The Women Behind The Suit

Chapter 2: Event

"The past explains how i got here,
but the future is up to me—
and I love to live life
at full throttle."~Janice Dickinson

TW: Mention of Nightmares, Abuse, Mental health *Skip to the star if needed*

3rd Pov Flashback/Nightmare:

Y/n is sitting in her room on her iPad, watching her favorite show of all time, Spongebob, while getting ready for bed. Her door was open, waiting for her mother to come in and tuck her in. She hears glass shattering downstairs. She get out of her room and stares at the stairs. She notices her father standing at the steps. "Daddy, you're bleeding," she says in a baby voice. "Hey pumpkin, come on...want to go for a drive with dad?" he says drunkenly. Her mother rushes up to her before he can grab her. "No baby, it's too late, go wait in your room for me and wait for me to tuck you in baby, I'll be there in a minute." She says with tears in her eyes . "OK, mommy," she said with a smile as she ran back to her room, grabbed her iPad, and sat down to wait for her mother. As she was about to go check on what was going on, Y/N heard something get hit. Chase entered with tears in her eyes and sat Y/N on her bed, saying, "Heyy lil sis..here put these on for me and watch your ipad okay," as she handed her headphones. She accepts them with a smile. Chase walks away, and Y/N feels the vibration of the door slam.
Y/N pov:
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I shot from my bed. I start looking around to see what the fuck is going on, and then I realize it's a nightmare. I check the time and it's 6:00 a.m., 15 minutes earlier than my alarm. I turned off my alarm before it can go off. I get up and go to the bathroom, where I notice the sweat from the nightmare all over my body. When I look down, I notice my hands are trembling. I remove my clothes and prepare to enter the shower. As the cold water hits my head and body, tears begin to form in my eyes. "You okay, you got this," I tell myself through tears. Immediately following that, I completely break.Allowing my skin to hit the shower wall and slide down it while grabbing my chest. I get up, allowing the cool water to hit my body and pull me out of my mental state. I get out of the shower and go about my daily activities. I applied some light makeup under my eyes to make them look less puffy. I didn't feel like putting on a suit today, so I wore work pants and a dress shirt with my binder and called it a day.

I started walking downstairs, grabbing my bag, and realized it was 7:05 a.m. I take my keys and walk to my car. The car ride was deafeningly quiet. I wasn't in the mood for music; all I wanted to do was go to work, get paid, and then go home. I pull into my building's parking garage, get out of my car, and walk to my office, saying hello and heading to my office. I was completely out of it mentally. In between zoning out completely, I created a few designs.

"Earth to Y/N..Hellllooo" my boss waving her hand in my face.

"Wha- Sorry. Is everything okay Ms.Johnson" I say as i shake my head,snapping out of whatever dimension i was just in.

"Yeah i was just checking in on you. You okay hon?" She says with a concern look

"Yeah i'm okay. Do you mind if i leave at 1:00 today i have some annoying family business to handle" I say with a serious face

"Yeah sure. if you need someone to talk to here. See you tmr Y/N" she says with a kind smile

"Thank you and I'll see you tmr" i say trying to smile while she closes the door behind her.

I check the time on my laptop. The time was 12:30 p.m. I shut down my laptop and stared at my phone, debating whether or not to call my sister. Since she moved out, my sister and I have kind of drifted apart. We don't talk much these days. We haven't spoken in about 5 weeks, I believe. "Fuck it," I say- as I press the button to call my sister.