Broken

06

"Hide Claire"Mommy whispered to me. "Mommy?" I asked,totally terrified. I was five when I saw my daddy hitting my mommy for the first time. I was scared when my mommy told me to hide. I didn't know why but I just did it. I hid under my bed and closed my ears to prevent myself from hearing my mommy's screams.

I was in another scene. My room. It was messy and some of my clothes were torn and scattered on the floor. Shards of glass were everywhere and the lamp was off. The open window being the only source of light in the room.

I remembered this.

It was the time my dad raped me for the first time. I was only thirteen. I screamed for help but no one was around. My mom was at work and my dad and I were the only ones in the house. He gagged me and did it over and over again till I was bleeding. After that,he left me in my room,bleeding and dirty.

I looked at her frail figure in the hospital bed and I was shaking. I was scared. For her and for myself. The doctor said she was experiencing hypothermia due to too much cold in her body.
I held her hand and although she was in an extremely hot room,her fingers were still cold. Her face was as pale as gelatin sheet and I felt terrible.

Which human being would do this to their fellow human?

Two hours later,I was by the door when the doctor finally told me she was awake.
I walked into the room and stood a little bit away from her.
I looked at her face for a while before looking away again.

The silence was deafening. I laid in the hospital bed,staring blankly at his face.

Wanna talk now?

"Okay,Mrs. Yoshida-" The doctor said when he entered the room. The word stung like a bee when he said it.
"It looks like you experienced what we in the medical field call hypothermia." He continued.

Elron looked at my face then at the doctor's. I could see the literal guilt in his eyes.

"She has a habit of sleeping on the floor." He lied.
"Yeah..yeah I do" I also lied. I knew if I said otherwise,I'd suffer a beating when we got home.

"Okay,I suggest you limit it a bit and try something we call a bed" The doctor said with a laugh. I smiled a bit when he walked away.

Elron sat in the chair next to my bed and said "There'll be a business dinner. I'll be taking you as my escort."

"But..but..." I stuttered.

"But what?" He growled.

"No...nothing" I said while shaking my head.

"Good,then you'll be happy to know it's this Friday." He said before walking outside.

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Friday came as quickly as the days left. I was getting ready for the dinner but my hand was getting in the way. I would have to stop to ease the pain a bit,then continue getting dressed. I looked at myself in the mirror and I was content with what I saw.

"You look good,Claire" I said with a smile.
I walked down with a smile only to have my smile swept away by him.

"Basic,but will do" he said as if he was a judge.

ELRON'S POV.

Who was I kidding? She looked amazing in the black dress she was wearing.

Remember El? Remember what she did?

I saw how gloomy she became when I said that and there was this sadistic happiness in me. Another part of me also felt guilty for what I said but the sadistic part won. I held tightly onto the hand with the cut and walked into my car.

"If you dare talk to any guy,I'll hurt you. And. I. Mean. It!" I ordered her.

"Yes..sir" She responded.

I could tell she feared me and I somehow liked that. I wanted her to fear me. To respect me. But to also love me.

I was fidgeting with my purse since I didn't have a phone. "Don't you have a phone?" Elron asked me. "N-no,my father never got me one. He said it will be a distraction." I lied. The reason he didn't get me one was because I would call the cops and he didn't want that. "What?" He asked me,half shocked and half humored.

I knew it was a joke when I said it. Which eighteen year old didn't have a phone. Apparently,me.
"I'll get you one" he said.

"Really?" My eyes sparkled with joy when he said this. I wanted to hug him but he'll just push me away.

He nodded and I smiled before saying "Thank you..sir"

The restaurant the business was being held was huge. Like Buckingham palace huge. Well not like that but huge. I guess it was because I hadn't been anywhere before since I was locked up most of the time.

"Claire!" I heard someone call me.

I turned around and realized it was Joey.

Joey was my best friend in high school. Another privilege I got when my dad wasn't abusing me. He knew about everything and yet he wanted to be my friend. He was my only friend through out school.

"Hey!" I said happily.

"Long time Claire" he said while pulling me into a hug. I remembered what Elron said but I didn't care.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him. "My dad,you know business." He said.

We talked for a while before he asked me how I was faring.

"Does he still do it?"

"No, luckily,he got someone to sell me off to."

"What?"

"Yeah. Him." I said while pointing to Elron.

"Elron Yoshida?" He asked with surprise.

I nodded.

"You're playing with fire Claire." He advised.

I understood what he said but I just smiled and changed the subject. We talked for a while before I was dragged into the car by Elron.

I didn't even get to say a proper goodbye before I was dragged.