Integrity Of Violence

Chapter 7 - Maya

“You wanna' go see a jungle? I have a surprise for you.” Hunter's voice sounded from the other side of the phone.

I furrowed my eyebrows. This is not what I want in the middle of a breakdown. What does he want? Anyway, how did he get my number? I sniffed and wiped my tears trying to sound normal.

“How did you get my number?”

He chuckled. “Not that hard, you know. But first, answer my question. Are you coming?”

I bit my lips. “No, I have school tomorrow,” I said.

“Well, who cares about tomorrow? All you need to do is jump out of your room window.” He said.

I sighed. What is he on about? I don't have the energy to deal with him. I was tired to my bones. “I'm not going anywhere and I'm not talking to you. Don't call me again.” I cut the call.

I could almost feel his disappointment. I couldn't care less. I wanted to sleep. Standing up with all my might, I held the leg of my table and stood up. Looking at myself in the mirror was hard. I looked nothing like myself.

I just know that this will continue. They will make me their next prey. Tanaka's mother did not have anything to offer except for her pride. My father would probably be ashamed of me for enduring all this quietly but if he gets to know, he will burn down the school.

But not because he cares about me. Probably because it would hurt his pride that someone so weak like me would be under the same roof as him. Baba was a monster.

I gritted my teeth at my thoughts. I couldn't possibly sleep in this condition. The burns were getting sticky with blood. I needed to wash so I headed towards the washroom.

After a while in the bath, I managed to wash away the blood but it was agonizing. I never had to tolerate this much pain in my life. All for nothing.

I wore a shirt and pants and plopped on the bed. Sleep was taking me in. Before I could fully rest, my phone rang multiple times. I grabbed it.

It was a message request from an unknown number. I viewed it with droopy eyes. But all my sleep flew out of the window when I saw the message. It was me. In the video. In my undergarments.

Heck. I muttered. That was Yuri. He filmed me. After the video was a message saying that he wanted to see me behind the school tomorrow at 6:00 PM. Otherwise, I knew what he would do.

That was not the end. Of course, he won't be done with me that easily. The police dropped Tanaka's case after Shotaro's father fed them luggage of dollar bills. They think they can do anything at this point.

I threw my phone across the room. I need to think.

This was not outrageous of them. This was just the start of their unbearable torture. I wonder how they thought they could get to me. I won't just let this happen. However, I had zero idea of what I should do.

I groaned and got up from the bed. Should I study? Whenever I went into panic mode my only solution was to study. Because all that has happened all this time only made me panic because of studying. This is different. I can't I have to deal with anything other than studying.

I need to think in a relaxed environment. Taking a hold bath was also not an option. I need to prepare for finals and I should not catch a cold. Sitting on the couch, I cleared my mind of all thoughts.

Yuri and his friends were delinquents.  They have the mindset of the devil. Their families allowed all the evil ways they implemented in their victims and took it as their 'childhood.' They would probably take my case as the same.