Everything was dark, you saw James in front of you, you started trying to run away but were unable to move, "y/n I'm not going to kill you again" he said slowly walking towards you his hands in the air showing no weapon, he was about a meter in front of you, his hair still in his messy bun, you noticed the scar on his left cheek, you raised your hand and put it on his cheek and rubbed his scar, he stared at you, not blinking or showing any emotion. "y/n....do u want to know why I did what I did?" you nodded and looked at him. He clicked his fingers, a table and chairs appeared and a white screen appeared before us. You sat down on a chair, he sat down near you. The screen showed James and your mother in her bedroom, she had a belt in her hand and was holding James by his neck and started hitting him on the stomach with the belt, tears welling up in his eyes, she put him down to move her hand from his neck to his mouth and lift him back up and kept hitting him, you looked over at James who sat there silently, his face was blank, "she would do that every time I came over...in the end, I just got used to it..." "why did you never say anything?" "I didn't want to worry you, and she threatened me so I could tell anyone" the screen kept showing different times. "The scar, how did you get it?" he just pointed to the screen, it showed him on the floor, crying and screaming at your mother to stop, but she didn't stop, she just kept hitting him with the belt and yelling curses at him, he looked around 12 at the time. "You were on the camp for school...I had to pick something up" he said, he was chewing his lower lip, and a single tear rolled down his cheek. The belt hit his face, the metal part barely missing his eye, leaving a mark where the scar should be, she grabbed a small pocket knife out of her pocket and held it above his scar, and ran it against his skin, making it bleed, he laid there, tears streaming down his face, your mother got up and put her foot on his stomach for a minute and then left "James....you should have told me about all of this" "I wish I could y/n... I wanted to bring it up so many times" you softly grabbed his hand and held it. "I'm sorry y/n...I didn't want to kill her, I truly am sorry" more tears fell from his face, and he drew his hand back. The screen showed more of him being abused. Before it stopped. "What did my father do?" "cheated on your mother with mine and raped her..." you just sat there, unsure of what to do or feel, James stood up. You got up and walked over to him, and embraced him, holding him close. Everything went dark again
