jjs little sister

part 9- numb

a couple weeks passed and luke hasn't needed rylie in the middle of the night. it was refreshing, but it also kept her on edge.

rylie had just gotten home from her new boy toys house, where they spent the morning having sex and the afternoon stealing from all the tourists.
she ended up with an extra $50, pair of sunglasses and a bag of pretzles which was more than she had before.

"jage have you seen my toothbrush" "yea one sec" he replied "here" he said, handing it to her. "why was it in your room?" she asked "i needed to borrow it" "gross for what?!" "don't worry about it" he told her "great now i have to buy a new one" she moaned.

she went to go throw her ruined toothbrush in the trash in the kitchen, where she was met with a shitfaced luke. "rylie" he said "yea dad" she replied "i love you" he told her. she had never heard those words come from his mouth before. "i-i lo-" she couldn't find the worse to say it back. "you're my favorite kid" he added. "thanks dad" she sighed, letting her eyes fall to the floor. he pulled her into a hug, which was also a strange feeling for her, before she walked back towards her room where jj was standing.

"how much of that did you hear" she asked "congrats, you're dad's favorite kid" he rolled his eyes, bumping passed her and slamming his door shut. "he didn't mean it jj" she sighed. there's no way he does.

at around 11pm, luke walked into his daughters room and stood over her bed where she was sleeping. he had a belt in his hand and used it across her face to wake her up, resulting in a busted lip and a lash mark over her eye and down her chin. rylie jumped awake and groaned at the pain. "come with me" he told her. she complied with his request while he dragged her by the wrist to his room.

luke handed his daughters arm to the familiar looking man standing in front of him. the guy wrapped a belt around her neck and pulled it tight. so tight that it was probably going to leave a mark in the morning. rylie silently took her treatment, not saying a word. she didn't groan, cry, fight, anything. she just laid there and took it.

when the man was done, luke dragged her back to her room by the belt around her neck in nothing but her underwear. he threw her into her room and onto the floor, shutting the door behind him.

the following morning, rylie woke up with a thick, reddish purple ring around her neck, a busted bottom lip, and a thick stripe diagonally across her face from her eye to her chin the same color as her neck. she had finger prints around her wrist as well. she didn't bother talking, she knew it would hurt too much. she simply piled on as much make up as she could before throwing on a hoodie, probably jjs, that covered her neck and most of her face.

she didn't bother saying anything to jj or luke in her way out, she just walked briskly out the door, letting it slam shut behind her. she walked to her boy toys house and didn't say anything, she just started making out with him and hoped he wouldn't try to talk.

"where are you" the text said. it was from jj but she didn't want to respond. "fucking answer me i know you read this" he followed up. she shut her phone off again, and climbed back on top of her boy toy
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several hours later, rylie decided to start walking. she didn't have a specific destination in mind, she just wanted to be alone. somehow she ended up at barry's place in the woods.

"hey little maybank" barry called "if your here for your dad he just swung by about half an hour ago" he added. she shook her head and didn't say anything else. "what, are you here for you?" barry asked. rylie shrugged "why no quippy remarks?" he asked again. rylie shrugged once more "well i'm afraid i can't help you" he said, about to turn his back and shut his door.

"w-wait" rylie coughed after she spit out the word. her voice was scratchy and a few octaves lower than normal "damn kid what happened to you" barry chuckled, turning back around "'just letting you know, this is all i have right now" he told her. she nodded and handed him part of the money she stole in exchange for a bag of pills. "see ya later kid" he waved.