I Think About You....

Chapter 7

Laura's POV

"Okay Rydel what I am about to tell you, you can't tell anybody else and you have to promise that whatever I say won't change how you feel about me okay?" I sigh still debating on whether I should tell Rydel the story of Brandon and I.

"Okay.. you are starting to scare me, but I am not one to judge so tell away." Rydel Replies.

"Okay about two years ago I was dating this guy his name was Brandon about two months into it I wasn't feeling it I wanted to break up with him, but he was controlling and mean and scared me so I stayed with him," I start Rydel nods for me to continue. " On our one year anniversary we were kissing on his couch and he wanted to go further but I stopped him, then he got really angry and carried me upstairs to his room through me onto the bed and....." I trail off choking up I couldn't say what he did it was to horrible.

"It's okay you don't have to say it." Rydel says softly.

"Well I broke up with him and told my parents he went to jail and I felt safe again, but two weeks later I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up, at first I thought it was just a virus but then I realized it could be something else so my mom took me to the doctor. My suspicions were confirmed I was pregnant, I couldn't get rid of the baby because it was still mine so I decided I would have it and give it up for adoption, nine months later I had a baby girl that I named Sofia, I decided that I wanted to keep her at some point so we chose foster care instead we gave her to some close family friends and they said that I could visit her any time I wanted. I visited her every week it was good for a little while. But then one day I was coming home from visiting Sofia when I walked in the house I saw Brandon looking at some pictures on the mantle he hadn't heard me come in so I quietly called the police and they said they would be there as fast as they could. But I walked up to him and asked what he was doing here, he didn't answer my question but instead held up a picture of Sofia and I on the day she was born and asked it the baby was his, all I could do was nod my head. Then he asked where she was and I said that I gave her up for adoption, he got really angry and started asking why I hadn't told him about her and why I didn't ask him about giving her up for adoption. I made a bold choice to tell him that he had no say in this child life, that's when he jumped at me I tried to run away but he caught me a wrapped his hands around my neck and squeezed, my vision started getting fuzzy and I started to black out but before I was completely unconscious the police showed up, Brandon dropped me to the floor and ran. I woke up in a hospital two days later they said that if the police hadn't gotten there when they did I could have died, then a week later I found my parents murdered in my house, the police searched and searched for Brandon but they couldn't find him anywhere, I left after that because I was afraid he would come after me next, Sofia's parents were the only people who I told where I was going they said that whenever I was ready I could go back and get Sofia." By the time I finish tears are streaming down my face. Rydel gets up from her spot on the couch and sits next to me and pulls me into a hug.

"Please stop crying." Rydel pleads.

"Why?" I ask still crying.

"Because you're making me cry." Rydel replies a few tears falling from her eyes.

"Don't cry I feel a lot better now that I told somebody about it." I reassure Rydel, a small smile appears on Rydel's face.

"I just have one question." Rydel says wiping a the tears from her face.

"Ask away." I reply wiping my own tears from my face.

"Do you have any pictures of Sofia with you?" Rydel asks the smile on her face growing bigger.

"Of course I do." I say a smile creeping up on my own face. I walk over to the closet and pull out a box full of pictures of Sofia and I. "I took a picture like every visit and her parents send my new ones through email and I have them printed and framed." I say holding a picture of Sophia.