Rory

12

The next morning me and Antonio went to my house when I knew my dad would be gone. I still had the keys to the house so I could still go in and get my stuff.

I unlocked the door and stepped inside (well more like limped) and the stench of liquor just hit my nose. I hobbled to the kitchen with Antonio following behind me, but I stopped when I saw how bad the house looked.

Bottles everywhere, stuff thrown around, even the picture of my family. I bent down and picked up the picture and put it on the countertop before going upstairs to my room.

"I just need to grab clothes and a few other things" Antonio nodded before I headed to my closet and took out the duffle bag and started to fill it with clothes. Once I was finished I walked out and saw Antonio still standing there. I stared at him for a second before heading to my bathroom and getting everything else.

I walked out of the bathroom and saw Antonio looking at my jewelry box. What was he looking at? Then I saw.

The ring he gave me.

He picked it up and turned around to face me. He walked over to me in long strides and grabbed my wrist. He slipped the ring onto my thumb which was the only finger it would fit on but just barely. "There, looks a lot better on you."

I just smiled and blushed a little before looking down at it and playing with it. I stopped and turned around to get the last thing I needed which was under my bed. Antonio looked at me confused just before I crawled under the bed and took out my mothers diary.

I got out from under my bed and stuffed the book in my bag, "It's my mothers diary, I just like to have it" Antonio smiled slightly and nodded before wrapping an arm around my shoulder and picking up my duffel bag with his other hand.

That's when I heard the front door open and close. I froze and so did Antonio, but only for a second. "I won't let him hurt you I swear, he won't lay a finger on you" I just nodded before walking behind Antonio.

We got downstairs and saw my father right there in the kitchen with of course a bottle in his hand. "Oh there you are my sweet Rory" he tried to pull me in for a hug but Antonio grabbed my waist and pulled me behind him.

"Oh who's this? The guy you've been fucking around with hm?"  Straight to the insults of course.

"Don't fucking talk to her like that" Antonio's deep voice spoke.

"Oh please, you just want a good fuck, that all she is to you right?" The next thing I hear is a thump then I see my father clutching his face. "She's anything but that!"

My father lunges after Antonio but Antonio quickly shoved his chest making him fall to the ground. He gets on top of him, punching him a few times. "You're so pathetic that you come home every night and beat on your daughter. She didn't do anything, she's the most amazing and sweet girl ever and you treat her like shit" Then more punches.