A Broken Beginning ✔️ finished

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shortest Chapter ever sorry.

Emma-

Its been two weeks since I started to receive blocked calls, to say I was unnerved would be an understatement. I was and still am completely terrified Christian although being very strange is continuously trying to reassure me that it's fine. I know better. Other than this extreme constant looming danger around me, I am trying and I think I am fooling everyone. Me and Christian are doing well I believe, we have hung out every day. It is nice I feel the undeniable fire inside while I'm with him, I feel alive with him not healed completely but better like something has awaked that I have locked away many years ago, my happiness. I have noticed with in the last month or so that he is different but I try to believe that it is because he is as worried as I am about Chad and the upcoming trial, that he is still in the same town that we are receiving strange calls. We spend most the time at his house (for my safety) there is a strange tension between him Melissa and her friend Lilith but I chose to ignore it for the time being. I have recently reconnected with my family back home, my mother and brother and a few others I have missed them so much. Ever since Chad I hardly spoke to them let alone saw them and it has been wonderful talking with them. Jordan and I have hung out quite a lot lately as well although the obvious differences her family has with my at the moment. We spend our time at the town library or having tea from the coffee shop on the corner it's nice to spend such casual time with someone.

The trial is today and I am petrified to relive this traumatic time in my life. I see him, standing with his father and a lawyer. Dressed in nice suits and looking smug like he has done nothing wrong in his entire life. It gives me a gut wrenching feeling in the pit of my stomach. I think he will get away with everything as they say money can buy anything even your innocence. I immediate start to tremble by Christian's side.

"Hey, it's going to be alright."

He once again tries to convince me. At that same moment Chad caches my eye the smirk give me makes me sick. I have a terrible feeling about this. I feel like I can't be here I cannot breath I can't speak I am frozen in my place no matter the desire to run out I just cannot move my feet my eyes are just locked on his. This is a truly petrified about what was to come next. Although I am the main focus of this trail I am not the one standing behind the bench I am not the one trying to take him down, he was caught and the state is going to get justice. I wish we could just never see each other again that he could disappear from my life altogether but they want this. Yes they have come to me about testing and I had agreed but I'm not so sure I can now that he is going to be staring at me while I relive this horror. Before I can help it I am crying and only then Chad looks away knowing he has once again won, beat me.

"Don't cry, Em everything will be okay. I am here with you."

"You don't know that Christian he is going to get off he will do it again to me or someone I'm so scared."

I can't help but to turn to him to show him how scared I am knowing that he can see it in my eyes. He grasps my hand trying to comfort me but it does nothing to help. I know that he can't save me forever something can happen. Christian holds my hand firm trailing his thumb across the back trying to tell me he cares. I had been doing so well in my life turn around lying to myself about whatever is going on with Christian actually tricking myself in to being happy it was working. Now I feel it all crumbling. I literally feel like I am falling apart just standing here I knew it was too good to be true I don't deserve happiness.

                         

                                                 And the proceedings begin.