Back Talking & BackHanding

Beatings and Lies

I hope you all hate this chapter as well.

Ari POV

Dammit. I shouldn't have opened my mouth. "What did you just say?" He growled lowly. I wasn't even going to try and excuse myself. I jumped up and ran for the door. Hoping I could get out before he hurt me. I knew he'd never lay a finger on me in front of the boys and if I could just get outside and into the yard, he'd stop. But as always, Sean caught me. He'd snatched me by the collar of my shirt and slammed me to the ground. I yelled in pain but Sean muffled my noise by putting his hand over my mouth.

He then wrapped his giant hand around my throat taking the breath out of me in one simple squeeze. I tried to pry his hands off but it was no use. My legs kicked and jolted and my body jerked and thrashed forward as I desperately tried to get away. As I was about to pass out, I used all the strength I had to whisper, "I can't...breathe..." Sean let me go. I gasped for air but the man wasn't done. He grabbed a cup full of my hair and used it to slam my head repeatedly into the ground.

It made me extremely dizzy. My vision was very blurry. Once finished, he degraded me with hateful words. I tired my very best to stand but, Sean reacted by kicking me back down and gliding his forehand across my face. I just remember passing out.

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When I woke up it was faint outside. I heard talking from the living room. "She's been asleep all day, poor thing must be sick." Marc said sounding concerned. "Yea, she's just tired." Sean said. That made my blood boil. How dare he sit up there and lie?!? He knew damn well he'd beat the life out of me last night and he was just gonna make up some dumb lie to cover his ass. I stood up and immediately fell to the floor. And hard, too. My head hurt so bad and I was dizzy. I still couldn't see too well but it was better than before.

"Ahhh!" I cried because I hit my head. But I covered my mouth. If I so much as made a peep Sean would come into the bedroom and god knows what he would do. I didn't want that. I tried once more to stand and failed. I heard footsteps coming and then Sean call my name. I hurried and struggled to drag myself onto the bed but I successfully did before Sean got there. I covered myself with the blanket. The door opened and I shut my eyes.

"Ari? You awake, babe?" He asked softly. Oh, yea, beat the shit out of me and then call me babe. Totally ok. WHAT AUDACITY THAT MAN HAS!! The door closed and I thought he'd left but when I felt the bed shift I mentally groaned. I felt the blankets slide down from my shoulders and I stayed still. Sean sighed. He leaned over to me and kissed the top of my head. Man did it hurt. He rubbed my very sore shoulder and left the bedroom. What the hell was wrong with him? I opened my eyes and looked around the room.

My phone was laying on the nightstand just out of my reach. I tried to grab it but I couldn't quite get it. My sore body just wouldn't let me. It was literally less than a figure tip away. Almost got it...almost got it...I thought to myself. Before I reached it, *THUMP*

I fell to the ground. "AHHHH!" I hollered. The pain was too much for me to bare. Id fallen on my injured shoulder and bumped the bruise that was swollen on my forehead. I couldn't hold my groans and whimpers. Sean rushed into the bedroom wearing a concerned look. "Oh my gosh, are you okay?" He asked trying to help me up. "Get away from me! I hate you!" I tried to yell but my throat was sore and it came out as a scratchy whisper.

"You-You what?" He asked, sounding heart broken. "You heard me you cock sucking ugly fucked up mental bitch!" I barked. My tone never changing from its damaged state. "What did you just call me?" I used my best effort to crawl away. "You heard me." I snapped. I felt myself being lifted off the ground by my waist and thrown over Sean's shoulders. He snuck me outside and threw me on the ground. "O-" he kicked me straight in the face and I could swear I heard my nose crack.

I flew back and fell on my butt. "You know something?" He asked walking over to me. He grabbed me by my hair and lifted me up. I desperately tried to get away. "I'm fucking trying." he growled tossing me effortlessly across the yard like a rag doll. I hit one of the logs that I'd lined up against the house. "Ahhh!" I cried, hot tears exploding from my eyes. "To show you that I'm in love with you." he added as he kicked my stomach.

Did he just say he was in love with me? Over all of his bull shit, over the beating, over the lies, over the hate, he just said he was in love with me? Part of me didn't believe it. The other part of me was in an excruciating amount of pain. "And all you do is reject my fucking love." Sean pulls me to my feet and I notice his face was drenched in tears. "Why do you reject me, Ari?" He whimpered. Then he kissed my bleeding lips. "Why can't you just love me back?"