UNSPOKEN TRUTH

CHAPTER TWO

I knew that my life was never going to be the same, but I had to endure. I knew that once I clocked 18, I would be free to live alone away from my so-called family. Learn from me,people leave when we never expect, so it is better to be independent. I wish my parents had taught me to be independent then it won't be this hard so after that I decided to make a plan on how to survive high school and make sure home was not a living hell. I just need to make it through high school, so I decided to stay in my room most of the time. That way, I will avoid the adults.

But everything changed one day in high school when a new student(Derek) came and joined. Derek was every girl's dream. He is handsome cute and hot but the only problem was that he was rude and also a playboy. To be honest, I also fell for him but he was way out of my league. I found myself daydreaming about him. I love him so much but was afraid of what he would think of me. To make matters worse, we both had classes together, and I also found out that he was handsome with no brains, and unfortunately, for me, I was assigned his tutor I got close to him like no one else I got to know him well and saw that he didn't mean to be rude he just put a barrier on so as not to get close to people, I discovered that he was a sad, hurt and broken boy. I also saw fear and hatred in his eyes for his stepfather. I later got to know that he was a product of a broken family and his mother is never at home that much. I also told him about my parents and how they died, leaving me in care of my wicked uncle and aunt. We both discussed having found comfort in each others companies. I also know that Derek was hiding something from me and that he was not happy but I decided not to ask him, but it always bothers me. I fell really hard for him, and I had no idea when he began to have feelings for me until one day when he pulled me into a tight kiss and began expressing his feelings for me I was shocked because he had just confessed that he loves me. Immediately, I accepted to be his girlfriend.

But one day, I received an unexpected call from Derek. I could hear him crying, and it broke my heart

FLASHBACK

ON CALL

DEREK: E...llla ( Ella, that's my name ) I am really scared. I don't want to kill myself, but I feel like it is the only option I have

ELLA:Derek, what happened

DEREK: I am tired of living. I am fed up. I just want to die

ELLA :Derek, come meet me at the park let talk pls I don't want to lose u

DEREK: Okay, let's meet then

END OF FLASHBACK

When I got to the park, I saw scars and bruises all over his body. I was really scared. I asked what had happened, and he told me that he stepfather did that to him because he did not let him have his way with him. He also told me that after his parents got divorced when he was three his mother was devastated and she later moved on after his mother meet his now stepfather he also said he was caring towards him but after they got married he saw his true colours he said it all stated when he was six his stepfather had started molesting him then it moved to raping him and if he did not complied with his demands he would beat him. He said he really enjoyed hitting him. I was so shocked that a normal human being would do this. i then decided to talk Derek out of suicide, and it worked for sometimes

Later, i also realised that Derek had begun cutting himself. I tried to stop him, but he did, and whenever I asked him why, he would tell me that it felt good.

But everything changed one day when I received a call that Derek had killed himself. I went into a state of shock, unable to comprehend what anyone was saying. I decided to attend his burial even though it was hard but i had to. I went straight into depression because I had just lost the one person that understand me apart from my parents I was so fed up with life that my grade started to go drop down and no one cared after the day everyone cried at his funeral they all forgot about him and continued their life like nothing had happened. I saw the truth of men like I saw the day my parents died.

Later on, his diary was discovered where he wrote all that happened when his mother read it she felt like dying she threw out his stepfather but we were unable to get justice for his soul. I really hurt, and being around my uncle and aunt didn't make it better. I did realise when I began to lose interest in the things I like.

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