Barely Above A Whisper

Chapter 3 PART 1

Vera's POV:

     A wise man once said that if wishes were horse, beggars would ride. The saying went true for me in that moment as my life flashed before my eyes. The only wish I had at that moment was for the torture to end, for me to finally pass on and be with my mom. But whoever was answering wishes obviously wasn't listening to my wish coz I still woke up with bruises, opened old wounds, and new scars. As I lay crumpled on the floor, I thought of my past, and the tears just burst out of my eyes, as I lay sobbing, the memories flooded my mind.

     My breakdown wasn't as a result of the suffering I had to endure, it was as a result of the memories that refused to stop haunting me.

     After a while, I slowly got up from the floor and made my way to the bathroom to have a shower, after my shower, I made my way to my makeshift bedroom and brought out my first aid kit to apply treatment to my wounds.

     I decided to take a quick nap, he had gone out, I knew he wasn't going to return till late the next day, so I knew I was safe for a while, at least until he returned and continued my torture once again, I lay carefully on my 'bed'. What was supposed to be a little nap lasted till the next morning when my alarm woke me up, I immediately jumped up from bed, scared of what could happen if caught still sleeping, I relaxed when I suddenly remembered that he wasn't around.

     I went about my morning activities at a more relaxed pace, but still careful to hurry up just in case, after I was done, I locked the house and kept the key under the doormat and made my way to school.

     The sight that greeted me as I reached the entrance wasn't an unwelcome one but it was very shocking, Adrian was beating up Leo ( the dumb cheerleader's boyfriend), he was close to putting the poor dude in a coma, I watched in stunned silence as he kept throwing punch after punch on his face and half the population of the student body stood watching. It was like he suddenly sensed my presence coz his head snapped to me and his eyes softened, he dropped Leo on the floor and said, in a cold voice that caused even me to flinch back "The next time I hear any other rumor concerning Vera or me, you'll be dead for real". His expression remained deadly, only softening when his eyes landed on me.

     He walked cautiously towards me, probably thinking I'd run away, but he didn't know that he couldn't scare me, he wasn't as bad as the monster I'm forced to live with. As he got to my side, he gently took my hand and led me through the school hall as the crowd that was gathered parted like the red sea. He led me to my class and I was actually relieved coz him being with me made nobody dare approach me.

     I got to my class and as i was about to go in, a hand held mine, stopping me from going in, " When you're done, just gimme a call, I'll come get you". He said and i gave him a questioning look.

     How TF was I gonna do that, I didn't even have his number.

     He seemed to read my mind coz he said " Don't worry, I already put my number in when you weren't looking". How he was able to do that was beyond me, but before I was able to do anything, he turned around an left, leaving me speechless as to why the so-called delinquent was being nice to me.

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The first part of chapter three is out guyssssssss, I'll be updating the second part today as well.

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