My professor

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POV CHRISTIAN

I'm in my pent house in New York, I havne't seen much of Gabi today but when I did she seemed really out of it. I got a e-mail from Stefano containing, 30 different folders. Well I can forget about a good night's sleep.

I print out eeach folder and orginize  them in stacks, friends, family, ex- boyfriends and other.

I then start with Gabi's folder.

There isn't much in it,  just what schools she went to before she got sent here and turns out she lived in California before moving to New York. the rest was stuff I alredy knew, her eating disorder, and basics she has told me. Tho there was no explanation on why they moved.

As I reach the end something schocks me, she's been abused, severely, throught all of her life, there are multipul statement from her oold teachers tthat where concurned of Gabis bruise's, there are,ultipul hospital records of her coming in with different kinds of injuries. It does't ssay who did it to her. as I move onto the last page there is a police statement, she had given, I read it  with tears in my eyes, she's been throught so much. A name finally pops up in the statement, Robbie Dry, a pathetic name if I'm being honest. I read the whole thing and at last I'm in tears, I fucking hvane't cried in years, the last time was when I was a fucking baby.

I wipe the tears away and focus, she's been abused her whole life, but she only met Robbie guy when she was 15, which means someone else must have also hurt her. Turns out Robbie is a ex-boyfriend of her's he abused her mentaly and physically, he even went as far out as rape. I clench my jaw at  the thought of her being hurt, I'm going to find him and kill him painfully. But I need to know who else hurt her. Was it Robbie that she's scared of? or is it that other person? It said Robbie was sent to jail for a year for the sexual assult case since there was no proof he was the one to abuse her in other ways. Her friend came to check on her and found her screaming with Robbie inside her, fuck I can't think about him being anywhere near her. But Robbie got pulled out of jail, he's been free for two years.

Hours later, I have went throught all of the files, even Robbies. I even made a whole board to conect it all and make it  make sense.

Fuck, I think I might be obssesed.

Shed kill me if she knew I know her whole life story, but I have to know more about what happened, so I can come uo with the perfect punishment for those who hurt her.

But maybe it's best if I wait till tommorow. That way I can talk to her about this Robbie guy and find out if he is the one who threatens her now.

yeah that  sounds better.

POV GABI

I do my routine and put on my black flowy skirt with a white button-up and the black tie, I'm late for breakfast and right as I open my door I see Mrs. Hart. She looks me up and down and grabs my arm pulling me out. She drags me down the hall and yells

- you are late for breakfast! Your not wearing the correct uniform, the shoes are like for a whore and your hair isn't set! Your going to the attic! -

She says and before I can comprehend what's going on she has already pushed me in and locked the door.

Fuck

It's cold and dark I can't see anything. It reminds me of the basement my dad used to lock me in whenever I did something wrong. I don't like this. I don't like this at all. How long will she keep me here?

I sit down in the furthest corner and curl into a ball as memories play in my head. Memories of what my father used to do to me in the basement, no matter how many times Xander or mom trying to stop him. He's always lock me in and wait exactly three hours before coming down and...

God I can't, I can't be in here

Memories of Robbie and what he did numerous time, in public and privet and no matter how loud I screamed no one seemed to have heard a thing.

I sob as I try to catch my breath. He's back, I've gotten many text messages from the same number, him telling me what he'll do to me when he gets his hands on me and he even confessed on how he got my number turns out my dad bailed him out of prison and kept in touch, my own dad gave him my location and phone number so he can torture me.

I don't know how long I've been here, but I can feel my arms or legs, I just want to go home, but then again where is home? If I go home my father will abuse me and I have no other family, my brothers at college. The only other person I could ask for help is Christian but I don't want to invoke him in this mess, it's not like he's my boyfriend and deserves to be dragged into this, he probably has his own problems to deal with.

Tho being in his arms feels like home, like a safe place where no one can hurt me.

But I know Robbie wouldn't hesitate to kill him, and I don't want that to happen. It's better if they never cross paths.

Tho Christian does look like he can fight, maybe if I just tell him Robbie is after me with out having to tell him about my past he'd protect me. But then I'd be lying to him and I really don't want that. No I'm not dragging Christian into this mess, he knows me but he knows the version I want to be, he doesn't know the traumatized, scared abused little girl that I am. And I can't seem to stop it, god knows I tried, I went to the police but they did nothing, my teachers contacted social services and they did nothing. There is no one that can help me.

So why do I think that Christian could? Why do I feel like he has a secret of his own and I don't know a part of him like he doesn't know a part of me? Yet I'm not scared of him, quiet the opposite.

I like him, I like him a lot, he makes me feel safe and cared for and like I actually matter. I don't want to lose him because of my past, if he knew what they did to me he wouldn't want me. He'd be disgusted by me.