Warrior

Chapter 23: He Hurt Me

I finished the food that Frank gave us and layed down on the bed. I thought about Joe again. I felt myself become angry again. Angry and sad. I curled up and held my knees to my chest.

"Are you gonna tell me what that was all about the other day? What's really be going on between you and him?" Naomi asked, sitting next to me. I didn't say anything. I didn't want to talk about it, but she deserved to know. I sat up and sat criss cross,  looking at my hands. "All these years, he's been hurting me all these years. He's left a few scars from when it got real bad. He's uh, he's forced me to do things that I didn't want to do. Naomi he hurt me real bad. I couldn't just tell you that. I couldn't just be like "hey that guy I'm dating has been beating me up for like 6 years". No, I was weak. I'm sorry" I mumble, my voice breaking. I felt the tears well up but I held them back. I lifted up the side of my shirt, revealing a deep scar along the side of my body.

Naomi didn't say anything she grabbed me and held me close. I started to cry. I hadn't told anyone about anything that he had done to me. I had been hiding this for so long. I felt a weight from my shoulders lift. I couldn't hold it in anymore. It was eating me up from the inside out and I could contain it any more.

"Shhh it's okay. I'm here now. I won't let him hurt you no more" She said softly running her fingers through my hair. "I was all alone. I couldn't talk to anyone about it. I had no one" I spoke in between breaths. It was hurting me so bad. I felt like I was losing myself. I wasn't high, I felt unreal. I didn't want to think about it anymore but it finds it's way into my head every day.

I had Naomi now. All I could hope for is her not to leave me again. If she left again I'd lose myself. I had Dana too but I wasn't gonna tell her any of this. She helped me shut my own mind out. That's all I needed. "C'mon, let's go for a walk. It's a beautiful night, okay" Naomi said, wiping my tears away. I grabbed my phone and got in my feet. "I was so scared" I spoke up. "I know. It's okay, Jade. He's gone. I'm here now. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you" She said, giving me a warm smile. "Don't leave me again okay?" I said, changing into Tommys old black sweatshirt. I still kept it. I missed him so much but I still had a hard time forgiving him.