Painful pasts and terrible truths

Chapter 11

"So what did your dad do to you" Virgil wondered

"He got his friends to sexually exploit me, well at least they listened when I said no, he forced me to strip too for his friends too, that's how I earned my allowance, ugh his friends were creepy disgusting old men, so you see why I should have been put in a foster home, he was a horrible parent" I explained

"That's horrible, and you said that's how you earned your allowance, where was your mum in all of this" Virgil was getting scared

"Smoking, sleeping with other people to earn money and getting drunk" I sighed "now do you see why I'm jealous of your family, at least your parents cared about you, at least you had siblings to look out for you"

"Baby, you shouldn't have been put through that, how old were you when this was happening" why is he asking all these questions

"14" I replied "you can see why I was scared when you tried to treat my wounds, I didn't trust you, I didn't want you putting me through hell like everyone else did"

"I could never put you through something like that, what thing screwed your dad up to treat you like that, like why would he almost force his child into prostitution" Virgil mumbled

"Because he was the head of the family, according to the bible, all women in the family belong to their fathers and husbands" I was getting angry now

"Sh*t, this was more than abuse, you do realise that you can get your dad arrested for this, no one should put their child through something as awful as that, like what he forced you to do is illegal" Virgil told me

I just felt like sh*t now, remembering all this stuff made me feel horrible, I felt tears escape my eyes

"What's the point, he'll just lie his way out of it, like he always does, he'll find a f*cking loophole in the system!" I shouted "Lucas did that as well, why does no one listen to me"

I went to punch the wall but Virgil stopped me, he tried to calm me down before I managed to hurt myself

"Calm down Olivia, it'll be fine, I'm not letting your dad get away with what he did, no one should put their own child through that" Virgil whispered

I was beyond crying, this was painful telling him everything

"Oh god, Liv baby it's ok, no one is going to hurt you, you're a gorgeous girl, and I can't believe anyone would mistreat you in such a way that it would scar you for years, you didn't deserve any of this" Virgil was trying his hardest to comfort me

"I'm so tired" I complained

"I think I should let you sleep now" Virgil suggested

"Ok" I smiled weakly

He placed the duvet over me when I climbed into bed and he kissed me goodnight

"Sweet dreams princess" Virgil grinned and he left my room

I fell asleep for two whole hours before I woke up again, I went to get something to eat, a sandwich might do, I got the peanut butter out of the cupboard and the bread out of the freezer, I sat on the floor with my back against the cupboard whilst I waited for it to defrost

"What are you doing" Alan wondered when he saw me

"Don't tell Virgil I'm up still, I can't sleep it's the storm" I panicked

"Well you should hide because he's looking for you, he's p*ssed off that you're not asleep" Alan laughed, he got a glass of water and he went back to bed, so I did what he told me to do and I hid somewhere, my hiding place was really obvious so he would end up finding me

"I know you're up still, if you tell me where you are I can stop panicking and I'll try and help you get back to sleep" Virgil was using a tone of voice that scared me

I held my breath, I heard him tear up the place trying to find me, I was in the room where his piano was and I hid under the piano, I heard his heavy footsteps, the light switch was violently flicked on

"F*ck" I muttered under my breath

I was dragged out from under the piano and I was forced into an adorably warm hug

"You scared me half to death" Virgil whispered

"I'm sorry" I apologised

"It's ok, do you want me to help you get to sleep" Virgil wondered

I nodded, he's adorable, he seems tough and mean but he cares about me a lot, I feel bad for screaming at him and hitting him because of my memories, he nuzzled me and he picked me up, he carried me to the front room and he put me down on the couch, he disappeared for a while and he returned with one of his hoodies, I put it on because it was cold

"Can I finish making my sandwich now" I requested

"Yeah, you know what, get some snacks or something, it might help" Virgil suggested

I finished making my sandwich and I got a few cookies as well, I was starving, I ate half of the sandwich and I offered the other half to Virgil

"No, it's yours, I know how much you haven't been eating" Virgil mumbled and he pushed the plate back in my direction

"I don't like eating, I don't like sleeping, I don't like anything" I admitted

Virgil pulled me closer to him so I was now lying with my face on his stomach, is it weird if I say that his stomach is nice and squishy and warm