Forbidden // Malachai Boardman (DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)

Chapter 1: The Happening

           We just drove through Colorado, now we're in Nebraska. I'm not sure what my parents were thinking when they said we were moving from Scottsdale Arizona to Gatlin Nebraska. My guess is that they thought it would change their marital problems, or the fact that our family is totally dysfunctional. Like a month after my dad died my mom found this new guy Michael. Michael is a fucking asshole. Michael apparently likes to beat women and children, But according to my mom it's worth all the bullshit because he 'cares' for us and 'he doesn't mean it'. See, my dad was a pushover, but he was way fucking better than Michael.          

              We've been driving for almost 3 hours now and like 85% of the trip was just cornfields. I have to piss really bad. Like really REALLY bad. I've been holding it for as long as possible, but I don't think I can hold it anymore. I wanna say something, but I know Michaels gonna flip his shit even though he's had to stop four times already cause he's fucking old and has 'stretch his legs' every five minutes. But, alas, I can't hold it anymore, "Mom?" I say trying to gain her attention without Michael noticing. Of Course the opposite of what I wanted to happen happened, like always. "What do you want now? You've been bugging this whole time.'' He glares at me through the rear-view mirror. "I-I have to pee," I whisper. He continues to stare at me through the rear-view mirror, mom now glancing back at me over her shoulder. "Are you serious? This has already taken us way longe-" He didn't get to finish his sentence as mom screamed. I hear tires screeching. My head Slams against the window as the car swerves, already feeling the blood trickle down the side of my face. When Micheal gains control of the car he turns it off, sitting in silence for a few seconds. The silence came to an end when Michael did exactly as expected. "AAARGH," He screams in rage as he rips his car door open. By the time he swung my door open I was already curled up on the opposite end of the backseat. He grabs my ankle and starts pulling me towards him," You little shit! This is your fault!" I feel his spit land on my face, trying to get as far away from him as I can. My attempts were useless, he fully pulled me out of the car and onto the ground. The back of my head hits the ledge of the car. Michael starts beating me with all his strength. I curl my arms around myself, pleading for him to stop like it would do something. It never does. This continues for another minute until my mother catches his attention," Oh my god!" Horrified, she cups her hands to her mouth. Michael runs over to her as I'm left on the ground. I wait a few moments, trying to get myself together. Struggling to sit up I can already tell the next couple a days are going to fucking suck. Without a doubt I'm going to have a black eye. Its almost guaranteed every time, for him to leave some kind of mark on me.

               When I get myself together, I Finally looked over to see what the hell we hit and to my surprise, It was a person. "Oh shit." I say, catching the attention of my parents. Michael, snapping out of his state of shock to go back to running his 'dictatorship', starts pushing mom towards the car," Get in the car. You too, kid and watch your fucking mouth." He snarls. His voice makes me want to blow my goddamn brains out, but we listen anyway. It's better than getting hurt trying to argue. Mom lays back in her seat while I press a napkin that was laying around on my forehead, trying to stop the bleeding. After he puts the body in the trunk, definitely not suspicious, he gets back into the car and starts driving. "What are we go-" Mom starts, a bad decision on her part. "Can you just shut the fuck up for a second?" He snaps. I hate when he talks to her like that, but she lets him treat me like shit so I don't know why I even care. I take out my Walkman and press play. Shutting my eyes, I focus on the sounds of 'every breath you take' by the police.

The first chapter of Forbidden has been published...super excited for this book