Accidental Ruination

30: Damien.

Chapter 30: Damien.

Dyletto.

        Last night had been hectic, I barely slept neither did Isani and Ashton, Damien lost his Dad a night before, yet he told no one until he was sure the man was completely dead.

I understood him, yes I did, yet I could not handle seeing him like he was, I could not handle the knowledge that my Friend had murdered his own father.

"Are you sure he is fine? " Ashton asked beside me.

"Yeah, is he? He's been there for ten minutes, " Isani added.

" let's find out, "

"How? "

"How else, " I turned to the door and banged it, " Are you alright? Damien!  Are you there?!" I yelled.

He did not respond. The three of us exchanged looks.

"Do you think he is alive? " Isani blabbered.

Ashton hit his head, " ow, what was that for?! " he groaned, holding his head.

"Why would he not be, "

I shook my head, I was the calmest among the two, though they were right to worry, Damien had been the most quiet amongst us, he could have been different if he had not been through everything he did.

His father had been abusive, for years he kept it from us till we found out ourselves, we had been too late though, his father had ruined him, had broken him till he was a shell, till he was engulfed by his brokenness, "Come out Damien, we know you don't want us here, and you hate hearing this, however, we are here to help you, "

I waited, in case he would listen to me which he did, the door clicked open and he stepped out, his eyes swollen, his face pale while his whole body shook.

"Thank God, " Isani muttered.

"Come, " I grabbed his arm and helped him to the bed, "you can cry if you want, " I offered, "he is not here anymore which means he has no power over you, he has no power to control you or your tears, crying should be the first thing you do to defile him, "

"Cry Damien, I know you want to, " Ashton added.

"Yes, we have all been there for each other through thick and thing, you have watched me cry-"

"That's because you cry every time, " Ashton cut Isani off to which he received a knock on the head.

"guys," I barked, which made them quiet, as they had have began bickering if I didn't stop them.

Damien sniffed, grabbing my arm so hard I flinched yet I did not release him, instead, I endure the pain he inflicted on it.

He cried for hours, all the tears he had bottled up for years, all the pain.

I hated myself for not being powerful enough to help him out if his misery, he had needed my help long ago, after his mother and sister's death, we were the one who prevented him from killing himself and the man, he must have lost it a day ago when the man opened his filthy mouth to speak Ill of them.

We stayed with him the whole week, trying our best to console him as much as we could, when I finally returned to my home, I got a text from Edna.

'Could You Come Please? My Mom Needs Your help' the text read.

i did not spend a minute before spiraling to my car and heading to the Normans, i cursed all the way there, despising myself for being so caring for my enemy.

when I arrived, Edna was by the door, her face filled with worry. "What's wrong? " Perhaps me having to help Damien through his hard time had gotten me on the edge.

"I-its Mom, she has been in her room all day,   I asked her what was wrong but she wouldn't come out I already called Mia and Madule but they are out of town so is Molly, please check on my Mom I don't want her to b-be sick, " she chocked out.

I nodded, heading towards Aya, no Stacey's room, it took me waiting for Edna's tiny feet to meet up with mine.

When we got to the room, I hesitated, Edna nodded, encouraging me, sighing, I knocked, " Mrs Normans!  Are you okay Mrs Normans? " I knocked on the door, yet no reply.

"Mrs Normans, are you alright? " i got no response once again, Edna tugged at my sleeve.

"Is there a spare key? " I asked.

"I think, " she said, running back to the living room, I decided to keep knocking in hope she would open the doo.

I had knocked for more than five minutes before Edna returned with the key, "here, I am not sure which one it is, or if its even there but this is all the spare keys to the rooms. "

"It won't hurt to try, " I responded as I accepted the stack of keys she held to me. I had to try all the twenty keys till the last one which was the exact key to the room.

When I opened the door, I had Edna check on her first before I walked in, I had no time to check her room as I had spotted her that instant, she was on the bed in just a towel, her eyes closed.

"Mom? " Edna called, walking to the bed in slow steps while I trailed behind her.

"Mom! " Ed shook her over and over till she groaned and sat up the bed.

"Baby what's wrong? " she asked, rubbing her eyes.

"Mom what's wrong with you? I have been knocking on your door since morning, "

"I am fine, I just need to sleep, " Stacey murmured.

"Come on, you have been asleep all day, you need to eat something, " Edna persuaded yet she refused to listen.

Sighing, I walked over to her and helped her up the bed despite her weak protest, ignoring the fact that she was half naked, I pushed her to her walk in closet, "find your Mom something to wear, then we will head down for dinner, "

"Okay, thank you,"Edna soft voice said to which I nodded and headed out.

I released a breath once I was out of the room, glad she was not as I had imagined.

~P-Lia~.