Saving Lily

Trust me

*Warning* This chapter contains depictions of abuse. Reader discretion is advised.

Lily's POV

Three months had passed since I had spoken to Mason. I thought about him every single day no matter how hard I tried not to. It wasn't until then that I realized how much I cared about him, maybe I even loved him. But then, what did I know about love. No one in this house had ever shown me any love, only how to hate. And hate them I did.

"Are you ready?" William said as he entered the room.

He had made it a requirement for us to mingle in town every friday night so he could flaunt me around and brag to the old men about his "wife in training." I hated when he used that term
His idea of mingling was going to an extravagant party at a friends mansion with all of the other perverts in town. But this wasn't a normal party, it was a party where they would take girls and sometimes boys too and they would display them on a stage and auction them off to the highest bidder. I once made the mistake of asking William what happened to them after they were bought and he just smiled and said for me to come with him. He led me down to the basement. There was a long hallway with one-way glass windows where you could see in but they couldn't see out. There were girls tied to chairs with shackles. Some of them would cry for help, some of them were so traumatized that they just sat there and stared.

We walked a few more windows down until finally  stopped, and as I looked into the room I pressed my hand onto my mouth to keep from letting out a scream. The poor girl was chained in a standing position with her hands above her head and her feet spread apart with shackles. I watched with tears forming in my eyes as the man that bought her did whatever he wanted to her. And if she screamed or cried, he would do it more aggressively.

William  told me that I should be grateful that they chose to keep me around because that's what would happen to me if I ever tried to betray him or the family.

So instead of asking anymore questions I learned to smile and play the part with his friends while spending the whole evening watching him turn into a mean belligerent drunk, and ending the night with him always forcing himself on me. I hated that the most. Luckily Grace did get me some birth control pills. "How embarrassing would it be to the family if a child was conceived to an underaged teen out of wed lock?" I remember her saying to Robert.

"I'm ready." I faked a smile as I pulled myself from my thoughts and tucked my hand in his arm.

"Shall we?" He said as we  headed for the door.

As we made our way to the car, I had a strong feeling that I was being watched. I scanned the perimeter of the yard until my eyes landed on something strange. It looked like there was someone in the bushes. I quickly looked at William and then the bodyguards on each side of us to make sure neither of them had noticed.

As we got into the car I looked toward the bushes again, this time, I saw a man looking right at us. When he saw me notice him he winked and stepped back out of sight. As we arrived at the lounge we were greeted by Williams posse and their wives.

"Excuse me, I need to run to the ladies room." I said as sweetly as I could, so as not to make William mad that I was leaving his side already.

"Oh I'll go with you, I need to powder my nose." Jenna said.

Jenna was married to Ryan, Williams best and most loyal friend. I had suspected that they would always send Jenna with me to make sure I didn't say or do anything I wasn't supposed to.

"Don't be to long." William said in my ear.

"I won't." I said as he kissed my cheek.

"So, have you guys set a date yet?" Jenna asked with fake excitement as we walked to the restrooms.