White Lies

Chapter 22

Lilith's p o v :

"how the hell are you here?!?" Kartha questions me angrily, and pulls my hair. I wince and try to pull her hand out of my hair but fail miserably.

"I asked you how the fuck are you here?! Elliot isn't the type to let his prisoners out!!" I wince again when her grip gets tighter.

"I fucking ran away, okay?! I was tired of staying inside four walls!" I burst out. Kartha gasped and slapped me hard. My head spins, I try to get a hold of myself, she slaps me again. I try to think of something to get her away from me.

I dont waste a second and tell her. "we're in a library, there are cctv cameras here, let me go!" she quickly lets go of me and look at me furiously. "you will go back to Elliot right now! If you don't I'll hurt your little boyfriend and your bitch."

I look at her, my vision blurry cuz of the sharp pain in my head. I nod. She grabs my chin harshly, pressing her fingers into my cheeks. "you have a mouth, fucking use it!" she whispers coldly. "yes, okay, I'll go to Elliot."

"go to the washroom quickly and sort yourself out, that boy can't know any of this, you understand?" she says, removing her hand from my chin and pushing me. I nod and look for the washroom.

I gasp in horror when I look at myself in the mirror, my lip is bleeding, my entire face has been marked with Kartha's fingers, my hair a knotted mess. I slowly make my hair look better with my fingers, and wash my face over and over again, till my face is looking less red.

I stand there staring at my reflection in the mirror for a while and sigh. I didn't expect Kartha to come, I was so horrified when I saw her and genuinely scared that she might do something to Sam but thankfully she didn't, she acted loving infront of him.

I was so scared for myself when she asked to talk to me alone, but this is nothing compared to the other times she's got angry and let it out on me. This could've been so much worse than the other times she's done this, but since we were in public, I escaped.

My eyes are bloodshot red, they're not going back to normal so I let them be and leave after one last look at myself, I look better, but anyone could know that somethings wrong.

Kartha starts walking to where Sam is and I follow her, while practicing my smile. Sam was sitting by the benches near the reception, I smile wide and we both go to him. He stands up as soon as he spots us.

"lets eat somewhere out? To celebrate your relationship?" Kartha asks him looking at both of us. Sam gladly agrees and we go to a diner, I dont know which one cuz I was trying my best to not cry, the pain in my head and jaw was getting too much.

We go to the diner in Sam's car, I sat at the backseat cuz Kartha rushed to sit in the passenger seat and they both conversed the entire way there while I stared out the window with a blank face, already numb to the pain.

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The two hours at the diner were slow and painful, I had to fake a smile most of the time, my cheeks hurt cuz of how much I smiled and Kartha kept sending glares my way whenever I said something wrong or if smile faltered. Sam, he didn't notice a thing or he acted like he didn't, I dont know.

Kartha asks Samuel to drop her home, I tell them I'll get home myself and Sam was confused. "don't you guys live together?" he asks.

"yes ofc we do, I'm staying at my friend's tonight, thats all" I say and smile widely. He nods and kisses my cheek and drives away with Kartha.

I call Cedric and tell him to pick me up. He notices as soon as he saw me that something was wrong but knowing I wouldn't wanna talk about it right now, he shuts his mouth and I pass a grateful smile to him.

We arrive to his home quickly. As soon as I enter, Mia rushes up to me. "some friend of yours had something important to say to you, he's in my room right now, said he wanted to talk." she says cheerfully while I stand here, wanting to dig my own grave and die.

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Writer's note:
I know i said i wldn't be updating any time soon but i couldn't sleep anddd i had ideas for the next chap so thought i'd write it out.

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