's good for phone calls. I use it to keep track of people I care about.

I only need to call or sometimes text so I don't care how damaged it is as long as it can do those functions.

I check the time again, 5:00 am. I decide to watch TV. I'll just stay in my room as long as I can, I don't feel like facing anyone this early in the morning.