Her Kings

12

Durani

Dream Sequence

"Momma why daddy gowin bye bye" I watch my four year old self ask her mom as she's holding her stuffed puppy her daddy bought for her when she was sick.

"Because daddy doesn't love us anymore" my mother sneers her words full of hate and venom.

"DAMN IT SANDRA DON'T START THIS SHIT AGAIN" my dad yells, he had been yelling at my mom a lot for some reason.

I watch as my dad grabs his keys and starts walking over to me with his arms ma out ready to pick me up.

"FUCK YOU CARLOS RUN OFF TO YOUR NEW BITCH" my mom yells at him then pushes him away from me.

"IM FUCKING WARNING YOU SANDRA LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS" he yells back pointing at me "She is every bit my daughter then she is yours"

"She's not your Carlos I fucked so many other men she could be anyone else's but she sure the duck isn't yours" my mom confessed.

My dad takes a few steps closer to her balling his fists at his sides.

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT HU HIT ME COME ON CARLOS THATS WHAT YOU DO BEST ISN'T IT" I watch as my mom pushes my dad again catching him off guard, he stumbles backwards and falls hitting his head on the edge of the coffee table.

"Daddy" I cry crawling out from behind the couch I had hidden behind after my mom pushed my dad the first time and over to my dad who now has blood pooling out around his head.

"DADDY" I yell out again only to be forcefully pulled away by my mom.

End of dream sequence

"DADDY" I yell shooting up instantly being meet with searing pain.

"Careful darling we wouldn't want you to hurt yourself now would we"comes a hard but familiar voice from the dark corner of the room.

 I  lean forword a little more to try and get a better look and I see a man sitting on the chair in the shadows, as if he's trying to mask his face in the dark. I take a shape breath we I start to make out his features and realize that it's the man that was with my mom. 

"Ga get out" I slightly struggle to say trying to sound stronger then I am while sliding my hand to try and press the call button.

"Aa Aaa a" the man tsks standing from the chair "I wouldn't do that if I were you" he says taking a slow step foward.

"I said get out" i all but try to yell but due to my troat being sore my voice cracks.

"Aww honey is that any way to talk to your father" the man who clames to be my father says as he continues to close the gap until he has made it over to me, coming to a stop at the left side of the bed.

I stare at the man as he leans down, the mans eyes are a soft honey color, he has a bump on his nose and a scar just above his right eyebrow. The man has a few tattoos that seem familier and I vaigly remember tracing with my fingerover he one on his neck when I was little.

"why did you leave me" comes the quetion in a soft whisper" he sighs and sits on the bed but the feeling o get isnt a good one. "Why didnt you stop her when she beat me? Why Why did you come to my room and try to" I cut my words off the second i feel his hand on mt thigh. 

"My dear sweet girl" he whispers as his had glides higher up my thigh over the thin sheet. "You don't remember do you" he asks as he reaches the top of the sheet and yanks it back leaving me on the bed in my hospital gown and exposed to him a way i never thought possible while wearing some type of clothes.

"Let me clear things up for you" he clibms on the bed straddleing my sore body "One I'm not really your dad" he runs his hand along my sides as he says that "I meet your mom when you were just a baby" I try to more but my body crys out to stp moving but i cant i have to try and het free "Two I just so happened to see you as you walked out of school the other day and though wow what a beauty" he bends down grabbing my face in a tight grip with one hand while the other started to lift up my gown "I planed on just taking you as mine but then I saw the flowers and smile on your face and it pissed me the fuck off seeing how you were selling yourself for simple gifts" he wraps the hand that once help my face aroung my neck and squeezes.

With my free hand I try to reach the call button but the I feel the cord to the remote thing and try my best to make my movemnts slow so he wouldn't catch on or feel them.  i listen to him as he continues to speck "I saw the way those boys looked at you"he grits in disgust tightening his hold on my throat .

"Please" I whisper.

"I left thinking I'll just have to go back another day and try again but then I saw your mom and got an idea" the hand that now under my gown cups mr breast and thats when I manage to reach the remote and start to franticly press on the buttons.

"I went to your house and told your mom I saw you and some guy outside of a motel and being the stupid bitch I knew she was she believed me" I press another button and the room starts to blink red with light. 

"YOU FUCKING BITCH" he yells punching me in my face my dad I mean Carlos puts his hand over my mouth as I start to scream I try to fight harder knowing that its only a matter of time until the doctor or nurse will rush i nto the room. 

"DURANI" I hear the booming sweet voice of Dante followed but the crushing waight of Carlos being pulled off of me. The room starts to fill with doctors and nurses along with security.

I can't breathe the pain and realization of what almost happened again is to much. I need Dante, I need him to hold me. "Dante" I manage to say through my sobs raiseing  my good arm out for him, instantly feeling his arms wrap around my side.

"Shh baby I'm here your safe" Dante whispers as he rocks me "I'm sorry I left you here baby i'm sorry" he keeps whispering over and over again.

"YOU STUPID BITCH IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU" Carlos yells and fights as the police show up and restrain him.

"miss Lopez we will be back to take your statment" a tall officer tells me as he follows the other officers out of the room 

"Excuse me young man we need to check her and fix her IV " one of the nice nurses tells Dante who reluctantly leaves my side but stands at my other side with my hand in his. once the nurse is done and leaves the room, I let the walls down and start to cry.

"Shhhh kitten try to calm down take a deep breath with me okay" I do as he says and take a few deep breaths with him calming my frantic sobs to a calm whimper.

Feeling the bed shift I tighten my hold on his hand "I'm not going anywhere baby it's okay" he softly tells me shifting himself to lay along side me on the small bed "Close your eyes and try to get some sleep I'm not going anywhere" Dante kissing my foreheadand i land my head on his shoulder closing my eyes.