𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓

𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐟

tw:abuse, violence

LENA'S POV:

i stayed on the ground a little longer to recover from the impact, not so much for the slap but for charlotte, that man took her away from me, i need her and i need her to be fine and safe.
what do i do now without her?
my heart said 'don't worry, she will come back' but deep inside I felt that she would never come back and this made me lose all my hope.
I went to her suitcase and took the scarf she was wearing the first day I met her, it still had her perfume, and I put it on, i got dressed quickly, i took the gun that she had left at home and with all the courage I had I started looking for her.
two hours have passed, i haven't found her yet.
ten hours have passed, and still nothing.
It's been a week, but I don't want to give up...
now it's been a month since I've seen her the last time, every day, every hour and every minute kills me, I think I've given up, I have no hope to find her. I always carry her dark red scarf with me and also her gun, but above all I carry her soul within me.

CHARLOTTE'S POV

It's been a month since we've seen each other the last time.
a month that he took me away from her.
I'm in a tiny little room that has a window and a mattress on which I sleep or at least try but failing miserably falling into a panic attack every day.
sometimes he calls me upstairs, talks to me, touches me and does things I'd rather forget, I miss Lena.
I have tried to escape several times, but i failed.
one time i screamed to be heard but he grabbed my head and slammed it against the wall and i passed out. another time I tried to go through the window in the room where i sleep but he caught me.
there is no longer any point of living with all this suffering inside me.
"Dominique" here he is again, I'm scared, my eyes fill with tears, I can't take it anymore, I'm tired of fighting.
he picked me up and carried me upstairs like always, he left me alone for a while though this time.
he had gone out to get something but I don't know what.
so I got the craziest idea I could come up with, I opened the cupboard and took a knife.
I don't know if it's normal, but I was overwhelmed by an enormous adrenaline, a mix of fear and revenge feeling.
Was I sure I could kill him? no, i was afraid i would freeze in front of him, but then i thought about Lena, i needed to be able to escape to be with her, i would risk my life for her at this point.
I hide the knife behind my back, and when he comes back he takes me by the hips as usual, making me approach him.
I looked into his eyes. they were filled with lust. he looked into mine and I did it. straight to the heart. he fell on the ground and slowly died in front of me.
my hands were full of blood as were my clothes and face, I felt like throwing up and i was struggling to stand but then I saw a phone.
I ran to the handset and put it on my ear, dialed Lena's number, "answer please answer" I whispered "hello, this is Lena, who's talking?" her voice said, I missed my little Lena so much "lena" my voice trembled and my eyes filled with tears "yes, it's me, who is it?"
I smiled "Lena it's me charlotte come and get me please" I begged her crying "charlotte" her voice broke "charlotte tell me where are you please" she said and I told her the address "I'll come get you love wait for me" she said, I said goodbye and fell to the ground. i burst into tears but there was the biggest smile ever on my face, my lena was picking me up, i can't believe it. i survived this horrible thing.
I remained on the ground for half an hour when I heard a knock on the door and ran to open it.
I found Lena in front of me, I couldn't believe my eyes, she's the same as always, big black eyes, dark and curly hair and a smile on her face. she was crying.

i looked into her eyes and she looked at me for a moment and then i jumped into her arms "i missed you so much" i said into her ear "i'm so sorry charlotte i'm so sorry i shouldn't have let this happen" she said "it's not your fault lena" I whispered to her "I killed him" she moved away for a moment "for a moment I thought I couldn't do it because I thought he was gonna kill me but I would have done this and more to get back to you" I told her, she took my face and kissed me "you risked your whole life just to be with me? you're crazy charlotte, im so in love with you" she said looking into my eyes now that our faces were very close

"come we have to clean you up before we come back, you are all coveredin blood" she took my arm and dragged me in the bathroom, while she was cleaning me, she saw the bruises on my arms and legs "what did that monster do to you my love? now I promise you I won't let anyone hurt you again, ok?" she took my face caressing it and i nodded, i love her.
"you're wearing my scarf" I noticed "yes, since you went away, I never took it off" I smiled.
once she cleared the blood slightly we headed to the car to go home, the whole drive i held her hand in mine.